23rd Alberta Legislature

The 23rd Alberta Legislative Assembly was in session from August 30, 1993, to February 11, 1997, with the membership of the assembly determined by the results of the 1993 Alberta general election held on June 15, 1993. The Legislature officially resumed on August 30, 1993, and continued until the fifth session was prorogued and dissolved on February 11, 1997, prior to the 1997 Alberta general election on March 11, 1997.^[1]

23rd Alberta Legislature
Majority parliament
August 30, 1993 – February 11, 1997
Parliament leaders
Premier	Ralph Klein 14 December 1992 - 14 December 2006
Cabinet	Klein cabinet
Leader of the Opposition	Laurence Decore June 15, 1993 – July 15, 1994
	Grant Mitchell November 12, 1994 – April 17, 1998
Party caucuses
Government	Progressive Conservative Association
Opposition	Liberal Party
Legislative Assembly
Speaker of the Assembly	Stanley Schumacher 30 August 1993 - 17 April 1997
Members	83 MLA seats
Sovereign
Monarch	Elizabeth II February 6, 1952 – September 8, 2022
Lieutenant Governor	Hon. Gordon Towers 11 March 1991 - 17 April 1996
	Hon. Bud Olson 17 April 1996 - 10 February 2000
Sessions
1st session August 30, 1993 – February 9, 1994
2nd session February 10, 1994 – February 12, 1995
3rd session February 13, 1995 – February 12, 1996
4th session February 13, 1996 – February 9, 1997
5th session February 10, 1997 – February 11, 1997
← 22nd → 24th

Alberta's twenty-second government was controlled by the majority Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta, led by Premier Ralph Klein. The Official Opposition was led by Laurence Decore of the Liberal Party, and later Grant Mitchell. The Speaker was Stanley Schumacher.

Bills

Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act

Main article: Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (Alberta)

The Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (FOIP Act) is the freedom of information and privacy act for Alberta, Canada. It was passed by the Alberta Legislature in June 1994 and came into force on October 1, 1995.^[2]

Civil Enforcement Act

Main article: Civil Enforcement Act (Alberta)

The Civil Enforcement Act, S.A. 1994, c.C-10.5, is a law in Alberta, Canada. The law gave responsibility for seizures, evictions, repossessions, and enforcing court orders to authorized civil enforcement agencies. Sheriffs' Offices throughout the province closed, but The Office of the Sheriff - Civil Enforcement was created under the Court Services Division of Alberta Justice to monitor the civil enforcement agency activities and respond to complaints. The Act was proclaimed in force on January 1, 1996.

Electric Utilities Act

Main article: Electricity policy of Alberta

The Electric Utilities Act (1996) effective January 1, 1996, which created Power Pool of Alberta, a wholesale market clearing entity. The Power Pool was a not for profit entity that operated the "competitive wholesale market including dispatch of generation."^[3] The Electric Utilities Act stipulated all electric energy bought and sold in Alberta had to be exchanged through the Power Pool which "served as an independent, central, open access pool." It functioned as a "spot market intending to match the demand with the lowest cost supply and establish an hourly pool price."^[3] Alberta was the first Canadian province to implement a deregulated electricity market. Competitive wholesale markets were being fostered in the 1990s as part of the liberalization process of the 1990s changing some parameters such as the unbundling of generation, transmission and distribution functions of incumbent utilities.^[4] Local distribution utilities, either investor- or municipally owned, retained the obligation to supply and the 6 largest utilities were assigned a share of the output of existing generators at a fixed price.

Party standings after the 23rd General Election

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Affiliation		Members
	Progressive Conservative Party	51
	Liberal Party	32
Total		83

