28th Alberta Legislature
The 28th Alberta Legislative Assembly was constituted after the 2012 Alberta general election on April 23, 2012. The Progressive Conservatives, led by Premier Alison Redford managed to hold on to a majority. This PC majority was later led by Premiers Dave Hancock and Jim Prentice.
28th Alberta Legislature | |||
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Majority parliament | |||
2012 – 2015 | |||
Parliament leaders | |||
Premier (cabinet) | Alison Redford (Redford cabinet) 7 Oct. 2011 – 23 Mar. 2014 | ||
Dave Hancock 23 Mar. 2014 – 15 Sep. 2014 | |||
Jim Prentice (Prentice cabinet) 15 Sep. 2014 – 24 May. 2015 | |||
Leader of the Opposition | Danielle Smith 24 Apr. 2012 – 17 Dec. 2014 | ||
Heather Forsyth 22 Dec. 2014 – 1 June 2015 | |||
Party caucuses | |||
Government | Progressive Conservative Association | ||
Opposition | Wildrose Party | ||
Third parties | Liberal Party | ||
New Democratic Party | |||
Legislative Assembly | |||
Speaker of the Assembly | Gene Zwozdesky 23 May 2012 – 11 June 2015 | ||
Government House Leader | Dave Hancock 12 Mar. 2008 – 15 Sep. 2014 | ||
Diana McQueen 15 Sep. 2014 – 12 Nov. 2014 | |||
Jonathan Denis 12 Nov. 2014 – 5 May 2015 | |||
Opposition House Leader | Rob Anderson 1 May 2012 – 17 Dec. 2014 | ||
Shayne Saskiw 22 Dec. 2014 – 5 May 2015 | |||
Members | 87 MLA seats | ||
Sovereign | |||
Monarch | Elizabeth II 6 Feb. 1952 – present | ||
Lieutenant Governor | Hon. Donald Ethell 11 May 2010 – 12 June 2015 | ||
Sessions | |||
1st Session 23 May 2012 – 1 Mar. 2014 | |||
2nd Session 3 Mar. 2014 – 18 Sep. 2014 | |||
3rd Session 17 Nov. 2014 – 7 Apr. 2015 | |||
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Membership in the 28th Alberta Legislative Assembly
Seating plan
As of March 2014
Casey | Khan | Xiao | Anglin | Bikman | Fox | Rowe | Strankman | Stier | Webber | Allen | Kennedy-Glans | ||||||
Jablonski | Kubinec | Olesen | Barnes | Pedersen | McAllister | Towle | Saskiw | Donovan | Kang | Swann | Eggen | Bilous | |||||
Rogers | Amery | Jeneroux | Wilson | Anderson | Smith | Forsyth | Hale | Sherman | Blakeman | Hehr | Mason | Notley | |||||
Zwozdesky | |||||||||||||||||
Drysdale | Oberle | Hughes | McIver | J. Johnson | Horne | Horner | Campbell | Redford | Hancock | McQueen | Klimchuk | Olson | Dallas | Bhullar | Denis | Lukaszuk | |
Fritz | Fraser | Rodney | Quest | Griffiths | Starke | Dorward | VanderBurg | Jansen | Woo-Paw | Weadick | Fawcett | Scott | Bhardwaj | Pastoor | |||
Goudreau | Lemke | Cao | Quadri | Calahasen | Sandhu | McDonald | Fenske | L. Johnson | Leskiw | Cusanelli | Brown | DeLong | Luan | Sarich | Young |
Official Seating Plan (Retrieved March 17, 2014)
In the final year of the 28th Assembly, the seating plan changed drastically due to floor-crossing and new party leaders for all four recognized parties.
