# Legislative Assembly of Alberta

The Legislative Assembly of Alberta is the deliberative assembly of the province of Alberta, Canada. It sits in the Alberta Legislature Building in Edmonton. Since 2012 the Legislative Assembly has had 87 members, elected first past the post from single-member electoral districts. Bills passed by the Legislative Assembly are given royal assent by the lieutenant governor of Alberta, as the viceregal representative of the King of Canada. The Legislative Assembly and the Lieutenant Governor together make up the unicameral Alberta Legislature.
The maximum period between general elections of the assembly, as set by Section 4 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms is five years, which is further reinforced in Alberta's Legislative Assembly Act. Convention dictates the premier controls the date of election and usually selects a date in the fourth or fifth year after the preceding election. Amendments to Alberta's Election Act introduced in 2024 fixed the date of election to the third Monday in October in the fourth calendar year following the preceding election. Alberta has never had a minority government and 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 and has registered with Elections Alberta under the Election Finances and Contributions Disclosure Act. Senators, senators-in-waiting, members of the House of Commons, and criminal inmates are ineligible.
The 30th Alberta Legislature was dissolved on May 1, 2023. The members-elect of the 31st Alberta Legislature were elected on May 29.

## History

The first session of the first Legislature of Alberta opened on March 15, 1906, in the Thistle Rink, Edmonton, north of Jasper Avenue. After the speech from the throne, the assembly held its sessions in the McKay Avenue School. In this school Alberta MLAs chose the provincial capital, Edmonton, and the future site for the Alberta Legislature Building: the bank of the North Saskatchewan River. Allan Merrick Jeffers, a graduate of the Rhode Island School of Design was the architect who was chosen to build the assembly building. In September 1912 Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn, Governor General of Canada, declared the building officially open.
Louise McKinney and Roberta MacAdams were the first women elected to the assembly, in the 1917 election. They were also the first women in any legislature of the British Empire.

## Current members

The members of the 31st Alberta Legislature were elected in the 31st Alberta general election held on May 29, 2023. Bold indicates cabinet members, and party leaders are italicized.
| Member | Party | Electoral district | First elected |
| Nagwan Al-Guneid | New Democratic | Calgary-Glenmore | 2023 |
| Mickey Amery | United Conservative | Calgary-Cross | 2019 |
| Brooks Arcand-Paul | New Democratic | Edmonton-West Henday | 2023 |
| Jackie Armstrong-Homeniuk | United Conservative | Fort Saskatchewan-Vegreville | 2019 |
| Diana Batten | New Democratic | Calgary-Acadia | 2023 |
| Andrew Boitchenko | United Conservative | Drayton Valley-Devon | 2023 |
| Parmeet Singh Boparai | New Democratic | Calgary-Falconridge | 2023 |
| Eric Bouchard | United Conservative | Calgary-Lougheed | 2023 |
| Gurinder Brar | New Democratic | Calgary-North East | 2023 |
| Jodi Calahoo Stonehouse | New Democratic | Edmonton-Rutherford | 2023 |
| Joe Ceci | New Democratic | Calgary-Buffalo | 2015 |
| Amanda Chapman | New Democratic | Calgary-Beddington | 2023 |
| Nathan Cooper | United Conservative | Olds-Didsbury-Three Hills | 2015 |
| Scott Cyr | United Conservative | Bonnyville-Cold Lake-St. Paul | 2015 |
| Chantelle de Jonge | United Conservative | Chestermere-Strathmore | 2023 |
| Lorne Dach | New Democratic | Edmonton-McClung | 2015 |
| Jasvir Deol | New Democratic | Edmonton-Meadows | 2019 |
| Devin Dreeshen | United Conservative | Innisfail-Sylvan Lake | 2018 (by-election) |
| Nolan Dyck | United Conservative | Grande Prairie | 2023 |
| David Eggen | New Democratic | Edmonton-North West | 2004 |
| Court Ellingson | New Democratic | Calgary-Foothills | 2023 |
| Mike Ellis | United Conservative | Calgary-West | 2014 (by-election) |
| Sarah Elmeligi | New Democratic | Banff-Kananaskis | 2023 |
| Janet Eremenko | New Democratic | Calgary-Currie | 2023 |
| Tanya Fir | United Conservative | Calgary-Peigan | 2019 |
| Kathleen Ganley | New Democratic | Calgary-Mountain View | 2015 |
| Shane Getson | United Conservative | Lac Ste. Anne-Parkland | 2019 |
| Nate Glubish | United Conservative | Strathcona-Sherwood Park | 2019 |
| Nicole Goehring | New Democratic | Edmonton-Castle Downs | 2015 |
| Brian Jean | United Conservative | Fort McMurray-Lac La Biche | 2015 |
| Christina Gray | New Democratic | Edmonton-Mill Woods | 2015 |
| Peter Guthrie | United Conservative | Airdrie-Cochrane | 2019 |
| Sharif Haji | New Democratic | Edmonton-Decore | 2023 |
| Julia Hayter | New Democratic | Calgary-Edgemont | 2023 |
| Sarah Hoffman | New Democratic | Edmonton-Glenora | 2015 |
| Nate Horner | United Conservative | Drumheller-Stettler | 2019 |
| Rhiannon Hoyle | New Democratic | Edmonton-South | 2023 |
| Grant Hunter | United Conservative | Taber-Warner | 2015 |
| Nathan Ip | New Democratic | Edmonton-South West | 2023 |
| Janis Irwin | New Democratic | Edmonton-Highlands-Norwood | 2019 |
| Jennifer Johnson | United Conservative | Lacombe-Ponoka | 2023 |
| Matt Jones | United Conservative | Calgary-South East | 2019 |
| Kyle Kasawski | New Democratic | Sherwood Park | 2023 |
| Samir Kayande | New Democratic | Calgary-Elbow | 2023 |
| Adriana LaGrange | United Conservative | Red Deer-North | 2019 |
| Martin Long | United Conservative | West Yellowhead | 2019 |
| Todd Loewen | United Conservative | Central Peace-Notley | 2019 |
| Jackie Lovely | United Conservative | Camrose | 2019 |
| Rod Loyola | New Democratic | Edmonton-Ellerslie | 2015 |
| Brandon Lunty | United Conservative | Leduc-Beaumont | 2023 |
| Myles McDougall | United Conservative | Calgary-Fish Creek | 2023 |
| Ric McIver | United Conservative | Calgary-Hays | 2012 |
| Luanne Metz | New Democratic | Calgary-Varsity | 2023 |
| Rob Miyashiro | New Democratic | Lethbridge-West | 2024 (by-election) |
| Dale Nally | United Conservative | Morinville-St. Albert | 2019 |
| Nathan Neudorf | United Conservative | Lethbridge-East | 2019 |
| Demetrios Nicolaides | United Conservative | Calgary-Bow | 2019 |
| Jason Nixon | United Conservative | Rimbey-Rocky Mountain House-Sundre | 2015 |
| Vacant | | Edmonton-Strathcona | |
| Rakhi Pancholi | New Democratic | Edmonton-Whitemud | 2019 |
| Chelsae Petrovic | United Conservative | Livingstone-Macleod | 2023 |
| Angela Pitt | United Conservative | Airdrie-East | 2015 |
| Marie Renaud | New Democratic | St. Albert | 2015 |
| Garth Rowswell | United Conservative | Vermilion-Lloydminster-Wainwright | 2019 |
| Irfan Sabir | New Democratic | Calgary-Bhullar-McCall | 2015 |
| Rajan Sawhney | United Conservative | Calgary-North West | 2019 |
| Marlin Schmidt | New Democratic | Edmonton-Gold Bar | 2015 |
| Joseph Schow | United Conservative | Cardston-Siksika | 2019 |
| Rebecca Schulz | United Conservative | Calgary-Shaw | 2019 |
| David Shepherd | New Democratic | Edmonton-City Centre | 2015 |
| Lori Sigurdson | New Democratic | Edmonton-Riverview | 2015 |
| RJ Sigurdson | United Conservative | Highwood | 2019 |
| Scott Sinclair | Independant | Lesser Slave Lake | 2023 |
| Peter Singh | United Conservative | Calgary-East | 2019 |
| Danielle Smith | United Conservative | Brooks-Medicine Hat | 2012 |
| Jason Stephan | United Conservative | Red Deer-South | 2019 |
| Heather Sweet | New Democratic | Edmonton-Manning | 2015 |
| Lizette Tejada | New Democratic | Calgary-Klein | 2023 |
| Searle Turton | United Conservative | Spruce Grove-Stony Plain | 2019 |
| Glenn van Dijken | United Conservative | Athabasca-Barrhead-Westlock | 2015 |
| Ron Wiebe | United Conservative | Grande Prairie-Wapiti | 2023 |
| Rick Wilson | United Conservative | Maskwacis-Wetaskiwin | 2019 |
| Dan Williams | United Conservative | Peace River | 2019 |
| Justin Wright | United Conservative | Cypress-Medicine Hat | 2023 |
| Peggy Wright | New Democratic | Edmonton-Beverly-Clareview | 2023 |
| Tany Yao | United Conservative | Fort McMurray-Wood Buffalo | 2015 |
| Muhammad Yaseen | United Conservative | Calgary-North | 2019 |

