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{{Infobox political system
| name                      = Politics of Alberta
| image                     = Coat of arms of Alberta.svg
| image_size                = 100
| caption                   = [[Coat of arms of Alberta]]
| type                      = [[Provinces and territories of Canada|Province]] within a [[Federation|federal]] [[Parliamentary system|parliamentary]] [[constitutional monarchy]]
| constitution              = [[Constitution of Canada]]
| legislature               = [[Alberta Legislature|Legislature]]
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|[[Legislative Assembly of Alberta|Legislative Assembly]]
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| legislature_type          = [[Unicameralism|Unicameral]]
| legislature_place         = [[Alberta Legislature Building]], [[Edmonton]]
| legislature_speaker       = [[Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta|Speaker of the Legislative Assembly]]
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| current_hos               = [[Monarchy in Alberta|King]] {{Current Canadian monarch |Charles III}}<br />represented by<br />[[Salma Lakhani]],<br />[[Lieutenant Governor of Alberta|Lieutenant Governor]]
| current_hog               = [[Premier of Alberta|Premier]]<br />[[Danielle Smith]]
| appointer_hog             = Lieutenant Governor
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| cabinet                   = [[Executive Council of Alberta|Executive Council]]
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| cabinet_appointer         = Lieutenant Governor
| cabinet_hq                = Edmonton
| cabinet_ministries        = 26
| judiciary                 = 
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| court                     = [[Court of Appeal of Alberta|Court of Appeal]]
| chief_judge               = [[Ritu Khullar]]
| court_seat                = [[Law Courts (Edmonton)|Law Courts]], [[Edmonton]] 
| court1                    = [[Court of King's Bench of Alberta|Court of King's Bench]]
| chief_judge1              = Kent H. Davidson
| court_seat1               = Edmonton
| court2                    = [[Provincial Court of Alberta|Provincial Court]]
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| court_seat2               = Edmonton
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[[Image:AlbertasFirstLegislature.jpg|250px|thumb|Alberta's first Legislature, Edmonton, 1906]]
{{Alberta topics}}

The '''politics of [[Alberta]]''' are centred on a provincial government resembling that of the other [[provinces and territories of Canada|Canadian provinces]], namely a [[constitutional monarchy]] and [[parliamentary democracy]]. The [[capital city|capital]] of the province is [[Edmonton]], where the provincial Legislative Building is located.

The [[unicameral]] legislature, the [[Alberta Legislature]], is composed of the [[Lieutenant Governor of Alberta|Lieutenant Governor]] and the [[Legislative Assembly of Alberta|Legislative Assembly]], which has 87 members. Government is conducted after the [[Westminster system|Westminster model]]. 
Alberta has a single-tier system of municipal government similar to that of most of the other provinces.

== Lieutenant governor ==
{{Canadian monarch, current|nameonly=*}}, {{Canadian monarch, current|title=1}} of Canada, is also the sovereign for Alberta's provincial jurisdiction. Within Canada, the monarch exercises power individually on behalf of the [[Government of Canada|federal government]], and the 10 provinces. The powers of the Crown are vested in the monarch and are exercised by the lieutenant governor.

While the advice of the premier and Executive Council is typically binding on the lieutenant governor, there are occasions when the lieutenant governor has refused advice. This usually occurs if the premier does not clearly command the confidence of the elected Legislative Assembly, or if the advice or legislation would be unconstitutional.

In 2022, Lieutenant Governor [[Salma Lakhani]] identified the constitutional role of the lieutenant governor as the most important part of the job. She stated "We are a constitutional monarchy, and this is where we do checks and balances. I’m what I would call a ‘constitutional fire extinguisher.’ We don't have to use it a lot, but sometimes we do have to use it," in response to a proposed "[[Alberta Sovereignty Act]]" if it was determined to be unconstitutional. The proposed law would give the province the ability to ignore federal legislation it does not agree with.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Alberta's Lt.-Gov. says she's willing to toss Smith's sovereignty act if unconstitutional |url=https://edmontonjournal.com/news/politics/albertas-lt-gov-says-shes-willing-to-toss-smiths-sovereignty-act-if-unconstitutional |access-date=2022-11-01 |website=edmontonjournal |language=en-CA}}</ref>

== Legislative power ==
{{main|Legislative Assembly of Alberta}}
The Legislative Assembly of Alberta is the [[deliberative assembly]] of the [[Alberta Legislature]], and is seated at the [[Alberta Legislature Building]] in the provincial capital of [[Edmonton]]. The Legislative Assembly is a [[Unicameralism|unicameral]] assembly of 87 members, elected [[first past the post]] from single-member [[electoral district]]s.<ref>{{cite web |title=Legislative Assembly of Alberta |url=http://www.assembly.ab.ca/ |website=www.assembly.ab.ca}}</ref> Bills passed by the legislature are given [[royal assent]] by {{Current Canadian monarch |Charles III}}, [[Monarchy in Alberta|King of Canada]], represented by the [[lieutenant governor of Alberta]].<ref>{{Cite canlaw|short title=The Alberta Act|abbr=4-5 Edw. VII|year=[1905]|chapter=3 (Canada)|section=12|link=http://www.justice.gc.ca/eng/rp-pr/csj-sjc/constitution/lawreg-loireg/p1t121.html|linkloc=Department of Justice Canada|wikilink=The Alberta Act}}.</ref> The [[31st Alberta Legislature|current Legislature]] is the 31st since Alberta entered [[Confederation of Canada|Confederation]] under the ''[[Alberta Act]]'' in 1905, and is composed of members elected in the [[2023 Alberta general election|May 2023 general election]], and returned a majority parliament controlled by the [[United Conservative Party]] (UCP).

