2012 Alberta general election

{{Short description|none}} {{Infobox election | election_name = 2012 Alberta general election | country = Alberta | type = parliamentary | party_colour = no | party_name = no | previous_election = 2008 Alberta general election | previous_year = 2008 | outgoing_members = 27th Alberta Legislative Assembly | election_date = {{start date|2012|4|23}} | elected_mps = members | next_election = 2015 Alberta general election | next_year = 2015 | seats_for_election= 87 seats in the Legislative Assembly of Alberta | majority_seats = 44 | opinion_polls = #Opinion polls | turnout = 54.37% | image_size = x150px  | image1 = Alison Redford 2012 (cropped).jpg | colour1 = {{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|nohash}} | leader1 = Alison Redford | party1 = {{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|name}} | leader_since1 = October 2, 2011 | leaders_seat1 = Calgary-Elbow | last_election1 = 72 seats, 52.7% | seats_before1 = 66 | seats1 = '''61''' | seat_change1 = {{decrease}}5 | popular_vote1 = '''567,312''' | percentage1 = '''43.97%''' | swing1 = {{decrease}}8.8pp  | image2 = Wildrose Leader Danielle Smith (cropped).jpg | colour2 = {{Canadian party colour|AB|Wildrose|nohash}} | leader2 = Danielle Smith | party2 = {{Canadian party colour|AB|Wildrose|name}} | leader_since2 = October 17, 2009 | leaders_seat2 = Highwood | last_election2 = 0 seats, 6.8% | seats_before2 = 4 | seats2 = 17 | seat_change2 = {{increase}}13 | popular_vote2 = 442,325 | percentage2 = 34.28% | swing2 = {{increase}}27.5pp  | image3 = Raj Sherman (cropped).jpg | colour3 = {{Canadian party colour|AB|Liberal|nohash}} | leader3 = Raj Sherman | party3 = {{Canadian party colour|AB|Liberal|name}} | leader_since3 = September 10, 2011 | leaders_seat3 = Edmonton-Meadowlark | last_election3 = 9 seats, 26.4% | seats_before3 = 8 | seats3 = 5 | seat_change3 = {{decrease}}3 | popular_vote3 = 127,626 | percentage3 = 9.89% | swing3 = {{decrease}}16.5pp  | image4 = Brian Mason 2015 (cropped).jpg | colour4 = {{Canadian party colour|AB|NDP|nohash}} | leader4 = Brian Mason | party4 = {{Canadian party colour|AB|NDP|name}} | leader_since4 = July 13, 2004 | leaders_seat4 = Edmonton-Highlands-Norwood | last_election4 = 2 seats, 8.5% | seats_before4 = 2 | seats4 = 4 | seat_change4 = {{increase}}2 | popular_vote4 = 127,074 | percentage4 = 9.85% | swing4 = {{increase}}1.3pp  | image5 = Glenntaylor (cropped).jpg | colour5 = {{Canadian party colour|AB|Alberta|nohash}} | leader5 = Glenn Taylor | party5 = {{Canadian party colour|AB|Alberta|name}} | leader_since5 = May 28, 2011 | leaders_seat5 = ''ran in West Yellowhead (lost)'' | last_election5 = 0 seats, 0.0% | seats_before5 = 1 | seats5 = 0 | seat_change5 = {{decrease}}1 | popular_vote5 = 16,959 | percentage5 = 1.31% | swing5 = {{increase}}1.3pp  | map_image = Alberta Election 2012 Results Map.svg | map_size = 350px | map_caption = Popular vote by riding. As this is a first-past-the-post election, seat totals are not determined by total popular vote, but instead by results in each riding. Riding names are listed at the bottom.  | title = Premier | before_election = Alison Redford | before_party = {{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|name}} | posttitle = Premier after election | after_election = Alison Redford | after_party = {{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|name}} }} The '''2012 Alberta general election''' was held on April 23, 2012, to elect members of the 28th Legislative Assembly of Alberta. A Senate nominee election was called for the same day.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.globaltvedmonton.com/voters+to+elect+senate+nominees+in+upcoming+election/6442608234/story.html |title=Voters to elect Senate nominees in upcoming election |date=March 26, 2012 |access-date=March 26, 2012 |publisher=Global Edmonton |archive-date=March 27, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120327212714/http://www.globaltvedmonton.com/voters+to+elect+senate+nominees+in+upcoming+election/6442608234/story.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

During the 2011 Progressive Conservative Association leadership election, eventual winner Alison Redford stated that if she became Premier she intended to pass legislation setting a fixed election date. After taking office, her government introduced a bill relating to the timing of elections, which was passed on December 6, 2011.<ref name="Bill 21">{{cite web|title=Bill 21: Election Amendment Act, 2011 (Olson)|url=https://www.assembly.ab.ca/net/index.aspx?p=bills_status&selectbill=021|publisher=The Legislative Assembly of Alberta|access-date=December 7, 2011|archive-date=January 22, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100122172959/http://www.assembly.ab.ca/net/index.aspx?p=bills_status&selectbill=021|url-status=live}}</ref> Unlike other fixed election date legislation in Canada, the 2011 Election Amendment Act fixes the election to a three-month period, between March 1 and May 31 in the fourth calendar year. However, like other legislation, this does not affect the powers of the Lieutenant Governor to dissolve the Legislature before this period.<ref>{{cite web|title=Bill 21, Election Amendment Act, 2011|url=https://www.assembly.ab.ca/ISYS/LADDAR_files/docs/bills/bill/legislature_27/session_4/20110222_bill-021.pdf|publisher=The Legislative Assembly of Alberta|access-date=December 7, 2011|date=December 6, 2011|archive-date=April 18, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120418211601/http://www.assembly.ab.ca/ISYS/LADDAR_files/docs/bills/bill/legislature_27/session_4/20110222_bill-021.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref> The writs of elections were dropped March 26, 2012.

Although the Wildrose Party led opinion polls for much of the campaign, on election night the Progressive Conservatives defied expectations to win 61 seats – a net loss of only five – en route to their 12th consecutive majority government. It is colloquially known as the "'Lake of Fire' election" for a series of controversies by Wildrose candidates, perceived to have hampered the party's campaign.<ref>[https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/wildrose-party-aims-to-drain-lake-of-fire-that-cost-it-2012-alberta-election/article15027074/ Wildrose Party aims to drain ‘lake of fire’ that cost it 2012 Alberta election], The Globe and Mail</ref><ref>[https://nationalpost.com/news/canada/alberta-election-2012-wildrose-loss Social issues sank Wildrose during campaign, experts say], ''National Post''</ref><ref>[https://www.ctvnews.ca/calgary/avoiding-bozo-eruptions-vital-to-smith-campaign-1.6341253?cache=vpwzeytrnkqkdlm%3FautoPlay%3Dtrue%2F7.368869%3FcontactForm%3Dtrue Avoiding 'bozo eruptions' vital to Smith campaign], CTV News Calgary</ref><ref>[https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/alberta-election-2019-jason-kenney-rachel-notley-1.5087164 OPINION {{!}} A remarkable misreading of the desires of Alberta voters], CBC News</ref>

The victory made Redford the third woman elected in her own right as a provincial premier in Canada (after Catherine Callbeck in Prince Edward Island in 1993, and Kathy Dunderdale in Newfoundland and Labrador in 2011), and the first woman elected premier in a province outside Atlantic Canada. On September 4, 2014, the Alberta PC Party became the longest-running provincial government in Canadian history. Wildrose leader Danielle Smith would later become the 19th premier of Alberta in October 2022, as leader of the United Conservative Party.

Overall, across the province, 1,290,352 valid votes were cast in this election.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://officialresults.elections.ab.ca/orResultsPGE.cfm?EventId=31 | title=Election Results }}</ref>

==Background==

===27th Legislature=== {{main|27th Alberta Legislative Assembly}} The 27th Alberta Legislature saw a significant decline in the polls for the governing Progressive Conservatives (PCs) and the popularity of Premier Ed Stelmach.

The Wildrose Party was the primary beneficiary of voter migration in opinion polls from the governing PCs, after former leader Paul Hinman won a by-election, and the party elected Danielle Smith as leader. On January 4, 2010, the Wildrose caucus supplanted the New Democrats to become the third-largest in the legislature when PC MLAs Rob Anderson (Airdrie-Chestermere) and Heather Forsyth (Calgary-Fish Creek) joined Wildrose. Later in 2010, former PC cabinet minister Guy Boutilier (Fort McMurray-Wood Buffalo) joined, becoming the party's fourth MLA. However, their support has waned in the year following, as did polling fortunes for the Liberal Party, while the Alberta NDP was polling at double its result in the previous election.

The Liberals lost two MLAs during the 27th Legislature — Dave Taylor (Calgary Currie) who left to sit as an independent, before becoming the first MLA for the Alberta Party; and Bridget Pastoor (Lethbridge-East) who crossed the floor to join the PC caucus in November 2011. However, the Liberals gained one MLA in selecting Raj Sherman (Edmonton-Meadowlark) as their leader in September 2011, who had been ejected from the PC caucus in November 2010.

On January 25, 2011, Ed Stelmach abruptly announced that he would not seek re-election, and would resign as leader of the Progressive Conservatives and as premier after a successor was chosen. Alison Redford was chosen as Stelmach's successor on October 1, 2011, and following her election the PCs improved their results in opinion polls. Her new government presented six pieces of legislation, the most notable of which regarded fixed election dates, an investigation into health care, and tougher penalties for impaired driving. All six bills were passed in the fall 2011 sitting of the 27th Legislature.<ref>{{cite web|title=Bill Status Report for the 27th Legislature – 4th Session (2011)|url=https://www.assembly.ab.ca/net/index.aspx?p=bills_statusreport|publisher=Legislative Assembly of Alberta|access-date=January 18, 2012|date=December 8, 2011|archive-date=April 3, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120403195025/http://www.assembly.ab.ca/net/index.aspx?p=bills_statusreport|url-status=live}}</ref> The 2012 election is a result of the fixed election legislation, which fixed the date of the next provincial election in Alberta between March 1 and May 31, 2012, and requires subsequent elections in that period in the fourth calendar year thereafter. The law does not affect the ability of Alberta's Lieutenant-Governor to dissolve the assembly and call an election before that time. However, that is not likely to occur during majority governments. The legislature was dissolved and the writs were dropped on March 26, 2012.

===Green Party dispute=== {{main|Alberta Greens}} A year after the previous general election the Alberta Greens became mired in an internal dispute that resulted in the collapse of the party, and its de-registration by Elections Alberta. Some of the former Green party executive, including former deputy leader Edwin Erickson, eventually joined the Alberta Party, while others regrouped and founded the Evergreen Party of Alberta.<ref>{{cite web|title=Vision2012 Society |url=http://www.vision2012alberta.ca/ |publisher=Evergreen Party of Alberta |access-date=January 2, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100204001007/http://www.vision2012alberta.ca/ |archive-date=February 4, 2010 }}</ref>

==Results==

As indicated on the maps, the rural vote split largely on regional lines. Wildrose support was concentrated largely in Southern Alberta while the party won only one seat north of the 53rd parallel, while the PCs were reduced to just one seat in rural Southern Alberta. Wildrose won only three urban seats (two in Calgary and one in Medicine Hat) while the PCs won the majority of seats in both Calgary and Edmonton, swept Edmonton's suburbs and swept the two seats contested in each of Fort McMurray, Grande Prairie, Lethbridge and Red Deer. The Liberals were confined to the two largest cities, winning three seats in Calgary and two in Edmonton. The New Democrats won all four of their seats in Edmonton.

The PCs polled about 44 percent of the popular vote, and four cabinet ministers were defeated. The Wildrose won 17 seats to become the Official Opposition for the first time. It was a net increase of thirteen seats for the party, although two of the four Wildrose incumbents (Guy Boutilier and Paul Hinman) were defeated by their PC challengers. The party polled more than 34 percent of the popular vote, more than five times their share in the previous election, and finished a close second in dozens of constituencies.

The Liberals saw their share of the vote plummet by almost two thirds and polled under ten percent for the first time since 1982. The result therefore appeared to give credence to speculation that Liberal voters from last election voted "strategically" for moderate PC candidates to defeat the more conservative Wildrose Party. Nevertheless, the five Liberal incumbents seeking re-election all managed to do so, with the Liberals losing the three seats where their incumbents did not run again. It was the Liberals' lowest seat total since the 1986 election. The Liberals were relegated to third party status in the Legislature for the first time since 1993.

The New Democrats won four seats, double their previous total and enough to secure official party status in the Legislature. Both NDP incumbents were re-elected. The NDP polled just under ten percent of the vote, marginally less than the Liberals' share and a modest increase from the last election.

