24th Alberta Legislature

The 24th Alberta Legislative Assembly was in session from April 14, 1997, to February 12, 2001, with the membership of the assembly determined by the results of the 1997 Alberta general election held on March 11, 1997. The Legislature officially resumed on April 14, 1997, and continued until the fifth session was prorogued and dissolved on February 12, 2001, prior to the 2001 Alberta general election on March 12, 2001.^[1]

24th Alberta Legislature
Majority parliament
April 14, 1997 – February 12, 2001
Parliament leaders
Premier	Ralph Klein December 14, 1992 – December 14, 2006
Cabinet	Klein cabinet
Leader of the Opposition	Howard Sapers April 17, 1998 – March 12, 2001
Party caucuses
Government	Progressive Conservative Association
Opposition	Liberal Party
Recognized	New Democratic Party
Legislative Assembly
Speaker of the Assembly	Ken Kowalski April 14, 1997 – May 23, 2012
Government House Leader	Dave Hancock May 26, 1999 – November 24, 2006
Members	83 MLA seats
Sovereign
Monarch	Elizabeth II February 6, 1952 – September 8, 2022
Lieutenant Governor	Hon. Bud Olson 17 April 1996 – 10 February 2000
	Hon. Lois Hole 10 February 2000 – 6 January 2005
Sessions
1st session April 14, 1997 – January 26, 1998
2nd session January 27, 1998 – February 15, 1999
3rd session February 16, 1999 – February 16, 2000
4th session February 17, 2000 – February 11, 2001
5th session February 12, 2001 – February 12, 2001
← 23rd → 25th

Alberta's twenty-fourth government was controlled by the majority Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta, led by Premier Ralph Klein. The Official Opposition was led by Howard Sapers of the Liberal Party. The Speaker was Ken Kowalski.