== Executive power ==
{{Main|Government of Alberta}}
The day-to-day operation and activities of the Government of Alberta are performed by the provincial departments and agencies, staffed by the [[Nonpartisanism|non-partisan]] public service, and directed by the elected government.<ref>{{cite journal |last=Neitsch |first=Alfred Thomas |year=2008 |title=A Tradition of Vigilance: The Role of Lieutenant Governor in Alberta |url=http://www2.parl.gc.ca/Sites/LOP/Infoparl/30/4/30n4_07e_Neitsch.pdf |url-status=dead |journal=Canadian Parliamentary Review |location=Ottawa |publisher=Commonwealth Parliamentary Association |volume=30 |issue=4 |page=23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120714043622/http://www2.parl.gc.ca/Sites/LOP/Infoparl/30/4/30n4_07e_Neitsch.pdf |archive-date=July 14, 2012 |access-date=May 22, 2009 |df=mdy}}</ref>

The premier of Alberta is the [[First minister|primary]] [[minister of the Crown]]. The premier acts as the [[head of government]] for the province, chairs and selects the membership of the [[Cabinet of British Columbia|Cabinet]], and [[Advice (constitutional)|advises]] the Crown on the exercise of [[Executive (government)|executive power]] and much of the [[Royal prerogative#Canada|royal prerogative]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Parliamentary System |url=https://www.assembly.ab.ca/learn/the-legislative-assembly/parliamentary-system |access-date=2022-11-01 |website=www.assembly.ab.ca}}</ref>

==History of Alberta politics==
===Provincial===
Alberta's parliamentary governments are determined by [[List of Alberta general elections|general elections]] held every three to five years. Five years is the maximum term allowed. By-elections are conducted between the general elections to fill seats left vacant by death or resignation. In each election (so far) a single party has taken a majority of the seats, although sometimes it does this after receiving less than half the votes cast.

Alberta's politics has historically been one of long-lasting governments with government changes being few and far between.

For the first 16 years Alberta was a province it had a Liberal government. Through the 1910s the growing farmer movement forced reforms out of this government and, embodied in the [[United Farmers of Alberta]] group, it launched itself into direct politics, winning power in the first election it contested.

[[Louise McKinney]] and [[Roberta MacAdams]] were the first women elected to the Legislative Assembly, in the [[1917 Alberta general election|1917 election]]. They were also the first women in any legislature of the British Empire. [[Irene Parlby]] was the first woman appointed to the provincial Cabinet, in 1921.

Alberta was swept up in the wave of "prairie populism" that took place after the [[First World War]]; from 1921 to 1935 the [[United Farmers of Alberta]] headed the longest-lived of the farmers' governments that won power in Canada during this time. It made several reforms including changing Alberta's election system. [[Ranked voting]] was brought in – [[single transferable voting]] [[proportional representation]] in the cities and [[instant-runoff voting]] outside the cities. The UFA lost all its seats in 1935 when [[William Aberhart]]'s [[Alberta Social Credit Party|Social Credit]] party (Socred) was elected on a radical monetary reform platform. After Aberhart's death in 1943 and changing economic conditions, the Socred government moved to the right under Premier [[Ernest Manning]].

For over 80 years, the province was governed by right of centre parties. The Socreds were succeeded in 1971 by the [[Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta|Progressive Conservatives]]. [[Ralph Klein]] was premier of Alberta from 1992 to 2006 and despite multiple controversies, he remained the leader of the Progressive Conservative party and thus the province although only 55 percent of delegates from his party signified their approval of his leadership on the spring of 2006, pushing him into retirement.<ref>[http://www.canada.com/topics/news/national/story.html?id=485dcef3-bbcf-4459-92b2-ea3c999ea960&k=41307 "Klein receives goodbye hugs, pancakes"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121015010127/http://www.canada.com/topics/news/national/story.html?id=485dcef3-bbcf-4459-92b2-ea3c999ea960&k=41307 |date=2012-10-15 }} by the [[Canadian Press]] via Canada.com, July 24, 2006, retrieved July 24, 2006</ref> In the previous election (2004) Klein's PC party had taken less than half the votes cast in the province but had won 75 percent of the seats.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://canadianelectionsdatabase.ca/PHASE5/?p=0&type=election&ID=276 | title=Elections &#124; Canadian Elections Database }}</ref>

Left wing Edmonton was an exception to the province's post–Second World War conservative voting pattern, earning it the nickname "Redmonton". Edmonton city residents, to a larger extent than elsewhere, tend to vote for the [[Liberal Party of Alberta]] and [[Alberta New Democrats]]. Their preferences is often obscured by the [[first-past-the-post]] electoral system. No Labour or CCF or NDP candidate won an Edmonton seat from 1955 to 1982, despite the large left vote in the city overall, in part due to the cancellation of the STV/IRV voting systems in 1956.<ref>Mardon and Mardon, Alberta Election Results</ref> The [[2004 Alberta general election|2004 provincial election]] was an example of how the city got its nickname "Redmonton"; Liberal and New Democrat candidates won 15 of the city's 18 seats.<ref>[http://www.electionalmanac.com/canada/alberta/ Alberta Elections] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090706091248/http://www.electionalmanac.com/canada/alberta/ |date=2009-07-06}} (2004)</ref>

While Tories won 13 of Edmonton's 18 seats in 2008, Klein's successor, [[Ed Stelmach]], represented a riding just outside Edmonton and was perceived to be less connected to the interests of the energy corporations whose headquarters are in Calgary.

Stelmach gave way in 2011 to [[Alison Redford]], the province's first female premier. She led the Tories to a 12th consecutive election victory in [[2012 Alberta general election|2012]]. Redford was forced to resign in 2014, and was ultimately succeeded by former federal minister [[Jim Prentice]].

The period of conservative dominance in Alberta politics was broken in [[2015 Alberta general election|2015]] when the [[Alberta New Democratic Party]] formed government for the first time, and [[Rachel Notley]] became Alberta's 17th premier. The NDP won 54 of Alberta's 87 seats.

The [[2019 Alberta general election|2019 general election]] saw [[Jason Kenney]] and his new [[United Conservative Party]] (a merger of the Progressive Conservative and [[Wildrose Party|Wildrose]] parties) sweep to power. The UCP won 63 of 87 seats in the Alberta legislature, returning the province to conservative politics. This was the only election in Alberta history to dethrone an incumbent government after only a single term. However, the UCP received just 54 percent of the vote, the first-past-the-post system inflating the avalanche of switched seats and exaggerating the appearance of the party's popularity. In the [[2023 Alberta general election|2023 general election]], the UCP won another majority but by smaller margins – UCP 49 seats, NDP 38 seats; UCP 53 percent of votes, NDP 44 percent of votes cast overall.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://officialresults.elections.ab.ca/orResultsPGE.cfm?EventId=101 | title=Election Results }}</ref>

===Federal===
When first MPs were elected in what is present-day Alberta in 1880s/1890s, Calgary and southern Alberta generally elected Conservatives, such as [[Donald Watson Davis]] and north-central Alberta elected Liberals such as [[Frank Oliver (politician)|Frank Oliver]].

