2004 Alberta general election

The 2004 Alberta general election was held on November 22, 2004 to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta.

The election was called on October 25, 2004. Premier Ralph Klein decided to go to the polls earlier than the legislated deadline of March 2006. This election was held in conjunction with the 2004 Alberta Senate nominee election.

When the election was called, it was expected to be anticlimactic, with Klein cruising to his fourth straight majority, the tenth for his Progressive Conservative Party.

Shortly after the drop of the writs, Klein's mother died and all parties suspended their campaigns for several days. After the campaign resumed, Klein avoided making any policy announcements and attended few events. One commentator called it "Kleinfeld: the campaign about nothing" (a reference to the television sitcom Seinfeld). The Liberal Party, which had hoped to hold on to the five seats it had and regain the two seats that it had lost to resignations, began to pick up momentum and became far more optimistic.

In the end, the Conservatives were re-elected, despite losing 11 seats and 15% of the popular vote, having dropped to a minority position in the polls. The Liberals more than doubled their seats by electing 17 MLAs on election night The Liberals dominated in Edmonton and made strong inroads in Calgary.

The Alberta New Democrats (NDP) held on to their two seats and gained two more, all in Edmonton.

The Conservatives swept rural Alberta except for one seat that went to the Alberta Alliance, which also placed second in a number of rural ridings. The Conservatives received no more than 56 percent of the vote in any of the three rural regions so was very much over-represented by its almost-total one-party sweep of the rural seats.

The Alberta Greens gained in the popular vote, jumping from 0.3% in the 2001 election to 2.8%, and placed third in some places. Despite placing second in the riding of Drayton Valley-Calmar ahead of the Liberals, it did not win any seats.

Social Credit placed third in a number of ridings, and its leader tied for second in Rocky Mountain House.

The Conservative, Liberal and NDP leaders all easily held onto their own seats.

Electoral System
Alberta's 83 MLAs were elected through First-past-the-post voting in 83 single-member districts.

Election night summary
Overall voter turnout was 45.12%. Note:
 * * The Alberta Alliance and Alberta Party did not contest the 2001 election.
 * 1 The Separation Party results are compared to the Alberta First Party.
 * 2 A judicial recount changed the results in Edmonton Castle Downs, Liberal. Chris Kibermanis lost to Progressive Conservative Thomas Lukaszuk.

Results by region
1 "Edmonton" corresponds to only the city of Edmonton. (Only the ridings whose names begin with "Edmonton".) The four suburban ridings around the city as listed below are grouped with Central Alberta in this table.

Results by riding
Names in bold indicate party leaders and cabinet ministers.

Central Edmonton
3,059 1,166 5,268 457 141 283 2,622 6,236 1,538 264 336 111 3,758 4,610 4,059 307 272 112 2,574 8,794 1,966 538 167 2,209 1,035 6,053 315 66 5,071 4,286 1,709 523 386 72 2,989 5,014 1,565 816 42 3,571 10,279 1,053 315 355 111 4,173 7,217 995 516 210 2,256 1,850 7,430 275 287 162
 * bgcolor=whitesmoke|Edmonton Beverly Clareview
 * Julius Yankowsky
