Legislative Assembly of Alberta

The Legislative Assembly of Alberta is the deliberative assembly of the Alberta Legislature for the province of Alberta, Canada, and is seated at the Alberta Legislature Building in the provincial capital of Edmonton. The Legislative Assembly is a unicameral assembly of 87 members, elected first past the post from single-member electoral districts.[1] Bills passed by the legislature are given royal assent by Charles III, King of Canada, represented by the lieutenant governor of Alberta.[2]

Legislative Assembly of Alberta
30th Alberta Legislature
Type
Type
Unicameral house
of the Alberta Legislature
History
FoundedSeptember 9, 1905 (1905-09-09)
Preceded byNorth-West Legislative Assembly
Leadership
Speaker
Nathan Cooper, UCP
since May 30, 2019
Premier
Danielle Smith (Not a member of the Legislative Assembly), UCP
since October 11, 2022
Government House Leader
Jason Nixon, UCP
since April 30, 2019
Opposition Leader
Rachel Notley, NDP
since April 30, 2019
Opposition House Leader
Christina Gray, NDP
since February 8, 2021
Structure
Seats87
Political groups
  • Government
  •   United Conservative (60)
  • Official Opposition
  •   New Democratic (23)
  • Other
  •   Independent (2)
  •   Vacant (2)
Elections
Last election
April 16, 2019
Next election
2023
Meeting place
Alberta Legislative 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 2011 fixed the date of election to between March 1 and May 31 in the fourth calendar year following the preceding election.[4] Alberta has never had a minority government, so 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 current and 30th Alberta Legislative Assembly was elected on April 16, 2019.

History
The Alberta Legislative Building has housed the chambers of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta 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 current members of the Legislature were elected in the 30th Alberta general election held on April 16, 2019. Bold indicates cabinet members, and party leaders are italicized.

Member[11] Party Electoral district First elected
 Leela AheerUnited Conservative||Chestermere-Strathmore||2015
 Tracy Allard||United ConservativeGrande Prairie||2019
 Mickey Amery||United ConservativeCalgary-Cross||2019
 Jackie Armstrong-Homeniuk||United ConservativeFort Saskatchewan-Vegreville||2019
  Drew BarnesUnited Conservative (2019-2021) Cypress-Medicine Hat 2012
 Independent (2021-)
 Deron BilousNew DemocraticEdmonton-Beverly-Clareview2012
 Jon CarsonNew DemocraticEdmonton-West Henday2015
 Joe CeciNew DemocraticCalgary-Buffalo2015
 Nathan CooperUnited ConservativeOlds-Didsbury-Three Hills2015
 Jason CoppingUnited ConservativeCalgary-Varsity2019
 Lorne DachNew DemocraticEdmonton-McClung2015
 Thomas DangNew DemocraticEdmonton-South2015
 Jasvir DeolNew DemocraticEdmonton-Meadows2019
 Devin DreeshenUnited ConservativeInnisfail-Sylvan Lake2018 (by-election)
 David EggenNew DemocraticEdmonton-North West2004*
 Mike EllisUnited ConservativeCalgary-West2014 (by-election)
 Richard FeehanNew DemocraticEdmonton-Rutherford2015
 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 Biche2022 (by-election)
 Richard GotfriedUnited ConservativeCalgary-Fish Creek2015
 Christina GrayNew DemocraticEdmonton-Mill Woods2015
 Peter GuthrieUnited ConservativeAirdrie-Cochrane2019
 Dave HansonUnited ConservativeBonnyville-Cold Lake-St. Paul2015
 Sarah HoffmanNew DemocraticEdmonton-Glenora2015
 Nate HornerUnited ConservativeDrumheller-Stettler2019
 Grant HunterUnited ConservativeTaber-Warner2015
 Janis IrwinNew DemocraticEdmonton-Highlands-Norwood2019
 Jason KenneyUnited ConservativeCalgary-Lougheed2017 (by-election)
 Whitney IssikUnited ConservativeCalgary-Glenmore2019
 Matt JonesUnited ConservativeCalgary-South East2019
 Adriana LaGrangeUnited ConservativeRed Deer-North2019
 Martin LongUnited ConservativeWest Yellowhead2019
  Todd LoewenUnited Conservative (2019-2021) Central Peace-Notley 2019
 Independent (2021-)
 Jackie LovelyUnited ConservativeCamrose2019
 Rod LoyolaNew DemocraticEdmonton-Ellerslie2015
 Jason LuanUnited ConservativeCalgary-Foothills2012†
 Kaycee MaduUnited ConservativeEdmonton-South West2019
 Ric McIverUnited ConservativeCalgary-Hays2012
 Nicholas MillikenUnited ConservativeCalgary-Currie2019
 Dale NallyUnited ConservativeMorinville-St. Albert2019
 Chris NielsenNew DemocraticEdmonton-Decore2015
 Nathan NeudorfUnited ConservativeLethbridge-East2019
 Demetrios NicolaidesUnited ConservativeCalgary-Bow2019
 Jason NixonUnited ConservativeRimbey-Rocky Mountain House-Sundre2015
 Jeremy NixonUnited ConservativeCalgary-Klein2019
 Rachel NotleyNew DemocraticEdmonton-Strathcona2008
 Ron OrrUnited ConservativeLacombe-Ponoka2015
 Rakhi PancholiNew DemocraticEdmonton-Whitemud2019
 Prasad PandaUnited ConservativeCalgary-Edgemont2015 (by-election)
 Shannon PhillipsNew DemocraticLethbridge-West2015
 Angela PittUnited ConservativeAirdrie-East2015
 Josephine PonUnited ConservativeCalgary-Beddington2019
 Roger ReidUnited ConservativeLivingstone-Macleod2019
  Pat RehnUnited Conservative (2019-2021) Lesser Slave Lake 2019
  Independent (Jan-Jul 2021)
  United Conservative (2021-)
 Marie RenaudNew DemocraticSt. Albert2015
 Miranda RosinUnited ConservativeBanff-Kananaskis2019
 Garth RowswellUnited ConservativeVermilion-Lloydminster-Wainwright2019
 Brad RutherfordUnited ConservativeLeduc-Beaumont2019
 Irfan SabirNew DemocraticCalgary-McCall2015
 Rajan SawhneyUnited ConservativeCalgary-North East2019
 Sonya SavageUnited ConservativeCalgary-North West2019
 Marlin SchmidtNew DemocraticEdmonton-Gold Bar2015
 Joseph SchowUnited ConservativeCardston-Siksika2019
 Rebecca SchulzUnited ConservativeCalgary-Shaw2019
 Doug SchweitzerUnited ConservativeCalgary-Elbow2019
 Tyler ShandroUnited ConservativeCalgary-Acadia2019
 David ShepherdNew DemocraticEdmonton-City Centre2015
 Lori SigurdsonNew DemocraticEdmonton-Riverview2015
 RJ SigurdsonUnited ConservativeHighwood2019
 Peter SinghUnited ConservativeCalgary-East2019
 Mark SmithUnited ConservativeDrayton Valley-Devon2015
 Jason StephanUnited ConservativeRed Deer-South2019
 Heather SweetNew DemocraticEdmonton-Manning2015
 Travis ToewsUnited ConservativeGrande Prairie-Wapiti2019
 Devinder ToorUnited ConservativeCalgary-Falconridge2019
 Searle TurtonUnited ConservativeSpruce Grove-Stony Plain2019
 Glenn van DijkenUnited ConservativeAthabasca-Barrhead-Westlock2015
 Jordan WalkerUnited ConservativeSherwood Park2019
 Rick WilsonUnited ConservativeMaskwacis-Wetaskiwin2019
 Dan WilliamsUnited ConservativePeace River2019
 Tany YaoUnited ConservativeFort McMurray-Wood Buffalo2015
 Muhammad YaseenUnited ConservativeCalgary-North2019