Members elected

For complete electoral history, see individual districts

23rd Alberta Legislative Assembly
	District	Member	Party	First elected/ previously elected
	Athabasca-Wabasca	Mike Cardinal	Progressive Conservative	1989
	Banff-Cochrane	Brian Evans	Progressive Conservative	1989
	Barrhead-Westlock	Ken Kowalski	Progressive Conservative	1979
	Bonnyville	Leo Vasseur	Liberal	1993
	Bow Valley	Lyle Oberg	Progressive Conservative	1993
	Calgary-Bow	Bonnie Laing	Progressive Conservative	1989
	Calgary-Buffalo	Gary Dickson	Liberal	1992
	Calgary-Cross	Yvonne Fritz	Progressive Conservative	1993
	Calgary-Currie	Jocelyn Burgener	Progressive Conservative	1993
	Calgary-East	Moe Amery	Progressive Conservative	1993
	Calgary-Egmont	Denis Herard	Progressive Conservative	1993
	Calgary-Elbow	Ralph Klein	Progressive Conservative	1989
	Calgary-Fish Creek	Heather Forsyth	Progressive Conservative	1993
	Calgary-Foothills	Pat Black1	Progressive Conservative	1989
	Calgary-Glenmore	Dianne Mirosh	Progressive Conservative	1986
	Calgary-Lougheed	Jim Dinning	Progressive Conservative	1986
	Calgary-McCall	Harry Sohal	Progressive Conservative	1993
		Shiraz Shariff (1995)	Progressive Conservative	1995
	Calgary-Montrose	Hung Pham	Progressive Conservative	1993
	Calgary-Mountain View	Mark Hlady	Progressive Conservative	1993
	Calgary-North Hill	Richard Magnus	Progressive Conservative	1993
	Calgary-North West	Frank Bruseker	Liberal	1989
	Calgary-Nose Creek	Gary Mar	Progressive Conservative	1993
	Calgary-Shaw	Jon Havelock	Progressive Conservative	1993
	Calgary-Varsity	Murray Smith	Progressive Conservative	1993
	Calgary-West	Danny Dalla-Longa	Liberal	1993
	Cardston-Chief Mountain	Jack Ady	Progressive Conservative	1986
	Chinook	Shirley McClellan	Progressive Conservative	1987
	Clover Bar-Fort Saskatchewan	Muriel Abdurahman	Liberal	1993
	Cypress-Medicine Hat	Lorne Taylor	Progressive Conservative	1993
	Drayton Valley-Calmar	Tom Thurber	Progressive Conservative	1989
	Drumheller	Stanley Schumacher	Progressive Conservative	1986
	Dunvegan	Glen Clegg	Progressive Conservative	1986
	Edmonton-Avonmore	Gene Zwozdesky	Liberal	1993
	Edmonton-Beverly-Belmont	Julius Yankowsky	Liberal	1993
			Progressive Conservative
	Edmonton-Centre	Michael Henry	Liberal	1993
	Edmonton-Ellerslie	Debby Carlson	Liberal	1993
	Edmonton-Glengarry	Laurence Decore	Liberal	1989
	Edmonton-Glenora	Howard Sapers	Liberal	1993
	Edmonton-Gold Bar	Bettie Hewes	Liberal	1986
	Edmonton-Highlands-Beverly	Alice Hanson	Liberal	1993
	Edmonton-Manning	Peter Sekulic	Liberal	1993
	Edmonton-Mayfield	Lance White	Liberal	1993
	Edmonton-McClung	Grant Mitchell	Liberal	1986
	Edmonton-Meadowlark	Karen Leibovici	Liberal	1993
	Edmonton-Mill Woods	Don Massey	Liberal	1993
	Edmonton-Norwood	Andrew Beniuk	Liberal	1993
			Independent
			Progressive Conservative
	Edmonton-Roper	Sine Chadi	Liberal	1993
	Edmonton-Rutherford	Percy Wickman	Liberal	1989
	Edmonton-Strathcona	Al Zariwny	Liberal	1993
	Edmonton-Whitemud	Mike Percy	Liberal	1993
	Fort McMurray	Adam Germain	Liberal	1993
	Grande Prairie-Smoky	Walter Paszkowski	Progressive Conservative	1989
	Grande Prairie-Wapiti	Wayne Jacques	Progressive Conservative	1993
	Highwood	Don Tannas	Progressive Conservative	1989
	Innisfail-Sylvan Lake	Gary Severtson	Progressive Conservative	1989
	Lac La Biche-St. Paul	Paul Langevin	Liberal	1993
			Independent
			Progressive Conservative
	Lacombe-Stettler	Judy Gordon	Progressive Conservative	1993
	Lesser Slave Lake	Pearl Calahasen	Progressive Conservative	1989
	Leduc	Terry Kirkland	Liberal	1993
	Lethbridge-East	Ken Nicol	Liberal	1993
	Lethbridge-West	Clint Dunford	Progressive Conservative	1993
	Little Bow	Barry McFarland	Progressive Conservative	1992
	Medicine Hat	Rob Renner	Progressive Conservative	1993
	Olds-Didsbury	Roy Brassard	Progressive Conservative	1986
	Peace River	Gary Friedel	Progressive Conservative	1993
	Pincher Creek-Macleod	David Coutts	Progressive Conservative	1993
	Ponoka-Rimbey	Halvar Jonson	Progressive Conservative	1982
	Red Deer North	Stockwell Day	Progressive Conservative	1986
	Red Deer South	Victor Doerksen	Progressive Conservative	1993
	Redwater	Nicholas Taylor	Liberal	1986
		Mary Anne Balsillie (1996)	Liberal	1996
	Rocky Mountain House	Ty Lund	Progressive Conservative	1989
	Sherwood Park	Bruce Collingwood	Liberal	1993
	St. Albert	Len Bracko	Liberal	1993
	Spruce Grove-Sturgeon-St. Albert	Colleen Soetaert	Liberal	1993
	Stony Plain	Stan Woloshyn	Progressive Conservative	1989[a]
	Taber-Warner	Ron Hierath	Progressive Conservative	1993
	Three Hills-Airdrie	Carol Haley	Progressive Conservative	1993
	Vegreville-Viking	Ed Stelmach	Progressive Conservative	1993
	Vermilion-Lloydminster	Steve West	Progressive Conservative	1986
	Wainwright	Robert Fischer	Progressive Conservative	1982
	West Yellowhead	Duco Van Binsbergen	Liberal	1993
	Wetaskiwin-Camrose	Ken Rostad	Progressive Conservative	1986
	Whitecourt-Ste. Anne	Peter Trynchy	Progressive Conservative	1971

Note:

• ¹ Pat Black later changed her last name to Nelson.

Standings changes since the 23rd general election

Membership changes in the 23rd Assembly
	Date	Member Name	District	Party	Reason
	November 15, 1994	Harry Sohal	Calgary-McCall	Progressive Conservative	Death of member.
	1995	Paul Langevin	Lac La Biche-St. Paul	Progressive Conservative	Crosses the floor from the Liberals to the Progressive Conservatives
	March 7, 1996	Nicholas Taylor	Redwater	Liberal	Resigned to be appointed to the Senate of Canada.

Notes

1. First elected as a NDP