23rd Alberta Legislature

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| status = inactive | term-begin =  August 30, 1993 | term-end =  February 11, 1997

| sc = Stanley Schumacher | scterm = 30 August 1993 - 17 April 1997 | sc2 = | scterm2 =

| pm = Ralph Klein | pmterm = 14 December 1992 - 14 December 2006 | ministry = Klein cabinet

| lo = Laurence Decore | loterm = June 15, 1993 – July 15, 1994 | lo2 = Grant Mitchell | loterm2 = November 12, 1994 – April 17, 1998

| ghl = | ghlterm =

| ohl = | ohlterm = | ohl2 = | ohlterm2 =

| party = Progressive Conservative Association | party2 = Liberal Party

| members = 83

| lastparl = 22nd | nextparl = 24th }} The '''23rd Alberta Legislative Assembly''' was in session from August 30, 1993, to February 11, 1997, with the membership of the assembly determined by the results of the 1993 Alberta general election held on June 15, 1993. The Legislature officially resumed on August 30, 1993, and continued until the fifth session was prorogued and dissolved on February 11, 1997, prior to the 1997 Alberta general election on March 11, 1997.<ref>{{cite book |author1=Perry, Sandra E. |author2=Footz, Valerie L. |editor1-last=Massolin |editor1-first=Philip A. |title=A Higher Duty: Speakers of the Legislative Assemblies |date=2006 |publisher=Legislative Assembly of Alberta |location=Edmonton, AB |isbn=0-9689217-3-6 |page=502 |url=https://archive.org/details/centennialseries03perr |access-date=August 9, 2020}}</ref>

Alberta's twenty-second government was controlled by the majority Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta, led by Premier Ralph Klein. The Official Opposition was led by Laurence Decore of the Liberal Party, and later Grant Mitchell. The Speaker was Stanley Schumacher.

==Bills== ===''Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act''=== {{main|Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (Alberta)}}

The ''Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act'' (FOIP Act) is the freedom of information and privacy act for Alberta, Canada. It was passed by the Alberta Legislature in June 1994 and came into force on October 1, 1995.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://oipc.ab.ca/pages/FOIP/default.aspx|title=FOIP - OIPC|publisher=Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner of Alberta}}</ref>

===''Civil Enforcement Act''=== {{main|Civil Enforcement Act (Alberta)}}

The ''Civil Enforcement Act'', S.A. 1994, c.C-10.5, is a law in Alberta, Canada. The law gave responsibility for seizures, evictions, repossessions, and enforcing court orders to authorized civil enforcement agencies. Sheriffs' Offices throughout the province closed, but The Office of the Sheriff - Civil Enforcement was created under the Court Services Division of Alberta Justice to monitor the civil enforcement agency activities and respond to complaints. The Act was proclaimed in force on January 1, 1996.

===''Electric Utilities Act''=== {{main|Electricity policy of Alberta}}

The ''Electric Utilities Act'' (1996) effective January 1, 1996, which created Power Pool of Alberta, a wholesale market clearing entity. The Power Pool was a not for profit entity that operated the "competitive wholesale market including dispatch of generation."<ref name="Manning"/> The ''Electric Utilities Act'' stipulated all electric energy bought and sold in Alberta had to be exchanged through the Power Pool which "served as an independent, central, open access pool." It functioned as a "spot market intending to match the demand with the lowest cost supply and establish an hourly pool price."<ref name="Manning">{{citation|title=The State of Electricity De-Regulation in Alberta and the Alberta Electric System Operators Role|first=Lewis L. |last=Manning|url=http://www.lawsonlundell.com/media/news/186_StateofElectricityDeregulation.pdf|date=nd|access-date=22 December 2013}}</ref> Alberta was the first Canadian province to implement a deregulated electricity market. Competitive wholesale markets were being fostered in the 1990s as part of the liberalization process of the 1990s changing some parameters such as the unbundling of generation, transmission and distribution functions of incumbent utilities.<ref>{{citation|work=International Energy Agency |title=Energy Policies of IEA Countries - Canada 2009 Review |institution=OECD/IEA |location=Paris |year=2009 |isbn=978-92-64-06043-2 |pages=193–195}}</ref> Local distribution utilities, either investor- or municipally owned, retained the obligation to supply and the 6 largest utilities were assigned a share of the output of existing generators at a fixed price.