After province-hood, Alberta's federal representation mostly echoed that of its provincial government. Like provincial elections, federal elections again and again saw the leading party (no matter what its label) receive more than its due share of members and the other parties were under-represented.

When Liberals were in power in the Legislative Assembly, most of the province's MPs were Liberal. The 1917 election was an exception – The Union government's use of the soldier vote meant that Liberal candidates with majority support among voters voting in the riding were not declared elected.

Then when the United Farmers dominated from 1921 to 1935, most of the Alberta MPs were of that party. Calgary was a labour stronghold, and its election of two Labour MPs in 1921 was un-equalled anywhere else in the country.

When Social Credit came into vogue, winning its first electoral successes in 1935, federal representation also changed to being mostly Socred. The Social Credit party under [[Ernest Manning]] turned right-wing in the 1940s, but this apparently mirrored changing sentiment among Alberta voters. And the party maintained its power provincially and its hold on most of the federal seats until the 1970s.

Alberta's conservative leaning was pronounced on the federal level. The province was the heartland of the [[Reform Party of Canada]] and its successor, the [[Canadian Alliance]]. These parties were the second-largest political parties in the [[Parliament of Canada|federal Parliament]] from 1997 to 2003 and they were located on the political right.

The Canadian Alliance merged with the [[Progressive Conservative Party of Canada|Progressive Conservative Party]] to form today's [[Conservative Party of Canada]]. The Conservatives' former leader and ex–[[Prime Minister of Canada|Prime Minister]] [[Stephen Harper]], moved to Alberta in the 1980s and represented a Calgary riding; [[Rona Ambrose]], the party's interim leader and [[Leader of the Official Opposition (Canada)|Leader of the Opposition]] (2015–17), is also an Albertan.

Alberta elected no Liberal MP 1958–1963, 1965–1968, 1972–1993, 2006–2015, 2019 to 2021. In 2021 it elected one in Edmonton and one in Calgary. In 2021 it received 15.5 percent of the Alberta votes so was proportionally due five seats in that province. In those years when Alberta had no Liberal MPs, Liberals were in power 1965–1968, 1972–1979, 1980–1984, 1993 to 2006 and 2019 to the present. In almost all of those five periods, for a total of 31 years, Alberta did not have direct representation in the federal cabinet. This included the years when PM Pierre Trudeau tried to create a National Energy Program. It failed. To this day, Canada is one of only a few major countries without a national energy plan.

The CCF never did elect an MP in Alberta. But under its later label, the New Democratic Party, the left has achieved more successes in Alberta, electing an MP in 1988 and one in [[Edmonton Strathcona (federal electoral district)|Edmonton-Strathcona]] every time since 2008. In 2021 an additional NDP MP was elected in Edmonton Griesbach. The party received almost a fifth of the Alberta vote in 2021 and proportionally was due six seats.

Rural Alberta ridings typically give the leading party, whether it is the Conservatives, or the United Farmers, Social Credit, Reform and the Alliance before them, some of the highest margins in the country; in many cases, the successful candidate receives more than two-thirds of the vote.

===Provincial political culture===
Alberta's political stability has led to political continuity. Voters have turned a government out of office only five times in 115 years. The two governments prior to 2015 were among the longest-lived in the Commonwealth.

Since the end of STV/IRV in 1956, Alberta elections have used the [[first-past-the-post voting]] system so MLAs elected do not necessarily receive a majority of the votes in the constituency, and the party with a majority of the seats in the Legislature does not necessarily receive a majority of votes cast in the election. For example, in the 2004 election, the Progressive Conservative party won 61 of 83 seats (73% of the seats) but obtained only 47% of the popular vote.

During the UFA and early Socred government periods, elections were conducted using transferable preferential ballots (see [[ranked voting]]). Members in cities ran in city-wide districts, under the [[single transferable voting]] system ensuring city-wide [[proportional representation]] in the Legislature; members outside the cities were elected using [[Instant-runoff voting]].<ref>Monto, Tom. Old Strathcona – Edmonton's Southside Roots, Edmonton: Crang Publishing, 2011 (available at Alhambra Books, Edmonton), p. 426</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Monto |first=Tom |title=When Canada Had Proportional Representation. STV in Western Canada 1917-1971 |publisher=Alhambra Books |year=2021}}</ref> In the cities, under STV, balanced representation was elected, while IRV, used elsewhere, produced the same disproportional results that were produced before 1924 and after 1956 by first past the post. No Labour, CCF or NDP members were elected in Edmonton prior to 1982 except in elections where STV was used.<ref>A Report on Alberta Elections (1982)</ref> Many of the opposition parties today include [[electoral reform]] in their policies.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ctv.ca/CTVNews/Canada/20041109/albertaelection_liberals_20041109/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111102143051/http://www.ctv.ca/CTVNews/Canada/20041109/albertaelection_liberals_20041109/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=November 2, 2011 |title=Alberta Liberal leader demands electoral reform |publisher=CTV |date=2004-11-06 |access-date=2010-09-29}}</ref><ref>[http://www.albertagreens.ca/node/237 Alberta Greens] - 2004 Elections</ref>

In its history, Alberta has seen only six distinct governments, with no party ever returning to form government under the same label again after defeat. (The UFA government of 1921-1935 can be seen as a precursor of the NDP government of 2015–2019 as it organizationally was its forerunner. The present UCP government is an organizational descendant of the old Progressive-Conservative Party that reigned from 1971 to 2015.)<ref>Canadian Encyclopedia, "United Conservative Party" https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/united-conservative-party</ref>

{| class="wikitable"
| 1905–1921
| [[Alberta Liberal Party]]
|-
| 1921–1935
| [[United Farmers of Alberta]]
|-
| 1935–1971
| [[Social Credit Party of Alberta]]
|-
| 1971–2015
| [[Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta]]
|-
| 2015–2019
| [[Alberta New Democratic Party]]
|-
| 2019–present
| [[United Conservative Party]]
|}
All Alberta elections have resulted in a [[majority government]], a trend unseen in any other Canadian province. (But frequently the most popular party was the choice of less than half the voters.) Even with [[crossing the floor]] or [[by-election]]s, Alberta has never had a minority government. Each government has held a majority of seats in the Legislature.