===Summary=== centre|300px {{election table|title=Summary of the April 23, 2012 Legislative Assembly of Alberta election results}} !rowspan="2" colspan="2" style="text-align:left;" |Party !rowspan="2" style="text-align:left;" |Party leader !rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;" |Number of candidates<ref name="candidates">{{cite web|title=Nominated Candidates|url=http://wtv.elections.ab.ca/wtParties.cfm|publisher=Elections Alberta|access-date=April 10, 2012|archive-date=April 17, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120417054515/http://wtv.elections.ab.ca/wtParties.cfm|url-status=live}}</ref> !colspan="4" style="text-align:center;" |Seats !colspan="3" style="text-align:center;" |Popular vote |- | style="text-align:center;" |2008 | style="text-align:center;" |Dissol. | style="text-align:center;" |2012 | style="text-align:center;" |% Change | style="text-align:center;" |#1 | style="text-align:center;" |% | style="text-align:center;" |Change (pp) {{Canadian party colour/Temporary|AB|PC|row-name}} | style="text-align:left;" | Alison Redford |87 ||72 ||66 ||61 ||–7.85 ||567,060 ||43.95 ||–8.77 {{Canadian party colour/Temporary|AB|Wildrose|row-name}} | style="text-align:left;" | Danielle Smith |87 ||— ||4 ||17 ||+325 ||442,429 ||34.29 ||+27.51 {{Canadian party colour/Temporary|AB|Liberal|row-name}} | style="text-align:left;" | Raj Sherman |87 ||9 ||8 ||5 ||–37.5 ||127,645 ||9.89 ||–16.54 {{Canadian party colour/Temporary|AB|NDP|row-name}} | style="text-align:left;" | Brian Mason |87 ||2 ||2 ||4 ||+100 ||126,752 ||9.82 ||+1.34 {{Canadian party colour/Temporary|AB|Alberta|row-name}} | style="text-align:left;" |Glenn Taylor |38 ||— ||1 ||— ||–100 ||17,172 ||1.33 ||+1.32 {{Canadian party colour/Temporary|AB|Evergreen|row-name}} | style="text-align:left;" |Larry Ashmore |25 ||—2 ||— ||— ||— ||5,082 ||0.394 ||–4.162 {{Canadian party colour/Temporary|AB|Independent|row}} | style="text-align:left;" colspan=2 |Independent |12 ||— ||1 ||— ||–100 ||3,511 ||0.272 ||–0.53 {{Canadian party colour/Temporary|AB|Social Credit|row-name}} | style="text-align:left;" |Len Skowronski |3 ||— ||— ||— ||— ||294 ||0.0228 ||–0.19 {{Canadian party colour/Temporary|AB|Communist|row-name}} | style="text-align:left;" |Naomi Rankin |2 ||— ||— ||— ||— ||210 ||0.0163 ||+0.01 {{Canadian party colour/Temporary|AB|Separation|row-name}} | style="text-align:left;" |Bart Hampton3 |13 ||— ||— ||— ||— ||68 ||0.00527 ||0.00 {{Canadian party colour/Temporary|AB|Vacant|row}} | style="text-align:left;" colspan="4" |Vacant |1 |colspan=5| |- | style="text-align:left;" colspan="3" |'''Total''' !429 !!83 !!83 !!87 !!+4.82 !!1,290,223 !!100.00% !! |} '''Notes:''' # Results at the count.<ref>{{cite web|title=Unofficial Results|url=http://results.elections.ab.ca/wtResultsPGE.htm|publisher=Elections Alberta|access-date=April 24, 2012|archive-date=April 26, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120426181333/http://results.elections.ab.ca/wtResultsPGE.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref> # Results change is compared to the Alberta Greens in 2008. # Elections Alberta lists Bart Hampton as leader of the Separation Party of Alberta, however the party's only candidate is party president Glen Dundas.<ref name=parties>{{cite web|title=Parties|url=http://www.elections.ab.ca/Public%20Website/603.cfm|publisher=Elections Alberta|access-date=April 9, 2012|archive-date=January 18, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120118025326/http://www.elections.ab.ca/Public%20Website/603.cfm|url-status=live}}</ref>

The voter turnout was 54%.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.electionsalberta.ab.ca/Public%20Website/files/Reports/2012_Part3.pdf |title=Election Expenses - Fees and Associated Costs |access-date=April 17, 2015 |archive-date=April 18, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150418002830/http://www.electionsalberta.ab.ca/Public%20Website/files/Reports/2012_Part3.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref>

===Vote and seats summaries=== {{Bar box|title=Popular vote|titlebar=#ddd|width=600px|barwidth=410px|bars={{Bar percent|PC|{{Canadian party colour|AB|PC}}|43.95}} {{Bar percent|Wildrose|{{Canadian party colour|AB|Wildrose}}|34.29}} {{Bar percent|Liberal|{{Canadian party colour|AB|Liberal}}|9.89}} {{Bar percent|New Democratic|{{Canadian party colour|AB|NDP}}|9.82}} {{Bar percent|Others|{{Canadian party colour|CA|Inde}}|2.05}}}}{{Bar box|title=Seats summary|titlebar=#ddd|width=600px|barwidth=410px|bars={{Bar percent|PC|{{Canadian party colour|AB|PC}}|70.11}} {{Bar percent|Wildrose|{{Canadian party colour|AB|Wildrose}}|19.54}} {{Bar percent|Liberal|{{Canadian party colour|AB|Liberal}}|5.75}} {{Bar percent|New Democratic|{{Canadian party colour|AB|NDP}}|4.60}}}}thumb|right|Results by riding

===By region=== {| class="wikitable" ! align="center" colspan="3"|Party ! align="center"|Calgary ! align="center"|Edm. ! align="center"|Leth. ! align="center"|Red Deer ! align="center"|North ! align="center"|Central ! align="center"|South ! align="center"|Total |- |{{Canadian party colour/Temporary|AB|PC|background}} rowspan=2| |rowspan=2|Progressive Conservative |Seats ||20 ||13 ||2 ||2 ||10 ||13 ||1 ||'''61''' |- |Popular vote ||46.16% ||40.37% ||38.65% ||41.60% ||47.70% ||46.94% ||38.33% ||43.95% |- |{{Canadian party colour/Temporary|AB|Wildrose|background}} rowspan=2| |rowspan=2|Wildrose |Seats ||2 ||0 ||0 ||0 ||1 ||5 ||9 ||'''17''' |- |Popular vote ||35.61% ||18.80% ||29.45% ||34.24% ||39.69% ||37.82% ||51.49% ||34.29% |- |{{Canadian party colour|AB|Liberal|background}} rowspan=2| |rowspan=2|Liberal |Seats ||3 ||2 ||0 ||0 ||0 ||0 ||0 ||'''5''' |- |Popular vote ||11.89% ||16.13% ||10.19% ||12.08% ||4.29% ||5.41% ||4.90% ||9.89% |- |{{Canadian party colour/Temporary|AB|NDP|background}} rowspan=2| |rowspan=2|New Democratic |Seats ||0 ||4 ||0 ||0 ||0 ||0 ||0 ||'''4''' |- |Popular vote ||4.79% ||21.56% ||20.88% ||9.17% ||7.64% ||6.88% ||4.68% ||9.82% |- !colspan=3 style="text-align:left"|Total seats |'''25''' ||'''19''' ||'''2''' ||'''2''' ||'''11''' ||'''18''' ||'''10''' ||'''87''' {{Canadian party colour/Temporary|AB|Alberta|row-name}} |Popular vote ||0.80% ||2.46% ||0.84% ||2.92% ||— ||2.05% ||— ||1.33% {{Canadian party colour/Temporary|AB|Evergreen|row-name}} |Popular vote ||0.65% ||0.36% ||— ||— ||0.16% ||0.27% ||0.37% ||0.39% {{Canadian party colour/Temporary|XX|Independents|row-name}} |Popular vote ||0.04% ||0.28% ||— ||— ||0.52% ||0.58% ||0.20% ||0.27% {{Canadian party colour/Temporary|AB|Social Credit|row-name}} |Popular vote ||0.03% ||0.02% ||— ||— ||— ||0.04% ||— ||0.02% {{Canadian party colour/Temporary|AB|Communist|row-name}} |Popular vote ||0.04% ||0.02% ||— ||— ||— ||— ||— ||0.02% {{Canadian party colour/Temporary|AB|Separation|row-name}} |Popular vote ||— ||— ||— ||— ||— ||— ||0.04% ||0.01% |}

===Gains, holds, and losses=== {{col-begin}} {{col-break|width=60%}} {|class="wikitable" |+Gains, holds, and losses by party |- ! colspan=2| Party ! Seats (dissol.) ! Seats (2012) ! Gains ! Holds ! Losses ! Net change |- {{Canadian party colour/Temporary|AB|PC|row-name}} | style="text-align:center;"| 66 | style="text-align:center;"| 61 | style="text-align:center;"| 11 | style="text-align:center;"| 50 | style="text-align:center;"| 16 | style="text-align:center;"| –5 {{Canadian party colour/Temporary|AB|Wildrose|row-name}} | style="text-align:center;"| 4 | style="text-align:center;"| 17 | style="text-align:center;"| 15 | style="text-align:center;"| 2 | style="text-align:center;"| 2 | style="text-align:center;"| +13 {{Canadian party colour/Temporary|AB|Liberal|row-name}} | style="text-align:center;"| 8 | style="text-align:center;"| 5 | style="text-align:center;"| 0 | style="text-align:center;"| 5 | style="text-align:center;"| 3 | style="text-align:center;"| –3 {{Canadian party colour/Temporary|AB|NDP|row-name}} | style="text-align:center;"| 2 | style="text-align:center;"| 4 | style="text-align:center;"| 2 | style="text-align:center;"| 2 | style="text-align:center;"| 0 | style="text-align:center;"| +2 {{Canadian party colour/Temporary|AB|Alberta|row-name}} | style="text-align:center;"| 1 | style="text-align:center;"| 0 | style="text-align:center;"| 0 | style="text-align:center;"| 0 | style="text-align:center;"| 1 | style="text-align:center;"| –1 {{Canadian party colour/Temporary|XX|Independents|row-name}} | style="text-align:center;"| 1 | style="text-align:center;"| 0 | style="text-align:center;"| 0 | style="text-align:center;"| 0 | style="text-align:center;"| 1 | style="text-align:center;"| –1 |- | | style="text-align:center;"| '''Total''' | style="text-align:center;"| '''82''' | style="text-align:center;"| '''87''' | style="text-align:center;"| '''28''' | style="text-align:center;"| '''59''' | style="text-align:center;"| '''23''' | style="text-align:center;"| '''+5''' |} {{col-break|width=40%}} {|class="wikitable" |+Gains and losses between parties |- ! colspan=2|Loser\Gainer ! PC ! WP ! NDP ! Total losses |- {{Canadian party colour/Temporary|AB|PC|row-name}} | style="text-align:center;"| — | style="text-align:center;"| 14 | style="text-align:center;"| 2 | style="text-align:center;"| 16 {{Canadian party colour/Temporary|AB|Wildrose|row-name}} | style="text-align:center;"| 2 | style="text-align:center;"| — | style="text-align:center;"| 0 | style="text-align:center;"| 2 {{Canadian party colour/Temporary|AB|Liberal|row-name}} | style="text-align:center;"| 3 | style="text-align:center;"| 0 | style="text-align:center;"| 0 | style="text-align:center;"| 3 {{Canadian party colour/Temporary|AB|Alberta|row-name}} | style="text-align:center;"| 1 | style="text-align:center;"| 0 | style="text-align:center;"| 0 | style="text-align:center;"| 1 {{Canadian party colour/Temporary|XX|Independents|row-name}} | style="text-align:center;"| 1 | style="text-align:center;"| 0 | style="text-align:center;"| 0 | style="text-align:center;"| 1 {{Canadian party colour/Temporary|XX|Vacant|row}} | New and vacant seats | style="text-align:center;"| 4 | style="text-align:center;"| 1 | style="text-align:center;"| 0 | style="text-align:center;"| 5 |- | | style="text-align:center;"| '''Total gains''' | style="text-align:center;"| 11 | style="text-align:center;"| 15 | style="text-align:center;"| 2 | style="text-align:center;"| 28 |} {{col-end}}

===Defeated incumbents=== {|class="wikitable sortable" |+Defeated incumbents and winners |- !style="width: 20px;" class="unsortable"| !Defeated incumbent !Affiliation !style="width: 20px;" class="unsortable"| !Winner !Affiliation !Electoral district {{Canadian party colour/Temporary|AB|Wildrose|row}} |{{sortname|Paul|Hinman}} |Wildrose |{{Canadian party colour/Temporary|AB|PC|background}}| |{{sortname|Linda|Johnson|Linda Johnson (politician)}} |Progressive Conservative |Calgary-Glenmore {{Canadian party colour/Temporary|AB|PC|row}} |{{sortname|Ted|Morton}} |Progressive Conservative |{{Canadian party colour/Temporary|AB|Wildrose|background}}| |{{sortname|Bruce|McAllister|Bruce McAllister (politician)}} |Wildrose |Chestermere-Rocky View1 {{Canadian party colour/Temporary|AB|PC|row}} |{{sortname|Len|Mitzel}} |Progressive Conservative |{{Canadian party colour/Temporary|AB|Wildrose|background}}| |{{sortname|Drew|Barnes}} |Wildrose |Cypress-Medicine Hat {{Canadian party colour/Temporary|AB|PC|row}} |{{sortname|Jack|Hayden|Jack Hayden (politician)}} |Progressive Conservative |{{Canadian party colour/Temporary|AB|Wildrose|background}}| |{{sortname|Rick|Strankman}} |Wildrose |Drumheller-Stettler {{Canadian party colour/Temporary|AB|PC|row}} |{{sortname|Tony|Vandermeer}} |Progressive Conservative |{{Canadian party colour/Temporary|AB|NDP|background}}| |{{sortname|Deron|Bilous}} |New Democratic |Edmonton-Beverly-Clareview {{Canadian party colour/Temporary|XX|Independent|row}} |{{sortname|Carl|Benito}} |Independent2 |{{Canadian party colour/Temporary|AB|PC|background}}| |{{sortname|Sohail|Quadri}} |Progressive Conservative |Edmonton-Mill Woods {{Canadian party colour/Temporary|AB|Wildrose|row}} |{{sortname|Guy|Boutilier}} |Wildrose3 |{{Canadian party colour/Temporary|AB|PC|background}}| |{{sortname|Mike|Allen|Mike Allen (Alberta politician)}} |Progressive Conservative |Fort McMurray-Wood Buffalo {{Canadian party colour/Temporary|AB|PC|row}} |{{sortname|Luke|Ouellette}} |Progressive Conservative |{{Canadian party colour/Temporary|AB|Wildrose|background}}| |{{sortname|Kerry|Towle}} |Wildrose |Innisfail-Sylvan Lake {{Canadian party colour/Temporary|AB|PC|row}} |{{sortname|Ray|Danyluk}} |Progressive Conservative |{{Canadian party colour/Temporary|AB|Wildrose|background}}| |{{sortname|Shayne|Saskiw}} |Wildrose |Lac La Biche-St. Paul-Two Hills4 {{Canadian party colour/Temporary|AB|PC|row}} |{{sortname|Evan|Beger|Evan Berger (politician)}} |Progressive Conservative |{{Canadian party colour/Temporary|AB|Wildrose|background}}| |{{sortname|Pat|Stier}} |Wildrose |Livingstone-Macleod {{Canadian party colour/Temporary|AB|PC|row}} |{{sortname|Ty|Lund}} |Progressive Conservative |{{Canadian party colour/Temporary|AB|Wildrose|background}}| |{{sortname|Joe|Anglin}} |Wildrose |Rimbey-Rocky Mountain House-Sundre5 {{Canadian party colour/Temporary|AB|PC|row}} |{{sortname|Arno|Doerksen}} |Progressive Conservative |{{Canadian party colour/Temporary|AB|Wildrose|background}}| |{{sortname|Jason|Hale|Jason Hale (politician)}} |Wildrose |Strathmore-Brooks |} '''Notes:''' #Morton was an incumbent in Foothills-Rocky View #Benito sat as a Progressive Conservative in the 27th Legislative Assembly, lost the candidate nomination, and ran as an independent #Boutilier was elected as a Progressive Conservative in the 2008 election #Danyluk was an incumbent in Lac La Biche-St. Paul #Lund was an incumbent in Rocky Mountain House

==Opinion polls== <gallery widths="300px"> File:ABelection poll.jpg|Graph of polling from the 2008 election to the 2012 election File:ABelection poll 2012.jpg|Graph of polling during the 2012 election showing trends by polling firm and party </gallery>

