1997 Alberta general election

The **1997 Alberta general election** was the twenty-fourth general election for the Province of Alberta, Canada. It was held on March 11, 1997, to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta.

## Results

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|align="center"|1993|align="center"|**Elected**|align="center"|% Change|align="center"|#|align="center"|%|align="center"|% Change|align="center"|Ralph Klein|align="right"|83|align="right"|51|align="right"|**63**|align="right"|+23.5%|align="right"|483,914|align="right"|51.17%|align="right"|+6.68%|align="center"|Grant Mitchell|align="right"|83|align="right"|32|align="right"|**18**|align="right"|-43.8%|align="right"|309,748|align="right"|32.75%|align="right"|-6.98%|align="center"|Pam Barrett|align="right"|77|align="right"|-|align="right"|**2**|align="right"||align="right"|83,292|align="right"|8.81%|align="right"|-2.20%|align="center"|Randy Thorsteinson|align="right"|70|align="right"|-|align="right"|-|align="right"|-|align="right"|64,667|align="right"|6.84%|align="right"|+4.43%|align="center"|Maury Shapka|align="right"|16|align="right"|-|align="right"|-|align="right"|-|align="right"|1,303|align="right"|0.14%|align="right"|-0.37%|align="center"|David Parker|align="right"|7|align="right"|-|align="right"|-|align="right"|-|align="right"|1,039|align="right"|0.11%|align="right"|-0.09%|colspan=2|Independent|align="right"|6|align="right"|-|align="right"|-|align="right"|-|align="right"|1,092|align="right"|0.11%|align="right"|-0.82%|align="center"|William Finn|align="right"|4|align="right"|*|align="right"|-|align="right"|*|align="right"|597|align="right"|0.06%|align="right"|*|align="center"|Naomi Rankin|align="right"|1|align="right"|-|align="right"|-|align="right"|-|align="right"|61|align="right"|0.01%|align="right"|x|
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**Notes:**

Party did not nominate candidates in the previous election.

x – less than 0.005% of the popular vote

## Members elected

**For complete electoral history, see individual districts**
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|Athabasca-Wabasca|Mike Cardinal|Progressive Conservative|Airdrie-Rocky View|Carol Haley|Progressive Conservative|Banff-Cochrane|Janis Tarchuk|Progressive Conservative|Barrhead-Westlock|Ken Kowalski|Progressive Conservative|Bonnyville-Cold Lake|Denis Ducharme|Progressive Conservative|Calgary-Bow|Bonnie Laing|Progressive Conservative|Calgary-Buffalo|Gary Dickson|Liberal|Calgary-Cross|Yvonne Fritz|Progressive Conservative|Calgary-Currie|Jocelyn Burgener|Progressive Conservative|Calgary-East|Moe Amery|Progressive Conservative|Calgary-Egmont|Denis Herard|Progressive Conservative|Calgary-Elbow|Ralph Klein|Progressive Conservative|Calgary-Fish Creek|Heather Forsyth|Progressive Conservative|Calgary-Foothills|Pat Black<sup>1</sup>|Progressive Conservative|Calgary-Fort|Wayne Cao|Progressive Conservative|Calgary-Glenmore|Ron Stevens|Progressive Conservative|Calgary-Lougheed|Marlene Graham|Progressive Conservative|Calgary-McCall|Shiraz Shariff|Progressive Conservative|Calgary-Montrose|Hung Pham|Progressive Conservative|Calgary-Mountain View|Mark Hlady|Progressive Conservative|Calgary-North Hill|Richard Magnus|Progressive Conservative|Calgary-North West|Greg Melchin|Progressive Conservative|Calgary-Nose Creek|Gary Mar|Progressive Conservative|Calgary-Shaw|Jon Havelock|Progressive Conservative|Calgary-Varsity|Murray Smith|Progressive Conservative|Calgary-West|Karen Kryczka|Progressive Conservative|Cardston-Taber-Warner|Ron Hierath|Progressive Conservative|Clover Bar-Fort Saskatchewan|Rob Lougheed|Progressive Conservative|Cypress-Medicine Hat|Lorne Taylor|Progressive Conservative|Drayton Valley-Calmar|Tom Thurber|Progressive Conservative|Drumheller-Chinook|Shirley McClellan|Progressive Conservative|Dunvegan|Glen Clegg|Progressive Conservative|Edmonton-Beverly-Clareview|Julius Yankowsky|Progressive Conservative|Edmonton-Calder|Lance White|Liberal|Edmonton-Castle Downs|Pamela Paul|Liberal|Edmonton-Centre|Laurie Blakeman|Liberal|Edmonton-Ellerslie|Debby Carlson|Liberal|Edmonton-Glengarry|Bill Bonner|Liberal|Edmonton-Glenora|Howard Sapers|Liberal|Edmonton-Gold Bar|Hugh MacDonald|Liberal|Edmonton-Highlands|Pam Barrett|NDP|Edmonton-Manning|Ed Gibbons|Liberal|Edmonton-McClung|Grant Mitchell|Liberal|Edmonton-Meadowlark|Karen Leibovici|Liberal|Edmonton-Mill Creek|Gene Zwozdesky|Liberal|Edmonton-Mill Woods|Don Massey|Liberal|Edmonton-Norwood|Sue Olsen|Liberal|Edmonton-Riverview|Linda Sloan|Liberal|Edmonton-Rutherford|Percy Wickman|Liberal|Edmonton-Strathcona|Raj Pannu|NDP|Edmonton-Whitemud|David Hancock|Progressive Conservative|Fort McMurray|Guy C. Boutilier|Progressive Conservative|Grande Prairie-Smoky|Walter Paszkowski|Progressive Conservative|Grande Prairie-Wapiti|Wayne Jacques|Progressive Conservative|Highwood|Don Tannas|Progressive Conservative|Innisfail-Sylvan Lake|Gary Severtson|Progressive Conservative|Lac La Biche-St. Paul|Paul Langevin|Progressive Conservative|Lacombe-Stettler|Judy Gordon|Progressive Conservative|Lesser Slave Lake|Pearl Calahasen|Progressive Conservative|Leduc|Albert Klapstein|Progressive Conservative|Lethbridge-East|Ken Nicol|Liberal|Lethbridge-West|Clint Dunford|Progressive Conservative|Little Bow|Barry McFarland|Progressive Conservative|Livingstone-Macleod|David Coutts|Progressive Conservative|Medicine Hat|Rob Renner|Progressive Conservative|Olds-Didsbury-Three Hills|Richard Marz|Progressive Conservative|Peace River|Gary Friedel|Progressive Conservative|Ponoka-Rimbey|Halvar Jonson|Progressive Conservative|Red Deer-North|Stockwell Day|Progressive Conservative|Red Deer-South|Victor Doerksen|Progressive Conservative|Redwater|Dave Broda|Progressive Conservative|Rocky Mountain House|Ty Lund|Progressive Conservative|Sherwood Park|Iris Evans|Progressive Conservative|St. Albert|Mary O'Neill|Progressive Conservative|Spruce Grove-Sturgeon-St. Albert|Colleen Soetaert|Liberal|Stony Plain|Stan Woloshyn|Progressive Conservative|Strathmore-Brooks|Lyle Oberg|Progressive Conservative|Vegreville-Viking|Ed Stelmach|Progressive Conservative|Vermilion-Lloydminster|Steve West|Progressive Conservative|Wainwright|Robert Fischer|Progressive Conservative|West Yellowhead|Ivan Strang|Progressive Conservative|Wetaskiwin-Camrose|LeRoy Johnson|Progressive Conservative|Whitecourt-Ste. Anne|Peter Trynchy|Progressive Conservative|
**Note:**
- <sup>1</sup> Pat Black later changed her last name to Nelson.