===Liberal to UFA to Social Credit (1905-1971)===
{| class="wikitable"
|+ Elections to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta (1905–1967) - seats won by party
|-
| colspan = "2"| '''Government'''
| {{Canadian party colour|AB|Liberal|background}} align="center" colspan=4|'''Liberal'''
| {{Canadian party colour|AB|United Farmers|background}} align="center" colspan=3|'''UFA'''
| {{Canadian party colour|AB|Social Credit|background}} align="center" colspan=9|'''Social Credit'''
|- 
! colspan = "2"|Party !! 1905 !! 1909 !! 1913 !! 1917 !! 1921 !! 1926 !! 1930 !! 1935 !! 1940 !! 1944 !! 1948 !! 1952 !! 1955 !! 1959 !! 1963 !! 1967 
|- align = "right"
| bgcolor="#E51A38" | &nbsp; &nbsp; || align="left"|'''[[Alberta Liberal Party|Liberal]]''' || '''<big>22</big>'''|| '''<big>36</big>'''|| '''<big>39</big>'''|| '''<big>34</big>'''|| 15|| 7|| 11|| 5|| 1|| || 2|| 3|| 15|| 1|| 2||3
|- align = "right"
| bgcolor="#66CC00" | &nbsp; &nbsp; || align="left"|'''[[United Farmers of Alberta]]''' || || || || || '''<big>38</big>'''|| '''<big>43</big>'''|| '''<big>39</big>'''|| || || || || || || || ||
|- align = "right"
| bgcolor="#90EE90" | &nbsp; &nbsp; || align="left"|'''[[Alberta Social Credit Party|Social Credit]]''' || || || || || || || ||'''<big>56</big>'''|| '''<big>36</big>'''|| '''<big>51</big>'''|| '''<big>51</big>'''|| '''<big>53</big>'''|| '''<big>37</big>'''|| '''<big>61</big>'''|| '''<big>60</big>'''||'''<big>55</big>'''
|- align = "right"
| bgcolor="#9999FF" | &nbsp; &nbsp;  || align="left"|'''[[Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta|Conservative]]''' || 3|| 2|| 17|| 19|| || 4|| 6|| 2|| || || || 1|| 3|| || || 
|- align = "right"
| bgcolor="#003366" | &nbsp; &nbsp;  || align="left"|'''[[Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta|Progressive Conservative]]''' || || || || || || || || || || || || 1|| || 1|| || 6
|- align = "right"
| bgcolor="gold" | &nbsp; &nbsp;  || align="left"|'''[[Socialist Party of Alberta|Socialist Party of Canada]]''' || || 1|| || || || || || || || || || || || || || 
|- align = "right"
| bgcolor="#EEBBBB" | &nbsp; &nbsp;  || align="left"|'''[[Alberta Labor Representation League|Labor Representation League]]''' || || || || 1|| || || || || || || || || || || || 
|- align = "right"
| bgcolor="#EEBBBB" | &nbsp; &nbsp;  || align="left"|'''[[Dominion Labor Party (Alberta)|Dominion Labor Party]]''' || || || || || 4|| 5|| 4|| || 1|| || || || || || || 
|- align = "right"
| bgcolor="#EEDDAA" | &nbsp; &nbsp;  || align="left"|'''[[Alberta New Democratic Party|Co-operative Commonwealth Federation]]''' || || || || || || || || || || 2|| 2|| 1|| 2|| || || 
|- align = "right"
| bgcolor="#DCDCDC" | &nbsp; &nbsp;  || align="left"|'''[[Veterans' and Active Force]]''' || || || || || || || || || || 1|| || || || || || 
|- align = "right"
| bgcolor="#808080" | &nbsp; &nbsp;  || align="left"|'''Coalition''' || || || || || || || || || || || || || 1|| 1|| 1|| 
|- align = "right"
| bgcolor="#EEBBBB" | &nbsp; &nbsp;  || align="left"|'''Independent Labour''' || || || || || || 1|| || || || || || || || || || 
|- align = "right"
| bgcolor="#DCDCDC" | &nbsp; &nbsp;  || align="left"|'''Independent Liberal''' || || 1|| || || || || || || || || || || || || || 
|- align = "right"
| bgcolor="#90EE90" | &nbsp; &nbsp;  || align="left"|'''Independent Social Credit''' || || || || || 3|| || || || || || 1|| 1|| 1|| 1|| || 
|- align = "right"
| bgcolor="#DCDCDC" | &nbsp; &nbsp;  || align="left"|'''Independent''' || || 1|| || 2|| 1|| || 3|| || || || || || 1|| || || 1
|- align = "right"
| bgcolor="#DCDCDC" | &nbsp; &nbsp;  || align="left"|[[Independent Citizen's Association|Independent Movement (anti-SC)]] || || || || || || || || || 19|| 3|| 1|| || 1|| || || 1
|- align = "right"
| bgcolor="#DCDCDC" | &nbsp; &nbsp;  || align="left"|'''Liberal Conservative''' || || || || || || || || || || || || || 1|| || ||

|- align = "right"
| bgcolor="#A6C8B5" | &nbsp; &nbsp;  || align="left"|Soldiers' vote (Province at large) || || || || 2|| || || || || || || || || || || || 
|- align = "right"
| bgcolor="#8B0000" | &nbsp; &nbsp;  || align="left"|[[1944 Alberta general election#Soldiers' vote|Soldiers' vote (3 FPTP contests]] || || || || || || || || || || 3|| || || || || || 
|- align = "right"
! colspan="2" align="left" |'''<big><u>Total</u></big>''' !! <big>'''<u>25</u>'''</big>!! <big>'''<u>41</u>'''</big>!! <big>'''<u>56</u>'''</big>!! <big>'''<u>58</u>'''</big>!! <big>'''<u>61</u>'''</big>!! <big>'''<u>60</u>'''</big>!! <big>'''<u>63</u>'''</big>!! <big>'''<u>63</u>'''</big>!! <big>'''<u>57</u>'''</big>!! <big>'''<u>60</u>'''</big>!! <big>'''<u>57</u>'''</big>!! <big>'''<u>60</u>'''</big>!! <big>'''<u>61</u>'''</big>!! <big>'''<u>65</u>'''</big>!! <big>'''<u>63</u>'''</big>!! <big>'''<u>65</u>'''</big>
|}