As of March 2015
Leskiw | Fritz | Goudreau | Anderson | Rowe | Pastoor | Cao | Anglin | ||||||||||
Jablonski | Dallas | Hale | DeLong | Horne | Kennedy-Glans | Barnes | Stier | Strankman | Sherman | Kang | Mason | Bilous | |||||
Rogers | Brown | Young | Weadick | Quest | Amery | Forsyth | Saskiw | Blakeman | Swann | Hehr | Notley | Eggen | |||||
Zwozdesky | |||||||||||||||||
Khan | Drysdale | J. Johnson | Fawcett | Klimchuk | Dirks | Mandel | Campbell | Prentice | Denis | McQueen | Oberle | Bhullar | Olson | Scott | Kubinec | McIver | |
Sarich | Starke | Olesen | Bhardwaj | Dorward | Woo-Paw | McAllister | Lemke | VanderBurg | Jansen | Rodney | Smith | Fraser | Cusanelli | Quadri | Fox | ||
Allen | Wilson | Lukaszuk | Pedersen | Casey | Donovan | Calahasen | Jeneroux | L. Johnson | Ellis | Fenske | McDonald | Xiao | Towle | Bikman | Luan | Sandhu |
Official Seating Plan (Retrieved March 10, 2015)
Standings changes since the 28th general election
Number of members per party by date |
2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | |||||||||||||||
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Apr 23 | May 14 | Jul 16 | Dec 10 | Mar 12 | Mar 17 | Jul 7 | Aug 6 | Sep 15 | Sep 17 | Sep 29 | Oct 27 | Nov 2 | Nov 24 | Dec 17 | Jan 26 | Jan 31 | |||
Progressive Conservative | 61 | 60 | 59 | 60 | 59 | 58 | 59 | 58 | 57 | 58 | 57 | 61 | 63 | 72 | 71 | 70 | |||
Wildrose | 17 | 16 | 14 | 5 | |||||||||||||||
Liberal | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||
New Democratic | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||
Alberta Party | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
Independent | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||
Total members | 87 | 86 | 85 | 83 | 87 | 86 | 85 | ||||||||||||
Vacant | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||||
Government Majority | 35 | 33 | 31 | 33 | 31 | 29 | 31 | 30 | 29 | 31 | 35 | 39 | 57 | 56 | 55 |
After the defections of 11 Wildrose MLA's, the Liberals and Wildrose were tied at 5 seats each, but the Speaker ruled that Wildrose would continue as the Official Opposition, a status that carries additional funding and privileges.[1]
Membership changes in the 28th Assembly | |||||
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Date | Name | District | Party | Reason | |
April 23, 2012 | See list of members | Election day of the 28th Alberta general election | |||
May 14, 2013 | Peter Sandhu | Edmonton-Manning | Independent | Left Progressive Conservative caucus[2] | |
July 16, 2013 | Mike Allen | Fort McMurray-Wood Buffalo | Independent | Left Progressive Conservative caucus[3] | |
December 10, 2013 | Peter Sandhu | Edmonton-Manning | Progressive Conservative | Rejoined Progressive Conservative caucus[4] | |
March 12, 2014 | Len Webber | Calgary-Foothills | Independent | Left Progressive Conservative caucus[5] | |
March 17, 2014 | Donna Kennedy-Glans | Calgary-Varsity | Independent | Left Progressive Conservative caucus[6] | |
July 7, 2014 | Mike Allen | Fort McMurray-Wood Buffalo | Progressive Conservative | Rejoined Progressive Conservative caucus[7] | |
August 6, 2014 | Alison Redford | Calgary-Elbow | Progressive Conservative | Resigned seat[8] | |
September 15, 2014 | Dave Hancock | Edmonton-Whitemud | Progressive Conservative | Resigned seat[9] | |
September 17, 2014 | Donna Kennedy-Glans | Calgary-Varsity | Progressive Conservative | Rejoined Progressive Conservative caucus[10] | |
September 29, 2014 | Len Webber | Calgary-Foothills | Independent | Resigned seat[11] | |
September 29, 2014 | Ken Hughes | Calgary-West | Progressive Conservative | Resigned seat[11] | |
October 27, 2014 | Gordon Dirks | Calgary-Elbow | Progressive Conservative | Elected in a by-election[12] | |
October 27, 2014 | Jim Prentice | Calgary-Foothills | Progressive Conservative | Elected in a by-election[12] | |
October 27, 2014 | Mike Ellis | Calgary-West | Progressive Conservative | Elected in a by-election[12] | |