==Party standings after the 23rd General Election==

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{| class="wikitable" ! colspan="2" | Affiliation ! Members {{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|row}} | Progressive Conservative Party | 51 {{Canadian party colour|AB|Liberal|row}} |Liberal Party | 32 |- | colspan="2" rowspan="1" |  '''Total''' | '''83''' |}

==Members elected== '''For complete electoral history, see individual districts''' {| class="wikitable sortable" !colspan=6|23rd Alberta Legislative Assembly |- ! !|District !|Member !|Party !|First elected/ previously elected !|No.# of term(s) {{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|row}} |Athabasca-Wabasca |Mike Cardinal |Progressive Conservative |1989 |2nd term {{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|row}} |Banff-Cochrane |Brian Evans |Progressive Conservative |1989 |2nd term {{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|row}} |Barrhead-Westlock |Ken Kowalski |Progressive Conservative |1979 |5th term {{Canadian party colour|AB|Liberal|row}} |Bonnyville |Leo Vasseur |Liberal |1993 |1st term {{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|row}} |Bow Valley |Lyle Oberg |Progressive Conservative |1993 |1st term {{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|row}} |Calgary-Bow |Bonnie Laing |Progressive Conservative |1989 |2nd term {{Canadian party colour|AB|Liberal|row}} |Calgary-Buffalo |Gary Dickson |Liberal |1992 |2nd term {{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|row}} |Calgary-Cross |Yvonne Fritz |Progressive Conservative |1993 |1st term {{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|row}} |Calgary-Currie |Jocelyn Burgener |Progressive Conservative |1993 |1st term {{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|row}} |Calgary-East |Moe Amery |Progressive Conservative |1993 |1st term {{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|row}} |Calgary-Egmont |Denis Herard |Progressive Conservative |1993 |1st term {{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|row}} |Calgary-Elbow |Ralph Klein |Progressive Conservative |1989 |2nd term {{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|row}} |Calgary-Fish Creek |Heather Forsyth |Progressive Conservative |1993 |1st term {{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|row}} |Calgary-Foothills |Pat Black1 |Progressive Conservative |1989 |2nd term {{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|row}} |Calgary-Glenmore |Dianne Mirosh |Progressive Conservative |1986 |3rd term {{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|row}} |Calgary-Lougheed |Jim Dinning |Progressive Conservative |1986 |3rd term {{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|row}} |rowspan=2|Calgary-McCall |Harry Sohal |Progressive Conservative |1993 |1st term {{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|row}} |Shiraz Shariff (1995) |Progressive Conservative |1995 |1st term {{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|row}} |Calgary-Montrose |Hung Pham |Progressive Conservative |1993 |1st term {{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|row}} |Calgary-Mountain View |Mark Hlady |Progressive Conservative |1993 |1st term {{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|row}} |Calgary-North Hill |Richard Magnus |Progressive Conservative |1993 |1st term {{Canadian party colour|AB|Liberal|row}} |Calgary-North West |Frank Bruseker |Liberal |1989 |2nd term {{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|row}} |Calgary-Nose Creek |Gary Mar |Progressive Conservative |1993 |1st term {{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|row}} |Calgary-Shaw |Jon Havelock |Progressive Conservative |1993 |1st term {{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|row}} |Calgary-Varsity |Murray Smith |Progressive Conservative |1993 |1st term {{Canadian party colour|AB|Liberal|row}} |Calgary-West |Danny Dalla-Longa |Liberal |1993 |1st term {{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|row}} |Cardston-Chief Mountain |Jack Ady |Progressive Conservative |1986 |3rd term {{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|row}} |Chinook |Shirley McClellan |Progressive Conservative |1987 |3rd term {{Canadian party colour|AB|Liberal|row}} |Clover Bar-Fort Saskatchewan |Muriel Abdurahman |Liberal |1993 |1st term {{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|row}} |Cypress-Medicine Hat |Lorne Taylor |Progressive Conservative |1993 |1st term {{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|row}} |Drayton Valley-Calmar |Tom Thurber |Progressive Conservative |1989 |2nd term {{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|row}} |Drumheller |Stanley Schumacher |Progressive Conservative |1986 |3rd term {{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|row}} |Dunvegan |Glen Clegg |Progressive Conservative |1986 |3rd term {{Canadian party colour|AB|Liberal|row}} |Edmonton-Avonmore |Gene Zwozdesky |Liberal |1993 |1st term {{Canadian party colour|AB|Liberal|row}} |rowspan=2|Edmonton-Beverly-Belmont |rowspan=2|Julius Yankowsky |Liberal |rowspan=2|1993 |rowspan=2|1st term {{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|row}} |Progressive Conservative {{Canadian party colour|AB|Liberal|row}} |Edmonton-Centre |Michael Henry |Liberal |1993 |1st term {{Canadian party colour|AB|Liberal|row}} |Edmonton-Ellerslie |Debby Carlson |Liberal |1993 |1st term {{Canadian party colour|AB|Liberal|row}} |Edmonton-Glengarry |Laurence Decore |Liberal |1989 |2nd term {{Canadian party colour|AB|Liberal|row}} |Edmonton-Glenora |Howard Sapers |Liberal |1993 |1st term {{Canadian party colour|AB|Liberal|row}} |Edmonton-Gold Bar |Bettie Hewes |Liberal |1986 |3rd term {{Canadian party