The following is a summary of opinion polls leading up to the 2012 election. {|class="wikitable collapsible sortable" style="text-align:center;font-size:85%;line-height:14px" |- style="background:#e9e9e9;" !Date of Polling !Polling Firm ! style="width:60px;background-color:{{Canadian party colour/Temporary|AB|PC}}"|PC ! style="width:60px;background-color:{{Canadian party colour/Temporary|AB|Wildrose}}"|Wildrose ! style="width:60px;background-color:{{Canadian party colour/Temporary|AB|Liberal}}"|Liberal ! style="width:60px;background-color:{{Canadian party colour/Temporary|AB|NDP}}"|NDP ! style="width:60px;background-color:{{Canadian party colour/Temporary|AB|Alberta}}"|Alberta ! style="width:60px;background-color:{{Canadian party colour/Temporary|AB|Evergreen}}"|Evergreen ! style="width:60px;background-color:{{Canadian party colour/Temporary|XX|Independent}}"|Other |- | style="background:#ffd;"|{{sort|120423|''April 23, 2012''}} | style="background:#ffd;"|''Election 2012'' | style="background:#6685a3; text-align:center;"|'''44.0''' | style="background:#ffd; text-align:center;"|34.3 | style="background:#ffd; text-align:center;"|9.9 | style="background:#ffd; text-align:center;"|9.8 | style="background:#ffd; text-align:center;"|1.3 | style="background:#ffd; text-align:center;"|0.4 | style="background:#ffd; text-align:center;"|0.3 |- |{{sort|120422|2=[http://www.forumresearch.com/forms/News%20Archives/News%20Releases/40010_Alberta_Issues_Poll_%28Forum_Research%29_%2820120422%29.pdf April 22, 2012]}} |Forum Research | style="text-align:center;"|36 | style="text-align:center;background:#85a385"|'''38''' | style="text-align:center;"|10 | style="text-align:center;"|12 | style="text-align:center;"|3 | style="text-align:center;"| | style="text-align:center;"|1 |- |{{sort|120421|2=[http://www.forumresearch.com/forms/News%20Archives/News%20Releases/71110_Alberta_Issues_Poll_%28Forum_Research%29.pdf April 21, 2012]}} |Forum Research | style="text-align:center;"|32 | style="text-align:center;background:#85a385" |'''41''' | style="text-align:center;"|10 | style="text-align:center;"|13 | style="text-align:center;"|2 | style="text-align:center;"| | style="text-align:center;"|2 |- |{{sort|120420|2={{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20130318011010/http://www.angus-reid.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/2012.04.22_Politics_AB.pdf April 20–21, 2012]}} }} |Angus Reid | style="text-align:center;"|32 | style="text-align:center;background:#85a385"|'''41''' | style="text-align:center;"|13 | style="text-align:center;"|11 | style="text-align:center;"| | style="text-align:center;"| | style="text-align:center;"|2 |- |{{sort|120419b|2=[http://www.threehundredeight.blogspot.ca/2012/04/wildrose-poised-for-slim-majority.html April 19, 2012]}} |Campaign Research | style="text-align:center;"|34 | style="text-align:center;background:#85a385"|'''41''' | style="text-align:center;"|11 | style="text-align:center;"|11 | style="text-align:center;"| | style="text-align:center;"| | style="text-align:center;"|3 |- |{{sort|120419a|2=[http://abacusdata.ca/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/Wave-5-Release-FINAL.pdf April 18–19, 2012]}} |Abacus Data | style="text-align:center;"|31 | style="text-align:center;background:#85a385"|'''41''' | style="text-align:center;"|12 | style="text-align:center;"|13 | style="text-align:center;"| | style="text-align:center;"| | style="text-align:center;"|3 |- |{{sort|120418|2=[https://web.archive.org/web/20150518111839/http://edmonton.ctvnews.ca/new-poll-shows-gap-in-support-narrowing-between-wildrose-and-pc-1.798486 April 17–18, 2012] }} |ThinkHQ Public Affairs | style="text-align:center;"|33 | style="text-align:center;background:#85a385"|'''41''' | style="text-align:center;"|11 | style="text-align:center;"|11 | style="text-align:center;"|3 | style="text-align:center;"| | style="text-align:center;"|1 |- |{{sort|120416|2=[http://www.forumresearch.com/forms/News%20Archives/News%20Releases/14981_Alberta_Issues_Poll_%28Forum_Research%29_%2820120417%29.pdf April 16, 2012]}} |Forum Research | style="text-align:center;"|33 | style="text-align:center;background:#85a385"|'''40''' | style="text-align:center;"|10 | style="text-align:center;"|12 | style="text-align:center;"|2 | style="text-align:center;"| | style="text-align:center;"|2 |- |{{sort|120415|2=[http://www.legermarketing.com/admin/upload/publi_pdf/PRESS_RELEASE_-_Herald-Journal_Provincial_Election_Poll_-_April_17_2012.pdf April 13–16, 2012]}} |Leger Marketing | style="text-align:center;"|36 | style="text-align:center;background:#85a385"|'''42''' | style="text-align:center;"|9 | style="text-align:center;"|10 | style="text-align:center;"|2 | style="text-align:center;"|0.3 | style="text-align:center;"|1 |- |{{sort|120414|2=[http://return-on-insight.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/CBC-ROI-April-16-Vote-intention-.pdf April 13–14, 2012]}} |Return on Insight | style="text-align:center;"|36 | style="text-align:center;background:#85a385"|'''43''' | style="text-align:center;"|11 | style="text-align:center;"|9 | style="text-align:center;"|1 | style="text-align:center;"| | style="text-align:center;"|0 |- |{{sort|120412|April 12, 2012}} |colspan=8|'''Televised leaders' debate''' |- |{{sort|120412|2=[https://www.scribd.com/doc/89101101/Press-Release-April-12 April 11, 2012]}} |Campaign Research | style="text-align:center;"|34.4 | style="text-align:center;background:#85a385"|'''42.8''' | style="text-align:center;"|9.6 | style="text-align:center;"|9.7 | style="text-align:center;"| | style="text-align:center;"| | style="text-align:center;"|3.5 |- |{{sort|120411|2=[http://abacusdata.ca/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/Wave-4-Release-FINAL.pdf April 9–11, 2012]}} |Abacus Data | style="text-align:center;"|29 | style="text-align:center;background:#85a385"|'''46''' | style="text-align:center;"|10 | style="text-align:center;"|12 | style="text-align:center;"| | style="text-align:center;"| | style="text-align:center;"|2 |- |{{sort|120410|2=[https://web.archive.org/web/20120428092526/http://edmonton.ctv.ca/servlet/HTMLTemplate?tf=ctvlocal/hub/hub.html&cf=ctvlocal/edmonton.cfg&hub=election_poll_041112 April 9–10, 2012] }} |Think HQ Public Affairs | style="text-align:center;"|29 | style="text-align:center;background:#85a385"|'''43''' | style="text-align:center;"|12 | style="text-align:center;"|13 | style="text-align:center;"|2 | style="text-align:center;"| | style="text-align:center;"|1 |- |{{sort|120409|2=[https://www.forumresearch.com/forms/News%20Archives/News%20Releases/45065_Alberta_Issues_Poll_%28Forum_Research%29.pdf April 9, 2012]}} |Forum Research | style="text-align:center;"|31 | style="text-align:center;background:#85a385"|'''43''' | style="text-align:center;"|10 | style="text-align:center;"|11 | style="text-align:center;"|2 | style="text-align:center;"| | style="text-align:center;"|2 |- |{{sort|120408|2=[http://www.legermarketing.com/admin/upload/publi_pdf/PRESS_RELEASE_-_Herald-Journal_Provincial_Election_Poll_-_Announcements_-_April_9_2012.pdf April 5–8, 2012]}} |Leger Marketing | style="text-align:center;"|34.2 | style="text-align:center;background:#85a385"|'''35.5''' | style="text-align:center;"|12.5 | style="text-align:center;"|13.2 | style="text-align:center;"|2.7 | style="text-align:center;"|1.3 | style="text-align:center;"|0.6 |- |{{sort|120404|2=[http://abacusdata.ca/2012/04/06/alberta-politics-wildrose-continues-lead-over-pcs/ April 2–4, 2012]}} |Abacus Data | style="text-align:center;"|31 | style="text-align:center;background:#85a385"|'''43''' | style="text-align:center;"|12 | style="text-align:center;"|11 | style="text-align:center;"| | style="text-align:center;"| | style="text-align:center;"|3 |- |{{sort|120404|2=[http://www.legermarketing.com/admin/upload/publi_pdf/PRESS_RELEASE_-_Herald-Journal_Provincial_Election_Poll_-_April_4_2012.pdf April 2–4, 2012]}} |Leger Marketing | style="text-align:center;"|33.9 | style="text-align:center;background:#85a385"|'''41.3''' | style="text-align:center;"|9.5 | style="text-align:center;"|11.7 | style="text-align:center;"|2.2 | style="text-align:center;"| | style="text-align:center;"|1.4 |- |{{sort|120403|2=[https://www.scribd.com/doc/88019984/Press-Release-April-3 April 3, 2012]}} |Campaign Research | style="text-align:center;"|28.4 | style="text-align:center;background:#85a385"|'''45.5''' | style="text-align:center;"|11.3 | style="text-align:center;"|10.2 | style="text-align:center;"| | style="text-align:center;"| | style="text-align:center;"|4.6 |- |{{sort|120403|2=[http://www.forumresearch.com/forms/News%20Archives/News%20Releases/91960_Alberta_Issues_Poll_%28Forum_Research%29.pdf April 3, 2012]}} |Forum Research | style="text-align:center;"|29 | style="text-align:center;background:#85a385"|'''43''' | style="text-align:center;"|13 | style="text-align:center;"|10 | style="text-align:center;"|3 | style="text-align:center;"| | style="text-align:center;"|3 |- |{{sort|120402|2=[http://postmediacalgaryherald.files.wordpress.com/2012/04/ctv-voa-early-april-2012.pdf April 2–3, 2012]}} |Think HQ Public Affairs | style="text-align:center;"|30 | style="text-align:center;background:#85a385"|'''43''' | style="text-align:center;"|11 | style="text-align:center;"|12 | style="text-align:center;"|3 | style="text-align:center;"| | style="text-align:center;"|1 |- |{{sort|120328|2=[http://abacusdata.ca/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/Wave-2-Release-FINAL.pdf March 26–28, 2012]}} |Abacus Data | style="text-align:center;"|28 | style="text-align:center;background:#85a385"|'''41''' | style="text-align:center;"|16 | style="text-align:center;"|12 | style="text-align:center;"| | style="text-align:center;"| | style="text-align:center;"|3 |- |{{sort|120326|March 26, 2012}} |colspan=8|'''Dissolution of the 27th Alberta Legislative Assembly, campaign begins''' |- |{{sort|120326|2=[https://www.scribd.com/doc/87085341/Alberta-Provincial-Election-Tracking-March-26 March 26, 2012]}} |Campaign Research | style="text-align:center;"|30.3 | style="text-align:center;background:#85a385"|'''39.6''' | style="text-align:center;"|13.0 | style="text-align:center;"|11.6 | style="text-align:center;"| | style="text-align:center;"| | style="text-align:center;"|5.5 |- |{{sort|120326|2=[http://www.edmontonsun.com/2012/03/27/wildrose March 26, 2012]}} |Forum Research | style="text-align:center;"|31 | style="text-align:center;background:#85a385"|'''41''' | style="text-align:center;"|12 | style="text-align:center;"|11 | style="text-align:center;"|2 | style="text-align:center;"| | style="text-align:center;"|3 |- |{{sort|120325|2=[http://www.legermarketing.com/admin/upload/publi_pdf/PRESS_RELEASE_-_Herald-Journal_Provincial_Election_Poll_-_March_27_2012.pdf]}} |Leger Marketing | style="text-align:center;background:#6685a3"|'''37''' | style="text-align:center;"|34 | style="text-align:center;"|12 | style="text-align:center;"|11 | style="text-align:center;"|2 | style="text-align:center;"| | style="text-align:center;"|6 |- |{{sort|120325|2=[http://postmediacalgaryherald.files.wordpress.com/2012/03/ctv-campaign-dynamics-voa-march-2012.pdf March 22–25, 2012]}} |Think HQ Public Affairs | style="text-align:center;background:#6685a3"|'''36''' | style="text-align:center;"|33 | style="text-align:center;"|13 | style="text-align:center;"|13 | style="text-align:center;"|2 | style="text-align:center;"| | style="text-align:center;"|3 |- |{{sort|120324|2=[http://ipsos-na.com/news-polls/pressrelease.aspx?id=5565/ March 20–25, 2012]}} |Ipsos-Reid | style="text-align:center;background:#6685a3"|'''38''' | style="text-align:center;background:#85a385"|'''38''' | style="text-align:center;"|11 | style="text-align:center;"|12 | style="text-align:center;"| | style="text-align:center;"| | style="text-align:center;"|2 |- |{{sort|120307|2=[http://abacusdata.ca/2012/03/13/alberta-politics-pcs-lead-wildrose-by-5/ March 5–7, 2012]}} |Abacus Data | style="text-align:center;background:#6685a3"|'''34''' | style="text-align:center;"|29 | style="text-align:center;"|18 | style="text-align:center;"|14 | style="text-align:center;"| | style="text-align:center;"| | style="text-align:center;"|5 |- |{{sort|120217|2=[https://web.archive.org/web/20160123133304/http://calgary.ctvnews.ca/poll-has-tories-still-in-the-lead-1.772474 February 2012] }} |Think HQ Public Affairs | style="text-align:center;background:#6685a3"|'''42''' | style="text-align:center;"|29 | style="text-align:center;"|12 | style="text-align:center;"|13 | style="text-align:center;"|2 | style="text-align:center;"| | style="text-align:center;"|2 |- |{{sort|120210|2=[https://nationalpost.com/news/canada/albertas-wildrose-gaining-support-while-pcs-flag-new-survey-suggests February 10, 2012]}} |Forum Research | style="text-align:center;background:#6685a3"|'''37''' | style="text-align:center;"|30 | style="text-align:center;"|14 | style="text-align:center;"|13 | style="text-align:center;"| | style="text-align:center;"| | style="text-align:center;"|6 |- |{{sort|120202|2=[http://www.calgarysun.com/2012/02/08/opening-salvos Jan 30 – Feb 2, 2012]}} |Abingdon Research | style="text-align:center;background:#6685a3"|'''37.9''' | style="text-align:center;"|29.4 | style="text-align:center;"|13.7 | style="text-align:center;"|14.4 | style="text-align:center;"| | style="text-align:center;"| | style="text-align:center;"|4.5 |- |{{sort|120125|2=[https://docs.google.com/a/return-on-insight.ca/viewer?a=v&pid=sites&srcid=cmV0dXJuLW9uLWluc2lnaHQuY2F8cHVibGljfGd4OjZkNTBmYTcyZmEzZjIyOWE January 25–31, 2012]}} |Return on Insight | style="text-align:center;background:#6685a3"|'''46''' | style="text-align:center;"|24 | style="text-align:center;"|12 | style="text-align:center;"|14 | style="text-align:center;"|4 | style="text-align:center;"| | style="text-align:center;"|0 |- |{{sort|120117|2=[http://albertadiaryfootnotes.files.wordpress.com/2012/01/forumpoll.pdf January 17, 2012]}} |Forum Research | style="text-align:center;background:#6685a3"|'''38''' | style="text-align:center;"|29 | style="text-align:center;"|14 | style="text-align:center;"|13 | style="text-align:center;"|3 | style="text-align:center;"| | style="text-align:center;"|{{sort|04|4}} |- |{{sort|120113|2=[http://www.legermarketing.com/admin/upload/publi_pdf/Alberta_Provincial_Voting_2012_EN.pdf January 13–18, 2012]}} |Leger Marketing | style="text-align:center;background:#6685a3"|'''53''' | style="text-align:center;"|16 | style="text-align:center;"|11 | style="text-align:center;"|13 | style="text-align:center;"|2 | style="text-align:center;"| | style="text-align:center;"|{{sort|06|6}} |- |{{sort|111222|December 22, 2011}} |colspan=8|'''Evergreen Party registered with Elections Alberta, Larry Ashmore becomes leader''' |- |{{sort|111214|2=[https://calgaryherald.com/news/Tories+holding+strong+lead+heading+spring+vote+Poll/5880854/story.html December 14, 2011]}} |Forum Research | style="text-align:center;background:#6685a3"|'''38''' | style="text-align:center;"|23 | style="text-align:center;"|12 | style="text-align:center;"|13 | style="text-align:center;"|6 | style="text-align:center;"| | style="text-align:center;"|{{sort|09|9}} |- |{{sort|111108|2=[https://calgaryherald.com/news/Alberta+Tory+popularity+rise+rivals+attack+short+sitting+legislature/5742670/story.html November 4–8, 2011]}} |Environics | style="text-align:center;background:#6685a3"|'''51''' | style="text-align:center;"|19 | style="text-align:center;"|13 | style="text-align:center;"|14 | style="text-align:center;"| | style="text-align:center;"| | style="text-align:center;"|{{sort|03|3}} |- |{{sort|111019|2={{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20120328232748/http://www.angus-reid.