# 1982 Alberta general election

The 1982 Alberta general election was held on November 2, 1982, to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta.
Less than four years had passed since the Progressive Conservatives won their landslide victory in 1979. Premier Peter Lougheed decided to call a snap election to catch fledgling new parties off guard, most notably the separatist Western Canada Concept which was capitalizing on anger over Lougheed's perceived weakness in dealings with the federal government, in particular his acceptance of the hugely unpopular National Energy Program. The WCC's Gordon Kesler had won a by-election earlier in the year, and Lougheed decided that it would be wise to stage a showdown with the WCC sooner rather than later.
Lougheed then proceeded to mount a campaign based largely on scare tactics, warning Albertans angry with Ottawa but yet uneasy with the WCC that they could end up with a separatist government by voting for a separatist party. Lougheed would also promise to sell the government owned airline Pacific Western Airlines, which the Lougheed government had purchased in 1974. The strategy worked for the Tories, who won their fourth consecutive term in government, and returned to the 62% popular vote level it had attained in the 1975 election. This netted the Tories 75 seats in the legislature—in terms of percentage of seats won, the second-largest majority government in the province's history. In the process, they reduced the opposition to only four MLAs in total.
The Alberta Liberal Party was punished in the wake of the NEP. Barely able to field candidates in a third of the ridings, it went down to one of its worst showings in party history.
The Social Credit Party bottomed out after spending a decade in the wilderness after losing power in 1971. In a harbinger of things to come, Socred leader Robert Curtis Clark returned to the backbench shortly after the 1979 election, and retired from politics in 1981. Clark's old seat of Olds-Didsbury was resoundingly lost to the WCC in the ensuing by-election, dropping the Socreds to only three seats, one short of official party status. In March 1982, Socred parliamentary leader Raymond Speaker announced the Socreds would sit out the election. A resolution was put forward to disband the party, but failed. After the writs were issued for the 1982 election, two of the remaining three Socred MLAs, Speaker and Walt Buck, resigned from the party to run for reelection as independents. The third, Fred Mandeville, opted not to run for reelection. With no incumbents for the first time since 1935 and no full-time leader, the party's share of the popular vote fell from almost 20% to less than one percent. It was shut out of the legislature for the first time since 1935, never to return. Speaker and Buck, however, did win reelection, and later formed the Representative Party of Alberta after being denied opposition status.
The New Democratic Party, led by Grant Notley, became the official opposition when Ray Martin was elected to the legislature. Notley had been the sole NDP MLA for more than a decade.
The WCC, a party that advocated the separation of the four western provinces of Canada to form a new country, had surprised Canadians when Kesler won his by-election and took a seat in the Alberta legislature. Although Kesler lost his seat in this election after he changed electoral districts from Olds-Didsbury and ran in Highwood, the WCC won almost 12% of the popular vote.
The Alberta Reform Movement, a new party founded by ex-Progressive Conservative Tom Sindlinger was caught unaware when the election was called, and ended up losing its only seat in Calgary Buffalo.

## Opinion polls

Evolution of voting intentions at provincial level :
| Polling firm | Last day of survey | PCA | ANDP | WCC | ALP | ASC | Other | Undecided | ME | Sample |
| Election 1982 | November 2, 1982 | 62.28 | 18.75 | 11.76 | 1.81 | 0.83 | | | | |
| Alberta Report | September 26, 1982 | 71 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 2 | — | — | — | 2,370 |
| Alberta Report | September 26, 1982 | 52 | 17 | 20 | 7 | 3 | — | 31 | — | 400 |
| Election 1979 | March 14, 1979 | 57.40 | 15.75 | — | 6.16 | 19.87 | | | | |

## Results

Overall voter turnout was 66.00%.
