20th Alberta Legislature

The 20th Alberta Legislative Assembly was in session from March 10, 1983, to April 10, 1986, with the membership of the assembly determined by the results of the 1982 Alberta general election held on November 2, 1982. The Legislature officially resumed on March 10, 1983, and continued until the fourth session was prorogued and dissolved on April 10, 1986, prior to the 1986 Alberta general election on May 8, 1986.^[1]

20th Alberta Legislature
Majority parliament
March 10, 1983 – April 10, 1986
Parliament leaders
Premier	Peter Lougheed September 10, 1971 – November 1, 1985
	Don Getty November 1, 1985 – December 14, 1992
Cabinets	Lougheed cabinet Getty cabinet
Leader of the Opposition	Grant Notley November 2, 1982 – October 19, 1984
	Ray Martin November 6, 1984 – June 15, 1993
Party caucuses
Government	Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta
Opposition	New Democratic Party
Legislative Assembly
Speaker of the Assembly	Gerard Amerongen March 2, 1972 – June 11, 1986
Members	79 MLA seats
Sovereign
Monarch	Elizabeth II February 6, 1952 – September 8, 2022
Lieutenant Governor	Hon. Frank C. Lynch-Staunton October 18, 1979 – January 22, 1985
	Hon. Helen Hunley January 22, 1985 – March 11, 1991
Sessions
1st session March 10, 1983 – March 2, 1984
2nd session March 15, 1984 – March 13, 1985
3rd session March 14, 1985 – April 2, 1986
4th session April 3, 1986 – April 10, 1986
← 19th → 21st

Alberta's twentieth government was controlled by the majority Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta for the fourth time, led by Premier Peter Lougheed until his resignation, he was replaced by Don Getty. The Official Opposition was led by Grant Notley of the New Democratic Party until his death on October 19, 1984, and later Ray Martin. The Speaker was Gerard Amerongen who would serve in the role until he was defeated in the 1986 Alberta general election.

Party standings after the 20th General Election

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Affiliation		Members
	Progressive Conservative	75
	New Democratic	2
	Independent	2
Total		79

• A party requires four seats to have official party status in the legislature. Parties with fewer than four seats are not entitled to party funding although their members will usually be permitted to sit together in the chamber.

Members elected

For complete electoral history, see individual districts.