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/2011.10.22_Alberta_POL.pdf October 17–19, 2011]}} }} |Angus Reid Strategies | style="text-align:center;background:#6685a3"|'''44''' | style="text-align:center;"|22 | style="text-align:center;"|16 | style="text-align:center;"|13 | style="text-align:center;"|2 | style="text-align:center;"| | style="text-align:center;"|{{sort|03|3}} |- |{{sort|111002|2=[http://www.lethbridgecollege.ca/sites/default/files/imce/about-us/applied-research/csrl/Alberta_Provincial_Vote_Intention_Fall_2011.pdf October 1–2, 2011]}} |Lethbridge College | style="text-align:center;background:#6685a3"|'''47.7''' | style="text-align:center;"|16.1 | style="text-align:center;"|13.4 | style="text-align:center;"|16.3 | style="text-align:center;"|3.1 | style="text-align:center;"| | style="text-align:center;"|{{sort|03.4|3.4}} |- |{{sort|111001|October 1, 2011}} |colspan=8|'''Alison Redford becomes PC leader and Premier''' |- |{{sort|110924|2=[https://calgaryherald.com/technology/Alison+Redford+inherits+lead+rivals+poll/5530395/story.html September 19–24, 2011]}} |Think HQ Public Affairs | style="text-align:center;background:#6685a3"|'''40''' | style="text-align:center;"|24 | style="text-align:center;"|14 | style="text-align:center;"|16 | style="text-align:center;"|3 | style="text-align:center;"| | style="text-align:center;"|{{sort|03|3}} |- |{{sort|110910|September 10, 2011}} |colspan=8|'''Raj Sherman becomes Liberal leader''' |- |{{sort|110724|2=[https://edmontonjournal.com/news/Tories+surge+ahead/5171143/story.html July 15–24, 2011]}} |Environics | style="text-align:center;background:#6685a3"|'''54''' | style="text-align:center;"|16 | style="text-align:center;"|13.5 | style="text-align:center;"|13.5 | style="text-align:center;"|2 | style="text-align:center;"| | style="text-align:center;"|{{sort|01|1}} |- |{{sort|110701|2=[https://edmontonjournal.com/news/Sherman+polarizing+figure+Liberals/5349668/story.html July 2011]}} |Think HQ Public Affairs | style="text-align:center;background:#6685a3"|'''39''' | style="text-align:center;"|30 | style="text-align:center;"|11 | style="text-align:center;"|14 | style="text-align:center;"|4 | style="text-align:center;"| | style="text-align:center;"|{{sort|02|2}} |- |{{sort|110528|May 28, 2011}} |colspan=8|'''Glenn Taylor becomes Alberta Party leader''' |- |{{sort|110524|2=[http://blogs.edmontonjournal.com/2011/06/14/poll-wildrose-is-within-striking-distance/ May 20–24, 2011]}} |Abingdon<ref>This poll paid for and provided to the press by the Wildrose Alliance</ref> | style="text-align:center;background:#6685a3"|'''33.5''' | style="text-align:center;"|28.6 | style="text-align:center;"|15.1 | style="text-align:center;"|14.7 | style="text-align:center;"|5.2 | style="text-align:center;"| | style="text-align:center;"|{{sort|02.9|2.9}} |- |{{sort|110201|February 1, 2011}} |colspan=8|'''David Swann resigns as Liberal leader''' |- |{{sort|110131|2=[http://www.environics.ca/reference-library?news_id=50 January 20–31, 2011]}} |Environics | style="text-align:center;background:#6685a3"|'''38''' | style="text-align:center;"|26 | style="text-align:center;"|22 | style="text-align:center;"|10 | style="text-align:center;"| | style="text-align:center;"| | style="text-align:center;"|{{sort|04|4}} |- |{{sort|110125|January 25, 2011}} |colspan=8|'''Ed Stelmach resigns as PC leader and Premier''' |- |{{sort|101202|2=[http://www.environicsresearch.com/media_room/default.asp?aID=738 Nov 22 – Dec 2, 2010]}} |Environics | style="text-align:center;background:#6685a3"|'''34''' | style="text-align:center;"|32 | style="text-align:center;"|19 | style="text-align:center;"|13 | style="text-align:center;"| | style="text-align:center;"| | style="text-align:center;"|{{sort|02|2}} |- |{{sort|101124|November 24, 2010}} |colspan=8|'''Sue Huff becomes interim Alberta Party leader''' |- |{{sort|101003|2=[http://www.lethbridgecollege.ca/sites/default/files/imce/about-us/applied-research/csrl/Alberta_Provincial_Vote_Intention_Fall_2010.pdf October 2–3, 2010]}} |Lethbridge College | style="text-align:center;background:#6685a3"|'''36.1''' | style="text-align:center;"|24 | style="text-align:center;"|20.7 | style="text-align:center;"|10.8 | style="text-align:center;"| | style="text-align:center;"| | style="text-align:center;"|{{sort|08.4|8.4}} |- |{{sort|100502|2=[https://calgaryherald.com/news/Poll+shows+Wildrose+continues+break+Tory+domination/3007090/story.html May 2, 2010]}} |Environics | style="text-align:center;background:#6685a3"|'''34''' | style="text-align:center;"|28 | style="text-align:center;"|23 | style="text-align:center;"|12 | style="text-align:center;"| | style="text-align:center;"| | style="text-align:center;"|{{sort|03|3}} |- |{{sort|100309|2=[https://calgaryherald.com/news/Tories+Wildrose+only+apart+polls+Alberta+awaits+royalty+review/2669325/story.html March 9, 2010]}} |Environics | style="text-align:center;background:#6685a3"|'''34''' | style="text-align:center;"|30 | style="text-align:center;"|23 | style="text-align:center;"|10 | style="text-align:center;"| | style="text-align:center;"|2 | style="text-align:center;"|1 |- |{{sort|100223|2=[http://www.visioncritical.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/2010.03.11_Politics_AB.pdf February 23, 2010]}} |Angus Reid Strategies | style="text-align:center;"|27 | style="text-align:center;background:#85a385"|'''42''' | style="text-align:center;"|19 | style="text-align:center;"|9 | style="text-align:center;"| | style="text-align:center;"| | style="text-align:center;"|{{sort|03|3}} |- |{{sort|100128|January 28, 2010}} |colspan=8|'''Edwin Erickson becomes Alberta Party leader''' |- |{{sort|091211|2=[http://www.visioncritical.com/2009/12/wildrose-alliance-leads-in-alberta-as-progressive-conservatives-falter/ December 11, 2009]}} |Angus Reid Strategies | style="text-align:center;"|25 | style="text-align:center;background:#85a385"|'''39''' | style="text-align:center;"|25 | style="text-align:center;"|9 | style="text-align:center;"| | style="text-align:center;"| | style="text-align:center;"|{{sort|02|2}} |- |{{sort|091031|2=[http://erg.environics.net/imageLibrary/110509/Environics-AlbertaPoliticalTrends-Release-Nov52009.pdf October 19–31, 2009]}} |Environics | style="text-align:center;background:#6685a3"|'''34''' | style="text-align:center;"|28 | style="text-align:center;"|20 | style="text-align:center;"|9 | style="text-align:center;"| | style="text-align:center;"|8 | style="text-align:center;"|0 |- |{{sort|091017|October 17, 2009}} |colspan=8|'''Danielle Smith becomes Wildrose leader''' |- |{{sort|091002|2=[https://docs.google.com/a/return-on-insight.ca/fileview?id=0B8trq5MTKRVKZjQ4ZTczYzItNzA3Zi00ZDc4LTlkMGItN2JjNTRmZGU5NGY3&hl=en October 2009]}} |Return on Insight | style="text-align:center;background:#6685a3"|'''34''' | style="text-align:center;"|25 | style="text-align:center;"|20 | style="text-align:center;"|10 | style="text-align:center;"| | style="text-align:center;"|5 | style="text-align:center;"|6 |- |{{sort|091001|2=[http://www.lethbridgecollege.ca/sites/default/files/imce/about-us/applied-research/csrl/alberta_provincial_vote_intention_fall_2009.pdf October 2009]}} |Lethbridge College / Athabasca University | style="text-align:center;background:#6685a3"|'''38.4''' | style="text-align:center;"|21.5 | style="text-align:center;"|20.8 | style="text-align:center;"|10.7 | style="text-align:center;"| | style="text-align:center;"| | style="text-align:center;"|{{sort|08.5|8.5}} |- |{{sort|090829|August 29, 2009}} |colspan=8|'''Robert Leddy becomes interim Alberta Party leader''' |- |{{sort|090716|July 16, 2009}} |colspan=8|'''Alberta Greens deregistered with Elections Alberta''' |- |{{sort|090401|2=April 2009 }} |Angus Reid Strategies | style="text-align:center;background:#6685a3"|'''56''' | style="text-align:center;"|7 | style="text-align:center;"|19 | style="text-align:center;"|11 | style="text-align:center;"| | style="text-align:center;"|7 | style="text-align:center;"|0 |- |{{sort|081210|December 10, 2008}} |colspan=8|'''David Swann becomes Liberal leader''' |- |{{sort|081201|2=[https://web.archive.org/web/20201127195726/http://erg.environics.net/media_room/default.asp?aID=695 December 2008] }} |Environics | style="text-align:center;background:#6685a3"|'''62''' | style="text-align:center;"|3 | style="text-align:center;"|16 | style="text-align:center;"|6 | style="text-align:center;"| | style="text-align:center;"|14 | style="text-align:center;"|0 |- |{{sort|081001|2=[https://web.archive.org/web/20180927175929/http://erg.environics.net/media_room/default.asp?aID=686 October 2008]}} |Environics | style="text-align:center;background:#6685a3"|'''59''' | style="text-align:center;"|6 | style="text-align:center;"|17 | style="text-align:center;"|11 | style="text-align:center;"| | style="text-align:center;"|7 | style="text-align:center;"|0 |- |{{sort|080501|2=[http://www.nodice.ca/elections/alberta/polls.php June 2008]}} |Environics | style="text-align:center;background:#6685a3"|'''48''' | style="text-align:center;"|7 | style="text-align:center;"|25 | style="text-align:center;"|10 | style="text-align:center;"| | style="text-align:center;"|10 | style="text-align:center;"|0 |- |{{sort|080304|2=[http://www.nodice.ca/elections/alberta/polls.php March 2008]}} |Environics | style="text-align:center;background:#6685a3"|'''54''' | style="text-align:center;"|10 | style="text-align:center;"|22 | style="text-align:center;"|10 | style="text-align:center;"| | style="text-align:center;"|5 | style="text-align:center;"|0 |- | style="background:#ffd;"|{{sort|080303|''March 3, 2008''}} | style="background:#ffd;"|''Election 2008'' | style="background:#6685a3; text-align:center;"|'''52.66''' | style="background:#ffd; text-align:center;"|6.77 | style="background:#ffd; text-align:center;"|26.37 | style="background:#ffd; text-align:center;"|8.52 | style="background:#ffd; text-align:center;"|0.00 | style="background:#ffd; 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==MLAs not running again== {{col-begin}} {{col-2}} ;Progressive Conservative *Cindy Ady, Calgary-Shaw<ref>{{cite web|last=Ady|first=Cindy|title=Public Announcement|url=http://216.119.89.76/cindyady/Default.aspx?cid=296&lang=1|work=Cindy's Blog|access-date=March 5, 2012|date=March 5, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131021175857/http://216.119.89.76/cindyady/Default.aspx?cid=296&lang=1|archive-date=October 21, 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref> *Ken Allred, St. Albert<ref>{{cite web|title=Allred out |url=http://www.stalbertgazette.com/article/20111207/SAG0803/312079969/-1/SAG/allred-out |work=St. Albert Gazette |access-date=December 7, 2011 |first=Ryan |last=Tumilty |date=December 7, 2011 }}{{dead link|date=October 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> *Lindsay Blackett, Calgary-North West<ref>{{cite web|last=Wood |first=James |title=Family, 'other interests' see MLA Blackett leaving after one term |url=https://calgaryherald.com/news/calgary/Family+other+interests+Blackett+leaving+after+term/5988262/story.html?cid=megadrop_story |work=Calgary Herald |access-date=January 13, 2012 |date=January 12, 2012 }}{{dead link|date=October 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> *Doug Elniski, Edmonton-Calder<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dougelniski.com/component/content/article/34-dougelniski/114-not-seeking-reelection |title=Not Seeking Re-Election |publisher=Dougelniski.com |date=January 19, 2012 |access-date=January 27, 2012 |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120428012515/http://dougelniski.com/component/content/article/34-dougelniski/114-not-seeking-reelection |archive-date=April 28, 2012 }}</ref> *Iris Evans, Sherwood Park<ref>{{cite web|title=Tory veteran Evans will retire when spring election called |url=https://edmontonjournal.com/Tory+veteran+Evans+will+retire+when+spring+election+called/5822902/story.html |work=Calgary Herald |publisher=Edmonton Journal |access-date=December 7, 2011 |author=Kelly Cryderman |author2=Keith Gerein |date=December 7, 2011 }}{{dead link|date=October 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> *George Groeneveld, Highwood<ref name="calgaryherald1">{{cite web|title=Alberta Tory 'old boys' clogging the pipes of renewal |url=https://calgaryherald.com/news/Alberta+Tory+boys+clogging+pipes+renewal/5800055/story.html |work=Calgary Herald |access-date=December 9, 2011 |date=December 2, 2011 }}{{dead link|date=October 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> *Broyce Jacobs, Cardston-Taber-Warner<ref name="candidates"/> *Arthur Johnston, Calgary-Hays<ref name="candidates"/> *Ron Liepert, Calgary-West<ref>{{cite web|last=Braid |first=Don |title=Ron Liepert won't run for re-election: sources |url=https://calgaryherald.com/news/Liepert+election+sources/5829063/story.html |work=Calgary Herald |access-date=December 8, 2011 |date=December 8, 2011 }}{{dead link|date=October 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> *Fred Lindsay, Stony Plain<ref name="candidates"/> *Mel Knight, Grande Prairie-Smoky<ref name="calgaryherald1"/> *Ken Kowalski, Barrhead-Morinville-Westlock<ref>{{cite web|title=Speaker Ken Kowalski announces retirement |url=https://calgaryherald.com/news/politics/Speaker+Kowalski+announces+retirement/5837490/story.html |work=Calgary Herald |access-date=December 9, 2011 |date=December 9, 2011 }}{{dead link|date=October 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> *Richard Marz, Olds-Didsbury-Three Hills *Barry McFarland, Little Bow<ref>{{cite web|title=Big shoes to fill for Little Bow Riding |url=http://www.vauxhalladvance.com/commentary/editorial/878-big-shoes-to-fill-for-little-bow-riding.html |publisher=Vauxhall Advance |access-date=December 9, 2011 |date=November 24, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120426041723/http://www.vauxhalladvance.com/commentary/editorial/878-big-shoes-to-fill-for-little-bow-riding.html |archive-date=April 26, 2012 |df=mdy }}</ref> *Ray Prins, Lacombe-Ponoka<ref name="prinsresignation">{{cite news |title=Alberta Tories do something about 'do-nothing committee' |work=The Globe and Mail |location=Canada |date=March 20, 2012 |url=http://m.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/alberta-tories-do-something-about-do-nothing-committee/article2376130/?service=mobile |access-date=March 21, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130525161100/http://m.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/alberta-tories-do-something-about-do-nothing-committee/article2376130/?service=mobile |archive-date=May 25, 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref> *Rob Renner, Medicine Hat<ref>{{cite news |title=Former environmental minister Rob Renner won’t run again |url=https://globalnews.ca/news/194468/former-environmental-minister-rob-renner-wont-run-again/ |publisher=Global News |agency=Canadian Press |date=December 30, 2011 |access-date=April 1, 2026 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260401163603/https://globalnews.ca/news/194468/former-environmental-minister-rob-renner-wont-run-again/ |archive-date=April 1, 2026 }}</ref> *Ed Stelmach, Fort Saskatchewan-Vegreville<ref name="candidates"/> *Janis Tarchuk, Banff-Cochrane<ref>{{cite web|title=Tarchuk stepping down at term's end|url=http://www.cochranetimes.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=3398420|publisher=Cochrane Times|access-date=December 9, 2011|date=December 8, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120514055613/http://www.cochranetimes.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=3398420|archive-date=May 14, 2012|url-status=dead|df=mdy-all}}</ref> {{col-2}} ;Liberal *Harry Chase, Calgary-Varsity<ref name="Chase">{{cite web|title=Year-end interview: Alberta Liberals 'back on track' |url=http://www.canada.com/business/Year+interview+Alberta+Liberals+back+track/4016674/story.html |publisher=Canada.com }}{{dead link|date=October 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> *Hugh MacDonald, Edmonton-Gold Bar<ref>{{cite web|last=Kleiss |first=Karen |title=MacDonald opts to step down |url=https://edmontonjournal.com/news/MacDonald+opts+step+down/5468466/story.html |publisher=Edmonton Journal |access-date=September 28, 2011 |date=September 28, 2011 }}{{dead link|date=October 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> *Kevin Taft, Edmonton-Riverview<ref name="candidates"/>

