Legislative Assembly of Alberta

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Legislative Assembly of Alberta

The Legislative Assembly of Alberta is the deliberative assembly of the province of Alberta, Canada. It sits in the Alberta Legislature Building in Edmonton. Since 2012 the Legislative Assembly has had 87 members, elected first past the post from single-member electoral districts.[1] Bills passed by the Legislative Assembly are given royal assent by the lieutenant governor of Alberta, as the viceregal representative of the King of Canada.[2] The Legislative Assembly and the Lieutenant Governor together make up the unicameral Alberta Legislature.

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Legislative Assembly of Alberta
31st Alberta Legislature
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Type
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History
FoundedSeptember 9, 1905 (1905-09-09)
Preceded byNorth-West Legislative Assembly
Leadership
Nathan Cooper, UCP
since May 30, 2019
Danielle Smith, UCP
since October 11, 2022
Government House Leader
Joseph Schow, UCP
since October 24, 2022
Christina Gray, NDP
since June 24, 2024
Opposition House Leader
Christina Gray, NDP
since February 8, 2021
Structure
Seats87
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Political groups
  • Government
  •   United Conservative (47)
  • Official Opposition
  •   New Democratic (36)

Other parties

Vacant

  Vacant (2)
Elections
Last election
May 29, 2023
Next election
On or before October 18, 2027
Meeting place
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Alberta Legislature Building
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Website
assembly.ab.ca
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The maximum period between general elections of the assembly, as set by Section 4 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms is five years, which is further reinforced in Alberta's Legislative Assembly Act.[3] Convention dictates the premier controls the date of election and usually selects a date in the fourth or fifth year after the preceding election. Amendments to Alberta's Election Act introduced in 2024 fixed the date of election to the third Monday in October in the fourth calendar year following the preceding election.[4] Alberta has never had a minority government and an election as a result of a vote of no confidence has never occurred.

To be a candidate for election to the assembly, a person must be a Canadian citizen older than 18 who has lived in Alberta for at least six months before the election and has registered with Elections Alberta under the Election Finances and Contributions Disclosure Act. Senators, senators-in-waiting, members of the House of Commons, and criminal inmates are ineligible.[5]

The 30th Alberta Legislature was dissolved on May 1, 2023. The members-elect of the 31st Alberta Legislature were elected on May 29.

History

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The Alberta Legislature Building has housed the chamber of the Legislative Assembly since its completion in 1913.

The first session of the first Legislature of Alberta opened on March 15, 1906, in the Thistle Rink, Edmonton, north of Jasper Avenue. After the speech from the throne, the assembly held its sessions in the McKay Avenue School. In this school Alberta MLAs chose the provincial capital,[6] Edmonton, and the future site for the Alberta Legislature Building: the bank of the North Saskatchewan River. Allan Merrick Jeffers,[7] a graduate of the Rhode Island School of Design was the architect who was chosen to build the assembly building. From 1908 to 1911 the Legislative Assembly met in a hall annexed to the old Terrace Building.[8][9]

In September 1912 Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn, Governor General of Canada, declared the new Legislature building officially open.[10][11][12]

Louise McKinney and Roberta MacAdams were the first women elected to the assembly, in the 1917 election. They were also the first women in any legislature of the British Empire. The United Farmers of Alberta held a majority of seats in the legislative assembly from 1921 to 1935 and formed the longest-lived agrarian revolt government in Canada. From 1926 to 1955, Edmonton and Calgary MLAs were elected through a form of proportional representation. In 1935 the Alberta Legislative Assembly elected the world's first Social Credit government.[13]

Current members

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The members of the 31st Alberta Legislature were elected in the 31st Alberta general election held on May 29, 2023. Bold indicates cabinet members, and party leaders are italicized.

