Legislative Assembly of Alberta
| Legislative Assembly of Alberta | |
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| 29th Alberta Legislature | |
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| History | |
| Founded | September 9, 1905 |
| Preceded by | North-West Legislative Assembly |
| Leadership | |
Government House Leader | |
Opposition House Leader | |
| Structure | |
| Seats | 87 |
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Official Opposition:
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| Elections | |
Last election | May 5, 2015 |
Next election | May 31, 2019 or earlier |
| Meeting place | |
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| Legislature Building, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada | |
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The Legislature grounds from the roof of the building.
Alberta Legislature Building
The Legislative Assembly of Alberta is one of two components of the Legislature of Alberta, the other being Elizabeth II, Queen of Canada, represented by the Lieutenant-Governor of Alberta.[1] The Alberta legislature meets in the Alberta Legislature Building in the provincial capital, Edmonton. The Legislative Assembly consists of 87 members, elected first past the post from single-member electoral districts.
The maximum period between general elections of the assembly, as set by the country's Constitution, is five years,[2] but the premier controls the date of election and usually selects a date in the fourth or fifth year after the preceding election. Since 2011, Alberta has fixed election date legislation, fixing the election to a date between March 1 and May 31 in the fourth calendar year following the preceding election.[3] Alberta has never had a minority government, so an election as a result of a vote of no confidence has never occurred.
To be a candidate for election to the assembly, a person must be a Canadian citizen older than 18 who has lived in Alberta for at least six months before the election. Senators, senators in waiting, members of the House of Commons, and criminal inmates are ineligible.[4]
The current and 29th Alberta Legislative Assembly was elected on May 5, 2015.
Current members
The current members of the Legislature were elected in the 29th Alberta general election held on May 5, 2015. Bold indicates cabinet members, and party leaders are italicized.
Five byelections have been held since the last general election.
| By-election | Date | Incumbent | Party | Winner | Party | Cause | Retained | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Calgary-Foothills | Sept 3, 2015 | None | Prasad Panda | Wildrose | Jim Prentice disclaimed his victory on election night. | No | |||
| Calgary-Greenway | March 22, 2016 | Manmeet Bhullar | Progressive Conservative | Prabhdeep Gill | Progressive Conservative | Bhullar was killed in a motor vehicle collision on November 23, 2015. | Yes | ||
| Calgary-Lougheed | December 14, 2017 | Dave Rodney | United Conservative | Jason Kenney | United Conservative | Rodney resigned to allow Jason Kenney a seat in the Legislature. | Yes | ||
| Innisfail-Sylvan Lake | July 12, 2018 | Don MacIntyre | United Conservative[lower-alpha 1] | Devin Dreeshen | United Conservative | MacIntyre resigned to return to private life, and is facing charges of sexual assault. | Yes | ||
| Fort McMurray-Conklin | July 12, 2018 | Brian Jean | United Conservative | Laila Goodridge | United Conservative | Jean retired from politics to focus on his personal life. | Yes | ||
- ↑ Resigned from the United Conservative caucus to sit as an independent shortly before resigning as MLA.
Seating plan
- Party leaders are italicized. Bold indicates cabinet minister.