;Alberta Party *Dave Taylor, Calgary-Currie<ref>{{cite web|title=MLA Taylor won't run again|url=http://www.calgarysun.com/2011/08/28/mla-taylor-wont-run-again|publisher=Calgary Sun|access-date=August 30, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120607210555/http://www.calgarysun.com/2011/08/28/mla-taylor-wont-run-again|archive-date=June 7, 2012|url-status=dead|df=mdy-all}}</ref>

;Independent *Lloyd Snelgrove, Vermilion-Lloydminster<ref>{{cite web |last=Contenti |first=Justina |title=Snelgrove officially steps down as MLA |url=http://www.vermilionstandard.com/2011/12/06/snelgrove-officially-steps-down-as-mla |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130617034330/http://www.vermilionstandard.com/2011/12/06/snelgrove-officially-steps-down-as-mla |url-status=dead |archive-date=June 17, 2013 |publisher=Vermilion Standard |access-date=December 8, 2011 |date=December 7, 2011}}</ref> {{col-end}}

==Timeline== *December 12, 2008: Calgary-Mountain View MLA David Swann wins the Leadership of the Alberta Liberals replacing Kevin Taft. *May 15, 2009: Calgary-Glenmore MLA Ron Stevens resigns to accept a judgeship. *July 16, 2009: The Alberta Greens is deregistered by Elections Alberta. *July 18, 2009: Fort McMurray-Wood Buffalo MLA Guy Boutilier is removed from the Progressive Conservative caucus. *August 29, 2009: Robert Leddy is chosen as the interim leader of the Alberta Party replacing Bruce Stubbs.<ref name="leddy">{{cite web|title=Leaving Wildrose Alliance|url=https://wildrose-alliance-edmonton.blogspot.com/2009/08/leaving-wildrose-alliance-party.html|publisher=Robert Leddy|date=August 29, 2009|access-date=August 29, 2009}} {{Dead link|date=October 2010|bot=H3llBot}}</ref> *September 14, 2009: A by-election in Calgary-Glenmore elects Wildrose Alliance interim leader Paul Hinman. *October 17, 2009: The Wildrose Alliance selects Danielle Smith to replace Paul Hinman as leader in a convention in Edmonton. *November 7, 2009: A leadership review of Premier Ed Stelmach is held at a PC convention in Edmonton. He garners 77.4% support. *January 4, 2010: MLAs Rob Anderson and Heather Forsyth defect from the PC to the Wildrose Alliance.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.calgarysun.com/news/alberta/2010/01/04/12337461-sun.html |title=Tories crossing floor to Wildrose |work=Calgary Sun |date=January 4, 2010 |first=Tarina |last=White |access-date=January 4, 2010 |archive-date=January 5, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100105182439/http://www.calgarysun.com/news/alberta/2010/01/04/12337461-sun.html |url-status=live }}</ref> *January 28, 2010: Edwin Erickson is acclaimed as leader of the Alberta Party replacing Robert Leddy. *February 24, 2010: Alberta Boundaries Commission releases its interim report on new provincial boundaries. *April 12, 2010: Calgary-Currie MLA Dave Taylor leaves the Liberal caucus to sit as an independent.<ref>{{cite web|last=Bell|first=Rick|title=Dave Taylor to leave Alberta Liberals|url=http://www.edmontonsun.com/news/columnists/rick_bell/2010/04/12/13553181.html|publisher=Edmonton Sun|access-date=December 14, 2011|date=April 12, 2011|archive-date=December 1, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161201013920/http://www.edmontonsun.com/news/columnists/rick_bell/2010/04/12/13553181.html|url-status=live}}</ref> *June 25, 2010: PC, turned Independent, MLA Guy Boutilier joins the Wildrose Alliance.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/prairies/former-alberta-cabinet-minister-joins-wildrose-alliance/article1619214/ |title=Former Alberta cabinet minister joins Wildrose Alliance |work=Globe and Mail |location=Canada |date=June 25, 2010 |first=Dean |last=Bennett |access-date=June 27, 2010| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100628050800/http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/prairies/former-alberta-cabinet-minister-joins-wildrose-alliance/article1619214/| archive-date= June 28, 2010 | url-status= live}}</ref> *November 22, 2010: Edmonton-Meadowlark MLA Raj Sherman is removed from the Progressive Conservative caucus. *November 24, 2010: Sue Huff becomes interim Alberta Party leader after Edwin Erickson resigns. *December 1, 2010: The Legislative Assembly passes a bill outlining 87 electoral districts,<ref>{{cite web|title=New electoral boundaries reflect Alberta's growing population |url=http://www.alberta.ca/release.cfm?xID=29591A7BA24AD-9B26-9897-98AA7E52EC5323B3 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160123133304/http://www.alberta.ca/release.cfm?xID=29591A7BA24AD-9B26-9897-98AA7E52EC5323B3 |url-status=dead |archive-date=January 23, 2016 |publisher=Government of Alberta |access-date=September 17, 2011 |date=December 2, 2010 }}</ref> up from the current 83. The last re-distribution was in 2004. *January 24, 2011: Calgary-Currie MLA Dave Taylor sits as Alberta Party's first MLA. *January 25, 2011: Premier Ed Stelmach announces his intention not to run for re-election, and announces he will resign his post as Premier when a successor has been chosen at a leadership convention.<ref>{{cite news|title=Conservative showdown prompts Stelmach's resignation|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/alberta-premier-ed-stelmach-to-step-down/article1882290/|work=Globe and Mail |location=Canada |author=Josh Wingrove |author2=Renata D'Aliesio |author3=Nathan Vanderklippe|date=January 25, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110128200528/http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/alberta-premier-ed-stelmach-to-step-down/article1882290/|archive-date=January 28, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Stelmach |first=Ed |title=Premier Ed Stelmach's comments today |url=http://alberta.ca/blog/home.cfm/2011/1/25/Premiers-comments |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110501060111/http://alberta.ca/blog/home.cfm/2011/1/25/Premiers-comments |url-status=dead |archive-date=May 1, 2011 |work=Your Alberta Blog |publisher=Government of Alberta |date=January 25, 2011 }}</ref> *February 1, 2011: David Swann, Leader of the Alberta Liberal Party, announces his intention to step down as leader after the spring 2011 legislative session, though still acting as an MLA from Calgary-Mountain View.<ref>{{cite news |title=Alberta Liberal Leader resigns as political landscape shifts |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/alberta-liberal-leader-resigns-as-political-landscape-shifts/article564518/ |work=Globe and Mail |location=Edmonton |last1=Wingrove |first1=Josh |access-date=April 1, 2026 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260401162955/https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/alberta-liberal-leader-resigns-as-political-landscape-shifts/article564518/ |archive-date=April 1, 2026}}</ref> *May 28, 2011: Glenn Taylor is elected leader of the Alberta Party.<ref>{{cite web|title=Leadership election results announced|url=http://www.albertaparty.ca/blog/2011/05/28/results-round1/|publisher=Alberta Party|access-date=May 28, 2011|date=May 28, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120317055131/http://www.albertaparty.ca/blog/2011/05/28/results-round1/|archive-date=March 17, 2012|url-status=dead|df=mdy-all}}</ref> *June 26, 2011: The Wildrose Alliance Party votes to change its name to Wildrose Party.<ref>{{cite news|title=Wildrose drops 'Alliance' from name|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/wildrose-drops-alliance-from-name-1.1026145|work=CBC News|access-date=June 2, 2018|date=June 26, 2011|archive-date=August 15, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160815021203/http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/wildrose-drops-alliance-from-name-1.1026145|url-status=live}}</ref> *September 10, 2011: Raj Sherman is elected leader of the Liberal Party. *September 12, 2011: Independent MLA Raj Sherman joins the Liberal caucus.<ref>{{cite news|title=Liberal leader Sherman now caucus member|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/liberal-leader-sherman-now-caucus-member-1.1003194|publisher=CBC News|access-date=June 2, 2018|date=September 12, 2011|archive-date=March 12, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160312141344/http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/liberal-leader-sherman-now-caucus-member-1.1003194|url-status=live}}</ref> *October 1, 2011: Alison Redford is elected leader of the PC Association. *October 7, 2011: Redford is sworn in as premier.<ref>{{cite news |title=Alison Redford sworn in as Alberta Premier |url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/alison-redford-sworn-in-as-alberta-premier-1.981694 |publisher=CBC News |date=October 7, 2011 |access-date=June 2, 2018 |archive-date=August 29, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190829162727/https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/alison-redford-sworn-in-as-alberta-premier-1.981694 |url-status=live }}</ref> *November 21, 2011: Liberal Bridget Pastoor crosses the floor to join the PC caucus.<ref name="Pastoor">{{cite web|last=Cryderman |first=Kelly |title=Lethbridge MLA Pastoor crosses floor to join Conservatives |url=https://calgaryherald.com/news/politics/Lethbridge+Pastoor+crosses+floor+join+Conservatives/5746696/story.html |publisher=Calgary Herald |access-date=November 21, 2011 |date=November 21, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111123022211/http://www.calgaryherald.com/news/politics/Lethbridge%2BPastoor%2Bcrosses%2Bfloor%2Bjoin%2BConservatives/5746696/story.html |archive-date=November 23, 2011 |df=mdy }}</ref> *December 6, 2011: Third and final reading of Bill 21, legislating a general election between March 1 and May 31, 2012.<ref name="Bill 21"/> *December 22, 2011: The Evergreen Party of Alberta is registered with Elections Alberta, Larry Ashmore is the leader.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.rockyviewweekly.com/article/20120102/RVW0806/301029995/green-party-back-on-albertas-political-scene |title=Green party back on Alberta's political scene |last=Smith |first=Dawn |date=January 2, 2012 |publisher=Rocky View Weekly |access-date=January 3, 2012 |location=Rocky View, Alberta |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120527001345/http://www.rockyviewweekly.com/article/20120102/RVW0806/301029995/green-party-back-on-albertas-political-scene |archive-date=May 27, 2012 |url-status=dead |df=mdy-all }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://calgaryherald.com/news/Evergreen+Party+rises+from+ashes+Alberta+Greens/5922201/story.html |title=Evergreen Party rises from ashes of Alberta Greens |last=Wood |first=James |date=December 29, 2011 |publisher=Calgary Herald |access-date=January 3, 2012 |location=Calgary, Alberta |archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/64Q28aCPD?url=http://www.calgaryherald.com/news/Evergreen+Party+rises+from+ashes+Alberta+Greens/5922201/story.html |archive-date=January 3, 2012 |url-status=dead |df=mdy }}</ref> *January 27, 2012: Vermilion-Lloydminster MLA Lloyd Snelgrove leaves the PCs to sit as an independent.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://edmontonjournal.com/opinion/Snelgrove+resigns+from+Tory+caucus+meets+with+leader+Wildrose/6062796/story.html |title=Snelgrove resigns from Tory caucus |date=January 27, 2012 |publisher=Edmonton Journal }}{{dead link|date=January 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> *March 2012: Olds-Didsbury-Three Hills MLA Richard Marz resigns.<ref>{{cite web|title=Contact Information for Olds-Didsbury-Three Hills|url=https://www.assembly.ab.ca/net/index.aspx?p=mla_contact&rnumber=69|publisher=Legislative Assembly of Alberta|access-date=March 21, 2012|archive-date=June 5, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110605014619/http://www.assembly.ab.ca/net/index.aspx?p=mla_contact&rnumber=69|url-status=live}}</ref> *March 26, 2012: 27th Alberta Legislative Assembly is dissolved, and the writs are dropped.<ref>{{cite web|last=Kleiss |first=Karen |title=Alberta political leaders fire opening election shots |url=https://edmontonjournal.com/news/alberta-politics/6360156/story.html |publisher=Edmonton Journal |access-date=March 26, 2012 |date=March 26, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120330031419/http://www.edmontonjournal.com/news/alberta-politics/6360156/story.html |archive-date=March 30, 2012 |df=mdy }}</ref><ref name="key dates">{{cite web|title=Key Dates |url=http://results.elections.ab.ca/wtKeyDates.htm |publisher=Elections Alberta |access-date=March 28, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120504040136/http://results.elections.ab.ca/wtKeyDates.htm |archive-date=May 4, 2012 |df=mdy }}</ref> *April 9, 2012: Nominations close at 2:00 pm MT (UTC−6),<ref name="key dates"/> with 429 people running in 87 ridings.<ref name="candidates"/> *April 12, 2012: A leader's debate is hosted by the Alberta media and news outlets at 6:30 pm MT. It was broadcast on multiple television and radio stations, Redford, Sherman, Smith, and Mason were in attendance.<ref>{{cite web|title=Alberta Election 2012: Historic debate highlights vastly different plans for Alberta's future|url=https://edmontonjournal.com/news/alberta-politics/6450844/story.html|publisher=Edmonton Journal|access-date=April 13, 2012|author=Karen Kleiss |author2=Keith Gerein|date=April 13, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120414104610/http://www.edmontonjournal.com/news/alberta-politics/6450844/story.html|archive-date=April 14, 2012}}</ref> *April 19, 2012: Advance polls open 9:00 am to 8:00 pm MT.<ref name="key dates"/> *April 20, 2012: Advance polls open 9:00 am to 8:00 pm MT.<ref name="key dates"/> *April 21, 2012: Advance polls open 9:00 am to 8:00 pm MT.<ref name="key dates"/> *April 23, 2012: '''Election Day''' **Polls open 9:00 am to 8:00 pm MT.<ref name="key dates"/> **Media outlets declare a PC majority at 9:00 pm.<ref>{{cite web|last=Ewart|first=Stephen|title=Tories surge past Wildrose to extend 41-year political dynasty in Alberta|url=http://www.canada.com/news/Alberta+election+Wildrose+poised+historic+vote/6503383/story.html|work=canada.com|access-date=April 25, 2012|date=April 24, 2012|archive-date=April 26, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120426061431/http://www.canada.com/news/Alberta+election+Wildrose+poised+historic+vote/6503383/story.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Duncan|first=Zoey|title=A PC majority in Alberta: The narrative the media missed|url=http://j-source.ca/article/pc-majority-alberta-narrative-media-missed|publisher=The Canadian Journalism Project|access-date=April 25, 2012|date=April 24, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120426232919/http://j-source.ca/article/pc-majority-alberta-narrative-media-missed|archive-date=April 26, 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref> *May 3, 2012: Official announcement of the results.<ref name="key dates"/>

