Alberta general election, 1975
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The Alberta general election of 1975 was the eighteenth general election for the Province of Alberta, Canada. It was held on March 25 1975 to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta.
The Progressive Conservative Party of Peter Lougheed won its second term in government with over 62% of the popular vote, winning 69 of the 75 seats in the legislature.
The Social Credit Party, saw its vote collapse. The party had sank into near-paralysis in opposition. Its grassroots organization had atrophied over the years, and the party was ill-prepared for a role outside government after being the governing party for virtually all of its history prior to 1971. It lost over half the share of the popular vote that it had won in the previous election and its legislative caucus was reduced from 25 members to only four.
Results
| Party | Party leader | # of candidates | Seats | Popular vote | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1971 | Elected | % Change | # | % | % Change |- |bgcolor="#9999FF"| | Progressive Conservative | | 75 | 49 | 69 | +40.8% | 369,764 | 62.65% | +16.25% |- |bgcolor="lightgreen"| | Social Credit | | 70 | 25 | 4 | -84.0% | 107,211 | 18.17% | -22.93% |- |bgcolor="sandybrown"| | New Democrats | | 75 | 1 | 1 | 0% | 76,360 | 12.94% | +1.52% |- |bgcolor="gainsboro"| | Independent Social Credit | 1 | * | 1 | 100% | 4,428 | 0.75% | * |- |bgcolor="lightcoral"| | Liberal | | 46 | - | - | - | 29,424 | 4.98% | +3.97% |- |bgcolor="gainsboro"| | Independent Progressive Conservative | 3 | * | align="right" | ||
| * | 1,059 | 0.18% | * |- |bgcolor="tomato"| | Communist | | 14 | * | - | * | 768 | 0.13% | * |- |bgcolor="gainsboro"| | Independent | 4 | align="right" | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 625 | 0.11% | +1.06% |- |bgcolor="gainsboro"| | Independent Liberal | 2 | * | align="right" | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| * | 416 | 0.07% | * |- |bgcolor="gainsboro"| | Constitutional Socialist | 3 | * | align="right" | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| * | 115 | 0.02% | * | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total | 293 | 75 | 75 | - | 590,200 | 100% | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Source: [Elections Alberta] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Note:
Members elected
For complete electoral history, see individual districts| 18th Alberta Legislative Assembly | |||
| District | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Athabasca | Frank Appleby | Progressive Conservative | |
| Banff | Frederick Kidd | Progressive Conservative | |
| Barrhead | Hugh Horner | Progressive Conservative | |
| Bonnyville | Donald Hansen | Progressive Conservative | |
| Bow Valley | Fred Mandeville | Social Credit | |
| Calgary Bow | Niel Webber | Progressive Conservative | |
| Calgary Buffalo | Ronald Ghitter | Progressive Conservative | |
| Calgary Currie | Fred Peacock | Progressive Conservative | |
| Calgary Egmont | Merv Leitch | Progressive Conservative | |
| Calgary Elbow | Dave Russell | Progressive Conservative | |
| Calgary Foothills | Stewart McCrae | Progressive Conservative | |
| Calgary Glenmore | Hugh Planche | Progressive Conservative | |
| Calgary McCall | Andy Little | Progressive Conservative | |
| Calgary McKnight | Eric Musgreave | Progressive Conservative | |
| Calgary Millican | Tom Donnelly | Progressive Conservative | |
| Calgary Mountain View | John Kushner | Progressive Conservative | |
| Calgary North Hill | Roy Farran | Progressive Conservative | |
| Calgary West | Peter Lougheed | Progressive Conservative | |