| Party | Party | Party leader | # of candidates | Seats | Seats | Seats | Seats | Popular vote | Popular vote | Popular vote |
| Party | Party | Party leader | # of candidates | 1979 | Diss. | Elected | % Change | # | % | % Change |
| | Progressive Conservative | Peter Lougheed | 79 | 74 | 73 | 75 | +1.4% | 588,485 | 62.28% | +4.88% |
| | New Democratic | Grant Notley | 79 | 1 | 1 | 2 | +100% | 177,166 | 18.75% | +3.00% |
| | Independent | Independent | 34 | - | 2 | 2 | - | 36,590 | 3.87% | +3.10% |
| | Western Canada Concept | Gordon Kesler | 78 | * | 1 | - | * | 111,131 | 11.76% | * |
| | Liberal | Nicholas Taylor | 29 | - | - | - | - | 17,074 | 1.81% | -4.35% |
| | Social Credit | George Richardson | 23 | 4 | 1 | - | -100% | 7,843 | 0.83% | -19.04% |
| | Alberta Reform Movement | Tom Sindlinger | 14 | * | 1 | - | -100% | 6,258 | 0.66% | * |
| | Communist | | 8 | - | - | - | - | 389 | 0.04% | -0.01% |
| Total | Total | Total | 344 | 79 | 79 | 79 | - | 944,936 | 100% | |
| Source: Elections Alberta |||||||||||
Note:
* Party did not nominate candidates in the previous election.
Popular vote
PC
62.28%
New Democratic
18.75%
WCC
11.76%
Liberal
1.81%
Social Credit
0.83%
Others
4.57% :
Seats summary
PC
94.94%
New Democratic
2.53%
Independent
2.53% :

## Results by riding

| Electoral district | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Incumbent |
| Electoral district | PC | PC | NDP | NDP | Western Canada Concept | Western Canada Concept | Liberal | Liberal | Other | Other | Incumbent | Incumbent |
| Athabasca | | Frank Appleby 5,342 56.96% | | Ed Caraher 1,952 20.81% | | Con Sehn 1,538 16.40% | | | | Adam Hauch (SoCred) 529 5.64% | Frank Appleby |
| Banff-Cochrane | | Greg Stevens 8,369 72.06% | | David Evans 1,288 11.09% | | Larry Peterson 1,919 16.52% | | | | | Greg Stevens |
| Barrhead | | Kenneth R. Kowalski 5,001 51.37% | | Harold E. Wharton 478 4.91% | | John Thomas Mitchell 633 6.50% | | Nicholas Taylor 3,331 34.22% | | Shirley Bassani (SoCred) 240 2.47% Ernie Charman (ARM) 39 0.40% | Hugh F. Horner |
| Bonnyville | | Ernie Isley 4,842 59.43% | | Tom Turner 2,547 31.26% | | Eric E. Enns 732 8.98% | | | | | Ernie Isley |
| Bow Valley | | Tom N. Musgrove 4,541 60.06% | | Bradley Neubauer 266 3.52% | | | | | | Murray Erickson (Ind.) 2,719 35.96% | Fred T. Mandeville |
| Calgary-Bow | | Neil Webber 9,412 70.02% | | Catherine Martini 2,293 17.06% | | Roy P. Rasmusen 1,059 7.88% | | Floyd Allen 380 2.83% | | Douglas Stewart Williams (SoCred) 253 1.88% | Neil Webber |
| Calgary-Buffalo | | Brian Craig Lee 7,591 62.01% | | Barry Pashak 1,211 9.89% | | Anita Bozak 739 6.04% | | | | Tom Sindlinger (ARM) 2649 21.64% | Tom Sindlinger |
| Calgary-Currie | | Dennis L. Anderson 9,701 75.51% | | Glenn Miller 1,417 11.03% | | Darwin M. Sorenson 1,018 7.92% | | Rork Hilford 686 5.34% | | | Dennis L. Anderson |
| Calgary-Egmont | | David John Carter 10,331 78.18% | | Leroy Thompson 1,128 8.54% | | Richard A. Langen 1,174 8.88% | | Bernie C. Tanner 396 3.00% | | Victor Lenko (ARM) 158 1.20% | Merv Leitch |