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Member[14] Party Electoral district First elected
 Nagwan Al-Guneid||New Democratic||Calgary-Glenmore||2023
 Mickey Amery||United Conservative||Calgary-Cross||2019
 Brooks Arcand-Paul||New Democratic||Edmonton-West Henday||2023
 Jackie Armstrong-Homeniuk||United Conservative||Fort Saskatchewan-Vegreville||2019
 Diana Batten||New Democratic||Calgary-Acadia||2023
 Andrew Boitchenko||United Conservative||Drayton Valley-Devon||2023
 Parmeet Singh Boparai||New Democratic||Calgary-Falconridge||2023
 Eric Bouchard||United Conservative||Calgary-Lougheed||2023
 Gurinder Brar||New Democratic||Calgary-North East||2023
 Jodi Calahoo Stonehouse||New Democratic||Edmonton-Rutherford||2023
 Joe Ceci||New Democratic||Calgary-Buffalo||2015
 Amanda Chapman||New Democratic||Calgary-Beddington||2023
 Nathan Cooper||United Conservative||Olds-Didsbury-Three Hills||2015
 Scott Cyr||United Conservative||Bonnyville-Cold Lake-St. Paul||2015[a]
 Chantelle de Jonge||United Conservative||Chestermere-Strathmore||2023
 Lorne Dach||New Democratic||Edmonton-McClung||2015
 Jasvir Deol||New Democratic||Edmonton-Meadows||2019
 Devin DreeshenUnited ConservativeInnisfail-Sylvan Lake||2018 (by-election)
 Nolan Dyck||United Conservative||Grande Prairie||2023
 David Eggen||New Democratic||Edmonton-North West||2004[b]
 Court Ellingson||New Democratic||Calgary-Foothills||2023
 Mike Ellis||United Conservative||Calgary-West||2014 (by-election)
 Sarah Elmeligi||New Democratic||Banff-Kananaskis||2023
 Janet Eremenko||New Democratic||Calgary-Currie||2023
 Tanya Fir||United Conservative||Calgary-Peigan||2019
 Kathleen Ganley||New Democratic||Calgary-Mountain View||2015
 Shane Getson||United Conservative||Lac Ste. Anne-Parkland||2019
 Nate GlubishUnited ConservativeStrathcona-Sherwood Park||2019
 Nicole Goehring||New Democratic||Edmonton-Castle Downs||2015
 Brian JeanUnited ConservativeFort McMurray-Lac La Biche||2015[c]
 Christina GrayNew DemocraticEdmonton-Mill Woods||2015
 Peter Guthrie||Independent||Airdrie-Cochrane||2019
 Sharif Haji||New Democratic||Edmonton-Decore||2023
 Julia Hayter||New Democratic||Calgary-Edgemont||2023
 Sarah Hoffman||New Democratic||Edmonton-Glenora||2015
 Nate Horner||United Conservative||Drumheller-Stettler||2019
 Rhiannon Hoyle||New Democratic||Edmonton-South||2023
 Grant HunterUnited ConservativeTaber-Warner||2015
 Nathan Ip||New Democratic||Edmonton-South West||2023
 Janis Irwin||New Democratic||Edmonton-Highlands-Norwood||2019
 Jennifer Johnson||United Conservative||Lacombe-Ponoka||2023
 Matt Jones||United Conservative||Calgary-South East||2019
 Kyle Kasawski||New Democratic||Sherwood Park||2023
 Samir Kayande||New Democratic||Calgary-Elbow||2023
 Adriana LaGrangeUnited ConservativeRed Deer-North||2019
 Martin Long||United Conservative||West Yellowhead||2019
 Todd Loewen||United Conservative||Central Peace-Notley||2019
 Jackie Lovely||United Conservative||Camrose||2019
 VacantEdmonton-Ellerslie||2015
 Brandon Lunty||United Conservative||Leduc-Beaumont||2023
 Myles McDougall||United Conservative||Calgary-Fish Creek||2023
 Ric McIverUnited ConservativeCalgary-Hays||2012
 Luanne Metz||New Democratic||Calgary-Varsity||2023
 Rob Miyashiro||New Democratic||Lethbridge-West||2024 (by-election)
 Dale NallyUnited ConservativeMorinville-St. Albert||2019
 Nathan Neudorf||United Conservative||Lethbridge-East||2019
 Demetrios NicolaidesUnited ConservativeCalgary-Bow||2019
 Jason NixonUnited ConservativeRimbey-Rocky Mountain House-Sundre||2015
 VacantEdmonton-Strathcona||
 Rakhi Pancholi||New Democratic||Edmonton-Whitemud||2019
 Chelsae Petrovic||United Conservative||Livingstone-Macleod||2023
 Angela Pitt||United Conservative||Airdrie-East||2015
 Marie Renaud||New Democratic||St. Albert||2015
 Garth Rowswell||United Conservative||Vermilion-Lloydminster-Wainwright||2019
 Irfan Sabir||New Democratic||Calgary-Bhullar-McCall||2015
 Rajan SawhneyUnited ConservativeCalgary-North West||2019
 Marlin Schmidt||New Democratic||Edmonton-Gold Bar||2015
 Joseph Schow||United Conservative||Cardston-Siksika||2019
 Rebecca SchulzUnited ConservativeCalgary-Shaw||2019
 David Shepherd||New Democratic||Edmonton-City Centre||2015
 Lori Sigurdson||New Democratic||Edmonton-Riverview||2015
 RJ Sigurdson||United Conservative||Highwood||2019
 Scott Sinclair||Independant||Lesser Slave Lake||2023
 Peter Singh||United Conservative||Calgary-East||2019
 Danielle SmithUnited ConservativeBrooks-Medicine Hat||2012[d]
 Jason Stephan||United Conservative||Red Deer-South||2019
 Heather Sweet||New Democratic||Edmonton-Manning||2015
 Lizette Tejada||New Democratic||Calgary-Klein||2023
 Searle Turton||United Conservative||Spruce Grove-Stony Plain||2019
 Glenn van Dijken||United Conservative||Athabasca-Barrhead-Westlock||2015
 Ron Wiebe||United Conservative||Grande Prairie-Wapiti||2023
 Rick WilsonUnited ConservativeMaskwacis-Wetaskiwin||2019
 Dan Williams||United Conservative||Peace River||2019
 Justin Wright||United Conservative||Cypress-Medicine Hat||2023
 Peggy Wright||New Democratic||Edmonton-Beverly-Clareview||2023
 Tany Yao||United Conservative||Fort McMurray-Wood Buffalo||2015
 Muhammad Yaseen||United Conservative||Calgary-North||2019
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Standings during 31st Assembly

The 31st Alberta Legislative Assembly was constituted after the general election on May 29, 2023. The United Conservative Party, led by incumbent Premier Danielle Smith, formed the government with a reduced majority. The New Democrats, led by former Premier Rachel Notley, won the second most seats and formed the official opposition.[15]

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Standings in the 31st Alberta Legislature
Affiliation Members
2023 general election Current
United Conservative 49 47
New Democratic 38 36
Independent 0 2
Vacant 0 2
Total seats 87
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Seating plan

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  • Party leaders are italicized. Bold indicates cabinet minister.

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Notes

  1. Absent from Legislature during the 2019–2023 term
  2. Absent from Legislature during 2008–2012 term
  3. Absent from Legislature during 2018–2022 before returning in 2022 by-election
  4. Absent from Legislature during 2015–2022 before returning in 2022 by-election

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