 * Julius Yankowsky
 * Julius Yankowsky
 * Sam Parmar
 * Sam Parmar
 * Ray Martin
 * Ray Martin
 * Phil Gamache
 * Phil Gamache
 * Benoit Couture
 * Benoit Couture
 * Ken Shipka (Soc. Cred.)
 * Ken Shipka (Soc. Cred.)
 * Julius Yankowsky
 * bgcolor=whitesmoke|Edmonton Centre
 * Don Weideman
 * bgcolor=whitesmoke|Edmonton Centre
 * Don Weideman
 * Don Weideman
 * Laurie Blakeman
 * Laurie Blakeman
 * Mary Elizabeth Archer
 * Mary Elizabeth Archer
 * Tony Caterina
 * Tony Caterina
 * David J. Parker
 * David J. Parker
 * Linda Clements (Soc. Cred.)
 * Linda Clements (Soc. Cred.)
 * Laurie Blakeman
 * bgcolor=whitesmoke|Edmonton-Glenora
 * Drew Hutton
 * bgcolor=whitesmoke|Edmonton-Glenora
 * Drew Hutton
 * Drew Hutton
 * Bruce Miller
 * Bruce Miller
 * Larry Booi
 * Larry Booi
 * Blaine Currie
 * Blaine Currie
 * Peter Johnston
 * Peter Johnston
 * Walter Schachenhofer (Soc. Cred.)
 * Walter Schachenhofer (Soc. Cred.)
 * Drew Hutton
 * bgcolor=whitesmoke|Edmonton Gold Bar
 * Manjit Dhaliwal
 * bgcolor=whitesmoke|Edmonton Gold Bar
 * Manjit Dhaliwal
 * Manjit Dhaliwal
 * Hugh MacDonald
 * Hugh MacDonald
 * Keith Turnbull
 * Keith Turnbull
 * Delmar Hunt
 * Delmar Hunt
 * Dave Dowling (Ind.)
 * Dave Dowling (Ind.)
 * Dave Dowling (Ind.)
 * Dave Dowling (Ind.)
 * Hugh MacDonald
 * bgcolor=whitesmoke|Edmonton Highlands-Norwood
 * Terry Martiniuk
 * bgcolor=whitesmoke|Edmonton Highlands-Norwood
 * Terry Martiniuk
 * Terry Martiniuk
 * Jason Manzevich
 * Jason Manzevich
 * Brian Mason
 * Brian Mason
 * Ray Loyer
 * Ray Loyer
 * Dale W. Ferris (Ind.)
 * Dale W. Ferris (Ind.)
 * Dale W. Ferris (Ind.)
 * Dale W. Ferris (Ind.)
 * Brian Mason
 * bgcolor=whitesmoke|Edmonton Mill Creek
 * Gene Zwozdesky
 * bgcolor=whitesmoke|Edmonton Mill Creek
 * Gene Zwozdesky
 * Gene Zwozdesky
 * Aman Gill
 * Aman Gill
 * Nathan Taylor
 * Nathan Taylor
 * Robert Alford
 * Robert Alford
 * Eric Steiglitz
 * Eric Steiglitz
 * Cameron Johnson (Ind.)
 * Cameron Johnson (Ind.)
 * Gene Zwozdesky
 * bgcolor=whitesmoke|Edmonton-Mill Woods
 * Naresh Bhardwaj
 * bgcolor=whitesmoke|Edmonton-Mill Woods
 * Naresh Bhardwaj
 * Naresh Bhardwaj
 * Weslyn Mather
 * Weslyn Mather
 * Lloyd Nelson
 * Lloyd Nelson
 * Charles Relland
 * Charles Relland
 * Naomi Rankin (Communist)
 * Naomi Rankin (Communist)
 * Naomi Rankin (Communist)
 * Naomi Rankin (Communist)
 * Don Massey
 * bgcolor=whitesmoke|Edmonton Riverview
 * Fred Horne
 * bgcolor=whitesmoke|Edmonton Riverview
 * Fred Horne
 * Fred Horne
 * Kevin Taft
 * Kevin Taft
 * Donna Martyn
 * Donna Martyn
 * David Edgar
 * David Edgar
 * John Lackey
 * John Lackey
 * Dave W. Power (Soc. Cred.)
 * Dave W. Power (Soc. Cred.)
 * Kevin Taft
 * bgcolor=whitesmoke|Edmonton Rutherford
 * Ian McClelland
 * bgcolor=whitesmoke|Edmonton Rutherford
 * Ian McClelland
 * Ian McClelland
 * Rick Miller
 * Rick Miller
 * George A. Slade
 * George A. Slade
 * R. J. (Bob) Ewart
 * R. J. (Bob) Ewart
 * Anit Ashmore (Soc. Cred.)
 * Anit Ashmore (Soc. Cred.)
 * Anit Ashmore (Soc. Cred.)
 * Anit Ashmore (Soc. Cred.)
 * Ian McClelland
 * bgcolor=whitesmoke|Edmonton-Strathcona
 * Shannon Stubbs
 * bgcolor=whitesmoke|Edmonton-Strathcona
 * Shannon Stubbs
 * Shannon Stubbs
 * Steven Leard
 * Steven Leard
 * Raj Pannu
 * Raj Pannu
 * Jeremy Burns
 * Jeremy Burns
 * Adrian Cole
 * Adrian Cole
 * Kelly Graham (Soc. Cred.)
 * Kelly Graham (Soc. Cred.)
 * Raj Pannu
 * }
 * }