| Calgary-Elbow | | David J. Russell 7,521 69.64% | | Thora Miessner 1,054 9.76% | | Gregory J. Langen 829 7.68% | | John S. Webb 674 6.24% | | Don Carter (Ind.) 520 4.81% Ray Neilson (SoCred) 172 1.59% | David J. Russell |
| Calgary-Fish Creek | | William Edward Payne 17,376 79.63% | | Tom Polmear 1,501 6.88% | | Byron L. Chenger 2,252 10.32% | | Alan D.J. Sopczak 659 3.02% | | | William Edward Payne |
| Calgary-Foothills | | Janet Koper 9,708 66.92% | | Joanne Hedenstrom 2,249 15.50% | | Robert Moyor 1,438 9.91% | | Larry Adorjan 540 3.72% | | Carol Stein (Ind.) 570 3.93% | Stewart A. McCrae |
| Calgary-Forest Lawn | | John Zaozirny 9,704 73.94% | | Ken Richmond 1,478 11.26% | | Henry Hein Braeutigam 1,244 9.48% | | J.V.W. Gairy 314 2.39% | | Ella Ayers (SoCred) 294 2.24% Bruce Potter (Comm) 56 0.43% | John Zaozirny |
| Calgary-Glenmore | | Hugh L. Planche 13,835 77.63% | | George Yanchula 1,532 8.60% | | Brian McClung 1,864 10.46% | | | | Barry J. Rust (ARM) 526 2.95% | Hugh L. Planche |
| Calgary-McCall | | Stanley Kenneth Nelson 17,493 76.40% | | Dennis Bennett 2,673 11.67% | | Terry Wolsey 1,728 7.55% | | | | Don Bryant (Ind.) 852 3.72% Grand Tim Majanja (ARM) 120 0.52% | Andrew Little |
| Calgary-McKnight | | Eric Charles Musgreave 12,130 71.54% | | Eileen Nesbitt 2,451 14.46% | | John J. Jasienczyk 1,332 7.86% | | John J. Gleason 621 3.66% | | Jerry J. Glowacki (SoCred) 383 2.26% | Eric Charles Musgreave |
| Calgary-Millican | | Gordon Wells Shrake 6,323 68.38% | | David Davis Swan 1,626 17.58% | | Garnet E. Birch 779 8.42% | | | | Zoritza Kasparian (Ind.) 417 4.51% Doris Schupp (Comm) 50 0.54% | David John Carter |
| Calgary-Mountain View | | Bohdan Zip 7,187 57.43% | | Phil Elder 3,372 26.95% | | Stephen B. Keeling 772 6.17% | | J. Curtis Joynt 420 3.36% | | Diane Ablonczy (Ind.) 706 5.64% | Stan Kushner |
| Calgary-North Hill | | Ed Oman 9,168 72.50% | | Agnes Middleton 1,753 13.86% | | Gordon Kennard 968 7.66% | | Dorothy Groves 701 5.54% | | | Ed Oman |
| Calgary-North West | | Sheila Embury 11,711 74.85% | | Floyd A. Johnson 1,745 11.15% | | Walter Kostiuk 1,768 11.30% | | | | A. Leith McClure (SoCred) 404 2.58% | Sheila Embury |
| Calgary-West | | Peter Lougheed 11,668 78.41% | | Ed Smith 1,175 7.90% | | Bruce Roper 1,106 7.43% | | Barbara Ann Scott 598 4.02% | | Leonard Petterson (SoCred) 251 1.69% | Peter Lougheed |
| Camrose | | Gordon Stromberg 10,547 63.53% | | Garry Oberg 3,070 18.49% | | Keith Schmidt 2,900 17.47% | | | | | Gordon Stromberg |
| Cardston | | John Thompson 3,738 59.14% | | Leslie N. Howard 250 3.96% | | Steve Pinchak 2,309 36.53% | | | | | John Thompson |
| Chinook | | Henry Kroeger 4,837 73.54% | | Gladys Creasy 465 7.07% | | Jack Ramsey 1,266 19.25% | | | | | Henry Kroeger |
| Clover Bar | | Sten Berg 5,434 35.67% | | David Morris 1,683 11.05% | | Sig Jorstad 1,783 11.71% | | | | Walt A. Buck (Ind.) 6,312 41.44% | Walt A. Buck |
| Cypress | | Alan Hyland 4,170 64.27% | | Rudolf Schempp 637 9.82% | | Gifford Woodcock 590 9.09% | | | | Orville Reber (Ind.) 1,080 16.65% | Alan Hyland |
| Drayton Valley | | Shirley Cripps 4,906 66.75% | | Lynne Martin 1,155 15.71% | | George Perdicaris 1,265 17.21% | | | | | Shirley Cripps |
