Previous provincial elections at a glance
Nov. 9, 1905: Alberta’s first election sees the Liberals score a landslide victory securing 23 of 25 seats, Alexander C. Rutherford becomes the province’s first premier.
March 22, 1909: Rutherford’s Liberals win 37 seats out of a possible 41 seats and another majority government is formed.
April 17, 1913: The Liberals, under the leadership of Arthur L. Sifton, capture a third victory, winning 39 of the 56 seats.
June 7, 1917: Winning 34 of 56 seats, Charles Stewart and his Liberal party are returned to power.
July 18, 1921: The United Farmers win capturing 38 of 61 seats, sweeping the Liberal government of Premier Charles Stewart from power; Herbert Greenfield becomes premier.
June 28, 1926: New leader John Brownlee leads the UFA to a second term, winning 43 of 61 seats.
June 19, 1930: Brownlee leads the UFA to a third term, winning 39 of 63 seats. A sex scandal erupts, Brownlee resigns and Richard G. Reid becomes premier.
Aug. 22, 1935: William Aberhart and the Social Credit party sweep to power
winning 56 of 63 seats. March 21, 1940: Winning 36 of 57 seats, Aberhart’s Social Credit is returned to power.
Aug. 8, 1944: With Ernest Manning as the new leader, the Social Credit secures a majority government, winning 51 of 57 seats.
Aug. 17, 1948: Albertans return Ernest Manning and his Socreds to the legislature with another huge majority, 51 of 57 seats. Aug. 5, 1952: Once again, winning 53 of 57 seats, the Socreds form another majority government.
June 29, 1955: Another majority government for Manning’s Socreds, with 37 of 61 seats.
June 18, 1959: Yet another massive majority for the Social Credit, taking 61 of 65 seats.
June 17, 1963: The Social Credit juggernaut continues, taking 60 of 63 seats.
May 23, 1967: Voters return Manning to power, his seventh election, when the Socreds take 55 of 65 seats.
Aug. 30, 1971: Peter Lougheed’s Conservatives put an end to 36 years of Social Credit rule by winning 49 of 75 seats.
March 26, 1975: The Tories sweep 69 of 75 seats.
March 14, 1979: The Tories are re-elected, taking 74 of 79 seats.
Nov. 2, 1982: Tories reelected to fourth term, giving Lougheed his biggest majority, 75 of 79 seats.
May 8, 1986: The Tories reelected to fifth term, under new leader Don Getty, taking 61 of 83 seats.
March 20, 1989: The Conservatives win the election with 59 seats but Getty loses his own seat; later wins byelection.
June 15, 1993: Ralph Klein leads the Conservatives to the first of four majorities with him at the helm, gaining 51 of 83 seats.
March 11, 1997: Klein’s Tories are re-elected with 63 of 83 seats.
March 12, 2001: Klein captures a huge majority, winning 74 of 83 seats against Nancy Macbeth’s Liberals.
Nov. 22, 2004: Klein wins a fourth term with a reduced 62-seat majority.
March 3, 2008: New Conservative Leader Ed Stelmach wins 73 seats, the highest-ever number for the new Tory premier.