Legislative Assembly of Alberta

The Legislative Assembly of Alberta (French: Assemblée législative de l'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.[1] 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.[2] The Legislative Assembly and the Lieutenant Governor together make up the unicameral Alberta Legislature.

Legislative Assembly of Alberta
31st Alberta Legislature
Coat of arms or logo
Type
Type
Unicameral house
of the Alberta Legislature
History
FoundedSeptember 9, 1905 (1905-09-09)
Preceded byNorth-West Legislative Assembly
Leadership
Nathan Cooper, UCP
since May 30, 2019
Danielle Smith, UCP
since October 11, 2022
Government House Leader
Joseph Schow, UCP
since October 24, 2022
Rachel Notley, NDP
since April 30, 2019
Opposition House Leader
Christina Gray, NDP
since February 8, 2021
Structure
Seats87
Political groups
  • Government
  •   United Conservative (48)
  • Official Opposition
  •   New Democratic (38)
  • Independent
  •   Independent (1)
Elections
Last election
May 29, 2023
Next election
On or before May 31, 2027
Meeting place
Alberta Legislature Building, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Website
assembly.ab.ca

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.[3] 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 Elections Act introduced in 2021 fixed the date of election to between the last Monday in May in the fourth calendar year following the preceding election.[4] 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.[5]

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 Alberta Legislature Building has housed the chamber of the Legislative Assembly since its completion in 1913.

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,[6] Edmonton, and the future site for the Alberta Legislature Building: the bank of the North Saskatchewan River. Allan Merrick Jeffers,[7] 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.[8][9][10]

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-elect 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[11] Party Electoral district First elected
 Nagwan Al-GuneidNew DemocraticCalgary-Glenmore2023
 Mickey AmeryUnited ConservativeCalgary-Cross2019
 Brooks Arcand-PaulNew DemocraticEdmonton-West Henday2023
 Jackie Armstrong-HomeniukUnited ConservativeFort Saskatchewan-Vegreville2019
 Diana BattenNew DemocraticCalgary-Acadia2023
 Andrew BoitchenkoUnited ConservativeDrayton Valley-Devon2023
 Parmeet Singh BoparaiNew DemocraticCalgary-Falconridge2023
 Eric BouchardUnited ConservativeCalgary-Lougheed2023
 Gurinder BrarNew DemocraticCalgary-North East2023
 Jodi Calahoo StonehouseNew DemocraticEdmonton-Rutherford2023
 Joe CeciNew DemocraticCalgary-Buffalo2015
 Amanda ChapmanNew DemocraticCalgary-Beddington2023
 Nathan CooperUnited ConservativeOlds-Didsbury-Three Hills2015
 Scott CyrUnited ConservativeBonnyville-Cold Lake-St. Paul2015[lower-alpha 1]
 Chantelle de JongeUnited ConservativeChestermere-Strathmore2023
 Lorne DachNew DemocraticEdmonton-McClung2015
 Jasvir DeolNew DemocraticEdmonton-Meadows2019
 Devin DreeshenUnited ConservativeInnisfail-Sylvan Lake2018 (by-election)
 Nolan DyckUnited ConservativeGrande Prairie2023
 David EggenNew DemocraticEdmonton-North West2004[lower-alpha 2]
 Court EllingsonNew DemocraticCalgary-Foothills2023
 Mike EllisUnited ConservativeCalgary-West2014 (by-election)
 Sarah ElmeligiNew DemocraticBanff-Kananaskis2023
 Janet EremenkoNew DemocraticCalgary-Currie2023
 Tanya FirUnited ConservativeCalgary-Peigan2019
 Kathleen GanleyNew DemocraticCalgary-Mountain View2015
 Shane GetsonUnited ConservativeLac Ste. Anne-Parkland2019
 Nate GlubishUnited ConservativeStrathcona-Sherwood Park2019
 Nicole GoehringNew DemocraticEdmonton-Castle Downs2015
 Brian JeanUnited ConservativeFort McMurray-Lac La Biche2015[lower-alpha 3]
 Christina GrayNew DemocraticEdmonton-Mill Woods2015
 Peter GuthrieUnited ConservativeAirdrie-Cochrane2019
 Sharif HajiNew DemocraticEdmonton-Decore2023
 Julia HayterNew DemocraticCalgary-Edgemont2023
 Sarah HoffmanNew DemocraticEdmonton-Glenora2015
 Nate HornerUnited ConservativeDrumheller-Stettler2019
 Rhiannon HoyleNew DemocraticEdmonton-South2023
 Grant HunterUnited ConservativeTaber-Warner2015
 Nathan IpNew DemocraticEdmonton-South West2023
 Janis IrwinNew DemocraticEdmonton-Highlands-Norwood2019
 Jennifer JohnsonIndependentLacombe-Ponoka2023
 Matt JonesUnited ConservativeCalgary-South East2019
 Kyle KasawskiNew DemocraticSherwood Park2023
 Samir KayandeNew DemocraticCalgary-Elbow2023
 Adriana LaGrangeUnited ConservativeRed Deer-North2019
 Martin LongUnited ConservativeWest Yellowhead2019
 Todd LoewenUnited ConservativeCentral Peace-Notley2019
 Jackie LovelyUnited ConservativeCamrose2019
 Rod LoyolaNew DemocraticEdmonton-Ellerslie2015
 Brandon LuntyUnited ConservativeLeduc-Beaumont2023
 Myles McDougallUnited ConservativeCalgary-Fish Creek2023
 Ric McIverUnited ConservativeCalgary-Hays2012
 Luanne MetzNew DemocraticCalgary-Varsity2023
 Dale NallyUnited ConservativeMorinville-St. Albert2019
 Nathan NeudorfUnited ConservativeLethbridge-East2019
 Demetrios NicolaidesUnited ConservativeCalgary-Bow2019
 Jason NixonUnited ConservativeRimbey-Rocky Mountain House-Sundre2015
 Rachel NotleyNew DemocraticEdmonton-Strathcona2008
 Rakhi PancholiNew DemocraticEdmonton-Whitemud2019
 Shannon PhillipsNew DemocraticLethbridge-West2015
 Chelsae PetrovicUnited ConservativeLivingstone-Macleod2023
 Angela PittUnited ConservativeAirdrie-East2015
 Marie RenaudNew DemocraticSt. Albert2015
 Garth RowswellUnited ConservativeVermilion-Lloydminster-Wainwright2019
 Irfan SabirNew DemocraticCalgary-Bhullar-McCall2015
 Rajan SawhneyUnited ConservativeCalgary-North West2019
 Marlin SchmidtNew DemocraticEdmonton-Gold Bar2015
 Joseph SchowUnited ConservativeCardston-Siksika2019
 Rebecca SchulzUnited ConservativeCalgary-Shaw2019
 David ShepherdNew DemocraticEdmonton-City Centre2015
 Lori SigurdsonNew DemocraticEdmonton-Riverview2015
 RJ SigurdsonUnited ConservativeHighwood2019
 Scott SinclairUnited ConservativeLesser Slave Lake2023
 Peter SinghUnited ConservativeCalgary-East2019
 Danielle SmithUnited ConservativeBrooks-Medicine Hat2012[lower-alpha 4]
 Jason StephanUnited ConservativeRed Deer-South2019
 Heather SweetNew DemocraticEdmonton-Manning2015
 Lizette TejadaNew DemocraticCalgary-Klein2023
 Searle TurtonUnited ConservativeSpruce Grove-Stony Plain2019
 Glenn van DijkenUnited ConservativeAthabasca-Barrhead-Westlock2015
 Ron WiebeUnited ConservativeGrande Prairie-Wapiti2023
 Rick WilsonUnited ConservativeMaskwacis-Wetaskiwin2019
 Dan WilliamsUnited ConservativePeace River2019
 Justin WrightUnited ConservativeCypress-Medicine Hat2023
 Peggy WrightNew DemocraticEdmonton-Beverly-Clareview2023
 Tany YaoUnited ConservativeFort McMurray-Wood Buffalo2015
 Muhammad YaseenUnited ConservativeCalgary-North2019