| Drumheller | | Lewis (Mickey) Clark 8,148 68.14% | | Gerry Hamilton 1,124 9.40% | | Vern Hoff 2,630 21.99% | | | | | Lewis (Mickey) Clark |
| Edmonton-Avonmore | | Horst A. Schmid 6,606 52.92% | | Kathleen Wright 4,045 32.40% | | Jake Johnson 1,275 10.21% | | | | Leif Oddson (SoCred) 466 3.73% Rona Drennan (Comm) 40 0.32% | Horst A. Schmid |
| Edmonton-Belmont | | Walter R. Szwender 6,579 54.51% | | John Younie 3,893 32.25% | | Dennis Peter 986 8.17% | | | | Elmer Knutson (Ind.) 512 4.24% Joan Jenkins (Comm) 37 0.31% | William L. Mack |
| Edmonton-Beverly | | Bill W. Diachuk 6,894 50.51% | | Winston Gereluk 5,638 41.31% | | Dexter B. Dombro 819 6.00% | | | | Steve Kostiuk (SoCred) 268 1.96% | Bill W. Diachuk |
| Edmonton-Calder | | Tom Chambers 8,442 55.31% | | Christie Mjolsness 5,527 36.21% | | Walter Stack 1,274 8.35% | | | | | Tom Chambers |
| Edmonton-Centre | | Mary LeMessurier 5,414 49.72% | | Iain Taylor 3,578 32.86% | | Larry McIlroy 812 7.46% | | Brian McKercher 849 7.80% | | Lawlor J. McKenna (SoCred) 197 1.81% | Mary LeMessurier |
| Edmonton-Glengarry | | Rollie Cook 5,997 58.38% | | Garth Stevenson 3,181 30.96% | | Gordon Reid 1,037 10.09% | | | | | Rollie Cook |
| Edmonton-Glenora | | Lou Hyndman 7,724 61.88% | | H.D. (Tony) Smith 2,555 20.47% | | Fred Marshall 1,649 13.21% | | Jerry Paschen 534 4.28% | | | Lou Hyndman |
| Edmonton-Gold Bar | | Alois Paul Hiebert 7,223 56.65% | | Allen Eng 3,563 27.94% | | Joe Wanner 996 7.81% | | Laurie Switzer 567 4.45% | | Chuck Bolton (Ind.) 387 3.04% | Alois Paul Hiebert |
| Edmonton-Highlands | | David T. King 5,157 54.36% | | Marilyn Burnett 3,493 36.82% | | Dave Maetche 721 7.60% | | | | Naomi J. Rankin (Comm) 66 0.70% | David T. King |
| Edmonton-Jasper Place | | Leslie Gordon Young 6,723 57.53% | | Don Aitken 3,498 29.93% | | John B. Ludwig 987 8.45% | | | | Peter A. Keohan (SoCred) 241 2.06% G. Crofton (ARM) 179 1.53% | Leslie Gordon Young |
| Edmonton-Kingsway | | Carl Paproski 4,294 41.62% | | Alex McEachern 3,879 37.59% | | Curtis Long 669 6.48% | | Bill Broad 318 3.08% | | Mark Byington (Ind.) 950 9.21% George Klimuk (SoCred) 192 1.86% | Kenneth R.H. Paproski |
| Edmonton-Meadowlark | | Gerard Joseph Amerongen 10,817 58.44% | | Robert Henderson 4,590 24.80% | | Al Wilson 1,511 8.16% | | Naseer A. Chaudhary 776 4.19% | | William (Bill) Dickson (Ind.) 423 2.29% Andy H. Groenink (SoCred) 345 1.86% | Gerard Joseph Amerongen |
| Edmonton-Mill Woods | | Milt Pahl 10,095 55.75% | | Gerry Gibeault 5,159 28.49% | | Dave Fletcher 1,894 10.46% | | Winston Mohabir 590 3.26% | | Terry Juba (SoCred) 329 1.82% | Milt Pahl |
| Edmonton-Norwood | | Tony Falcone 4,782 45.25% | | Ray Martin 4,857 45.96% | | John Hudson 569 5.38% | | | | George J.P. Wowk (SoCred) 263 2.49% David Wallis (Comm) 37 0.35% | Catherine Chichak |
| Edmonton-Parkallen | | Neil S. Crawford 8,229 55.30% | | Jim Russell 5,771 38.78% | | Merv Gray 823 5.53% | | | | Chris Frazer (Comm) 39 0.26% | Neil S. Crawford |