## Standings during 31st Assembly

The 31st Alberta Legislative Assembly was constituted after the general election on May 29, 2023. The United Conservative Party, led by incumbent Premier Danielle Smith, formed the government with a reduced majority. The New Democrats, led by former Premier Rachel Notley, won the second most seats and formed the official opposition.
Standings in the 31st Alberta Legislature :
| Affiliation | Affiliation | Members | Members |
| Affiliation | Affiliation | 2023 general election | Current |
| | United Conservative | 49 | 48 |
| | New Democratic | 38 | 37 |
| | Independent | 0 | 1 |
| | Vacant | 0 | 1 |
| Total seats | Total seats | 87 | 87 |

## Seating plan

* Party leaders are italicized. Bold indicates cabinet minister.
| | | | | Schmidt | Ceci | | L. Sigurdson | Deol | | Loyola | Dach | Goehring | Metz | | | | |
| | | Hayter | Boparai | Renaud | Irwin | Tejada | Batten | Ganley | | Kasawski | Hoyle | Kayande | Chapman | Eremenko | Brar | | |
| | Haji | Al-Guneid | Arcand-Paul | Sabir | Hoffman | Ip | Calahoo Stonehouse | Eggen | Gray | Pancholi | Ellingson | Elmeligi | Shepherd | Sweet | P. Wright | | |
| Cooper | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Guthrie | Nicolaides | Schulz | Williams | Glubish | LaGrange | Horner | Schow | Smith | Ellis | Amery | Neudorf | Loewen | Wilson | Jean | Dreeshen | Nixon |
| | Pitt | van Dijken | J. Wright | Yao | Hunter | Nally | RJ Sigurdson | Getson | | Sawhney | Jones | Fir | McIver | Yaseen | Turton | Rowswell | Long |
| | Johnson | Cyr | Wiebe | Wiebe | Boitchenko | McDougall | Petrovic | Stephan | | Dyck | Armstong-Homeniuk | de Jonge | Sinclair | Bouchard | Singh | Lovely | |