===Progressive Conservative to NDP to UCP (1971 to present)===
{| class="wikitable"
|+ Elections to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta (1971–2019) - seats won by party
|-
| colspan = "2"| '''Government'''
| style="background: #003366; color: white" align="center" colspan=12|'''Progressive Conservative'''
| style="background: #F4A460; color: white" align="center" |'''NDP'''
| style="background: #005d7c; color: white" align="center" colspan=2 |'''UCP'''
|- 
! colspan = "2"|Party !! 1971 !! 1975 !! 1979 !! 1982 !! 1986 !! 1989 !! 1993 !! 1997 !! 2001 !! 2004 !! 2008 !! 2012 !! 2015 !! 2019 !! 2023
|- align = "right"
| bgcolor="#003366" | &nbsp; &nbsp;  || align="left"|'''[[Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta|Progressive Conservative]]''' || '''<big>49</big>'''|| '''<big>69</big>'''|| '''<big>74</big>'''|| '''<big>75</big>'''|| '''<big>61</big>'''|| '''<big>59</big>'''|| '''<big>51</big>'''|| '''<big>63</big>'''|| '''<big>74</big>'''|| '''<big>62</big>'''|| '''<big>72</big>'''|| '''<big>61</big>'''|| 10 || ||
|- align = "right"
| bgcolor="#90EE90" | &nbsp; &nbsp; || align="left"|'''[[Alberta Social Credit Party|Social Credit]]''' || 25|| 4|| 4|| || || || || || || || || || || ||
|- align = "right"
| bgcolor="#336633" | &nbsp; &nbsp; || align="left"|'''[[Wildrose Party|Wildrose]]''' || || || || || || || || || || || || 17|| 21 || ||
|- align = "right"
| bgcolor="#005d7c" | &nbsp; &nbsp; || align="left"|'''[[United Conservative Party|United Conservative]]'''
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|'''<big>63</big>'''
|'''<big>49</big>'''
|- align="right"
| bgcolor="#F4A460" | &nbsp; &nbsp;|| align="left" |'''[[Alberta New Democratic Party|New Democratic]]'''|| 1|| 1|| 1|| 2|| 16|| 16||  || 2|| 2|| 4|| 2|| 4|| '''<big>54</big>''' || 24 || 38
|- align="right"
| bgcolor="#E51A38" | &nbsp; &nbsp;|| align="left" |'''[[Alberta Liberal Party|Liberal]]'''||  ||  ||  ||  || 4|| 8|| 32|| 18|| 7|| 16|| 9|| 5|| 1 || ||
|- align="right"
| bgcolor="#00FF99" | &nbsp; &nbsp;|| align="left" |'''[[Representative Party of Alberta|Representative Party]]'''||  ||  ||  ||  || 2||  ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  || ||
|- align="right"
| bgcolor="#5F9EA0" | &nbsp; &nbsp;|| align="left" |'''[[Alberta Alliance Party|Alberta Alliance]]'''||  ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  || 1||  ||  ||  || || 
|- align="right"
| bgcolor="#90EE90" | &nbsp; &nbsp;|| align="left" |'''Independent Social Credit'''||  || 1||  ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  || ||
|- align="right"
| bgcolor="#33CCCC" | &nbsp; &nbsp;|| align="left" |'''[[Alberta Party]]'''||  ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  || 1 || ||
|- align="right"
| bgcolor="#DCDCDC" |&nbsp; &nbsp;|| align="left" |'''Independent'''||  ||  ||  || 2||  ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  ||
|- align="right"
! colspan="2" align="left" |'''<big><u>Total</u></big>'''!! '''<big><u>75</u></big>'''!! '''<big><u>75</u></big>'''!! '''<big><u>79</u></big>'''!! '''<big><u>79</u></big>'''!! '''<big><u>83</u></big>'''!! '''<big><u>83</u></big>'''!! '''<big><u>83</u></big>'''!! '''<big><u>83</u></big>'''!! '''<big><u>83</u></big>'''!! '''<big><u>83</u></big>'''!! '''<big><u>83</u></big>'''!! '''<big><u>87</u></big>'''!! '''<big><u>87</u></big>''' !! '''<big><u>87</u></big>''' !! '''<big><u>87</u></big>'''
|}

Some Albertans continue to resent the imposition in the 1980s of the [[National Energy Program]] (NEP) by the [[Liberal Party of Canada|Liberal]] federal government of [[Prime Minister of Canada|Prime Minister]] [[Pierre Trudeau]]. It was considered to be an intrusion by the federal government in an area of provincial responsibility. This led some Albertans to advocate [[Alberta separatism|separation of the province]] from Canada but this advocacy (despite occasional surges in interest) has never resulted in electoral success. Neither, however, has the [[Liberal Party of Canada]] enjoyed much support in Alberta (outside of Edmonton and Calgary) since that time and has not elected any MPs outside of Edmonton and Calgary. The NEP was ended when the [[Progressive Conservative Party of Canada]], led by [[Brian Mulroney]], formed the federal government following the [[1984 Canadian federal election|1984 federal election]].

In the [[2006 Canadian federal election|2006 election]], the federal Conservative Party of Canada won all the seats in Alberta, providing them with a complete sweep of the province. However, the NDP won the seat of Edmonton—Strathcona<!--The em dash is officially used in riding names.--> in the [[2008 Canadian federal election|election of 2008]], denying the Conservatives a sweep of the province in this election. [[Results by riding of the Canadian federal election, 2011#Alberta|No Alberta seats changed parties]] in the [[2011 Canadian federal election|2011 election]], in which the Conservatives went from a minority government to a parliamentary majority. In all three elections, many of the Conservative candidates were elected with large majorities of the vote. Alberta has for decades been considered a conservative fortress, no matter which right-of-centre party they may have chosen to support. Albertans followed strong support for the Progressive Conservatives in the 1980s with the same degree of support for the Reform Party, and the Canadian Alliance in the 1990s, finally delivering a clean sweep for the new Conservative Party of Canada only a few years after its creation in 2003–2004.