| Edmonton-Sherwood Park | | Henry Woo 8,401 54.70% | | Ted Paszek 3,462 22.54% | | Al Oeming 3,029 19.72% | | | | Al Howell (ARM) 450 2.93% | Henry Woo |
| Edmonton-Strathcona | | Julian Koziak 7,105 47.73% | | Gordon S.B. Wright 6,643 44.63% | | Randy Coombes 743 4.99% | | | | Murray W. Scambler (ARM) 279 1.87% Joe Hill (Comm) 64 0.43% | Julian Koziak |
| Edmonton-Whitemud | | Keith Alexander 10,696 58.98% | | Leslie Bella 4,884 26.93% | | Erika Guidera 1,209 6.67% | | Philip Lister 791 4.36% | | Joe Trenchy (Ind.) 291 1.60% Keith Schultz (SoCred) 241 1.33% | Peter Knaak |
| Edson | | Ian Reid 6,003 56.88% | | Eilir Thomas 3,232 30.62% | | Lynn Lewis 1,284 12.17% | | | | | Ian Reid |
| Grande Prairie | | Bob Elliott 9,555 58.11% | | Bernie Desrosiers 3,280 19.95% | | Jack Smith 2,249 13.68% | | Colin Nash 331 2.01% | | Jake Paetkau (Ind.) 504 3.06% Roy Housworth (SoCred) 494 3.00% | Elmer Borstad |
| Highwood | | Harry E. Alger 7,811 69.89% | | William C. McCutcheon 465 4.16% | | Gordon Kesler 2,006 17.95% | | | | Ronald G. Arkes (ARM) 183 1.64% | George Wolstenholme |
| Innisfail | | Nigel I. Pengelly 6,684 70.66% | | Lyle B. Bleich 738 7.80% | | George Conway-Brown 2,001 21.15% | | | | | Nigel I. Pengelly |
| Lac La Biche-McMurray | | Norman A. Weiss 6,844 56.74% | | Dermond Travis 3,481 28.86% | | Jim Williams 1,021 8.46% | | Roland J. Woodward 584 4.84% | | | Norman A. Weiss |
| Lacombe | | Ron A. Moore 5,141 61.12% | | Glen R. Nelson 1,108 13.17% | | Terry Long 1,339 15.92% | | | | Howard P. Thompson (Ind.) 811 9.64% | John William Cookson |
| Lesser Slave Lake | | Larry R. Shaben 3,150 57.48% | | Gary D. Kennedy 914 16.68% | | Garth Lodge 607 11.08% | | Joseph D. Blyan 466 8.50% | | George Keay (Ind.) 316 5.77% | Larry R. Shaben |
| Lethbridge-East | | Archibald Dick Johnston 8,716 69.57% | | Ed McRae 1,369 10.93% | | Mike Bennison 1,054 8.41% | | John I. Boras 962 7.68% | | Paul R. Belanger (ARM) 400 3.19% | Archibald Dick Johnston |
| Lethbridge-West | | John Gogo 8,302 69.37% | | Ian Whishaw 1,844 15.41% | | G.M. Genstad 938 7.84% | | | | Jerry Waldern (SoCred) 480 4.01% Brenda L. Perkins (ARM) 377 3.15% | John Gogo |
| Little Bow | | Cliff Wright 2,144 33.75% | | Beth Jantzie 168 2.64% | | Wayne Lawlor 851 13.40% | | | | Raymond Albert Speaker (Ind.) 3,174 49.97% | Raymond Albert Speaker |
| Lloydminster | | James Edgar Miller 5,581 71.86% | | Robin Allan 905 11.65% | | Jerry Butz 1,249 16.08% | | | | | James Edgar Miller |
| Macleod | | LeRoy Fjordbotten 6,136 71.34% | | Paul Abilgaard 546 6.35% | | Ellis Oviatt 1,293 15.03% | | Inez Watmough 144 1.67% | | | LeRoy Fjordbotten |
| Medicine Hat | | James Horsman 14,654 81.20% | | Clarence W. Smith 2,072 11.48% | | David F. Lees 996 5.52% | | | | Frank F. Cottingham (Ind.) 286 1.58% | James Horsman |
| Olds-Didsbury | | Stephen Stiles 5,096 46.91% | | Roy Agnew 233 2.14% | | Daryl M. Jaddock 2,714 24.98% | | | | | Gordon Kesler |
| Peace River | | Al (Boomer) Adair 4,688 56.14% | | Richard Collins 1,541 18.46% | | J.A. Jim Kalman 1,657 19.84% | | Laura M. Deedza 211 2.53% | | Joseph (Little Joe) Kessler (Ind.) 225 2.69% | Al (Boomer) Adair |