Party standings after the 24th General Election

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Members elected

For complete electoral history, see individual districts

24th Alberta Legislative Assembly
	District	Member	Party	First elected/ previously elected
	Athabasca-Wabasca	Mike Cardinal	Progressive Conservative	1989
	Airdrie-Rocky View	Carol Haley	Progressive Conservative	1993
	Banff-Cochrane	Janis Tarchuk	Progressive Conservative	1997
	Barrhead-Westlock	Ken Kowalski	Progressive Conservative	1979
	Bonnyville-Cold Lake	Denis Ducharme	Progressive Conservative	1997
	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-Fort	Wayne Cao	Progressive Conservative	1997
	Calgary-Glenmore	Ron Stevens	Progressive Conservative	1997
	Calgary-Lougheed	Marlene Graham	Progressive Conservative	1997
	Calgary-McCall	Shiraz Shariff	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	Greg Melchin	Progressive Conservative	1997
	Calgary-Nose Creek	Gary Mar	Progressive Conservative	1993
	Calgary-Shaw	Jon Havelock	Progressive Conservative	1993
	Calgary-Varsity	Murray Smith	Progressive Conservative	1993
	Calgary-West	Karen Kryczka	Progressive Conservative	1997
	Cardston-Taber-Warner	Ron Hierath	Progressive Conservative	1993
	Clover Bar-Fort Saskatchewan	Rob Lougheed	Progressive Conservative	1997
	Cypress-Medicine Hat	Lorne Taylor	Progressive Conservative	1993
	Drayton Valley-Calmar	Tom Thurber	Progressive Conservative	1989
	Drumheller-Chinook	Shirley McClellan	Progressive Conservative	1987
	Dunvegan	Glen Clegg	Progressive Conservative	1986
	Edmonton-Beverly-Clareview	Julius Yankowsky	Progressive Conservative	1993[a]
	Edmonton-Calder	Lance White	Liberal	1993
	Edmonton-Castle Downs	Pamela Paul	Liberal	1997
			Independent
	Edmonton-Centre	Laurie Blakeman	Liberal	1997
	Edmonton-Ellerslie	Debby Carlson	Liberal	1993
	Edmonton-Glengarry	Bill Bonner	Liberal	1997
	Edmonton-Glenora	Howard Sapers	Liberal	1993
	Edmonton-Gold Bar	Hugh MacDonald	Liberal	1997
	Edmonton-Highlands	Pam Barrett	NDP	1986, 1997
		Brian Mason (2000)	NDP	2000
	Edmonton-Manning	Ed Gibbons	Liberal	1997
	Edmonton-McClung	Grant Mitchell	Liberal	1986
		Nancy MacBeth (1998)	Liberal	1986[b], 1998
	Edmonton-Meadowlark	Karen Leibovici	Liberal	1993
	Edmonton-Mill Creek	Gene Zwozdesky	Liberal	1993
			Independent
			Progressive Conservative
	Edmonton-Mill Woods	Don Massey	Liberal	1993
	Edmonton-Norwood	Sue Olsen	Liberal	1997
	Edmonton-Riverview	Linda Sloan	Liberal	1997
	Edmonton-Rutherford	Percy Wickman	Liberal	1989
	Edmonton-Strathcona	Raj Pannu	NDP	1997
	Edmonton-Whitemud	David Hancock	Progressive Conservative	1997
	Fort McMurray	Guy C. Boutilier	Progressive Conservative	1997
	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	Progressive Conservative	1993[c]
	Lacombe-Stettler	Judy Gordon	Progressive Conservative	1993
	Lesser Slave Lake	Pearl Calahasen	Progressive Conservative	1989
	Leduc	Albert Klapstein	Progressive Conservative	1997
	Lethbridge-East	Ken Nicol	Liberal	1993
	Lethbridge-West	Clint Dunford	Progressive Conservative	1993
	Little Bow	Barry McFarland	Progressive Conservative	1992
	Livingstone-Macleod	David Coutts	Progressive Conservative	1993
	Medicine Hat	Rob Renner	Progressive Conservative	1993
	Olds-Didsbury-Three Hills	Richard Marz	Progressive Conservative	1997
	Peace River	Gary Friedel	Progressive Conservative	1993
	Ponoka-Rimbey	Halvar Jonson	Progressive Conservative	1982
	Red Deer-North	Stockwell Day	Progressive Conservative	1986
		Mary Anne Jablonski (2000)	Progressive Conservative	2000
	Red Deer-South	Victor Doerksen	Progressive Conservative	1993
	Redwater	Dave Broda	Progressive Conservative	1997
	Rocky Mountain House	Ty Lund	Progressive Conservative	1989
	Sherwood Park	Iris Evans	Progressive Conservative	1997
	St. Albert	Mary O'Neill	Progressive Conservative	1997
	Spruce Grove-Sturgeon-St. Albert	Colleen Soetaert	Liberal	1993
	Stony Plain	Stan Woloshyn	Progressive Conservative	1989[d]
	Strathmore-Brooks	Lyle Oberg	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	Ivan Strang	Progressive Conservative	1997
	Wetaskiwin-Camrose	LeRoy Johnson	Progressive Conservative	1997
	Whitecourt-Ste. Anne	Peter Trynchy	Progressive Conservative	1971

Note:

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

Standings changes since the 24th general election

Number of members per party by date		1997	1998				1999	2000
		Mar 11	May 11	Jun 17	Jul ?	Aug ?	Nov 15	Feb 2	Jun 12	Jul 11	Sep 25	Oct 4
	Progressive Conservative	63				64				63	64
	Liberal	18	17	18	17		16					15
	New Democratic	2						1	2
	Independent	0			1	0	1
	Total members	83	82	83				82	83	82	83	82
	Vacant	0	1	0				1	0	1	0	1
	Government Majority	43	44	43		45		46	45	44	45	46

1. May 11, 1998 Grant Mitchell, Edmonton McClung resigns.
2. June 17, 1998 Nancy MacBeth, Edmonton-McClung elected in a by-election.
3. July 1998 Gene Zwozdesky, Edmonton Mill Creek sits as an Independent.
4. August 1998 Gene Zwozdesky, Edmonton-Mill Creek joins the Progressive Conservative caucus.
5. November 15, 1999 Pamela Paul-Zobaric, Edmonton Castle Downs sits as an Independent.
6. February 2, 2000 Pam Barrett, Edmonton-Highlands resigns.
7. June 12, 2000 Brian Mason, Edmonton-Highlands elected in a by-election.
8. July 11, 2000 Stockwell Day, Red Deer-North resigns.
9. September 25, 2000 Mary Anne Jablonski, Red Deer-North elected in a by-election.
10. October 4, 2000 Sue Olsen, Edmonton-Norwood resigns to run in federal election.

Notes

1. First elected as a Liberal
2. Edmonton-Glenora (First elected as Progressive Conservative)
3. First elected as a Liberal
4. First elected as a NDP