Legislative Assembly of Alberta
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The Legislative Assembly of Alberta is one of two components of the Legislature of Alberta, the other being the Lieutenant-Governor of Alberta. The Alberta legislature meets in the Alberta Legislative Building in the provincial capital, Edmonton. The Legislative Assembly consists of 83 members elected first past the post from single-member electoral districts.
Members of the 26th Legislature
The members of the 26th Legislature were elected in the 26th Alberta general election held on November 22, 2004.
Party standings after the 26th General Election
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Seating Plan
[Official Seating Plan (pdf format)]
| Affiliation | Members |- |bgcolor="#9999FF"| | Progressive Conservative Party | 61 |- |bgcolor="lightcoral"| | Liberal Party | 16 |- |bgcolor="sandybrown"| | New Democratic Party | 4 |- |bgcolor="cadetblue"| | Alberta Alliance | 1 |- |bgcolor="gainsboro"| | Independent | 1 | |
| Total | 83 | |||||||||||
- The Alberta Court of Appeal declared Thomas Lukaszuk the victor more than two months after the election. The election-night vote count had given Chris Kibermanis of the Liberals a five-vote win, but the judicial recount gave Lukaszuk a three-vote margin of victory.
- A party requires four seats to have official party status in the legislature. Parties with fewer than four seats are not entitled to party funding although their members will usually be permitted to sit together in the chamber.
Floor Crossings
- Lyle Oberg was removed from the Progressive Conservative Caucus and sits as an Independent March 22, 2006
| Politics of Alberta
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| Lieutenant-Governor: Norman Kwong | Former lieutenant-governors | |
| Premier: Ralph Klein | Former premiers | |
| Opposition Leader: Kevin Taft | Former Opposition Leaders | |
| '''Executive Council (Cabinet) | |
| Legislature: Current members | Former legislatures | Current electoral divisions | |
| Speaker of the Assembly: Ken Kowalski | |
| Political parties: Progressive Conservatives | Liberals | New Democrats | Alliance | |
| Alberta Party | Communists | Greens | Separation | Social Credit | |
| Elections: 2004 general election | Past elections | |
| Current issues: Equalization payments | Prosperity Bonus | Same-sex marriage | Separatism |
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