Official Seating Plan (Retrieved March 14, 2018)
Standings during 29th Assembly
| Number of members per party by date |
2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | ||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 5 | May 22 | Sep 3 | Nov 23 | Jan 8 | Mar 22 | Nov 17 | Jul 24 | Aug 15 | Sep 21 | Oct 4 | Oct 29 | Nov 1 | Dec 14 | Jan 9 | Feb 2 | Feb 5 | March 5 | July 12 | July 14 | July 18 | ||
| New Democratic | 54 | 53 | 54 | 55 | 54 | |||||||||||||||||
| United Conservative | 0 | 29 | 28 | 27 | 26 | 27 | 26 | 25 | 27 | 26 | ||||||||||||
| Wildrose | 21 | 22 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Progressive Conservative | 9 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| Liberal | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Alberta Party | 1 | 2 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Freedom Conservative | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Independent | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Total members | 86 | 87 | 86 | 87 | 86 | 87 | 86 | 85 | 87 | |||||||||||||
| Vacant | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Membership changes in the 29th Assembly | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date | Name | District | From | To | Reason |
| May 5, 2015 | See list of members | Election day of the 29th Alberta general election | |||
| May 5, 2015 | Jim Prentice | Calgary-Foothills | █ PC | █ Vacant | Disclaimed seat[6] |
| May 22, 2015 | Deborah Drever | Calgary-Bow | █ New Democratic | █ Independent | Suspended from NDP caucus[7] |
| Sept 3, 2015 | Prasad Panda | Calgary-Foothills | █ Vacant | █ Wildrose | Wins by-election |
| Nov 23, 2015 | Manmeet Bhullar | Calgary-Greenway | █ PC | █ Vacant | Death (car accident) |
| Jan 8, 2016 | Deborah Drever | Calgary-Bow | █ Independent | █ New Democratic | Rejoined NDP caucus[8] |
| Mar 22, 2016 | Prabhdeep Gill | Calgary-Greenway | █ Vacant | █ PC | Wins by-election[9] |
| Nov 17, 2016 | Sandra Jansen | Calgary-North West | █ PC | █ New Democratic | Crossed floor to NDP after alleging a PC Party leadership candidate had harassed her.[10] |
| July 24, 2017 | Angela Pitt | Airdrie | █ Wildrose | █ United Cons. | Crossed floor to UCP following Wildrose/PC merger. |
| July 24, 2017 | Glenn van Dijken | Barrhead-Morinville-Westlock | █ Wildrose | █ United Cons. | Crossed floor to UCP following Wildrose/PC merger. |
| July 24, 2017 | Wes Taylor | Battle River-Wainwright | █ Wildrose | █ United Cons. | Crossed floor to UCP following Wildrose/PC merger. |
| July 24, 2017 | Scott Cyr | Bonnyville-Cold Lake | █ Wildrose | █ United Cons. | Crossed floor to UCP following Wildrose/PC merger. |
| July 24, 2017 | Richard Gotfried | Calgary-Fish Creek | █ PC | █ United Cons. | Crossed floor to UCP following Wildrose/PC merger. |
| July 24, 2017 | Prasad Panda | Calgary-Foothills | █ Wildrose | █ United Cons. | Crossed floor to UCP following Wildrose/PC merger. |
| July 24, 2017 | Prab Gill | Calgary-Greenway | █ PC | █ United Cons. | Crossed floor to UCP following Wildrose/PC merger. |
| July 24, 2017 | Ric McIver | Calgary-Hays | █ PC | █ United Cons. | Crossed floor to UCP following Wildrose/PC merger. |
| July 24, 2017 | Dave Rodney | Calgary-Lougheed | █ PC | █ United Cons. | Crossed floor to UCP following Wildrose/PC merger. |
| July 24, 2017 | Rick Fraser | Calgary-South East | █ PC | █ United Cons. | Crossed floor to UCP following Wildrose/PC merger. |
| July 24, 2017 | Mike Ellis | Calgary-West | █ PC | █ United Cons. | Crossed floor to UCP following Wildrose/PC merger. |
| July 24, 2017 | Grant Hunter | Cardston-Taber-Warner | █ Wildrose | █ United Cons. | Crossed floor to UCP following Wildrose/PC merger. |
| July 24, 2017 | Leela Aheer | Chestermere-Rocky View | █ Wildrose | █ United Cons. | Crossed floor to UCP following Wildrose/PC merger. |
| July 24, 2017 | Drew Barnes | Cypress-Medicine Hat | █ Wildrose | █ United Cons. | Crossed floor to UCP following Wildrose/PC merger. |
