1993 Alberta general election

The Alberta general election of 1993 was the twenty-third general election for the Province of Alberta, Canada. It was held on June 15, 1993 to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta.

After the resignation of Don Getty as party leader and provincial premier, the Progressive Conservative Party elected former Calgary mayor Ralph Klein as his replacement. The initial response from voters was muted: the party increased its share of the popular vote only marginally, and lost eight seats in the legislature. It nonetheless continued to have a large majority in the legislature for its seventh consecutive term in government.

The Liberal Party of Laurence Decore capitalized on the stagant PC vote and the collapse of the New Democratic Party vote from 26% to 11%. As opposition to the PC government coalesced around Decore and the Liberals, they managed to win almost 40% of the popular vote and 32 seats in the legislature, forming the largest opposition caucus in Alberta history. Except for 1917 when the government majority was smaller, but there were far less seats in the legislature.

Ray Martin's NDP went down to defeat by being shut out of the legislature for the first time since 1967.

Results

Party		Party leader	# of candidates	Seats			Popular vote
				1989	Elected	% Change	#	%	% Change	Progressive Conservative	Ralph Klein	83	59	51	-13.6%	439,981	44.49%	+0.20%	Liberal	Laurence Decore	83	8	32	+300%	392,899	39.73%	+11.05%	New Democrats	Ray Martin	83	16	-	-100%	108,883	11.01%	-15.28%	Social Credit	Randy Thorsteinson	39	-	-	-	23,885	2.41%	+1.94%	Independent		21	-	-	-	9,214	0.93%	+0.67%	Natural Law	Maury Shapka	45	*	-	*	5,017	0.51%	*	Confederation of Regions		12	*	-	*	3,556	0.36%	*	Alberta Political Alliance		4	*	-	*	3,548	0.36%	*	Green	Betty Paschen	11	*	-	*	1,995	0.20%	*	Communist	Naomi Rankin	1	-	-	-	47	x	-0.01%
Total			382	83	83	-	989,025	100%
Source: Elections Alberta

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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23rd Alberta Legislative Assembly
	District	Member	Party
Athabasca-Wabasca	Mike Cardinal	Progressive Conservative	Banff-Cochrane	Brian Evans	Progressive Conservative
Barrhead-Westlock	Ken Kowalski	Progressive Conservative
Bonnyville	Leo Vasseur	Liberal
Bow Valley	Lyle Oberg	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 Black1	Progressive Conservative	Calgary Glenmore	Dianne Mirosh	Progressive Conservative	Calgary Lougheed	Jim Dinning	Progressive Conservative	Calgary McCall	Harry Sohal	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	Frank Bruseker	Liberal	Calgary Nose Creek	Gary Mar	Progressive Conservative	Calgary Shaw	Jon Havelock	Progressive Conservative	Calgary Varsity	Murray Smith	Progressive Conservative	Calgary West	Danny Dalla-Longa	Liberal	Cardston-Chief Mountain	Jack Ady	Progressive Conservative
Chinook	Shirley McClellan	Progressive Conservative	Clover Bar-Fort Saskatchewan	Muriel Abdurahman	Liberal	Cypress-Medicine Hat	Lorne Taylor	Progressive Conservative
Drayton Valley-Calmar	Tom Thurber	Progressive Conservative
Drumheller	Stanley Schumacher	Progressive Conservative
Dunvegan	Glen Clegg	Progressive Conservative	Edmonton Avonmore	Gene Zwozdesky	Liberal
Edmonton Beverly-Belmont	Julius Yankowsky	Liberal
Edmonton Centre	Michael Henry	Liberal
Edmonton Ellerslie	Debby Carlson	Liberal	Edmonton Glengarry	Laurence Decore	Liberal
Edmonton Glenora	Howard Sapers	Liberal	Edmonton Gold Bar	Bettie Hewes	Liberal	Edmonton Highlands-Beverly	Alice Hanson	Liberal
Edmonton Manning	Peter Sekulic	Liberal
Edmonton Mayfield	Lance White	Liberal	Edmonton McClung	Grant Mitchell	Liberal	Edmonton Meadowlark	Karen Leibovici	Liberal	Edmonton Mill Woods	Don Massey	Liberal
Edmonton Norwood	Andrew Beniuk	Liberal
Edmonton Roper	Sine Chadi	Liberal	Edmonton Rutherford	Percy Wickman	Liberal	Edmonton Strathcona	Al Zariwny	Liberal
Edmonton Whitemud	Mike Percy	Liberal	Fort McMurray	Adam Germain	Liberal	Grand Prairie Smoky	Walter Paszkowski	Progressive Conservative
Grand 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	Liberal	Lacombe-Stettler	Judy Gordon	Progressive Conservative
Lesser Slave Lake	Pearl Calahasen	Progressive Conservative	Leduc	Terry Kirkland	Liberal	Lethbridge East	Ken Nicol	Liberal	Lethbridge West	Clint Dunford	Progressive Conservative	Little Bow	Barry McFarland	Progressive Conservative	Medicine Hat	Rob Renner	Progressive Conservative
Olds-Didsbury	Roy Brassard	Progressive Conservative
Peace River	Gary Friedel	Progressive Conservative
Pincher Creek-Macleod	David Coutts	Progressive Conservative
Ponoka-Rimbey	Halvar Jonson	Progressive Conservative
Red Deer North	Stockwell Day	Progressive Conservative	Red Deer South	Victor Doerksen	Progressive Conservative	Redwater	Nicholas Taylor	Liberal
Rocky Mountain House	Ty Lund	Progressive Conservative	Sherwood Park	Bruce Collingwood	Liberal	St. Albert	Len Bracko	Liberal
Spruce Grove-Sturgeon-St. Albert	Colleen Soetaert	Liberal
Stony Plain	Stan Woloshyn	Progressive Conservative
Taber-Warner	Ron Hierath	Progressive Conservative
Three Hills-Airdrie	Carol Haley	Progressive Conservative
Vegreville-Viking	Ed Stelmach	Progressive Conservative
Vermilion-Llyodminster	Steve West	Progressive Conservative
Wainwright	Robert Fischer	Progressive Conservative	West Yellowhead	Duco Van Binsbergen	Alberta Liberal Party	Wetaskiwin-Camrose	Ken Rostad	Progressive Conservative
Whitecourt-Ste. Anne	Peter Trynchy	Progressive Conservative

Note:

• ¹ Pat Black later changed her last name to Nelson.

See also

• List of Alberta political parties

Preceded by 1989 Alberta election

Alberta elections

Succeeded by 1997 Alberta election