Suburban Edmonton and Environs
3,680 3,028 4,055 526 5,014 5,019 1,317 583 78 3,033 4,418 830 94 3,245 3,444 2,257 985 238 3,646 3,873 2,371 515 240 130 5,331 5,864 1,362 401 104 4,243 4,436 1,303 444 245 77 7,493 6,567 1,634 469 76 7,276 5,587 994 444 362 474 6,140 5,559 1,020 740 170 6,064 6,474 1,652 591 407 6,838 4,115 1,177 466 775 Brian Rembowski (Soc. Cred.) 327 Roberta McDonald (Separation) 297
 * bgcolor=whitesmoke|Edmonton-Calder
 * Brent Rathgeber
 * Brent Rathgeber
 * Brent Rathgeber
 * Brad Smith
 * Brad Smith
 * David Eggen
 * David Eggen
 * Vicki Kramer
 * Vicki Kramer
 * Brent Rathgeber
 * rowspan=2 bgcolor=whitesmoke|Edmonton Castle Downs
 * Thomas Lukaszuk
 * Brent Rathgeber
 * rowspan=2 bgcolor=whitesmoke|Edmonton Castle Downs
 * Thomas Lukaszuk
 * rowspan=2 bgcolor=whitesmoke|Edmonton Castle Downs
 * Thomas Lukaszuk
 * Thomas Lukaszuk
 * Thomas Lukaszuk
 * Chris Kibermanis
 * Chris Kibermanis
 * Peter Cross
 * Peter Cross
 * Colin Presizniuk
 * Colin Presizniuk
 * Ross Korpi (Soc. Cred.)
 * Ross Korpi (Soc. Cred.)
 * Ross Korpi (Soc. Cred.)
 * Ross Korpi (Soc. Cred.)
 * rowspan=2 |
 * rowspan=2|Thomas Lukaszuk
 * 5,022
 * 5,019
 * 1,314
 * 586
 * 78
 * rowspan=3 bgcolor=whitesmoke|Edmonton Decore
 * rowspan=3|
 * rowspan=3|Walter Szwender
 * 586
 * 78
 * rowspan=3 bgcolor=whitesmoke|Edmonton Decore
 * rowspan=3|
 * rowspan=3|Walter Szwender
 * rowspan=3 bgcolor=whitesmoke|Edmonton Decore
 * rowspan=3|
 * rowspan=3|Walter Szwender
 * rowspan=3|Walter Szwender
 * rowspan=3 |
 * rowspan=3|Bill Bonko
 * rowspan=3|
 * rowspan=3|Shirley Barg 1,524
 * rowspan=3|
 * rowspan=3|Gary Masyk
 * rowspan=3|
 * rowspan=3|
 * rowspan=3|
 * rowspan=3|Geoffrey Chevrier (Soc. Cred.)
 * Bill Bonner
 * colspan=2 align="center"|merged district
 * Gary Masyk
 * bgcolor=whitesmoke |Edmonton Ellerslie
 * Gurnam Dodd
 * Gary Masyk
 * bgcolor=whitesmoke |Edmonton Ellerslie
 * Gurnam Dodd
 * bgcolor=whitesmoke |Edmonton Ellerslie
 * Gurnam Dodd
 * Gurnam Dodd
 * Bharat Agnihotri
 * Bharat Agnihotri
 * Marilyn Assheton-Smith
 * Marilyn Assheton-Smith
 * Eleanor Maroes
 * Eleanor Maroes
 * Amelia Maciejewski (Soc. Cred.)
 * Amelia Maciejewski (Soc. Cred.)
 * Amelia Maciejewski (Soc. Cred.)
 * Amelia Maciejewski (Soc. Cred.)
 * vacant
 * bgcolor=whitesmoke |Edmonton-Manning
 * Tony Vandermeer
 * bgcolor=whitesmoke |Edmonton-Manning
 * Tony Vandermeer
 * Tony Vandermeer
 * Dan Backs
 * Dan Backs
 * Laurie Lang
 * Laurie Lang
 * Mike Pietramala
 * Mike Pietramala
 * Ross Adshead
 * Ross Adshead
 * Sean Tisdall (Soc. Cred.)
 * Sean Tisdall (Soc. Cred.)
 * Tony Vandermeer
 * bgcolor=whitesmoke |Edmonton McClung
 * Mark Norris
 * bgcolor=whitesmoke |Edmonton McClung
 * Mark Norris
 * Mark Norris
 * Mo Elsalhy
 * Mo Elsalhy
 * Lorne Dach
 * Lorne Dach
 * Reuben Bauer
 * Reuben Bauer
 * Patrick Conlin (Soc. Cred.)
 * Patrick Conlin (Soc. Cred.)
 * Patrick Conlin (Soc. Cred.)
 * Patrick Conlin (Soc. Cred.)
 * Mark Norris
 * bgcolor=whitesmoke |Edmonton Meadowlark
 * Bob Maskell
 * bgcolor=whitesmoke |Edmonton Meadowlark
 * Bob Maskell
 * Bob Maskell
 * Maurice Tougas
 * Maurice Tougas
 * Lance Burns
 * Lance Burns
 * Aaron Campbell
 * Aaron Campbell
 * Amanda Doyle
 * Amanda Doyle
 * Peggy Morton (Ind.)
 * Peggy Morton (Ind.)
 * Bob Maskell
 * bgcolor=whitesmoke |Edmonton-Whitemud
 * Dave Hancock
 * bgcolor=whitesmoke |Edmonton-Whitemud
 * Dave Hancock
 * Dave Hancock
 * Donna L. Smith
 * Donna L. Smith
 * Brian Fleck
 * Brian Fleck
 * Kathy Rayner
 * Kathy Rayner
 * John Andrews (Ind.)
 * John Andrews (Ind.)
 * John Andrews (Ind.)
 * John Andrews (Ind.)
 * David Hancock
 * bgcolor=whitesmoke |Sherwood Park
 * Iris Evans
 * bgcolor=whitesmoke |Sherwood Park
 * Iris Evans
 * Iris Evans
 * Louise Rogers
 * Louise Rogers
 * Tim Sloan
 * Tim Sloan
 * Cora LaBonte
 * Cora LaBonte
 * Lynn Lau
 * Lynn Lau
 * Gordon Barrett (Soc. Cred.)
 * Gordon Barrett (Soc. Cred.)
 * Iris Evans
 * bgcolor=whitesmoke |Spruce Grove-Sturgeon-St. Albert
 * Doug Horner
 * bgcolor=whitesmoke |Spruce Grove-Sturgeon-St. Albert
 * Doug Horner
 * Doug Horner
 * Ray Boudreau
 * Ray Boudreau
 * Dale Apostal
 * Dale Apostal
 * Tim Friesen
 * Tim Friesen
 * Glen Blaylock (Soc. Cred.)
 * Glen Blaylock (Soc. Cred.)
 * Glen Blaylock (Soc. Cred.)
 * Glen Blaylock (Soc. Cred.)
 * Doug Horner
 * bgcolor=whitesmoke |St. Albert
 * Mary O'Neill
 * bgcolor=whitesmoke |St. Albert
 * Mary O'Neill
 * Mary O'Neill
 * Jack Flaherty
 * Jack Flaherty
 * Travis Thompson
 * Travis Thompson
 * Michaela Meldrum
 * Michaela Meldrum
 * Conrad Bitangcol
 * Conrad Bitangcol
 * Mary O'Neill
 * bgcolor=whitesmoke|Strathcona
 * Rob Lougheed
 * Mary O'Neill
 * bgcolor=whitesmoke|Strathcona
 * Rob Lougheed
 * Rob Lougheed
 * Rob Lougheed
 * Jon Friel
 * Jon Friel
 * Tom Elchuk
 * Tom Elchuk
 * Ryan Seto
 * Ryan Seto
 * Bruce Stubbs (Ab. Pty.)
 * Bruce Stubbs (Ab. Pty.)
 * Bruce Stubbs (Ab. Pty.)
 * Bruce Stubbs (Ab. Pty.)
 * Recreated District
 * }
 * }