However, small disaffection with the Conservative Party of Canada over policies enacted during its minority government such as [[Equalization payments in Canada]] and the Conservatives' reversal on [[income trust]]s led to the founding of the nascent federal Party of Alberta, in 2006. Provincially, while the [[Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta|Progressive Conservative Party of Alberta]] had been in power for 40 years, they continued to win large majorities in the Legislative Assembly, winning 72 out of 83 seats in the March 2008 provincial election, although with declining popularity and lowering voter turn-out, reflecting increasing disfavour among ordinary Albertans regarding the government's market-first policies, its low quality of health and education services, and its flat-income tax policy. As well, for the first time since the 1980s, the PCs faced a challenge from the right wing, the upstart [[Wildrose Alliance Party]]. A November 2009 poll said the new party had 28% support, just 6 points behind the governing PCs.<ref>{{cite news |title=The Wildrose Alliance is gaining ground; Conservative support shrinking. |url=http://erg.environics.net/media_room/default.asp?aID=713 |publisher=[[Environics]] |date=2009-11-05 |access-date=2009-11-22 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091109112709/http://erg.environics.net/media_room/default.asp?aID=713 |archive-date=2009-11-09}}</ref> In polls, the Wildrose Party had a double-digit lead over the PCs in December 2009, with 39% versus 25% each for the PCs and Alberta Liberals.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.visioncritical.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/2009.12.11_Politics_AB.pdf |title=Wildrose Alliance Leads in Alberta as Progressive Conservatives Falter |publisher=[[Angus Reid Public Opinion]] |date=2009-12-11 |access-date=2009-12-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110717220359/http://www.visioncritical.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/2009.12.11_Politics_AB.pdf |archive-date=2011-07-17 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

In April 2015, Jim Prentice called an election for May 5, citing the need for a mandate in order to make longer-term economic changes.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/alberta/alberta-to-hold-election-on-may-5/article23821249/ |title=Jim Prentice seeks mandate on May 5th in cautious Alberta election bid |work=[[The Globe and Mail]] |date=2015-04-07 |access-date=2015-05-06}}</ref> Though initial polls had the PCs in the lead, as the election approached they fell behind the opposition Wildrose party, and the NDP. On May 5 the NDP gained 53 seats, winning a majority government under Rachel Notley.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/elections/alberta-votes/alberta-election-2015-results-ndp-wave-sweeps-across-province-in-historic-win-1.3062605 |title=Alberta Election 2015 results |publisher=[[Canadian Broadcasting Corporation]] |date=2015-05-05 |access-date=2015-05-06}}</ref>

The [[United Conservative Party]] (UCP) was established in July 2017 as a merger between the Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta and the Wildrose Party. When established, the UCP immediately formed the Official Opposition in the Legislative Assembly of Alberta. The party won a majority mandate in the 2019 Alberta general election to form the government of Alberta. In the 2023 election it lost several seats but maintained a majority in the Legislative Assembly.

==Finance==

=== Budget ===
{{main|Alberta budget}}
The 2016-2017 budget contained a $10.4 billion deficit, with $41.1 billion in revenue and $51.1 billion in expenditures. The budget also contained a $700 million risk adjustment, which was intended to reflect "volatility of Alberta's resource revenue".<ref>{{cite web |title=Alberta Fiscal Plan Overview (2016) |url=http://finance.alberta.ca/publications/budget/budget2016/fiscal-plan-overview.pdf}}</ref>

In 2018 government revenue from oil and gas royalties made up 11% of the provincial budget.