20th Alberta Legislative Assembly
	District	Member	Party	First elected/ previously elected
	Athabasca	Frank Pierpoint Appleby	Progressive Conservative	1971
	Banff-Cochrane	Greg Stevens	Progressive Conservative	1979
	Barrhead	Ken Kowalski	Progressive Conservative	1979
	Bonnyville	Ernie Isley	Progressive Conservative	1979
	Bow Valley	Tom Musgrove	Progressive Conservative	1982
	Calgary-Bow	Neil Webber	Progressive Conservative	1975
	Calgary-Buffalo	Brian Lee	Progressive Conservative	1982
	Calgary-Currie	Dennis Anderson	Progressive Conservative	1979
	Calgary-Egmont	David J. Carter	Progressive Conservative	1979
	Calgary-Elbow	David John Russell	Progressive Conservative	1967
	Calgary-Fish Creek	William Edward Payne	Progressive Conservative	1979
	Calgary-Foothills	Janet Koper	Progressive Conservative	1982
	Calgary-Forest Lawn	John Zaozirny	Progressive Conservative	1979
	Calgary-Glenmore	Hugh Planche	Progressive Conservative	1975
	Calgary-McCall	Stan Nelson	Progressive Conservative	1982
	Calgary-McKnight	Eric Musgreave	Progressive Conservative	1975
	Calgary-Millican	Gordon Shrake	Progressive Conservative	1982
	Calgary-Mountain View	Bohdan Zip	Progressive Conservative	1982
	Calgary-North Hill	Ed Oman	Progressive Conservative	1979
	Calgary-North West	Sheila Embury	Progressive Conservative	1979
	Calgary-West	Peter Lougheed	Progressive Conservative	1967
	Camrose	Gordon Stromberg	Progressive Conservative	1971
	Cardston	John Thompson	Progressive Conservative	1975
	Chinook	Henry Kroeger	Progressive Conservative	1975
	Clover Bar	Walt Buck	Independent	1967[a]
			Representative
	Cypress	Alan Hyland	Progressive Conservative	1975
	Drayton Valley	Shirley Cripps	Progressive Conservative	1979
	Drumheller	Lewis Clark	Progressive Conservative	1979
	Edmonton-Avonmore	Horst Schmid	Progressive Conservative	1971
	Edmonton-Belmont	Walter Szwender	Progressive Conservative	1982
	Edmonton-Beverly	Bill Diachuk	Progressive Conservative	1971
	Edmonton-Calder	Tom Chambers	Progressive Conservative	1971
	Edmonton-Centre	Mary LeMessurier	Progressive Conservative	1979
	Edmonton-Glengarry	Rollie Cook	Progressive Conservative	1979
	Edmonton-Glenora	Lou Hyndman	Progressive Conservative	1967
	Edmonton-Gold Bar	Al Hiebert	Progressive Conservative	1979
	Edmonton-Highlands	David Thomas King	Progressive Conservative	1971
	Edmonton-Jasper Place	Leslie Young	Progressive Conservative	1971
	Edmonton-Kingsway	Carl Paproski	Progressive Conservative	1982
	Edmonton-Meadowlark	Gerard Amerongen	Progressive Conservative	1971
	Edmonton-Mill Woods	Milt Pahl	Progressive Conservative	1979
	Edmonton-Norwood	Ray Martin	NDP	1982
	Edmonton-Parkallen	Neil Stanley Crawford	Progressive Conservative	1971
	Edmonton-Sherwood Park	Henry Woo	Progressive Conservative	1979
	Edmonton-Strathcona	Julian Koziak	Progressive Conservative	1971
	Edmonton-Whitemud	Robert Keith Alexander	Progressive Conservative	1982
		Don Getty (1985)	Progressive Conservative	1967, 1985
	Edson	Ian Reid	Progressive Conservative	1979
	Grande Prairie	Bob Elliott	Progressive Conservative	1982
	Highwood	Harry Alger	Progressive Conservative	1982
	Innisfail	Nigel Pengelly	Progressive Conservative	1979
	Lac La Biche-McMurray	Norm Weiss	Progressive Conservative	1979
	Lacombe	Ronald Moore	Progressive Conservative	1982
	Lesser Slave Lake	Larry Shaben	Progressive Conservative	1975
	Lethbridge-East	Archibald D. Johnston	Progressive Conservative	1975
	Lethbridge-West	John Gogo	Progressive Conservative	1975
	Little Bow	Raymond Speaker	Independent	1963[a]
			Representative
	Lloydminster	Bud Miller	Progressive Conservative	1971
	Macleod	LeRoy Fjordbotten	Progressive Conservative	1979
	Medicine Hat	Jim Horsman	Progressive Conservative	1975
	Olds-Didsbury	Stephen Stiles	Progressive Conservative	1982
	Peace River	Al Adair	Progressive Conservative	1971
	Pincher Creek-Crowsnest	Frederick Deryl Bradley	Progressive Conservative	1975
	Ponoka	Halvar Jonson	Progressive Conservative	1982
	Red Deer	Jim McPherson	Progressive Conservative	1982
	Redwater-Andrew	George Topolnisky	Progressive Conservative	1971
	Rocky Mountain House	John Murray Campbell	Progressive Conservative	1979
	Smoky River	Marvin Moore	Progressive Conservative	1971
	Spirit River-Fairview	Grant Notley	NDP	1971
		Jim Gurnett (1985)	NDP	1985
	St. Albert	Myrna Fyfe	Progressive Conservative	1979
	St. Paul	John Drobot	Progressive Conservative	1982
	Stettler	Graham Harle	Progressive Conservative	1972
	Stony Plain	William Purdy	Progressive Conservative	1971
	Taber-Warner	Robert Bogle	Progressive Conservative	1975
	Three Hills	Connie Osterman	Progressive Conservative	1979
	Vegreville	John Batiuk	Progressive Conservative	1971
	Vermilion-Viking	Tom Lysons	Progressive Conservative	1975
	Wainwright	Robert Fischer	Progressive Conservative	1982
	Wetaskiwin-Leduc	Donald H. Sparrow	Progressive Conservative	1982
	Whitecourt	Peter Trynchy	Progressive Conservative	1971

Notes

1. First elected as Social Credit