Southern Alberta
6,842 1,633 569 758 434 1,036 Bob Lefurgey (Separation) 394 Jerry Gautreau (Soc. Cred.) 178 3,753 783 185 3,884 225 4,623 2,234 345 651 561 6,782 1,843 432 733 547 299 4,703 5,340 607 1,472 360 251 4,416 3,675 1,316 949 368 357 4,894 1,965 327 859 556 Grant Shaw (Separation) 432 5,095 2,030 626 1,493 468 339 5,392 3,482 560 1,073 246 6,051 1,055 405 852 559 Rudy Martens (Soc. Cred.) 313
 * bgcolor=whitesmoke|Airdrie-Chestermere
 * Carol Haley
 * Carol Haley
 * Carol Haley
 * John Burke
 * John Burke
 * Grant Massie
 * Grant Massie
 * Bradley Gaida
 * Bradley Gaida
 * Angela Scully
 * Angela Scully
 * Jeff Willerton (Alberta Pty.)
 * Jeff Willerton (Alberta Pty.)
 * Carol Haley
 * bgcolor=whitesmoke|Cardston-Taber-Warner
 * Broyce Jacobs
 * bgcolor=whitesmoke|Cardston-Taber-Warner
 * Broyce Jacobs
 * Broyce Jacobs
 * Paula Shimp
 * Paula Shimp
 * Luann Bannister
 * Luann Bannister
 * Paul Hinman
 * Paul Hinman
 * Lindsay Ferguson
 * Lindsay Ferguson
 * Broyce Jacobs
 * bgcolor=whitesmoke|Cypress-Medicine Hat
 * Leonard Mitzel
 * Broyce Jacobs
 * bgcolor=whitesmoke|Cypress-Medicine Hat
 * Leonard Mitzel
 * Leonard Mitzel
 * Leonard Mitzel
 * Stuart Angle
 * Stuart Angle
 * Cliff Anten
 * Cliff Anten
 * Dan H. Pierson
 * Dan H. Pierson
 * Eric Solberg (Soc. Cred.)
 * Eric Solberg (Soc. Cred.)
 * Eric Solberg (Soc. Cred.)
 * Eric Solberg (Soc. Cred.)
 * Lorne Taylor
 * bgcolor=whitesmoke|Highwood
 * George Groeneveld
 * bgcolor=whitesmoke|Highwood
 * George Groeneveld
 * George Groeneveld
 * Lori Czerwinski
 * Lori Czerwinski
 * Catherine Whelan Costen
 * Catherine Whelan Costen
 * Brian Wickhorst
 * Brian Wickhorst
 * Sheelagh Matthews
 * Sheelagh Matthews
 * Cory Morgan (Separation)
 * Cory Morgan (Separation)
 * Don Tannas
 * bgcolor=whitesmoke|Lethbridge-East
 * Rod Fong
 * bgcolor=whitesmoke|Lethbridge-East
 * Rod Fong
 * Rod Fong
 * Bridget Pastoor
 * Bridget Pastoor
 * Gaye Metz
 * Gaye Metz
 * Brian Stewart
 * Brian Stewart
 * Erin Matthews
 * Erin Matthews
 * Darren Popik (Soc. Cred.)
 * Darren Popik (Soc. Cred.)
 * vacant
 * bgcolor=whitesmoke|Lethbridge-West
 * Clint Dunford
 * bgcolor=whitesmoke|Lethbridge-West
 * Clint Dunford
 * Clint Dunford
 * Bal Boora
 * Bal Boora
 * Mark Sandilands
 * Mark Sandilands
 * Merle Terlesky
 * Merle Terlesky
 * Andrea Sheridan
 * Andrea Sheridan
 * Scott Sawatsky (Soc. Cred.)
 * Scott Sawatsky (Soc. Cred.)
 * Clint Dunford
 * bgcolor=whitesmoke|Little Bow
 * Barry McFarland
 * bgcolor=whitesmoke|Little Bow
 * Barry McFarland
 * Barry McFarland
 * Arij Langstraat
 * Arij Langstraat
 * Hugh Logie
 * Hugh Logie
 * Jay Phin
 * Jay Phin
 * Brian Cook (Soc. Cred.)
 * Brian Cook (Soc. Cred.)
 * Brian Cook (Soc. Cred.)
 * Brian Cook (Soc. Cred.)
 * Barry McFarland
 * bgcolor=whitesmoke|Livingstone-Macleod
 * David Coutts
 * bgcolor=whitesmoke|Livingstone-Macleod
 * David Coutts
 * David Coutts
 * Craig Whitehead
 * Craig Whitehead
 * Joyce Thomas
 * Joyce Thomas
 * George Lyster
 * George Lyster
 * Chris Watts
 * Chris Watts
 * Jim Walker (Separation)
 * Jim Walker (Separation)
 * David Coutts
 * bgcolor=whitesmoke|Medicine Hat
 * Rob Renner
 * bgcolor=whitesmoke|Medicine Hat
 * Rob Renner
 * Rob Renner
 * Karen Charlton
 * Karen Charlton
 * Diana Arnott
 * Diana Arnott
 * Scott Cowan
 * Scott Cowan
 * Jonathan Lorentzen (Soc. Cred.)
 * Jonathan Lorentzen (Soc. Cred.)
 * Jonathan Lorentzen (Soc. Cred.)
 * Jonathan Lorentzen (Soc. Cred.)
 * Rob Renner
 * bgcolor=whitesmoke|Strathmore-Brooks
 * Lyle Oberg
 * bgcolor=whitesmoke|Strathmore-Brooks
 * Lyle Oberg
 * Lyle Oberg
 * Carol Jacques
 * Carol Jacques
 * Don MacFarlane
 * Don MacFarlane
 * Mark D. Ogden
 * Mark D. Ogden
 * Jay Kolody (Separation)
 * Jay Kolody (Separation)
 * Jay Kolody (Separation)
 * Jay Kolody (Separation)
 * Lyle Oberg
 * }
 * }