==Nominated candidates== {{col-begin}} {{col-break|width=67%}} {| class="wikitable" !colspan=2|Party !!Seats !!Second !!Third !!Fourth !!Fifth !!Sixth !!Seventh !!Eighth !!Total {{Canadian party colour/Temporary|AB|PC|row-name}} |61 ||25 ||1 ||0 ||0 ||0 ||0 ||0 ||'''87''' {{Canadian party colour/Temporary|AB|Wildrose|row-name}} |17 ||56 ||11 ||3 ||0 ||0 ||0 ||0 ||'''87''' {{Canadian party colour/Temporary|AB|Liberal|row-name}} |5 ||3 ||37 ||39 ||3 ||0 ||0 ||0 ||'''87''' {{Canadian party colour/Temporary|AB|NDP|row-name}} |4 ||3 ||36 ||43 ||1 ||0 ||0 ||0 ||'''87''' {{Canadian party colour/Temporary|AB|Alberta|row-name}} |0 ||0 ||2 ||2 ||30 ||4 ||0 ||0 ||'''38''' {{Canadian party colour/Temporary|AB|Evergreen|row-name}} |0 ||0 ||0 ||0 ||14 ||10 ||1 ||0 ||'''25''' {{Canadian party colour/Temporary|XX|Independents|row-name}} |0 ||0 ||0 ||0 ||7 ||4 ||0 ||1 ||'''12''' {{Canadian party colour/Temporary|AB|Communist|row-name}} |0 ||0 ||0 ||0 ||1 ||1 ||— ||— ||'''2''' {{Canadian party colour/Temporary|AB|Separation|row-name}} |0 ||0 ||0 ||0 ||1 ||— ||— ||— ||'''1''' {{Canadian party colour/Temporary|AB|Social Credit|row-name}} |0 ||0 ||0 ||0 ||0 ||1 ||2 ||0 ||'''3''' |- !colspan=2 style="text-align:left"|Total |'''87''' ||'''87''' ||'''87''' ||'''87''' ||'''57''' ||'''20''' ||'''3''' ||'''1''' ||'''429''' |}

{{col-break|width=33%}} {| class="wikitable" !colspan=2|Party !!Average number of votes {{Canadian party colour/Temporary|AB|PC|row-name}} |6,518 {{Canadian party colour/Temporary|AB|Wildrose|row-name}} |5,083 {{Canadian party colour/Temporary|AB|Liberal|row-name}} |1,467 {{Canadian party colour/Temporary|AB|NDP|row-name}} |1,457 {{Canadian party colour/Temporary|AB|Alberta|row-name}} |452 {{Canadian party colour/Temporary|AB|Evergreen|row-name}} |203 {{Canadian party colour/Temporary|AB|Communist|row-name}} |105 {{Canadian party colour/Temporary|AB|Social Credit|row-name}} |98 {{Canadian party colour/Temporary|AB|Separation|row-name}} |68 |} {{col-end}} '''Bold''' indicates '''cabinet members''', and ''party leaders'' are ''italicized''.

===Northern Alberta=== {|class="wikitable" style="width:100%" |- !rowspan=3 colspan=2|Electoral District !colspan=5|Candidates !rowspan=3 colspan=2|Incumbent |- !Progressive Conservative !Wildrose !Liberal !NDP !Other |- |{{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|background}}|  |{{Canadian party colour|AB|Wildrose|background}}|  |{{Canadian party colour|AB|Liberal|background}}|  |{{Canadian party colour|AB|NDP|background}}|  |{{Canadian party colour|AB|Independent|background}}|  |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|Athabasca-Sturgeon-Redwater |{{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|background}}| |Jeff Johnson 7,377 (48.40%) |Travis Olson 5,297 (34.75%) |Gino Akbari 476 (3.12%) |Mandy Melnyk 2,091 (13.72%) | |{{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|background}}| |'''Jeff Johnson''' ''Athabasca-Redwater'' |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|Barrhead-Morinville-Westlock |{{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|background}}| |Maureen Kubinec 7,447 (44.74%) |Link Byfield 7,106 (42.67%) |Leslie Penny 929 (5.58%) |Trudy Grebenstein 983 (5.90%) |Lisa Grant (Evergreen) 188 (1.13%) |{{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|background}}| |Ken Kowalski |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|Bonnyville-Cold Lake |{{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|background}}| |Genia Leskiw 4,815 (49.10%) |Roy Doonanco 4,126 (42.07%) |Hubert Rodden 536 (5.47%) |Luann Bannister 330 (3.36%) | |{{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|background}}| |Genia Leskiw |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|Dunvegan-Central Peace-Notley |{{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|background}}| |Hector Goudreau 3,983 (45.05%) |Kelly Hudson 3,756 (42.48%) |Carole Carby 256 (2.90%) |Nathan Macklin 846 (9.57%) | |{{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|background}}| |Hector Goudreau ''Dunvegan-Central Peace'' |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|Fort McMurray-Conklin |{{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|background}}| |Don Scott 2,591 (49.00%) |Doug Faulkner 2,121 (40.11%) |Ted Remenda 157 (2.97%) |Paul Pomerleau 419 (7.92%) | |colspan=2|''New district'' |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|Fort McMurray-Wood Buffalo |{{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|background}}| |Mike Allen 3,611 (49.06%) |Guy Boutilier 3,165 (43.00%) |Amy McBain 222 (3.02%) |Denise Woollard 363 (4.93%) | |{{Canadian party colour|AB|Wildrose|background}}| |Guy Boutilier |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|Grande Prairie-Smoky |{{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|background}}| |Everett McDonald 5,474 (45.93%) |Todd Loewen 4,901 (41.12%) |Kevin McLean 578 (4.85%) |Mary Dahr 757 (6.35%) |Andrew Muise (Ind.) 209 (1.75%) |{{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|background}}| |Mel Knight |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|Grande Prairie-Wapiti |{{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|background}}| |Wayne Drysdale 6,710 (51.62%) |Ethane Jarvis 4,511 (34.71%) |Alya Nazarali 365 (2.81%) |Paula Anderson 1,208 (9.29%) |Anthony Barendregt (Ind.) 204 (1.57%) |{{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|background}}| |Wayne Drysdale |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|Lac La Biche-St. Paul-Two Hills |{{Canadian party colour|AB|Wildrose|background}}| |Ray Danyluk 5,417 (42.40%) |Shayne Saskiw 5,950 (46.57%) |John Nowak 704 (5.51%) |Phil Johnson 706 (5.53%) | |{{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|background}}| |'''Ray Danyluk''' ''Lac La Biche-St. Paul'' |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|Lesser Slave Lake |{{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|background}}| |Pearl Calahasen 3,518 (48.71%) |Darryl Boisson 2,847 (39.42%) |Steven Townsend 235 (3.25%) |Steve Kaz 427 (5.91%) |Donald Bissell (Ind.) 195 (2.70%) |{{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|background}}| |Pearl Calahasen |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|Peace River |{{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|background}}| |Frank Oberle 4,334 (55.67%) |Alan Forsyth 2,213 (28.43%) |Remi Tardif 509 (6.54%) |Wanda Laurin 729 (9.36%) | |{{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|background}}| |'''Frank Oberle''' |}

===Central Edmonton=== {|class="wikitable" style="width:100%" |- !rowspan=3 colspan=2|Electoral District !colspan=6|Candidates !rowspan=3 colspan=2|Incumbent |- !Progressive Conservative !Wildrose !Liberal !NDP !Alberta Party !Other |- |{{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|background}}|  |{{Canadian party colour|AB|Wildrose|background}}|  |{{Canadian party colour|AB|Liberal|background}}|  |{{Canadian party colour|AB|NDP|background}}|  |{{Canadian party colour|AB|Alberta|background}}|  |{{Canadian party colour|AB|Independent|background}}|  |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|Edmonton-Beverly-Clareview |{{Canadian party colour|AB|NDP|background}}| |Tony Vandermeer 5,018 (35.38%) |Don Martin 2,851 (20.10%) |Chris Heward 899 (6.34%) |Deron Bilous 5,264 (37.11%) | |Trey Capenhurst (Evergreen) 151 (1.06%) |{{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|background}}| |Tony Vandermeer |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|Edmonton-Calder |{{Canadian party colour|AB|NDP|background}}| |Bev Esslinger 5,183 (34.75%) |Rich Neumann 2,787 (18.69%) |Alex Bosse 970 (6.50%) |David Eggen 5,729 (38.41%) |David Clark 194 (1.30%) |Margaret Saunter (Socred) 52 (0.35%) |{{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|background}}| |Doug Elniski |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|Edmonton-Centre |{{Canadian party colour|AB|Liberal|background}}| |Akash Khokhar 4,289 (30.87%) |Barb de Groot 1,759 (12.66%) |Laurie Blakeman 5,589 (40.22%) |Nadine Bailey 2,258 (16.25%) | | |{{Canadian party colour|AB|Liberal|background}}| |Laurie Blakeman |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|Edmonton-Glenora |{{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|background}}| |Heather Klimchuk 6,176 (38.20%) |Don Koziak 2,732 (16.90%) |Bruce Miller 1,668 (10.32%) |Ray Martin 4,141 (25.61%) |Sue Huff 1,451 (8.97%) | |{{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|background}}| |'''Heather Klimchuk''' |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|Edmonton-Gold Bar |{{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|background}}| |David Dorward 6,689 (32.97%) |Linda Carlson 3,175 (15.65%) |Josipa Petrunic 4,072 (20.07%) |Marlin Schmidt 5,809 (28.63%) |Dennis O'Neill 344 (1.70%) |David Parker (Evergreen) 201 (0.99%) |{{Canadian party colour|AB|Liberal|background}}| |Hugh MacDonald |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|Edmonton-Highlands-Norwood |{{Canadian party colour|AB|NDP|background}}| |Cristina Basualdo 2,778 (21.96%) |Wayde Lever 2,025 (16.40%) |Keegan Wynychuk 587 (4.64%) |''Brian Mason'' 6,823 (53.93%) |Cam McCormick 200 (1.58%) |Dari Lynn (Evergreen) 188 (1.49%) |{{Canadian party colour|AB|NDP|background}}| |''Brian Mason'' |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|Edmonton-Mill Creek |{{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|background}}| |Gene Zwozdesky 6,633 (55.07%) |Adam Corsaut 2,193 (18.21%) |Mike Butler 1,640 (13.64%) |Evelinne Teichgraber 1,336 (11.09%) |Judy Wilson 198 (1.64%) |''Naomi Rankin'' (Communist) 44 (0.37%) |{{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|background}}| |Gene Zwozdesky |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|Edmonton-Mill Woods |{{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|background}}| |Sohail Quadri 4,943 (35.23%) |Joanne Autio 3,314 (23.62%) |Weslyn Mather 2,983 (21.25%) |Sandra Azocar 1,982 (14.13%) |Robert Leddy 263 (1.87%) |Carl Benito (Ind.) 547 (3.90%) |{{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|background}}| |Carl Benito |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|Edmonton-Riverview |{{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|background}}| |Steve Young 7,196 (38.94%) |John Corie 2,860 (15.48%) |Arif Khan 4,238 (22.93%) |Lori Sigurdson 3,794 (20.53%) |Timothy Wong 391 (2.12%) | |{{Canadian party colour|AB|Liberal|background}}| |Kevin Taft |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|Edmonton-Rutherford |{{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|background}}| |Fred Horne 6,945 (42.19%) |Kyle McLeod 2,769 (16.82%) |Rick Miller 3,624 (22.02%) |Melanie Samaroden 1,364 (8.29%) |Michael Walters 1,673 (10.16%) |David Tonner (Evergreen) 86 (0.52%) |{{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|background}}| |'''Fred Horne''' |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|Edmonton-Strathcona |{{Canadian party colour|AB|NDP|background}}| |Emerson Mayers 3,093 (20.38%) |Meagen LaFave 1,778 (11.72%) |Ed Ramsden 681 (4.49%) |Rachel Notley 9,403 (61.96%) | |Terry Noel (Evergreen) 222 (1.46%) |{{Canadian party colour|AB|NDP|background}}| |Rachel Notley |}