| July 24, 2017 | Mark Smith | Drayton Valley-Devon | █ Wildrose | █ United Cons. | Crossed floor to UCP following Wildrose/PC merger. |
| July 24, 2017 | Rick Strankman | Drumheller-Stettler | █ Wildrose | █ United Cons. | Crossed floor to UCP following Wildrose/PC merger. |
| July 24, 2017 | Brian Jean | Fort McMurray-Conklin | █ Wildrose | █ United Cons. | Crossed floor to UCP following Wildrose/PC merger. |
| July 24, 2017 | Tany Yao | Fort McMurray-Wood Buffalo | █ Wildrose | █ United Cons. | Crossed floor to UCP following Wildrose/PC merger. |
| July 24, 2017 | Todd Loewen | Grande Prairie-Smoky | █ Wildrose | █ United Cons. | Crossed floor to UCP following Wildrose/PC merger. |
| July 24, 2017 | Wayne Drysdale | Grande Prairie-Wapiti | █ Wildrose | █ United Cons. | Crossed floor to UCP following Wildrose/PC merger. |
| July 24, 2017 | Wayne Anderson | Highwood | █ PC | █ United Cons. | Crossed floor to UCP following Wildrose/PC merger. |
| July 24, 2017 | Don MacIntyre | Innisfail-Sylvan Lake | █ Wildrose | █ United Cons. | Crossed floor to UCP following Wildrose/PC merger. |
| July 24, 2017 | Dave Hanson | Lac La Biche-St. Paul-Two Hills | █ Wildrose | █ United Cons. | Crossed floor to UCP following Wildrose/PC merger. |
| July 24, 2017 | Ron Orr | Lacombe-Ponoka | █ Wildrose | █ United Cons. | Crossed floor to UCP following Wildrose/PC merger. |
| July 24, 2017 | Dave Schneider | Little Bow | █ Wildrose | █ United Cons. | Crossed floor to UCP following Wildrose/PC merger. |
| July 24, 2017 | Pat Stier | Livingstone-Macleod | █ Wildrose | █ United Cons. | Crossed floor to UCP following Wildrose/PC merger. |
| July 24, 2017 | Nathan Cooper | Olds-Didsbury-Three Hills | █ Wildrose | █ United Cons. | Crossed floor to UCP following Wildrose/PC merger. |
| July 24, 2017 | Jason Nixon | Rimbey-Rocky Mountain House-Sundre | █ Wildrose | █ United Cons. | Crossed floor to UCP following Wildrose/PC merger. |
| July 24, 2017 | Derek Fildebrandt | Strathmore-Brooks | █ Wildrose | █ United Cons. | Crossed floor to UCP following Wildrose/PC merger. |
| Aug 15, 2017 | Derek Fildebrandt | Strathmore-Brooks | █ United Cons. | █ Independent | Resigned from UCP caucus following an expenses scandal.[11] |
| Sept 21, 2017 | Rick Fraser | Calgary-South East | █ United Cons. | █ Independent | Resigned from UCP caucus to sit as an independent. |
| Oct 4, 2017 | Karen McPherson | Calgary-Mackay-Nose Hill | █ New Democratic | █ Independent | Resigned from NDP caucus to sit as an independent. |
| Oct 29, 2017 | Karen McPherson | Calgary-Mackay-Nose Hill | █ Independent | █ Alberta Party | Joined the Alberta Party [12] |
| Nov 1, 2017 | Dave Rodney | Calgary-Lougheed | █ United Cons. | █ Vacant | Resigned to allow UCP Leader Jason Kenney a seat in the legislature.[13] |
| Dec 14, 2017 | Jason Kenney | Calgary-Lougheed | █ Vacant | █ United Cons. | Won seat in by-election. |
| Jan 9, 2018 | Rick Fraser | Calgary-South East | █ Independent | █ Alberta Party | Joined the Alberta Party to run in the leadership race [14] |
| February 2, 2018 | Don MacIntyre | Innisfail-Sylvan Lake | █ United Cons. | █ Independent | Resigned from UPC caucus to "focus on family."[15] |
| February 5, 2018 | Don MacIntyre | Innisfail-Sylvan Lake | █ Independent | █ Vacant | Resigned seat[16]. Later revealed he faced charges of sexual assault and sexual interference [17] |
| March 5, 2018 | Brian Jean | Fort McMurray-Conklin | █ United Cons. | █ Vacant | Resigned seat and retired from politics to focus on family.[18] |
| July 12, 2018 | Laila Goodridge | Fort McMurray-Conklin | █ Vacant | █ United Cons. | Elected in a by-election. |
| July 12, 2018 | Devin Dreeshen | Innisfail-Sylvan Lake | █ Vacant | █ United Cons. | Elected in a by-election. |
| July 14, 2018 | Prab Gill | Calgary-Greenway | █ United Cons. | █ Independent | Left caucus due to alleged voter ballot stuffing [19] |
| July 18, 2018 | Derek Fildebrandt | Strathmore-Brooks | █ Independent | █ Freedom Cons. | Joined Freedom Conservative Party to become its leader[20] |
References
- ↑ The Alberta Act, 4-5 Edw. VII [1905], c. 3 (Canada), s. 12 .