Suburban Calgary
6,097 3,509 1,135 1,015 713 98 Doug Picken (Soc. Cred.) 97 3,763 1,452 391 648 271 5,820 3,559 407 472 4,136 1,784 583 589 440 212 5,529 1,952 298 534 378 6,334 2,971 365 445 471 5,640 2,615 395 640 443 193 3,203 2,958 264 573 359 3,318 1,651 434 674 355 7,768 4,488 518 622 636 6,732 2,373 300 620 380 171 6,964 4,286 434 988 732
 * bgcolor=whitesmoke|Calgary-Bow
 * Alana DeLong
 * Alana DeLong
 * Alana DeLong
 * Kelly McDonnell
 * Kelly McDonnell
 * Jennifer Banks
 * Jennifer Banks
 * James Istvanffy
 * James Istvanffy
 * Marie Picken
 * Marie Picken
 * Margaret Askin (Independent)
 * Margaret Askin (Independent)
 * Alana DeLong
 * bgcolor=whitesmoke|Calgary-Cross
 * Yvonne Fritz
 * bgcolor=whitesmoke|Calgary-Cross
 * Yvonne Fritz
 * Yvonne Fritz
 * Raleigh DeHaney
 * Raleigh DeHaney
 * Jeanie Keebler
 * Jeanie Keebler
 * Gordon Huth
 * Gordon Huth
 * Ryan Richardson
 * Ryan Richardson
 * Yvonne Fritz
 * bgcolor=whitesmoke|Calgary-Foothills
 * Len Webber
 * Yvonne Fritz
 * bgcolor=whitesmoke|Calgary-Foothills
 * Len Webber
 * Len Webber
 * Len Webber
 * Stephen Jenuth
 * Stephen Jenuth
 * Malcolm Forster
 * Malcolm Forster
 * Vincent S. Jansen-Van Doorn
 * Vincent S. Jansen-Van Doorn
 * Pat Nelson
 * bgcolor=whitesmoke|Calgary-Fort
 * Wayne Cao
 * Pat Nelson
 * bgcolor=whitesmoke|Calgary-Fort
 * Wayne Cao
 * bgcolor=whitesmoke|Calgary-Fort
 * Wayne Cao
 * Wayne Cao
 * Wayne Cao
 * Gerry Hart
 * Gerry Hart
 * Elizabeth Thomas
 * Elizabeth Thomas
 * Travis Chase
 * Travis Chase
 * Tyler Charkie
 * Tyler Charkie
 * Leo Ollenberger (Separation)
 * Leo Ollenberger (Separation)
 * Wayne Cao
 * bgcolor=whitesmoke|Calgary-Hays
 * Arthur Johnston
 * bgcolor=whitesmoke|Calgary-Hays
 * Arthur Johnston
 * Arthur Johnston
 * Sharon Howe
 * Sharon Howe
 * Rachel Weinfeld
 * Rachel Weinfeld
 * Robert Wawrzynowski
 * Robert Wawrzynowski
 * Bernie Amell
 * Bernie Amell
 * colspan=2|new district
 * bgcolor=whitesmoke|Calgary-Lougheed
 * David Rodney
 * bgcolor=whitesmoke|Calgary-Lougheed
 * David Rodney
 * David Rodney
 * David Rodney
 * Allan Pollock
 * Allan Pollock
 * Matthew Koczkur
 * Matthew Koczkur
 * Tariq Khan
 * Tariq Khan
 * Ryan Boucher
 * Ryan Boucher
 * Marlene Graham
 * bgcolor=whitesmoke|Calgary-Mackay
 * Gary Mar
 * Marlene Graham
 * bgcolor=whitesmoke|Calgary-Mackay
 * Gary Mar
 * Gary Mar
 * Gary Mar
 * Darryl Hawkins
 * Darryl Hawkins
 * Giorgio Cattabeni
 * Giorgio Cattabeni
 * Shawn Hubbard
 * Shawn Hubbard
 * David McTavish
 * David McTavish
 * Paul Martin (Independent)
 * Paul Martin (Independent)
 * Gary Mar
 * bgcolor=whitesmoke|Calgary-McCall
 * Shiraz Shariff
 * bgcolor=whitesmoke|Calgary-McCall
 * Shiraz Shariff
 * Shiraz Shariff
 * Darshan Kang
 * Darshan Kang
 * Gurpreet (Preet) Sihota
 * Gurpreet (Preet) Sihota
 * Ina Givens
 * Ina Givens
 * Sean Robert Brocklesby
 * Sean Robert Brocklesby
 * Shiraz Shariff
 * bgcolor=whitesmoke|Calgary-Montrose
 * Hung Pham
 * Shiraz Shariff
 * bgcolor=whitesmoke|Calgary-Montrose
 * Hung Pham
 * Hung Pham
 * Hung Pham
 * Arthur Danielson
 * Arthur Danielson
 * Jason Nishiyama
 * Jason Nishiyama
 * Cyril Collingwood
 * Cyril Collingwood
 * Kevin Colton
 * Kevin Colton
 * Hung Pham
 * bgcolor=whitesmoke|Calgary-North West
 * Greg Melchin
 * Hung Pham
 * bgcolor=whitesmoke|Calgary-North West
 * Greg Melchin
 * Greg Melchin
 * Greg Melchin
 * Judy Stewart
 * Judy Stewart
 * Bob Brunet
 * Bob Brunet
 * Jenell Friesen
 * Jenell Friesen
 * Jeffrey Krekoski
 * Jeffrey Krekoski
 * Greg Melchin
 * bgcolor=whitesmoke|Calgary-Shaw
 * Cindy Ady
 * Greg Melchin
 * bgcolor=whitesmoke|Calgary-Shaw
 * Cindy Ady
 * Cindy Ady
 * Cindy Ady
 * John Roggeveen
 * John Roggeveen
 * Jarrett Young
 * Jarrett Young
 * Barry Chase
 * Barry Chase
 * Rick Papineau
 * Rick Papineau
 * Daniel Doherty (Separation)
 * Daniel Doherty (Separation)
 * Cindy Ady
 * bgcolor=whitesmoke|Calgary-West
 * Ron Liepert
 * bgcolor=whitesmoke|Calgary-West
 * Ron Liepert
 * Ron Liepert
 * Derek Smith
 * Derek Smith
 * Chantelle Dubois
 * Chantelle Dubois
 * John Keyes
 * John Keyes
 * James Kohut
 * James Kohut
 * Karen Kryczka
 * }
 * Karen Kryczka
 * }
 * }