===Suburban Edmonton=== {|class="wikitable" style="width:100%" |- !rowspan=3 colspan=2|Electoral District !colspan=6|Candidates !rowspan=3 colspan=2|Incumbent |- !Progressive Conservative !Wildrose !Liberal !NDP !Alberta Party !Other |- |{{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|background}}|  |{{Canadian party colour|AB|Wildrose|background}}|  |{{Canadian party colour|AB|Liberal|background}}|  |{{Canadian party colour|AB|NDP|background}}|  |{{Canadian party colour|AB|Alberta|background}}|  |{{Canadian party colour|AB|Independent|background}}|  |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|Edmonton-Castle Downs |{{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|background}}| |Thomas Lukaszuk 8,057 (52.61%) |John Oplanich 3,297 (21.53%) |Kim Cassady 1,767 (11.54%) |Brian Labelle 1,934 (12.63%) |Jeff Funnell 260 (1.70%) | |{{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|background}}| |'''Thomas Lukaszuk''' |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|Edmonton-Decore |{{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|background}}| |Janice Sarich 5,724 (42.54%) |Chris Bataluk 2,909 (21.61%) |Ed Ammar 2,157 (16.03%) |Ali Haymour 2,669 (19.83%) | | |{{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|background}}| |Janice Sarich |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|Edmonton-Ellerslie |{{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|background}}| |Naresh Bhardwaj 5,682 (42.99%) |Jackie Lovely 3,249 (24.58%) |Jennifer Ketsa 1,512 (11.44%) |Rod Loyola 2,115 (16.00%) |Chinwe Okelu 523 (3.96%) |Athena Bernal-Born (Ind.) 137 (1.04%) |{{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|background}}| |Naresh Bhardwaj |- |style="background:whitesmoke;"|Edmonton-Manning |{{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|background}}| |Peter Sandhu 5,446 (39.58%) |Peter Rodd 3,411 (24.76%) |Jonathan Huckabay 1,094 (7.94%) |Cindy Olsen 3,386 (24.61%) |Mark Wall 188 (1.37%) |Sam Hachem (Ind.) 135 (0.98%) Chris Vallee (Evergreen) 100 (0.73%) |{{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|background}}| |Peter Sandhu |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|Edmonton-McClung |{{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|background}}| |David Xiao 7,179 (46.65%) |Peter Janisz 2,756 (17.91%) |Mo Elsalhy 3,800 (24.69%) |Lorne Dach 1,134 (7.37%) |John Hudson 418 (2.72%) |Nathan Forsyth (Evergreen) 102 (0.66%) |{{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|background}}| |David Xiao |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|Edmonton-Meadowlark |{{Canadian party colour|AB|Liberal|background}}| |Bob Maskell 5,032 (34.67%) |Rick Newcombe 2,978 (20.52%) |''Raj Sherman'' 5,150 (35.49%) |Bridget Stirling 1,091 (7.52%) |Neil Mather 262 (1.81%) | |{{Canadian party colour|AB|Liberal|background}}| |''Raj Sherman'' |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|Edmonton-South West |{{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|background}}| |Matt Jeneroux 8,505 (56.42%) |Allan Hunsperger 2,714 (18.00%) |Rudy Arcilla 2,250 (14.93%) |Muriel Stanley Venne 1,298 (8.61%) |Bryan Peacock 308 (2.04%) | |colspan=2|''New district'' |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|Edmonton-Whitemud |{{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|background}}| |Dave Hancock 12,087 (60.55%) |Ian Crawford 3,381 (16.94%) |Rick Szostak 2,356 (11.80%) |Jim Graves 1,694 (8.49%) |Julia Necheff 444 (2.22%) | |{{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|background}}| |'''David Hancock''' |- |style="background:whitesmoke;"|Sherwood Park |{{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|background}}| |Cathy Olesen 8,742 (45.60%) |Garnett Genuis 5,957 (31.07%) |Dave Anderson 1,835 (9.57%) |Lyndsay Pinder 1,209 (6.31%) |Chris Kuchmak 230 (1.20%) |James Ford (Ind.) 1,063 (5.54%) Gordon Barrett (Socred) 137 (0.71%) |{{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|background}}| |Iris Evans |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|St. Albert |{{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|background}}| |Stephen Khan 10,481 (53.76%) |James Burrows 4,130 (21.18%) |Kim Bugeaud 2,011 (10.31%) |Nicole Bownes 1,679 (8.61%) |Tim Osborne 1,195 (6.13%) | |{{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|background}}| |Ken Allred |}

===Western and Central Alberta=== {|class="wikitable" style="width:100%" |- !rowspan=3 colspan=2|Electoral District !colspan=6|Candidates !rowspan=3 colspan=2|Incumbent |- !Progressive Conservative !Wildrose !Liberal !NDP !Alberta Party !Evergreen |- |{{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|background}}|  |{{Canadian party colour|AB|Wildrose|background}}|  |{{Canadian party colour|AB|Liberal|background}}|  |{{Canadian party colour|AB|NDP|background}}|  |{{Canadian party colour|AB|Alberta|background}}|  |{{Canadian party colour|AB|Green|background}}|  |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|Drayton Valley-Devon |{{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|background}}| |Diana McQueen 7,358 (51.56%) |Dean Shular 5,462 (38.36%) |Chantelle Lillycrop 538 (3.78%) |Doris Bannister 879 (6.17%) | | |{{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|background}}| |'''Diana McQueen''' ''Drayton Valley-Calmar'' |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|Innisfail-Sylvan Lake |{{Canadian party colour|AB|Wildrose|background}}| |Luke Ouellette 6,149 (40.08%) |Kerry Towle 7,091 (46.22%) |Les Vidok 641 (4.18%) |Patricia Norman 712 (4.64%) |Danielle Klooster 749 (4.88%) | |{{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|background}}| |Luke Ouellette |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|Olds-Didsbury-Three Hills |{{Canadian party colour|AB|Wildrose|background}}| |Darcy Davis 6,633 (36.99%) |Bruce Rowe 10,181 (56.77%) |Garth Davis 555 (3.09%) |Kristie Krezanoski 565 (3.15%) | | |{{Canadian party colour|AB|vacant|background}}| |Vacant |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|Red Deer-North |{{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|background}}| |Mary Anne Jablonski 5,091 (38.95%) |Randy Weins 4,430 (33.90%) |Michael Dawe 2,330 (17.83%) |Derrek Seelinger 970 (7.42%) |Brent Chalmers 248 (1.90%) | |{{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|background}}| |Mary Anne Jablonski |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|Red Deer-South |{{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|background}}| |Cal Dallas 7,044 (43.74%) |Nathan Stephan 5,558 (34.52%) |Jason Chilibeck 1,193 (7.41%) |Lorna Watkinson-Zimmer 1,704 (10.58%) |Serge Gingras 604 (3.75%) | |{{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|background}}| |'''Cal Dallas''' |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|Rimbey-Rocky Mountain House-Sundre |{{Canadian party colour|AB|Wildrose|background}}| |Ty Lund 6,145 (41.49%) |Joe Anglin 7,647 (51.26%) |Mason Sisson 422 (2.83%) |Doreen Broska 703 (4.71%) | | |{{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|background}}| |Ty Lund ''Rocky Mountain House'' |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|Spruce Grove-St. Albert |{{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|background}}| |Doug Horner 10,722 (54.67%) |Travis Hughes 5,340 (27.23%) |Chris Austin 1,779 (9.07%) |Juliette "J.J." Trudeau<ref>{{cite web|last=Trudeau|first=Juliette|title=Easter 5|url=http://elcic.ca/In-Mission/2001-Sermons/Trudeau.cfm|work=Easter Sermon Series 2001|publisher=Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada|access-date=March 8, 2012|year=2001|archive-date=April 27, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150427205618/http://elcic.ca/In-Mission/2001-Sermons/Trudeau.cfm|url-status=live}}</ref> 1,773 (9.04%) | | |{{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|background}}| |'''Doug Horner''' ''Spruce Grove-Sturgeon-St. Albert'' |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|Stony Plain |{{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|background}}| |Ken Lemke 7,496 (45.54%) |Hal Tagg 6,153 (37.37%) |Arlin Biffert 1,126 (6.84%) |Linda Robinson 1,319 (8.01%) |Kurtis Ewanchuk 217 (1.32%) |Matthew Burnett 149 (0.91%) |{{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|background}}| |Fred Lindsay |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|West Yellowhead |{{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|background}}| |Robin Campbell 4,405 (44.86%) |Stuart Taylor 2,642 (26.41%) |Michael Martyna 310 (3.16%) |Barry Madsen 794 (8.09%) |''Glenn Taylor'' 1,668 (16.99%) | |{{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|background}}| |Robin Campbell |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|Whitecourt-Ste. Anne |{{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|background}}| |George VanderBurg 6,373 (45.93%) |Maryann Chichak 6,003 (43.26%) |Vern Hardman 745 (5.37%) |Blue Knox 754 (5.43%) | | |{{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|background}}| |'''George VanderBurg''' |}

===East Central Alberta=== {|class="wikitable" style="width:100%" |- !rowspan=3 colspan=2|Electoral District !colspan=6|Candidates !rowspan=3 colspan=2|Incumbent |- !Progressive Conservative !Wildrose !Liberal !NDP !Alberta Party !Other |- |{{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|background}}|  |{{Canadian party colour|AB|Wildrose|background}}|  |{{Canadian party colour|AB|Liberal|background}}|  |{{Canadian party colour|AB|NDP|background}}|  |{{Canadian party colour|AB|Alberta|background}}|  |{{Canadian party colour|AB|Independent|background}}|  |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|Battle River-Wainwright |{{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|background}}| |Doug Griffiths 7,205 (46.71%) |Dave Nelson 6,710 (43.50%) |Amber Greenleese 469 (3.04%) |Terry Zawalski 775 (5.02%) |Midge Lambert 265 (1.72%) | |{{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|background}}| |'''Doug Griffiths''' |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|Drumheller-Stettler |{{Canadian party colour|AB|Wildrose|background}}| |Jack Hayden 6,572 (43.58%) |Rick Strankman 7,451 (49.40%) |Cam Roset 362 (2.40%) |Aditya "Adi" Rao 416 (2.76%) |Andrew Berdahl 282 (1.87%) | |{{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|background}}| |'''Jack Hayden''' |- |style="background:whitesmoke;"|Fort Saskatchewan-Vegreville |{{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|background}}| |Jacquie Fenske 8,366 (49.28%) |Shannon Stubbs 5,800 (34.17%) |Spencer Dunn 845 (4.98%) |Chris Fulmer 1,556 (9.17%) | |Matt Levicki (Evergreen) 229 (1.35%) Peter Schneider (Ind.) 180 (1.06%) |{{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|background}}| |Ed Stelmach |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|Lacombe-Ponoka |{{Canadian party colour|AB|Wildrose|background}}| |Steve Christie 5,354 (35.87%) |Rod Fox 6,573 (43.96%) |Kyle Morrow 754 (5.04%) |Doug Hart 1,482 (9.91%) |Tony Jeglum 780 (5.22%) | |{{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|background}}| |Ray Prins |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|Leduc-Beaumont |{{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|background}}| |George Rogers 8,417 (51.31%) |David Stasiewich 5,222 (31.83%) |Jasen Maminski 723 (4.41%) |Hana Razga 1,397 (8.52%) |William Munsey 453 (2.76%) |Jennifer Roach (Evergreen) 193 (1.18%) |{{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|background}}| |George Rogers ''Leduc-Beaumont-Devon'' |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|Strathcona-Sherwood Park |{{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|background}}| |Dave Quest 9,698 (50.77%) |Paul Nemetchek 6,424 (33.63%) |John Murray 1,354 (7.09%) |Michael Scott 1,625 (8.51%) | | |{{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|background}}| |Dave Quest ''Strathcona'' |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|Vermilion-Lloydminster |{{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|background}}| |Richard Starke 6,245 (51.92%) |Danny Hozack 4,507 (37.47%) |Corina Ganton 463 (3.85%) |Ray Stone 413 (3.43%) | |Richard Yaceyko (Ind.) 399 (3.32%) |{{Canadian party colour|AB|Independent|background}}| |Lloyd Snelgrove |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|Wetaskiwin-Camrose |{{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|background}}| |Verlyn Olson 7,489 (52.32%) |Trevor Miller 4,552 (31.80%) |Owen Chubb 502 (3.51%) |Bruce Hinkley 1,578 (11.02%) | |Mike Donnelly (Evergreen) 192 (1.34%) |{{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|background}}| |'''Verlyn Olson''' |}