colour|AB|Liberal|row}} |Edmonton-Highlands-Beverly |Alice Hanson |Liberal |1993 |1st term {{Canadian party colour|AB|Liberal|row}} |Edmonton-Manning |Peter Sekulic |Liberal |1993 |1st term {{Canadian party colour|AB|Liberal|row}} |Edmonton-Mayfield |Lance White |Liberal |1993 |1st term {{Canadian party colour|AB|Liberal|row}} |Edmonton-McClung |Grant Mitchell |Liberal |1986 |3rd term {{Canadian party colour|AB|Liberal|row}} |Edmonton-Meadowlark |Karen Leibovici |Liberal |1993 |1st term {{Canadian party colour|AB|Liberal|row}} |Edmonton-Mill Woods |Don Massey |Liberal |1993 |1st term {{Canadian party colour|AB|Liberal|row}} |rowspan=3|Edmonton-Norwood |rowspan=3|Andrew Beniuk |Liberal |rowspan=3|1993 |rowspan=3|1st term {{Canadian party colour|AB|Independent|row}} |Independent {{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|row}} |Progressive Conservative {{Canadian party colour|AB|Liberal|row}} |Edmonton-Roper |Sine Chadi |Liberal |1993 |1st term {{Canadian party colour|AB|Liberal|row}} |Edmonton-Rutherford |Percy Wickman |Liberal |1989 |2nd term {{Canadian party colour|AB|Liberal|row}} |Edmonton-Strathcona |Al Zariwny |Liberal |1993 |1st term {{Canadian party colour|AB|Liberal|row}} |Edmonton-Whitemud |Mike Percy |Liberal |1993 |1st term {{Canadian party colour|AB|Liberal|row}} |Fort McMurray |Adam Germain |Liberal |1993 |1st term {{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|row}} |Grande Prairie-Smoky |Walter Paszkowski |Progressive Conservative |1989 |2nd term {{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|row}} |Grande Prairie-Wapiti |Wayne Jacques |Progressive Conservative |1993 |1st term {{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|row}} |Highwood |Don Tannas |Progressive Conservative |1989 |2nd term {{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|row}} |Innisfail-Sylvan Lake |Gary Severtson |Progressive Conservative |1989 |2nd term {{Canadian party colour|AB|Liberal|row}} |rowspan=3|Lac La Biche-St. Paul |rowspan=3|Paul Langevin |Liberal |rowspan=3|1993 |rowspan=3|1st term {{Canadian party colour|AB|Independent|row}} |Independent {{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|row}} |Progressive Conservative {{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|row}} |Lacombe-Stettler |Judy Gordon |Progressive Conservative |1993 |1st term {{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|row}} |Lesser Slave Lake |Pearl Calahasen |Progressive Conservative |1989 |2nd term {{Canadian party colour|AB|Liberal|row}} |Leduc |Terry Kirkland |Liberal |1993 |1st term {{Canadian party colour|AB|Liberal|row}} |Lethbridge-East |Ken Nicol |Liberal |1993 |1st term {{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|row}} |Lethbridge-West |Clint Dunford |Progressive Conservative |1993 |1st term {{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|row}} |Little Bow |Barry McFarland |Progressive Conservative |1992 |2nd term {{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|row}} |Medicine Hat |Rob Renner |Progressive Conservative |1993 |1st term {{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|row}} |Olds-Didsbury |Roy Brassard |Progressive Conservative |1986 |3rd term {{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|row}} |Peace River |Gary Friedel |Progressive Conservative |1993 |1st term {{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|row}} |Pincher Creek-Macleod |David Coutts |Progressive Conservative |1993 |1st term {{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|row}} |Ponoka-Rimbey |Halvar Jonson |Progressive Conservative |1982 |4th term {{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|row}} |Red Deer North |Stockwell Day |Progressive Conservative |1986 |3rd term {{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|row}} |Red Deer South |Victor Doerksen |Progressive Conservative |1993 |1st term {{Canadian party colour|AB|Liberal|row}} |rowspan=2|Redwater |Nicholas Taylor |Liberal |1986 |3rd term {{Canadian party colour|AB|Liberal|row}} |Mary Anne Balsillie (1996) |Liberal |1996 |1st term {{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|row}} |Rocky Mountain House |Ty Lund |Progressive Conservative |1989 |2nd term {{Canadian party colour|AB|Liberal|row}} |Sherwood Park |Bruce Collingwood |Liberal |1993 |1st term {{Canadian party colour|AB|Liberal|row}} |St. Albert |Len Bracko |Liberal |1993 |1st term {{Canadian party colour|AB|Liberal|row}} |Spruce Grove-Sturgeon-St. Albert |Colleen Soetaert |Liberal |1993 |1st term {{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|row}} |Stony Plain |Stan Woloshyn |Progressive Conservative |1989{{efn|First elected as a NDP}} |2nd term {{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|row}} |Taber-Warner |Ron Hierath |Progressive Conservative |1993 |1st term {{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|row}} |Three Hills-Airdrie |Carol Haley |Progressive Conservative |1993 |1st term {{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|row}} |Vegreville-Viking |Ed Stelmach |Progressive Conservative |1993 |1st term {{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|row}} |Vermilion-Lloydminster |Steve West |Progressive Conservative |1986 |3rd term {{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|row}} |Wainwright |Robert Fischer |Progressive Conservative |1982 |4th term {{Canadian party colour|AB|Liberal|row}} |West Yellowhead |Duco Van Binsbergen |Liberal |1993 |1st term {{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|row}} |Wetaskiwin-Camrose |Ken Rostad |Progressive Conservative |1986 |3rd term {{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|row}} |Whitecourt-Ste. Anne |Peter Trynchy |Progressive Conservative |1971 |7th term |} '''Note:''' *1 Pat Black later changed her last name to Nelson.