Central Calgary
3,370 2,777 455 290 656 71 Carl Schwartz (Alberta Pty.) 58 4,413 4,984 468 348 810 4,492 2,359 461 605 367 56 5,691 2,371 599 1,657 914 6,968 4,934 343 485 666 68 Lloyd Blimke (Ind.) 51 6,829 2,801 794 780 561 6,257 4,360 550 572 531 135 4,058 7,155 711 589 912 4,384 3,223 630 627 1,264 4,369 2,605 552 1,073 584 163 5,585 6,303 625 763 753 118
 * bgcolor=whitesmoke|Calgary-Buffalo
 * Harvey Cenaiko
 * Harvey Cenaiko
 * Harvey Cenaiko
 * Terry Taylor
 * Terry Taylor
 * Cliff Hesby
 * Cliff Hesby
 * Nadine Hunka
 * Nadine Hunka
 * Grant Neufeld
 * Grant Neufeld
 * Elizabeth Kaur Fielding (Soc. Cred.)
 * Elizabeth Kaur Fielding (Soc. Cred.)
 * Harvey Cenaiko
 * bgcolor=whitesmoke|Calgary-Currie
 * Jon Lord
 * bgcolor=whitesmoke|Calgary-Currie
 * Jon Lord
 * Jon Lord
 * Dave Taylor
 * Dave Taylor
 * Robert Scobel
 * Robert Scobel
 * Ken Mazeroll
 * Ken Mazeroll
 * Kim Warnke
 * Kim Warnke
 * Jon Lord
 * bgcolor=whitesmoke|Calgary-East
 * Moe Amery
 * Jon Lord
 * bgcolor=whitesmoke|Calgary-East
 * Moe Amery
 * Moe Amery
 * Moe Amery
 * Bill Harvey
 * Bill Harvey
 * Paul Vargis
 * Paul Vargis
 * Brad Berard
 * Brad Berard
 * Rick Michalenko
 * Rick Michalenko
 * Bonnie-Jean Collins (Communist)
 * Bonnie-Jean Collins (Communist)
 * Moe Amery
 * bgcolor=whitesmoke|Calgary-Egmont
 * Denis Herard
 * bgcolor=whitesmoke|Calgary-Egmont
 * Denis Herard
 * Denis Herard
 * Michael Queenan
 * Michael Queenan
 * Christopher Dovey
 * Christopher Dovey
 * David Crutcher
 * David Crutcher
 * George Read
 * George Read
 * Denis Herard
 * bgcolor=whitesmoke|Calgary-Elbow
 * Ralph Klein
 * Denis Herard
 * bgcolor=whitesmoke|Calgary-Elbow
 * Ralph Klein
 * Ralph Klein
 * Ralph Klein
 * Stephen Brown
 * Stephen Brown
 * Becky Kelley
 * Becky Kelley
 * Diana-Lynn Brooks
 * Diana-Lynn Brooks
 * Allison Roth
 * Allison Roth
 * Trevor Grover (Soc. Cred.)
 * Trevor Grover (Soc. Cred.)
 * Ralph Klein
 * bgcolor=whitesmoke|Calgary-Fish Creek
 * Heather Forsyth
 * bgcolor=whitesmoke|Calgary-Fish Creek
 * Heather Forsyth
 * Heather Forsyth
 * Tore Badenduck
 * Tore Badenduck
 * Eric Leavitt
 * Eric Leavitt
 * Mike Kuipers
 * Mike Kuipers
 * Chris Sealy
 * Chris Sealy
 * Heather Forsyth
 * bgcolor=whitesmoke|Calgary-Glenmore
 * Ron Stevens
 * Heather Forsyth
 * bgcolor=whitesmoke|Calgary-Glenmore
 * Ron Stevens
 * Ron Stevens
 * Ron Stevens
 * Avalon Roberts
 * Avalon Roberts
 * Holly Heffernan
 * Holly Heffernan
 * Ernest McCutcheon
 * Ernest McCutcheon
 * Evan Sklarski
 * Evan Sklarski
 * Larry R. Heather (Soc. Cred.)
 * Larry R. Heather (Soc. Cred.)
 * Ron Stevens
 * bgcolor=whitesmoke|Calgary-Mountain View
 * Mark Hlady
 * bgcolor=whitesmoke|Calgary-Mountain View
 * Mark Hlady
 * Mark Hlady
 * David Swann
 * David Swann
 * John Donovan
 * John Donovan
 * Ryan Cassell
 * Ryan Cassell
 * Mark MacGillivray
 * Mark MacGillivray
 * Mark Hlady
 * bgcolor=whitesmoke|Calgary-North Hill
 * Richard Magnus
 * Mark Hlady
 * bgcolor=whitesmoke|Calgary-North Hill
 * Richard Magnus
 * Richard Magnus
 * Richard Magnus
 * Pat Murray
 * Pat Murray
 * Aileen L. Machell
 * Aileen L. Machell
 * Brent Best
 * Brent Best
 * Susan Stratton
 * Susan Stratton
 * Richard Magnus
 * bgcolor=whitesmoke|Calgary-Nose Hill
 * Neil Brown
 * Richard Magnus
 * bgcolor=whitesmoke|Calgary-Nose Hill
 * Neil Brown
 * Neil Brown
 * Neil Brown
 * Len Borowski
 * Len Borowski
 * Dirk Huysman
 * Dirk Huysman
 * Bill McGregor
 * Bill McGregor
 * John Johnson
 * John Johnson
 * Raymond Hurst (Soc. Cred.)
 * Raymond Hurst (Soc. Cred.)
 * colspan="2"|new district
 * bgcolor=whitesmoke|Calgary-Varsity
 * Michael W. Smyth
 * Michael W. Smyth
 * Michael W. Smyth
 * Harry B. Chase
 * Harry B. Chase
 * Mark Gabruch
 * Mark Gabruch
 * Ron Beninger
 * Ron Beninger
 * Richard Larson
 * Richard Larson
 * Len Skowronski (Soc. Cred.)
 * Len Skowronski (Soc. Cred.)
 * Murray Smith
 * }
 * }