- ↑ "Legislative Assembly Act". Queen's Printer. Section 3(1). Retrieved March 17, 2011.
- ↑ "Bill 21, Election Amendment Act, 2011" (PDF). The Legislative Assembly of Alberta. December 6, 2011. Retrieved December 7, 2011.
- ↑ "Election Act". Queen's Printer. Section 56. Retrieved March 17, 2011.
- ↑ https://www.assembly.ab.ca/net/index.aspx?p=mla_home
- ↑ The candidate elected for Calgary-Foothills in the general election, Jim Prentice, resigned on election day before winning his riding. According to section 139 of the Alberta Elections Act, RSA 2000, c E-1, if a winning candidate disclaims their right to become an MLA before the end of the appeal period for the official results, that riding's election is declared void. Panda won the subsequent by-election held September 3, 2015.
- ↑ "Deborah Drever suspended from NDP caucus". Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. 2015-05-22. Retrieved 2015-05-22.
- ↑ "Calgary MLA Deborah Drever returns to NDP party's caucus". Calgary Herald. 2016-01-08. Retrieved 2016-01-08.
- ↑ "Tories hold Calgary-Greenway riding after by-election". Calgary Herald. 2016-03-23. Retrieved 2016-03-23.
- ↑ "Alberta MLA Sandra Jansen leaves PCs, joins NDP caucus". CBC.ca. 2016-11-17.
- ↑ "'I'm a flawed man': embattled Alberta MLA Derek Fildebrandt quits UCP caucus". CBC News. Edmonton. August 15, 2017. Retrieved August 16, 2017.
- ↑ "Calgary MLA Karen McPherson joins the Alberta Party caucus". CBC News. Edmonton. October 29, 2017. Retrieved October 29, 2017.
- ↑ Wood, James (30 October 2017). "Jason Kenney takes charge of UCP, seeks seat in legislature by Christmas". Calgary Herald. Retrieved 1 November 2017.
- ↑ "Calgary MLA Rick Fraser registers as Alberta Party leadership candidate". CBC News. Edmonton. October 29, 2017. Retrieved October 29, 2017.
- ↑ "MLA Don MacIntyre resigns from UCP caucus". CBC News. Retrieved February 3, 2018.
- ↑ "Alberta legislature member for United Conservative Party leaves his seat". CTV News. Retrieved February 6, 2018.
- ↑ "Former Alberta MLA Don MacIntyre faces sexual assault, sexual interference charges". Global News. Retrieved February 9, 2018.
- ↑ McDermott, Vincent (2018-03-05). "Former UCP leadership contender Brian Jean quits as Fort McMurray MLA". Edmonton Journal. Retrieved 2018-03-14.
- ↑ Emma Graney (July 14, 2018). "Calgary MLA Prab Gill leaves UCP caucus following ballot-stuffing allegations".
- ↑ Simons, Paula (July 20, 2018). "Paula Simons: Colony of Unrequited Schemes: Derek Fildebrandt launches party for patriots". Edmonton Journal. Retrieved July 23, 2018.
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