{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible" style="text-align:right;"
! colspan="17" |Budgets of the Government of Alberta
|-
! rowspan="2" |Year{{efn|Fiscal year is April 1 to March 31}}
! rowspan="2" |Date
! rowspan="2" |Name
! rowspan="2" |Bill
! colspan="3" |Minister of Finance
! colspan="5" |Budget ''(Billions [[Canadian dollar|CAD]])''{{efn|Numbers across different fiscal years are not strictly comparable due to numerous accounting policy changes over time.|name=PolicyNote}}{{efn|Totals may not add up due to rounding|name=rounding}}
! colspan="4" |Actual ''(Billions [[Canadian dollar|CAD]])''{{efn|name=PolicyNote}}{{efn|name=rounding}}{{efn|Actual expenses taken from reporting in future year budgets or Annual Reports}}
! rowspan="2" |Notes
|-
!{{small|Minister}}
! colspan="2" |{{small|Party}}
!{{small|Revenue}}
!{{small|Expenditure}}
!{{small|Other<br />(Provinsion/<br />Allowance)}}
!{{small|[[Government budget balance|Deficit]]}}
!{{small|[[West Texas Intermediate|WTI]]<br />([[USD]])}}{{efn|West Texas Intermediate is used a [[Benchmark (crude oil)|benchmark]] in North America and serves as a reference price for buyers and sellers of crude oil|name=WTI}}
!{{small|Revenue}}
!{{small|Expenditure}}
!{{small|Deficit}}
!{{small|WTI<br />([[USD]])}}{{efn|name=WTI}}
|-
| style="text-align:left;" |2020
| style="text-align:left;" |February 27, 2020
| style="text-align:left;" |''A plan for jobs and the economy''
| style="text-align:left;" |
| style="text-align:left;" |[[Travis Toews]]
| style="text-align:left;" |[[United Conservative Party|UCP]]
| {{Canadian party colour|AB|UCP|background}} |
|50.0
|56.1
| -0.8
| -6.8
|58.00
|43.1
|60.1
| -17.0
|42.32
|<ref>{{cite book |url=https://open.alberta.ca/dataset/05bd4008-c8e3-4c84-949e-cc18170bc7f7/resource/79caa22e-e417-44bd-8cac-64d7bb045509/download/budget-2020-fiscal-plan-2020-23.pdf |title=Budget 2020: Fiscal Plan |date=2020 |publisher=Government of Alberta |isbn=978-1-4601-4717-7 |access-date=4 September 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |url=https://open.alberta.ca/dataset/9c81a5a7-cdf1-49ad-a923-d1ecb42944e4/resource/732c465a-196e-488f-8b79-c774197dedf9/download/2020-21-final-results-year-end-report.pdf |title=2020-21 Final Results - Year-end Report |date=June 2021 |publisher=Government of Alberta |pages=3 |access-date=2023-05-30}}</ref>
|-
| style="text-align:left;" |[[Alberta provincial budget, 2019|2019]]
| style="text-align:left;" |October 24, 2019
| style="text-align:left;" |''A plan for jobs and the economy''
| style="text-align:left;" |
| style="text-align:left;" |[[Travis Toews]]
| style="text-align:left;" |[[United Conservative Party|UCP]]
| {{Canadian party colour|AB|UCP|background}} |
|50.0
|56.5
| -2.2
| -8.7
|57.00
|46.2
|58.4
| -12.2
|62.77
|<ref>{{cite book |url=https://open.alberta.ca/dataset/3d732c88-68b0-4328-9e52-5d3273527204/resource/2b82a075-f8c2-4586-a2d8-3ce8528a24e1/download/budget-2019-fiscal-plan-2019-23.pdf |title=Budget 2019: Fiscal Plan |date=2019 |publisher=Government of Alberta |isbn=978-1-4601-4596-8 |access-date=4 September 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |url=https://open.alberta.ca/dataset/7714457c-7527-443a-a7db-dd8c1c8ead86/resource/23901819-222f-4be4-87bf-8c22d18eb62d/download/2019-20-goa-annual-report.pdf |title=Government of Alberta 2019–20 Annual Report |date=2020 |publisher=Government of Alberta |isbn=978-1-4601-4812-9 |access-date=4 September 2020}}</ref>
|-
| style="text-align:left;" |2018
| style="text-align:left;" |March 22, 2018
| style="text-align:left;" |''A recovery built to last''
| style="text-align:left;" |
| style="text-align:left;" |[[Joe Ceci]]
| style="text-align:left;" |[[Alberta New Democratic Party|NDP]]
| {{Canadian party colour|AB|NDP|background}} |
|47.9
|56.2
| -0.5
| -8.8
|59.00
|49.6
|56.3
| -6.7
|53.69
|<ref>{{cite book |url=https://open.alberta.ca/dataset/8beb5614-43ff-4c01-8d3b-f1057c24c50b/resource/68283b86-c086-4b36-a159-600bcac3bc57/download/2018-21-fiscal-plan.pdf |title=Budget 2018: Fiscal Plan |date=2018 |publisher=Government of Alberta |isbn=978-1-4601-3834-2 |access-date=4 September 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |url=https://open.alberta.ca/dataset/7714457c-7527-443a-a7db-dd8c1c8ead86/resource/b4cf321b-4b11-4b1b-a269-88f5828274ab/download/2018-19-goa-annual-report.pdf |title=Government of Alberta 2018–19 Annual Report |date=2019 |publisher=Government of Alberta |isbn=978-1-4601-4523-4 |access-date=4 September 2020}}</ref>
|-
| style="text-align:left;" |2017
| style="text-align:left;" |March 16, 2017
| style="text-align:left;" |''Working to make life better''
| style="text-align:left;" |
| style="text-align:left;" |[[Joe Ceci]]
| style="text-align:left;" |[[Alberta New Democratic Party|NDP]]
| {{Canadian party colour|AB|NDP|background}} |
|45.0
|54.9
| -0.5
| -10.3
|55.00
|47.3
|55.3
| -8.0
|53.69
|<ref>{{cite book |url=https://open.alberta.ca/dataset/aa40ded0-75b3-48fe-9bbf-ea33802b8825/resource/da23ee3c-b79c-4971-8f75-e28ab7684983/download/fiscal-plan-complete.pdf |title=Budget 2017: Fiscal Plan |date=2017 |publisher=Government of Alberta |isbn=978-1-4601-3251-7 |access-date=4 September 2020}}</ref><ref name="2017-18AnnRep">{{cite book |url=https://open.alberta.ca/dataset/7714457c-7527-443a-a7db-dd8c1c8ead86/resource/cb1d2565-b262-4746-9499-68e409d9f72c/download/goa-2017-18-annual-report.pdf |title=Government of Alberta 2017–18 Annual Report |date=2018 |publisher=Government of Alberta |isbn=9781460140581 |access-date=4 September 2020}}</ref>
|-
| style="text-align:left;" |2016
| style="text-align:left;" |April 14, 2016
| style="text-align:left;" |''The Alberta jobs plan''
| style="text-align:left;" |
| style="text-align:left;" |[[Joe Ceci]]
| style="text-align:left;" |[[Alberta New Democratic Party|NDP]]
| {{Canadian party colour|AB|NDP|background}} |
|41.4
|51.1
| -0.7
| -10.4
|42.00
|42.3
|53.1
| -10.8
|47.93
|<ref>{{cite book |url=https://open.alberta.ca/dataset/c341d72a-c424-4d6d-8c64-4ff250e50775/resource/4d67f16d-21b5-4bf6-b7d0-ec2ebfc66185/download/fiscal-plan-complete.pdf |title=Budget 2016: The Alberta Jobs Plan - Fiscal Plan |date=2016 |publisher=Government of Alberta |isbn=978-1-4601-2866-4 |access-date=4 September 2020}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="2" style="text-align:left;" |2015{{efn|The Progressive Conservative government under Premier Jim Prentice introduced a budget for the 2015-16 fiscal year prior to calling the [[2015 Alberta general election]]. The New Democratic Party under Premier Rachel Notley introduced a new budget for the 2015-16 fiscal year upon forming government.}}