===Central Calgary=== {|class="wikitable" style="width:100%" |- !rowspan=3 colspan=2|Electoral District !colspan=6|Candidates !rowspan=3 colspan=2|Incumbent |- !Progressive Conservative !Wildrose !Liberal !NDP !Evergreen !Other |- |{{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|background}}|  |{{Canadian party colour|AB|Wildrose|background}}|  |{{Canadian party colour|AB|Liberal|background}}|  |{{Canadian party colour|AB|NDP|background}}|  |{{Canadian party colour|AB|Green|background}}|  |{{Canadian party colour|AB|Independent|background}}|  |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|Calgary-Acadia |{{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|background}}| |Jonathan Denis 6,846 (45.71%) |Richard Jones 6,312 (42.15%) |Nicole Hankel 940 (6.28%) |Nick Lepora 676 (4.51%) |Antoni Grochowski 202 (1.35%) | |{{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|background}}| |'''Jonathan Denis''' ''Calgary-Egmont'' |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|Calgary-Buffalo |{{Canadian party colour|AB|Liberal|background}}| |Jamie Lall 3,505 (30.66%) |Mike Blanchard 2,413 (21.11%) |Kent Hehr 4,744 (41.49%) |Rebecca Eras 541 (4.73%) | |Cory Mack (Alberta) 230 (2.01%) |{{Canadian party colour|AB|Liberal|background}}| |Kent Hehr |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|Calgary-Cross |{{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|background}}| |Yvonne Fritz 5,492 (43.77%) |Happy Mann 4,884 (38.93%) |Narita Sherman 1,276 (10.17%) |Reinaldo Contreras 634 (5.05%) |Susan Stratton 261 (2.08%) | |{{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|background}}| |Yvonne Fritz |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|Calgary-Currie |{{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|background}}| |Christine Cusanelli 7,395 (44.96%) |Corrie Adolph 4,758 (28.93%) |Norval Horner 2,640 (16.05%) |Robert Scobel 893 (5.43%) |Dean Halstead 224 (1.36%) |Norm Kelly (Alberta) 539 (3.28%) |{{Canadian party colour|AB|Alberta|background}}| |Dave Taylor |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|Calgary-East |{{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|background}}| |Moe Amery 5,929 (45.59%) |Jasbir "Jesse" Minhas 4,995 (38.41%) |Ali Abdulbaki 780 (6.00%) |Robyn Luff 1,135 (8.73%) | |Bonnie Devine (Communist) 166 (1.28%) |{{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|background}}| |Moe Amery |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|Calgary-Elbow |{{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|background}}| |''Alison Redford'' 11,181 (58.01%) |James Cole 5,523 (28.66%) |Beena Ashar 1,065 (5.53%) |Craig Coolahan 761 (3.95%) |William Hamilton 226 (1.17%) |Greg Clark (Alberta) 517 (2.68%) |{{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|background}}| |'''''Alison Redford''''' |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|Calgary-Fish Creek |{{Canadian party colour|AB|Wildrose|background}}| |Wendelin Fraser 7,626 (43.51%) |Heather Forsyth 7,700 (43.93%) |Nazir Rahemtulla 1,241 (7.08%) |Eric Leavitt 961 (5.48%) | | |{{Canadian party colour|AB|Wildrose|background}}| |Heather Forsyth |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|Calgary-Fort |{{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|background}}| |Wayne Cao 4,576 (41.13%) |Jeevan Mangat 4,358 (39.17%) |Said Abdulbaki 1,126 (10.12%) |Don Monroe 761 (6.84%) |Janice Dixon 305 (2.74%) | |{{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|background}}| |Wayne Cao |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|Calgary-Glenmore |{{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|background}}| |Linda Johnson 9,721 (48.02%) |Paul Hinman 7,880 (38.93%) |Dan MacAulay 1,437 (7.10%) |Rick Collier 1,204 (5.95%) | | |{{Canadian party colour|AB|Wildrose|background}}| |Paul Hinman |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|Calgary-Klein |{{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|background}}| |Kyle Fawcett 6,852 (41.21%) |Jeremy Nixon 5,755 (34.61%) |Christopher Tahn 1,980 (11.91%) |Marc Power 1,687 (10.15%) |Roger Gagné 354 (2.13%) | |{{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|background}}| |Kyle Fawcett ''Calgary-North Hill'' |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|Calgary-Mountain View |{{Canadian party colour|AB|Liberal|background}}| |Cecilia Low 5,293 (30.77%) |Shane McAllister 3,942 (22.92%) |David Swann 6,849 (39.82%) |Christopher McMillan 863 (5.02%) | |Inshan Mohammed (Alberta) 255 (1.48%) |{{Canadian party colour|AB|Liberal|background}}| |David Swann |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|Calgary-Varsity |{{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|background}}| |Donna Kennedy-Glans 8,099 (45.65%) |Rob Solinger 4,586 (25.85%) |Bruce Payne 3,713 (20.93%) |Jackie Seidel 855 (4.82%) |Carl Svoboda 234 (1.32%) |Alex McBrien (Alberta) 255 (1.44%) |{{Canadian party colour|AB|Liberal|background}}| |Harry Chase |}

===Suburban Calgary=== {|class="wikitable" style="width:100%" |- !rowspan=3 colspan=2|Electoral District !colspan=7|Candidates !rowspan=3 colspan=2|Incumbent |- !Progressive Conservative !Wildrose !Liberal !NDP !Alberta Party !Evergreen !Other |- |{{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|background}}|  |{{Canadian party colour|AB|Wildrose|background}}|  |{{Canadian party colour|AB|Liberal|background}}|  |{{Canadian party colour|AB|NDP|background}}|  |{{Canadian party colour|AB|Alberta|background}}|  |{{Canadian party colour|AB|Green|background}}|  |{{Canadian party colour|AB|Independent|background}}|  |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|Calgary-Bow |{{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|background}}| |Alana DeLong 6,997 (47.16%) |Tim Dyck 5,700 (38.42%) |Stephanie Shewchuk 1,302 (8.78%) |Jason Nishiyama 606 (4.08%) |Ellen Phillips 232 (1.56%) | | |{{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|background}}| |Alana DeLong |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|Calgary-Foothills |{{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|background}}| |Len Webber 8,260 (53.74%) |Dustin Nau 5,117 (33.55%) |Kurt Hansen 1,414 (9.16%) |Jennifer Carkner 578 (3.75%) | | | |{{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|background}}| |Len Webber |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|Calgary-Greenway |{{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|background}}| |Manmeet Bhullar 6,509 (53.80%) |Ron Leech 3,898 (32.22%) |Iqtidar Awan 1,285 (10.62%) |Al Brown 407 (3.36%) | | | |{{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|background}}| |'''Manmeet Bhullar''' ''Calgary-Montrose'' |- |style="background:whitesmoke;"|Calgary-Hawkwood |{{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|background}}| |Jason Luan 9,050 (46.99%) |David Yager 7,046 (36.58%) |Maria Davis 1,629 (8.46%) |Collin Anderson 893 (4.64%) |Kevin Woron 241 (1.25%) |Janet Keeping 198 (1.03%) |''Len Skowronski'' (Socred) 105 (0.55%) Ed Torrance (Ind.) 99 (0.51%) |colspan=2|''New district'' |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|Calgary-Hays |{{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|background}}| |Ric McIver 8,614 (55.07%) |Wayne Anderson 5,670 (36.25%) |Brian MacPhee 897 (5.73%) |Regina Vergara 461 (2.95%) | | | |{{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|background}}| |Arthur Johnston |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|Calgary-Lougheed |{{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|background}}| |Dave Rodney 7,849 (50.26%) |John Carpay 5,995 (38.39%) |Fred Stenson 1,160 (7.43%) |Brent Kelly 612 (3.92%) | | | |{{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|background}}| |Dave Rodney |- | rowspan="3" style="background:whitesmoke;"|Calgary-Mackay-Nose Hill |rowspan=3 {{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|background}}| |rowspan=3|Neil Brown 6,594 (46.42%) |rowspan=3|Roy Alexander 5,458 (38.43%) |rowspan=3|Don Thompson 1,103 (7.77%) |rowspan=3|Anne Wilson 844 (5.94%) |rowspan=3|Jason Webster 205 (1.44%) |rowspan=3| |rowspan=3| |{{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|background}}| |Teresa Woo-Paw ''Calgary-Mackay'' |- |colspan=2|''Merged district'' |- |{{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|background}}| |Neil Brown ''Calgary-Nose Hill'' |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|Calgary-McCall |{{Canadian party colour|AB|Liberal|background}}| |Muhammad Rasheed 3,093 (29.33%) |Grant Galpin 3,183 (30.18%) |Darshan Kang 3,854 (36.54%) |Colette Singh 226 (2.14%) | |Heather Brocklesby 144 (1.47%) |Tanveer Taj (Ind.) 46 (0.44%) |{{Canadian party colour|AB|Liberal|background}}| |Darshan Kang |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|Calgary-North West |{{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|background}}| |Sandra Jansen 9,164 (50.82%) |Chris Challis 6,879 (38.15%) |Robert Prcic 1,166 (6.47%) |Brian Malkinson 551 (3.06%) |Troy Millington 123 (0.68%) |Bryan Hunt 150 (0.83%) | |{{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|background}}| |Lindsay Blackett |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|Calgary-Northern Hills |{{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|background}}| |Teresa Woo-Paw 7,353 (49.37%) |Prasad Panda 5,580 (37.46%) |Kirstin Morrell 1,195 (8.02%) |Stephanie Westlund 766 (5.14%) | | | |{{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|background}}| |Teresa Woo-Paw ''Calgary-Mackay'' |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|Calgary-Shaw |{{Canadian party colour|AB|Wildrose|background}}| |Farouk Adatia 6,864 (42.13%) |Jeff Wilson 7,366 (45.22%) |John Roggeveen 1,109 (6.81%) |Ashley Fairall 615 (3.78%) |Brandon Beasley 337 (2.07%) | | |{{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|background}}| |Cindy Ady |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|Calgary-South East |{{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|background}}| |Rick Fraser 7,162 (48.57%) |Bill Jarvis 6,355 (43.09%) |Brad Carroll 756 (5.13%) |Marta Warszynski 474 (3.21%) | | | |colspan=2|''New district'' |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|Calgary-West |{{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|background}}| |Ken Hughes 8,148 (49.95%) |Andrew Constantinidis 6,090 (37.33%) |Wilson McCutchan 1,217 (7.46%) |Mary Nokleby 491 (3.01%) |Pam Crosby 158 (0.97%) |Karen Huggins 209 (1.28%) | |{{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|background}}| |'''Ron Liepert''' |- | rowspan="3" style="background:whitesmoke;"|Chestermere-Rocky View |rowspan=3 {{Canadian party colour|AB|Wildrose|background}}| |rowspan=3|Ted Morton 6,156 (35.34%) |rowspan=3|Bruce McAllister 10,168 (58.37%) |rowspan=3|Sian Ramsden 564 (3.24%) |rowspan=3|Nathan Salmon 533 (3.06%) |rowspan=3| |rowspan=3| |rowspan=3| |{{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|background}}| |'''Ted Morton''' ''Foothills-Rocky View'' |- |colspan=2|''Merged district'' |- |{{Canadian party colour|AB|Wildrose|background}}| |Rob Anderson ''Airdrie-Chestermere'' |}

===Southern Alberta=== {|class="wikitable" style="width:100%" |- !rowspan=3 colspan=2|Electoral District !colspan=5|Candidates !rowspan=3 colspan=2|Incumbent |- !Progressive Conservative !Wildrose !Liberal !NDP !Other |- |{{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|background}}|  |{{Canadian party colour|AB|Wildrose|background}}|  |{{Canadian party colour|AB|Liberal|background}}|  |{{Canadian party colour|AB|NDP|background}}|  |{{Canadian party colour|AB|Independent|background}}|  |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|Airdrie |{{Canadian party colour|AB|Wildrose|background}}| |Kelly Hegg 5,364 (32.94%) |Rob Anderson 9,415 (57.81%) |Joel Steacy 523 (3.21%) |Bryan Young 687 (4.22%) |Jeff Willerton (Ind.) 297 (1.82%) |{{Canadian party colour|AB|Wildrose|background}}| |Rob Anderson ''Airdrie-Chestermere'' |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|Banff-Cochrane |{{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|background}}| |Ron Casey 6,632 (41.82%) |Tom Copithorne 5,933 (37.41%) |Pete Helfrich 2,234 (14.09%) |Jamie Kleinsteuber 1,059 (6.68%) | |{{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|background}}| |Janis Tarchuk |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|Cardston-Taber-Warner |{{Canadian party colour|AB|Wildrose|background}}| |Patrick Shimbashi 4,208 (38.35%) |Gary Bikman 5,967 (54.37%) |Helen McMenamin 332 (3.03%) |Aaron Haugen 467 (4.26%) | |{{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|background}}| |Broyce Jacobs |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|Cypress-Medicine Hat |{{Canadian party colour|AB|Wildrose|background}}| |Len Mitzel 4,737 (35.61%) |Drew Barnes 7,112 (53.47%) |Jon Mastel 775 (5.83%) |Manuel Martinez 678 (5.10%) | |{{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|background}}| |Len Mitzel |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|Highwood |{{Canadian party colour|AB|Wildrose|background}}| |John Barlow 8,167 (42.57%) |''Danielle Smith'' 10,104 (52.59%) |Keegan Gibson 548 (2.85%) |Miles Dato 392 (2.04%) | |{{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|background}}| |George Groeneveld |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|Lethbridge-East |{{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|background}}| |Bridget Pastoor 6,592 (40.94%) |Kent Prestage 5,147 (31.97%) |Rob Miyashiro 2,374 (14.75%) |Tom Moffatt 2,007 (12.45%)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://results.elections.ab.ca/wtResultsPGE.htm |title = Unofficial Poll Results - Alberta |access-date=2012-04-24 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120426181333/http://results.elections.ab.ca/wtResultsPGE.htm |archive-date=April 26, 2012 |df=mdy }}</ref> | |{{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|background}}| |Bridget Pastoor |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|Lethbridge-West |{{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|background}}| |Greg Weadick 5,757 (36.32%) |Kevin Kinahan 4,261 (26.88%) |Bal Boora 881 (5.56%) |Shannon Phillips 4,683 (29.55%) |David Walters (Alberta) 268 (1.69%) |{{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|background}}| |'''Greg Weadick''' |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|Little Bow |{{Canadian party colour|AB|Wildrose|background}}| |John Kolk 4,477 (35.90%) |Ian Donovan 6,756 (54.18%) |Everett Tanis 470 (3.77%) |Bev Muendel-Atherstone 767 (6.15%) | |{{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|background}}| |Barry McFarland |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|Livingstone-Macleod |{{Canadian party colour|AB|Wildrose|background}}| |Evan Berger 7,403 (41.46%) |Pat Stier 8,565 (47.97%) |Alex Macdonald 597 (3.34%) |Matthew Halton 944 (5.29%) |''Larry Ashmore'' (Evergreen) 347 (1.94%) |{{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|background}}| |'''Evan Berger''' |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|Medicine Hat |{{Canadian party colour|AB|Wildrose|background}}| |Darren Hirsch 5,341 (38.56%) |Blake Pedersen 6,030 (43.53%) |Matthew Sandford 1,101 (7.95%) |Dennis Perrier 1,168 (8.43%) |Graham Murray (Evergreen) 212 (1.53%) |{{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|background}}| |Rob Renner |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|Strathmore-Brooks |{{Canadian party colour|AB|Wildrose|background}}| |Arno Doerksen 5,737 (39.11%) |Jason Hale 8,158 (55.61%) |Alex Wychopen 297 (2.02%) |Brad Bailey 409 (2.79%) |Glen Dundas (Separation) 68 (0.46%) |{{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|background}}| |Arno Doerksen |}

==Works cited== ===References=== {{reflist|2}}

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