== Standings changes since the 23rd general election == {| class="wikitable" !colspan=6|Membership changes in the 23rd Assembly |- ! !Date !Member Name !District !Party !Reason {{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|row}} |November 15, 1994 |Harry Sohal |Calgary-McCall |Progressive Conservative |Death of member. {{Canadian party colour|AB|Liberal|row}} |1995 |Paul Langevin |Lac La Biche-St. Paul |Progressive Conservative |Crosses the floor from the Liberals to the Progressive Conservatives {{Canadian party colour|AB|Liberal|row}} |March 7, 1996 |Nicholas Taylor |Redwater |Liberal |Resigned to be appointed to the Senate of Canada. |}

== Notes == <references group="lower-alpha" /> ==References== {{Reflist}}

==Further reading== *{{cite book |editor1-last=O'Handley |editor1-first=Kathryn |title=The Canadian Parliamentary Guide |date=1997 |publisher=Gale Canada |location=Scarborough, Ontario |url=https://archive.org/details/canadianparliame1997unse |access-date=August 9, 2020 |isbn=1-896413-43-9 |issn=0315-6168 |oclc=1156634080}} *{{cite book |author1=Office of the Chief Electoral Officer |author2=Legislative Assembly Office |author2-link=Legislative Assembly of Alberta |author-link1=Elections Alberta |title=A Century of Democracy: Elections of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, 1905-2005 |date=2006 |publisher=Legislative Assembly of Alberta |series=The Centennial Series |location=Edmonton, AB |isbn=0-9689217-8-7 |url=https://archive.org/details/centennialseries04perr/mode/2up |access-date=May 25, 2020}} *{{cite book |author1=Perry, Sandra E. |author2=Footz, Valerie L. |editor1-last=Massolin |editor1-first=Philip A. |title=A Higher Duty: Speakers of the Legislative Assemblies |date=2006 |publisher=Legislative Assembly of Alberta |location=Edmonton, AB |isbn=0-9689217-3-6 |url=https://archive.org/details/centennialseries03perr |access-date=August 9, 2020}}

==External links== *[https://www.assembly.ab.ca/ Alberta Legislative Assembly] *[https://web.archive.org/web/20101026192825/http://www.assembly.ab.ca/legislaturecentennial/pdf/membersBooklet.pdf Legislative Assembly of Alberta Members Book] *[https://web.archive.org/web/20070704044849/http://www.electionsalberta.ab.ca/pastbyelection.html By-elections 1905 to present]