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.[12]

Standings in the 31st Alberta Legislature
Affiliation Members
2023 general election Current
United Conservative 49 48
New Democratic 38 38
Independent 0 1
Total seats 87

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

[13]

Notes
  1. Absent from Legislature during the 2019–2023 term
  2. Absent from Legislature during 2008–2012 term
  3. Absent from Legislature during 2018–2022 before returning in 2022 by-election
  4. Absent from Legislature during 2015–2022 before returning in 2022 by-election

References
  1. "Legislative Assembly of Alberta". www.assembly.ab.ca.
  2. The Alberta Act, 4-5 Edw. VII [1905], c. 3 (Canada), s. 12 .
  3. Legislative Assembly Act, RSA 2000, c. L-9, s. 3(1)
  4. Election Act, RSA 2000, c. E-1, s. 38.1(2)
  5. Election Act, RSA 2000, c. E-1, s. 56
  6. "History of the building". www.alberta.ca. 29 February 2024.
  7. "McDougall Centre". www.alberta.ca. 29 February 2024.
  8. "Citizens Guide" (PDF). www.assembly.ab.ca. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2007-10-14.
  9. "Jeffers, Allan Merrick - Alberta On Record". albertaonrecord.ca.
  10. "Alberta Legislature". Alberta Legislature - Explore Edmonton.
  11. "Legislative Assembly of Alberta". www.assembly.ab.ca. Retrieved 17 May 2023.
  12. "Danielle Smith's UCP holds onto power in Alberta". Edmonton. 2023-05-29. Retrieved 2023-11-06.
  13. "Chamber Seating Plan". www.assembly.ab.ca. Retrieved 2024-03-11.
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