| style="text-align:left;" |October 27, 2015
| style="text-align:left;" |''Supporting jobs, supporting families. The Alberta way.''
| style="text-align:left;" |
| style="text-align:left;" |[[Joe Ceci]]
| style="text-align:left;" |[[Alberta New Democratic Party|NDP]]
| {{Canadian party colour|AB|NDP|background}} |
|43.8
|49.9
|
| -6.1
|50.00
| rowspan="2" |42.5
| rowspan="2" |48.9
| rowspan="2" | -6.4
| rowspan="2" |45.00
|<ref>{{cite book |url=https://open.alberta.ca/dataset/bb4b0922-f7c6-4099-953e-8913472a47ef/resource/57c66e37-e136-4eac-9d31-c19d136652ac/download/fiscal-plan-complete.pdf |title=Budget 2015: Supporting Jobs. Supporting Families. The Alberta Way. Fiscal Plan |date=2015 |publisher=Government of Alberta |isbn=978-1-4601-2595-3 |access-date=4 September 2020}}</ref>
|-
| style="text-align:left;" |March 16, 2015
| style="text-align:left;" |N/A
| style="text-align:left;" |
| style="text-align:left;" |[[Robin Campbell (politician)|Robin Campbell]]
| style="text-align:left;" |[[Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta|PC]]
| {{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|background}} |
|43.4
|48.4
|
| -5.0
|54.84
|<ref>{{cite book |url=https://open.alberta.ca/dataset/e6984484-357a-46cc-b84d-4f6e51629933/resource/ebed4228-ac8e-4441-baef-5c92bcac1a20/download/fiscal-plan-complete.pdf |title=Budget 2015: Fiscal Plan (March) |date=March 2015 |publisher=Government of Alberta |isbn=978-1-4601-2179-5 |access-date=4 September 2020}}</ref>
|-
| style="text-align:left;" |2014
| style="text-align:left;" |March 6, 2014
| style="text-align:left;" |''The building Alberta plan''
| style="text-align:left;" |
| style="text-align:left;" |[[Doug Horner]]
| style="text-align:left;" |[[Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta|PC]]
| {{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|background}} |
|43.1
|40.4
|
|2.6
|95.22
|49.5
|48.4
|1.1
|80.48
|<ref>{{cite book |url=https://open.alberta.ca/dataset/760f7365-4c57-416a-af60-85d15697bf30/resource/e05eb3b8-e5c8-4102-90fa-5584d93b1222/download/fiscal-plan-complete.pdf |title=The Building Alberta Plan - Budget 2014, Fiscal Plan |date=2014 |publisher=Government of Alberta |isbn=978-1-4601-1585-5 |access-date=4 September 2020}}</ref>
|-
| style="text-align:left;" |2013
| style="text-align:left;" |March 7, 2013
| style="text-align:left;" |''Responsible change''
| style="text-align:left;" |
| style="text-align:left;" |[[Doug Horner]]
| style="text-align:left;" |[[Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta|PC]]
| {{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|background}} |
|37.6
|38.0
|1.1
|0.7
|92.50
|45.3
|44.5
|0.8
|99.05
|<ref>{{cite book |url=https://open.alberta.ca/dataset/b339816b-1492-4c31-8845-4e25029e887b/resource/27a7dced-6aa7-42e0-aac7-dfe882b9499a/download/fiscal-plan-complete.pdf |title=Budget 2013: Responsible Change, Fiscal Plan |date=2013 |publisher=Government of Alberta |isbn=978-1-4601-0680-8 |access-date=4 September 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |url=https://open.alberta.ca/dataset/7714457c-7527-443a-a7db-dd8c1c8ead86/resource/5604f999-fa33-4f77-bff4-1b8a189979e1/download/goa-2013-14-annual-report-complete.pdf |title=Government of Alberta 2013–14 Annual Report |date=2014 |publisher=Government of Alberta |isbn=978-1-4601-1722-4 |access-date=4 September 2020}}</ref>
|-
| style="text-align:left;" |2012
| style="text-align:left;" |February 9, 2012
| style="text-align:left;" |''Investing in people''
| style="text-align:left;" |
| style="text-align:left;" |[[Ron Liepert]]
| style="text-align:left;" |[[Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta|PC]]
| {{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|background}} |
|40.3
|41.1
|
| -0.9
|99.25
|38.7
|41.6
| -2.8
|92.07
|<ref>{{cite book |url=https://open.alberta.ca/dataset/f81b6318-5563-42a6-9074-79f8d9dd5071/resource/d7105925-1519-4d3c-84a4-f6e2f26d1645/download/fiscal-plan-complete.pdf |title=Budget 2012: Investing in People, Fiscal Plan |date=2012 |publisher=Government of Alberta |isbn=978-0-7785-9865-7 |access-date=4 September 2020}}</ref>
|-
| style="text-align:left;" |2011
| style="text-align:left;" |February 24, 2011
| style="text-align:left;" |''Building a better Alberta''
| style="text-align:left;" |
| style="text-align:left;" |[[Lloyd Snelgrove]]
| style="text-align:left;" |[[Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta|PC]]
| {{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|background}} |
|35.6
|39.0
|
| -3.4
|89.40
|39.2
|39.3
| -0.02
|97.33
|<ref>{{cite book |url=https://open.alberta.ca/dataset/a20cf4ff-33cc-470b-9e3f-8b517aa641e6/resource/ab756b9c-5b1a-48a5-93ab-f7c33ea41674/download/fiscal-plan-complete.pdf |title=Budget 2011: Building a Better Alberta, Fiscal Plan |date=2011 |publisher=Government of Alberta |isbn=978-0-7785-5930-6 |access-date=4 September 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |url=https://open.alberta.ca/dataset/7714457c-7527-443a-a7db-dd8c1c8ead86/resource/65fd7550-9cea-4b6f-b804-db3b7e7a3600/download/goa-2011-12-annual-report-complete.pdf |title=Government of Alberta 2011-12 Annual Report |date=2012 |publisher=Government of Alberta |isbn=978-1-4601-0340-1}}</ref>
|-
| style="text-align:left;" |2010
| style="text-align:left;" |February 9, 2010
| style="text-align:left;" |''Striking the right balance''
| style="text-align:left;" |
| style="text-align:left;" |[[Ted Morton]]
| style="text-align:left;" |[[Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta|PC]]
| {{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|background}} |
|34.0
|38.7
|
| -4.7
|78.75
|35.0
|38.4
| -3.4
|83.38
|<ref>{{cite book |url=https://open.alberta.ca/dataset/9b737a16-9534-4b46-817b-889cd5e25681/resource/a27f36f6-2692-4d2f-b6d1-9f42e23d328b/download/fiscal-plan-complete.pdf |title=Budget 2010: Striking the Right Balance, Fiscal Plan |date=2010 |publisher=Government of Alberta |isbn=978-0-7785-5808-8 |access-date=4 September 2020}}</ref>
|}

==See also==
{{Portal|Canada|Politics}}
* [[List of premiers of Alberta]]
* [[List of Alberta general elections]]
* [[List of political parties in Alberta]]
* [[Politics of Canada]]
* [[Political culture of Canada]]
* [[Council of the Federation]]

== Notes ==
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==References==
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