October 27, 2014 | Stephen Mandel | Edmonton-Whitemud | Progressive Conservative | Elected in a by-election[12] | |
November 2, 2014 | Joe Anglin | Rimbey-Rocky Mountain House-Sundre | Independent | Left Wildrose caucus[13] | |
November 24, 2014 | Kerry Towle | Innisfail-Sylvan Lake | Progressive Conservative | Joined Progressive Conservative caucus[14] | |
November 24, 2014 | Ian Donovan | Little Bow | Progressive Conservative | Joined Progressive Conservative caucus[14] | |
December 17, 2014 | Danielle Smith | Highwood | Progressive Conservative | Joined Progressive Conservative caucus | |
December 17, 2014 | Rob Anderson | Airdrie | Progressive Conservative | Joined Progressive Conservative caucus | |
December 17, 2014 | Gary Bikman | Cardston-Taber-Warner | Progressive Conservative | Joined Progressive Conservative caucus | |
December 17, 2014 | Rod Fox | Lacombe-Ponoka | Progressive Conservative | Joined Progressive Conservative caucus | |
December 17, 2014 | Jason Hale | Strathmore-Brooks | Progressive Conservative | Joined Progressive Conservative caucus | |
December 17, 2014 | Bruce McAllister | Chestermere-Rocky View | Progressive Conservative | Joined Progressive Conservative caucus | |
December 17, 2014 | Blake Pedersen | Medicine Hat | Progressive Conservative | Joined Progressive Conservative caucus | |
December 17, 2014 | Bruce Rowe | Olds-Didsbury-Three Hills | Progressive Conservative | Joined Progressive Conservative caucus | |
December 17, 2014 | Jeff Wilson | Calgary-Shaw | Progressive Conservative | Joined Progressive Conservative caucus | |
January 26, 2015 | Doug Griffiths | Battle River-Wainwright | Progressive Conservative | Resigned seat[15] | |
January 31, 2015 | Doug Horner | Spruce Grove-St. Albert | Progressive Conservative | Resigned seat[16] |
References
- http://www.edmontonsun.com/2014/12/23/wildrose-stays-as-official-opposition-in-alberta
- O'Donnell, Sarah (May 14, 2013). "Edmonton Conservative MLA withdraws from caucus while ethics investigation underway". Edmonton Journal. Archived from the original on June 14, 2013. Retrieved May 23, 2013.
- "Alberta MLA quits PC caucus after U.S. prostitution arrest". CBC News. July 16, 2013. Retrieved July 20, 2013.
- "MLA Peter Sandhu back in PC caucus". CBC News. December 10, 2013. Retrieved February 20, 2014.
- Wood, James (March 12, 2014). "MLA won't remain a Tory 'with her as leader of the party'". Calgary Herald. Archived from the original on March 14, 2014. Retrieved March 13, 2014.
- Berrett, Jessica (March 18, 2014). "Associate minister leaves Tories, blaming culture of entitlement". Calgary Herald. Retrieved March 18, 2014.
- Mertz, Emily (July 7, 2014). "Alberta MLA Mike Allen back in PC Caucus". Global News. Retrieved July 7, 2014.
- Kleiss, Karen (August 6, 2014). "Alison Redford resigns seat, leaves politics". Calgary Herald. Archived from the original on August 8, 2014. Retrieved August 7, 2014.
- Bennett, Dean (September 12, 2014). "Outgoing Alberta premier Dave Hancock resigns MLA seat". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved September 16, 2014.
- "Kennedy-Glans returns to Alberta PC caucus". Global News. September 17, 2014. Retrieved 18 September 2014.
- Howell, Trevor (September 30, 2014). "Prentice to run in Calgary-Foothills as four byelections called". Calgary Herald. Retrieved October 1, 2014.
- "Alberta byelections swept by Jim Prentice's Progressive Conservative Party". CBC News. October 27, 2014. Retrieved October 29, 2014.
- "Joe Anglin quits Wildrose caucus, will sit as independent". CBC News. November 2, 2014. Retrieved November 2, 2014.
- "Wildrose MLAs leave party to join PCs". Global Edmonton. November 24, 2014. Retrieved November 24, 2014.
- "Raj Sherman stepping down as Alberta Liberal leader". CBC News. January 26, 2015. Retrieved January 26, 2015.
- "Doug Horner resigning as MLA at end of January". CBC News. January 22, 2015. Retrieved January 27, 2015.