87 seats in the Legislative Assembly of Alberta 44 seats needed for a majority
Opinion polls
Turnout
54.37%
First party
Second party
Third party
Leader
Alison Redford
Danielle Smith
Raj Sherman
Party
Progressive Conservative
Wildrose
Liberal
Leader since
October 2, 2011
October 17, 2009
September 10, 2011
Leader's seat
Calgary-Elbow
Highwood
Edmonton-Meadowlark
Last election
72 seats, 52.7%
0 seats, 6.8%
9 seats, 26.4%
Seats before
66
4
8
Seats won
61
17
5
Seat change
5
13
3
Popular vote
567,312
442,325
127,626
Percentage
43.97%
34.28%
9.89%
Swing
8.8pp
27.5pp
16.5pp
Fourth party
Fifth party
Leader
Brian Mason
Glenn Taylor
Party
New Democratic
Alberta Party
Leader since
July 13, 2004
May 28, 2011
Leader's seat
Edmonton-Highlands-Norwood
ran in West Yellowhead (lost)
Last election
2 seats, 8.5%
0 seats, 0.0%
Seats before
2
1
Seats won
4
0
Seat change
2
1
Popular vote
127,074
16,959
Percentage
9.85%
1.31%
Swing
1.3pp
1.3pp
Popular vote by riding. As this is a first-past-the-post election, seat totals are not determined by total popular vote, but instead by results in each riding. Riding names are listed at the bottom.
Premier before election
Alison Redford
Progressive Conservative
Premier after election
Alison Redford
Progressive Conservative
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The 2012 Alberta general election was held on April 23, 2012, to elect members of the 28th Legislative Assembly of Alberta. A Senate nominee election was called for the same day.[1]
During the 2011 Progressive Conservative Association leadership election, eventual winner Alison Redford stated that if she became Premier she intended to pass legislation setting a fixed election date. After taking office, her government introduced a bill relating to the timing of elections, which was passed on December 6, 2011.[2] Unlike other fixed election date legislation in Canada, the 2011 Election Amendment Act fixes the election to a three-month period, between March 1 and May 31 in the fourth calendar year. However, like other legislation, this does not affect the powers of the Lieutenant Governor to dissolve the Legislature before this period.[3] The writs of elections were dropped March 26, 2012.
Although the Wildrose Party led opinion polls for much of the campaign, on election night the Progressive Conservatives defied expectations to win 61 seats – a net loss of only five – en route to their 12th consecutive majority government. It is colloqually known as the "Lake of Fire" election for a series of controversies by Wildrose candidates, perceived to have hampered the party's campaign.[4][5][6][7]
The victory made Redford the third woman elected in her own right as a provincial premier in Canada (after Catherine Callbeck in Prince Edward Island in 1993, and Kathy Dunderdale in Newfoundland and Labrador in 2011), and the first woman elected premier in a province outside Atlantic Canada. On September 4, 2014, the Alberta PC Party became the longest-running provincial government in Canadian history. Wildrose leader Danielle Smith would later become the 19th premier of Alberta in October 2022, as leader of the United Conservative Party.
Overall, across the province, 1,290,352 valid votes were cast in this election.[8]
^"Voters to elect Senate nominees in upcoming election". Global Edmonton. March 26, 2012. Archived from the original on March 27, 2012. Retrieved March 26, 2012.
^"Bill 21: Election Amendment Act, 2011 (Olson)". The Legislative Assembly of Alberta. Archived from the original on January 22, 2010. Retrieved December 7, 2011.
^"Bill 21, Election Amendment Act, 2011" (PDF). The Legislative Assembly of Alberta. December 6, 2011. Archived (PDF) from the original on April 18, 2012. Retrieved December 7, 2011.
^Wildrose Party aims to drain ‘lake of fire’ that cost it 2012 Alberta election, The Globe and Mail
^Social issues sank Wildrose during campaign, experts say, National Post
^Avoiding 'bozo eruptions' vital to Smith campaign, CTV News Calgary
^OPINION | A remarkable misreading of the desires of Alberta voters, CBC News
^"Election Results".
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