1982 Alberta general election

The **1982 Alberta general election** was the twentieth general election for the Province of Alberta, Canada. It was held on November 2, 1982, to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta.

## Results

Overall voter turnout was 66.00%.
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|align="center"|1979|align="center"|<span style="font-size: 75%;">Diss.</span>|align="center"|**Elected**|align="center"|% Change|align="center"|#|align="center"|%|align="center"|% Change|align="center"|Peter Lougheed|align="right"|79|align="right"|74|align="right"|73|align="right"|**75**|align="right"|+1.4%|align="right"|588,485|align="right"|62.28%|align="right"|+4.88%|align="center"|Grant Notley|align="right"|79|align="right"|1|align="right"|1|align="right"|**2**|align="right"|+100%|align="right"|177,166|align="right"|18.75%|align="right"|+3.00%|colspan=2|Independent|align="right"|34|align="right"|-|align="right"|2|align="right"|**2**|align="right"|-|align="right"|36,590|align="right"|3.87%|align="right"|+3.10%|align="center"|Gordon Kesler|align="right"|78|align="right"|*|align="right"|1|align="right"|-|align="right"|*|align="right"|111,131|align="right"|11.76%|align="right"|*|align="center"|Nicholas Taylor|align="right"|29|align="right"|-|align="right"|-|align="right"|-|align="right"|-|align="right"|17,074|align="right"|1.81%|align="right"|-4.35%|align="center"|George Richardson|align="right"|23|align="right"|4|align="right"|1|align="right"|-|align="right"|-100%|align="right"|7,843|align="right"|0.83%|align="right"|-19.04%|align="center"|Tom Sindlinger|align="right"|14|align="right"|*|align="right"|1|align="right"|-|align="right"|-100%|align="right"|6,258|align="right"|0.66%|align="right"|*|align="center"||align="right"|8|align="right"|-|align="right"|-|align="right"|-|align="right"|-|align="right"|389|align="right"|0.04%|align="right"|-0.01%|
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**Note:**

Party did not nominate candidates in the previous election.

## Members elected

**For complete electoral history, see individual districts.**
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## Infobox (election)

- **election name**: 1982 Alberta general election
- **country**: Alberta
- **type**: legislative
- **party colour**: no
- **party name**: no
- **previous election**: 1979 Alberta general election
- **previous year**: 1979
- **previous mps**: 19th Alberta Legislative Assembly
- **elected mps**: 20th Alberta Legislative Assembly, members
- **next election**: 1986 Alberta general election
- **next year**: 1986
- **seats for election**: 79 seats in the Legislative Assembly of Alberta
 40 seats were needed for a majority
- **turnout**: 66.00%
- **image1**: <div style="width:115px;"><span style="line-height:150px; vertical-align:center; text-align:center; color:; font-size:38px;"> **PC** </span></div>
- **leader1**: Peter Lougheed
- **leader since1**: 1965
- **leaders seat1**: Calgary-West
- **last election1**: 74 seats, 57.4%
- **seats before1**: 73
- **seats1**: 75
- **seat change1**: 2
- **popular vote1**: 588,485
- **percentage1**: 62.3%
- **swing1**: 4.9%
- **image2**: <div style="width:115px;"><span style="line-height:150px; vertical-align:center; text-align:center; color:; font-size:38px;"> **NDP** </span></div>
- **leader2**: Grant Notley
- **leader since2**: 1968
- **leaders seat2**: Spirit River-Fairview
- **last election2**: 1 seat, 15.8%
- **seats before2**: 1
- **seats2**: 2
- **seat change2**: 1
- **popular vote2**: 177,166
- **percentage2**: 18.7%
- **swing2**: 2.9%
- **image3**: <div style="width:115px;"><span style="line-height:150px; vertical-align:center; text-align:center; color:; font-size:38px;"> **WCC** </span></div>
- **leader3**: Gordon Kesler
- **leader since3**: 1982
- **leaders seat3**: _ran in Highwood (electoral district), Highwood (lost)_
- **last election3**: pre-creation
- **seats before3**: 1
- **seats3**: 0
- **seat change3**: 1
- **popular vote3**: 111,131
- **percentage3**: 11.8%
- **swing3**: —
- **image4**: <div style="width:115px;"><span style="line-height:150px; vertical-align:center; text-align:center; color:; font-size:38px;"> **SC** </span></div>
- **leader4**: George Richardson (Alberta politician), George Richardson
- **leader since4**: 1982
- **leaders seat4**: _ran in Whitecourt-Ste. Anne, Whitecourt (lost)_
- **last election4**: 4 seats, 19.9%
- **seats before4**: 1
- **seats4**: 0
- **seat change4**: 1
- **popular vote4**: 7,843
- **percentage4**: 0.8%
- **swing4**: 19.1%
- **image5**: <div style="width:115px;"><span style="line-height:150px; vertical-align:center; text-align:center; color:; font-size:38px;"> **ARM** </span></div>
- **leader5**: Tom Sindlinger
- **leader since5**: 1982
- **leaders seat5**: _Calgary-Buffalo (lost re-election)_
- **last election5**: pre-creation
- **seats before5**: 1
- **seats5**: 0
- **seat change5**: 1
- **popular vote5**: 6,258
- **percentage5**: 0.7%
- **swing5**: —
- **title**: Premier
- **posttitle**: Premier after election
- **before election**: Peter Lougheed
- **after election**: Peter Lougheed