Electoral re-distribution
Alberta's electoral laws fix the number of legislature seats at 83. As a result of the Alberta Electoral Boundary Re-distribution, 2004, Calgary gained two seats. Edmonton lost one seat, and one "special consideration" division was eliminated. Dunvegan-Central Peace is the sole remaining "special" division - due to its isolation, it is allowed to have a population below 75% of the provincial average. Lesser Slave Lake is now considered to be a standard rural division as its boundaries were re-drawn so that its population is slightly above 75% of the provincial average. One urbanized division outside Calgary and Edmonton was added, and two rural seats were eliminated.

Political parties
For this election, there were 11 political parties registered with Elections Alberta.

Parties that elected MLAs in the previous election
The parties are listed in descending order of number of MLAs elected in 2001.

Progressive Conservative Party
Leader: Ralph Klein

In the 2001 election, the Progressive Conservatives recorded a result that was comparable to those achieved in their years of dominance under Peter Lougheed. The Tories received 627,252 out of 1,013,152 votes cast and won 74 seats, gaining 11 seats over and above their 1997 result at the expense of the Liberals. This result was achieved due to a resurgence of the party in Edmonton, where the Tories won a majority of seats for the first time since 1982. Premier Ralph Klein easily retained his Calgary-Elbow seat.

On April 8, 2002, Doug Griffiths retained the Tories' seat in Wainwright in the only by-election held since the 2001 election, albeit with a substantially reduced plurality. The Tories lost only one seat since the 2001 election, after Edmonton-Norwood MLA Gary Masyk crossed the floor to join the Alberta Alliance. As expected, the Tories nominated a full slate of candidates for the 2004 election.

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Liberal Party
Leader: Kevin Taft

The 2001 election was generally regarded to be as a disaster for the Liberals. Although the Liberals retained Official Opposition status and received 276,854 votes, the party lost 11 seats to the Tories and won only seven seats, six of them in Edmonton. Leader Nancy Macbeth even lost her own seat in Edmonton-McClung - she resigned days after the election and was replaced by Ken Nicol, the Opposition's sole representative outside the capital.

Nicol eventually resigned as MLA for Lethbridge East and as Leader of the Opposition to run (unsuccessfully) for the Liberals in the federal election, as did Edmonton-Ellerslie MLA Debby Carlson. These seats remained vacant through dissolution. The Liberals were led in the 2004 election by Edmonton-Riverview MLA Kevin Taft, who was elected to the position in March 2004. The Liberals had 82 candidates in the 2004 election - they were absent from the ballot in Drumheller-Stettler after failing to file papers for their expected candidate, Don McMann before the deadline.

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New Democratic Party
Leader: Brian Mason

In 2001, the New Democrats were unable to claim Official Opposition status from the floundering Liberals, but Leader Raj Pannu managed to hold the party's two existing seats—Pannu's own in Edmonton—Strathcona and Brian Mason's seat in Edmonton Highlands (later merged into Edmonton Highlands-Norwood). The "NDs", as they were then known, received 81,339 votes. Pannu resigned the leadership in July 2004, with Mason filling the role of interim leader before being elected to that position in September 2004. The party has also ceased abbreviating its name as "ND in favour of the more traditional "NDP" abbreviation. The NDP nominated a full slate of candidates for the 2004 election.

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Other registered parties
The parties are listed in descending order of number of candidates nominated in 2004.

Alberta Alliance
Leader: Randy Thorsteinson

The Alberta Alliance was registered in October 2002 and held its founding convention in February 2003. Its leader, Randy Thorsteinson had led Social Credit through a modest rebirth before quitting that party in April 1999. The party's sole MLA, Gary Masyk (Edmonton-Norwood) crossed the floor from the governing Progressive Conservatives on June 29, 2004. The Alliance nominated a full slate of candidates for the 2004 election, the only other party besides the Tories and the NDP to do so.

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Greens
Leader: George Read

Also known as the "Green Party of Alberta", the Alberta Greens ran 10 candidates in the 2001 election, who combined for 2,850 votes. In the 2004 election, the Greens nominated 49 candidates - more than 4 times the highest number of candidates they had previously run in an election.