* Absent from Legislature during 2008–2012 term
† Absent from Legislature during 2015–2019 term

Standings during 30th Assembly

The 30th Alberta Legislative Assembly was constituted after the general election on April 16, 2019. The United Conservative Party, led by Jason Kenney, won a majority of seats and formed the government. The New Democrats, led by outgoing Premier Rachel Notley, won the second most seats and formed the official opposition.[12]

Seating plan
  • Party leaders are italicized. Bold indicates cabinet minister.
Jones Singh Long Guthrie Nielsen Carson Schmidt Sigurdson Deol Loyola Dach
Milliken Getson Rehn Nixon Dang Renaud Ganley Eggen Irwin Pancholi Sweet Feehan
Pitt Hanson van Dijken Orr Shepherd Gray Phillips Bilous Notley Ceci Hoffman Sabir Goehring
Cooper
Schweitzer Copping Madu Panda Fir Shandro Savage Nixon Kenney Toews Aheer Sawhney McIver LaGrange Wilson Glubish Dreeshen
Armstrong-Homeniuk Barnes Loewen Yaseen Hunter Nally Luan Schow Ellis Pon Schulz Nicolaides Goodridge Amery Gotfried Smith
Walker Stephan Lovely Turton Reid Horner Issik Neudorf Allard Rutherford Rosin Toor Sigurdson Yao Rowswell Williams

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.
  7. "McDougall Centre". www.alberta.ca.
  8. http://www.assembly.ab.ca/pub/gdbook/CitizensGuide.pdf
  9. "Jeffers, Allan Merrick - Alberta On Record". albertaonrecord.ca.
  10. "Alberta Legislature". Alberta Legislature - Explore Edmonton.
  11. Legislative Assembly of Alberta: Elected Members of the Assembly
  12. "Jason Kenney rides UCP wave to majority government in Alberta". CBC News. Apr 16, 2019.
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