| Pincher Creek-Crowsnest | | Frederick Deryl Bradley 4,388 64.52% | | Mike Cooper 1,636 24.06% | | Dennis Olson 650 9.56% | | Jerry Potts 109 1.60% | | | Frederick Deryl Bradley |
| Ponoka | | Halvar C. Jonson 4,031 50.65% | | C.W. (Bill) Loov 876 11.01% | | Tom Butterfield 2,646 33.25% | | | | Paul M. Bateman (ARM) 235 2.95% Eric Ostergaard (Ind.) 154 1.94% | Donald J. McCrimmon |
| Red Deer | | Jim McPherson 10,659 54.70% | | Kendall Dunford 1,915 9.83% | | Wynne Richard Hanson 1,468 7.53% | | | | Bob Mills (Ind.) 5,396 27.69% | Norman F. Magee |
| Redwater-Andrew | | George Topolnisky 4,438 50.98% | | Steve Leskiw 2,507 28.80% | | Roger P. Pullishy 1,121 12.88% | | Lawrence D. McCallum 157 1.80% | | Michael Senych (Ind.) 467 5.36% | George Topolnisky |
| Rocky Mountain House | | John Murray Campbell 6,443 65.99% | | Dolly Martin 1,191 12.20% | | Art Carritt 2,116 21.67% | | | | | John Murray Campbell |
| Smoky River | | Marvin Moore 3,950 57.79% | | Anne Hemmingway 1,537 22.49% | | Andrew Blum 1,316 19.25% | | | | | Marvin Moore |
| Spirit River-Fairview | | Doug Snider 3,260 41.61% | | Grant W. Notley 3,443 43.95% | | Dan Fletcher 1,093 13.95% | | | | | Grant W. Notley |
| St. Albert | | Myrna Fyfe 12,982 54.60% | | Kurt Hoeberg 4,438 18.67% | | Murray Sillito 2,465 10.37% | | | | William Ernest Jamison (Ind.) 3,406 14.33% L.D. Callfas (SoCred) 434 1.83% | Myrna Fyfe |
| St. Paul | | John Drobot 4,269 55.97% | | Laurent (Jeff) Dubois 2,872 37.66% | | Iris Bourne 447 5.86% | | | | | Charles E. Anderson |
| Stettler | | Graham L. Harle 4,915 71.40% | | Fred J. Rappel 617 8.96% | | Doug Carmichael 1,334 19.38% | | | | | Graham L. Harle |
| Stony Plain | | William Frederick Purdy 10,210 59.73% | | Jim Bell 2,905 16.99% | | John G. Parkes 2,337 13.67% | | | | Ralph Eikeland (SoCred) 299 1.75% Murray Fuhr (ARM) 202 1.18% | William Frederick Purdy |
| Taber-Warner | | Robert Bogle 6,800 70.97% | | Catherine R. McCreary 486 5.07% | | Ronald Johnson 1,811 18.90% | | | | Emil D. Gundlock (ARM) 461 4.81% | Robert Bogle |
| Three Hills | | Connie Osterman 8,693 77.47% | | James B. Schleppe 549 4.89% | | Vern Meek 1,949 17.37% | | | | | Connie Osterman |
| Vegreville | | John S. Batiuk 4,526 53.51% | | Bob Sarafinchan 2,418 28.59% | | Loren Yasinski 807 9.54% | | | | Barry M. Bernard (Ind.) 202 2.39%Robert E. Robert (SoCred) 487 5.76% | John S. Batiuk |
| Vermilion-Viking | | Tom Lysons 4,357 58.20% | | Grant Bergman 1,205 16.10% | | Richard Van Ee 1,742 23.27% | | | | Patrick A. Moore (SoCred) 159 2.12% | Tom Lysons |
| Wainwright | | Robert A. (Butch) Fischer 4,589 61.68% | | John Wesley Connelly 476 6.40% | | Bill Veitch 2,145 28.83% | | Joseph A. Vermette 218 2.93% | | | Charles Stewart |
| Wetaskiwin-Leduc | | Donald H. Sparrow 12,923 63.76% | | Earl R. Rasmuson 3,190 15.74% | | Bill Hosford 3,511 17.32% | | | | Barry Cook (Ind.) 576 2.84% | Dallas Schmidt |
| Whitecourt | | Peter Trynchy 4,635 51.46% | | Richard Davies 1,220 13.55% | | Andy Lee 2,276 25.27% | | John M. Powers 147 1.63% | | George L. Richardson (SoCred) 685 7.61% | Peter Trynchy |