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Social Credit Party
Leader: Lavern Ahlstrom

Prior to the 2001 election, the Social Credit Party was in turmoil following the departure of party leader Randy Thorsteinson. Under Lavern Ahlstrom, the party nominated 12 candidates in the 2001 election (down from 70 in 1997), and received 5,361 votes (down from 64,667). The party had 42 candidates for the 2004 election.

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Separation Party
Interim Leader: Bruce Hutton

The Separation Party of Alberta was founded in June 2004 taking over the rights of the Alberta First Party. Bruce Hutton became interim leader. As a separatist party, it is the separatist successor to the Alberta Independence Party, which ran some independent candidates in the 2001 election, but never achieved official party status. The separatist cause was first taken up by the Western Canada Concept in the early 1980s when Gordon Kesler won a by-election. The Separation Party had 12 candidates in the 2004 election. See Alberta separatism.

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Alberta Party
Leader: Bruce Stubbs

The Alberta Party did not nominate any candidates in 2001, but nominated four candidates for the 2004 election.

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Communist Party
Leader: Naomi Rankin

The Communist Party nominated two candidates in the 2001 election, who combined for 117 votes. They ran two candidates in the 2004 election.

The Equity Party
Leader: Emil van der Poorten

The Equity Party ran no candidates in this election, The party was de-registered after the Alberta government amended the Elections Act to force a party to run at least one candidate, the party failed to field a candidate and was de-registered.

Reform Party
Leader: David Salmon

The Alberta Party, Equity Party and the Reform Party did not run any candidates in the 2001 election. The Equity Party and Reform Party were also absent from the ballot in 2004. The party was de-registered after the Alberta government amended the Elections Act to force a party to run at least one candidate, the party failed to field a candidate and was de-registered.

De-registered parties
The Natural Law Party of Alberta was de-registered by Elections Alberta in 2001, after they stopped filing financial statements. In 2001 The Natural Law Party did not nominate any candidates.

Independent candidates
29 independent candidates ran in the 2001 election. These candidates won a total of 10,528 votes. 10 independents ran in 2004.

Timeline
March 27, 2004 - Kevin Taft becomes leader of the Alberta Liberals.

June 29, 2004 - Gary Masyk crosses the floor from the Progressive Conservatives to the Alberta Alliance.

July 13, 2004 - Raj Pannu resigns as leader of the Alberta New Democrats. Brian Mason is appointed interim leader.

September 9, 2004 - Alberta Alliance kicked off five-city "I Blame Ralph" tour in Edmonton. Ralph Klein announces Senate Election

September 18, 2004 - Brian Mason formally becomes leader of the Alberta New Democrats.

October 25, 2004 - At the request of Premier Ralph Klein, Lieutenant-Governor Lois Hole dissolves the legislature and sets the election day for November 22.

October 28, 2004 - Premier Klein is harshly criticized by opposition parties and activist groups after he claims that protestors on Alberta's Assured Income for the Severely Handicapped (AISH) who had heckled him did not look severely disabled.

October 31, 2004 - Premier Klein's mother, Florence Gray dies at the age of 80 following a year-long illness. All major parties announce they will suspend their provincial campaigns while the premier mourns.

November 4, 2004 - Global Television Network re-iterates that they will not invite Alberta Alliance leader Randy Thorsteinson to their leaders debate, because his party did not elect any members in the previous election and their sole MLA crossed the floor. The decision sparks anger amongst Alliance members and even disappoints the other three leaders.

November 8, 2004 - Close of nomination's and the Global television leaders debate involving Klein, Taft and Mason.

November 13, 2004 - NDP leader Mason releases a brochure entitled Health Care for Dummies in an effort to mock the premier's reluctance to discuss health care in detail during the campaign.

November 18, 2004 - Advance polling stations open.

November 19, 2004, - Advance polling stations open, and Students across the province vote in Alberta Student Vote, 2004.

November 20, 2004 - Advance polling stations open.

November 22, 2004 - Voting day for the 26th Alberta general election.
 * 8:00 p.m. local time: Polls close (03:00, November 23 UTC)
 * 8:36 p.m.: CBC projects a PC majority (03:36, November 23 UTC)

December 9, 2004 - The Court of Queen's Bench rules that Chris Kibermanis (Lib.) won the election in Edmonton Castle Downs by three votes, upholding the result of the initial, election-night result. The PC candidate, Thomas Lukaszuk, appealed to the Court of Appeal of Alberta.

January 24, 2005 - The Alberta Court of Appeal rules that Lukaszuk won the election in Edmonton Castle Downs by three votes, overturning the result of the first vote-count, which had given the seat to Kibermanis of the Liberals. Kibermanis accepted defeat and did not appeal to the Supreme Court of Canada.

Opinion polls

 * Ipsos-Reid, 2004-10-29: PC 50%, Lib 26%, NDP 10%, AAP 9%, Green 4%
 * COMPAS Inc. / Calgary Herald, 2004-11-03, 2004-11-04: PC 61%, Lib 19%, NDP 16%, Green 3%, Separation 1%, Other 1%. The pollsters only prompted for the three "major" parties yet Green and Separation showed up over 1% in the results while the Alliance, which is contesting every riding and holds a seat in the legislature, did not.
 * Cameron Strategy Inc. / Global News / Calgary Herald, 2004-11-08-11-16: PC 47%, Lib 21%, NDP 11%, AAP 9%, Green 5%
 * Ipsos-Reid, 2004-11-12 to 2004-11-17: PC 44%, Lib 29%, NDP 12%, AAP 9%, Green 4% (800 adults, MoE 3.5%)

Media coverage

 * CBC Coverage: Alberta Votes 2004