## Infobox (election)

- **election name**: 1997 Alberta general election
- **country**: Alberta
- **type**: legislative
- **party colour**: no
- **party name**: no
- **previous election**: 1993 Alberta general election
- **previous year**: 1993
- **previous mps**: 23rd Alberta Legislative Assembly
- **elected mps**: 24th Alberta Legislative Assembly, members
- **next election**: 2001 Alberta general election
- **next year**: 2001
- **seats for election**: 83 seats in the Legislative Assembly of Alberta
- **majority seats**: 42
- **turnout**: 53.75%
- **image1**:
- **leader1**: Ralph Klein
- **leader since1**: December 14, 1992
- **leaders seat1**: Calgary-Elbow
- **last election1**: 51 seats, 44.49%
- **seats before1**: 52
- **seats1**: 63
- **seat change1**: 11
- **popular vote1**: 483,914
- **percentage1**: 51.17%
- **swing1**: 6.7
- **image2**: <div style="width:115px;"><span style="line-height:150px; vertical-align:center; text-align:center; color:; font-size:38px;"> **LIB** </span></div>
- **leader2**: Grant Mitchell (politician), Grant Mitchell
- **leaders seat2**: Edmonton-McClung
- **last election2**: 32 seats, 39.73%
- **seats before2**: 31
- **seats2**: 18
- **seat change2**: 13
- **popular vote2**: 309,748
- **percentage2**: 32.75%
- **swing2**: 6.98%
- **title**: Premier
- **posttitle**: Premier after election
- **before election**: Ralph Klein
- **after election**: Ralph Klein
- **percentage4**: 8.81%
- **percentage5**: 6.84%
- **seats before4**: 0
- **seats before5**: 0
- **leader4**: Pam Barrett
- **leader5**: Randy Thorsteinson
- **popular vote4**: 83,292
- **popular vote5**: 64,667
- **leader since4**: 1996
- **leader since5**: 1993
- **leaders seat4**: Edmonton-Highlands
- **leaders seat5**: _ran in Red Deer-South (lost)_
- **seats4**: 2
- **seats5**: 0
- **swing4**: 2.2%
- **swing5**: 4.43%
- **last election4**: 0 seats, 11.01%
- **last election5**: 0 seats, 2.41%
- **seat change4**: 2
- **seat change5**: 0
- **image4**: <div style="width:115px;"><span style="line-height:150px; vertical-align:center; text-align:center; color:; font-size:38px;"> **NDP** </span></div>
- **image5**: <div style="width:115px;"><span style="line-height:150px; vertical-align:center; text-align:center; color:; font-size:38px;"> **SC** </span></div>