| Camrose | Gordon Stromberg | Progressive Conservative | |
| Cardston | John Thompson | Progressive Conservative | |
| Clover Bar | Walt Buck | Social Credit | |
| Cypress | Alan Hyland | Progressive Conservative | |
| Drayton Valley | Rusty Zander | Progressive Conservative | |
| Drumheller | Gordon Taylor | Independent Social Credit | |
| Edmonton Avonmore | Horst Schmid | Progressive Conservative | |
| Edmonton Belmont | Bert Hohol | Progressive Conservative | |
| Edmonton Beverly | Bill Diachuk | Progressive Conservative | |
| Edmonton Calder | Tom Chambers | Progressive Conservative | |
| Edmonton Centre | Gordon Miniely | Progressive Conservative | |
| Edmonton Glenora | Lou Hyndman | Progressive Conservative | |
| Edmonton Gold Bar | William Yurko | Progressive Conservative | |
| Edmonton Highlands | David Thomas King | Progressive Conservative | |
| Edmonton Jasper Place | Leslie Young | Progressive Conservative | |
| Edmonton Kingsway | Kenneth Paproski | Progressive Conservative | |
| Edmonton Meadowlark | Gerard Amerongen | Progressive Conservative | |
| Edmonton Norwood | Catherine Chichak | Progressive Conservative | |
| Edmonton Ottewell | John Ashton | Progressive Conservative | |
| Edmonton Parkallen | Neil Crawford | Progressive Conservative | |
| Edmonton Strathcona | Julian Koziak | Progressive Conservative | |
| Edmonton Whitemud | Don Getty | Progressive Conservative | |
| Edson | Robert Dowling | Progressive Conservative | |
| Grand Prairie | Winston Backus | Progressive Conservative | |
| Hanna-Oyen | Jack Butler | Progressive Conservative | |
| Highwood | George Wolstenholme | Progressive Conservative | |
| Innisfail | Clifford L. Doan | Progressive Conservative | |
| Lac La Biche-McMurray | Ron Tesolin | Progressive Conservative | |
| Lacombe | Jack Cookson | Progressive Conservative | |
| Lesser Slave Lake | Larry Shaben | Progressive Conservative | |
| Lethbridge East | Dick Johnston | Progressive Conservative | |
| Lethbridge West | John Gogo | Progressive Conservative | |
| Little Bow | Raymond Speaker | Social Credit | |
| Lloydminster | Bud Miller | Progressive Conservative | |
| Macleod | John Walker | Progressive Conservative | |
| Medicine Hat-Redcliff | Jim Horsman | Progressive Conservative | |
| Olds-Didsbury | Robert C. Clark | Social Credit | |
| Peace River | Al Adair | Progressive Conservative | |
| Pincher Creek-Crowsnest | Fred Bradley | Progressive Conservative | |
| Ponoka | Don McCrimmon | Progressive Conservative | |
| Red Deer | Jim Foster | Progressive Conservative | |
| Redwater-Andrew | George Topolnisky | Progressive Conservative | |
| Rocky Mountain House | Helen Hunley | Progressive Conservative | |
| Sedgewick-Coronation | Henry Kroeger | Progressive Conservative | |
| Smoky River | Marvin Moore | Progressive Conservative | |
| Spirit River-Fairview | Grant Notley | New Democrat | |
| St. Albert | William Jamison | Progressive Conservative | |
| St. Paul | Mick Fluker | Progressive Conservative | |
| Stettler | Graham Harle | Progressive Conservative | |
| Stony Plain | William Purdy | Progressive Conservative | |
| Taber-Warner | Bob Bogle | Progressive Conservative | |
| Three Hills | Allan Warrack | Progressive Conservative | |
| Vegreville | John Batiuk | Progressive Conservative | |
| Vermilion-Viking | Tom Lysons | Progressive Conservative | |
| Wainwright | Charles Stewart | Progressive Conservative | |
| Wetaskiwin-Leduc | Dallas Schmidt | Progressive Conservative | |
| Whitecourt | Peter Trynchy | Progressive Conservative | |
See also
- List of Alberta political parties
| Preceded by: 1971 Alberta election | Alberta elections | Followed by: 1979 Alberta election |
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