1997 Alberta general election

The 1997 Alberta general election was held on March 11, 1997, to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta.

1997 Alberta general election
March 11, 1997 (1997-03-11)
83 seats in the Legislative Assembly of Alberta
42 seats needed for a majority
Turnout53.75%
  Majority party Minority party
 
LIB
Leader Ralph Klein Grant Mitchell
Party Progressive Conservative Liberal
Leader since December 14, 1992 November 13, 1994
Leader's seat Calgary-Elbow Edmonton-McClung
Last election 51 seats, 44.49% 32 seats, 39.73%
Seats before 52 31
Seats won 63 18
Seat change 11 13
Popular vote 483,914 309,748
Percentage 51.17% 32.75%
Swing 6.7% 6.98%
  Third party Fourth party
 
NDP
SC
Leader Pam Barrett Randy Thorsteinson
Party New Democratic Social Credit
Leader since 1996 1993
Leader's seat Edmonton-Highlands ran in Red Deer-South (lost)
Last election 0 seats, 11.01% 0 seats, 2.41%
Seats before 0 0
Seats won 2 0
Seat change 2 0
Popular vote 83,292 64,667
Percentage 8.81% 6.84%
Swing 2.2% 4.43%
Premier before election

Ralph Klein
Progressive Conservative

 Premier after election

Ralph Klein
Progressive Conservative

Ralph Klein's Conservatives were re-elected, with increased number of seats in the Legislature. Liberal Official Opposition lost some seats dropping from 32 to 18, but retaining the status of Official Opposition. NDP gained two, to have a grand total of two seats.

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