Alberta general election, 1975

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March 26, 1975 (1975-03-26)

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75 seats in the Legislative Assembly of Alberta
38 seats were needed for a majority

Turnout

59.58%

	Majority party	Minority party	Third party

Leader	Peter Lougheed	Werner Schmidt	Grant Notley
Party	Progressive Conservative	Social Credit	New Democratic
Leader since	1965	1973	1968
Leader's seat	Calgary-West	ran in Taber-Warner (lost)	Spirit River-Fairview
Last election	49 seats, 46.4%	25 seats, 41.1%	1 seats, 11.4%
Seats before	49	25	1
Seats won	69	4	1
Seat change	20	21	±0
Popular vote	369,764	107,211	76,360
Percentage	62.7%	18.2%	12.9%
Swing	16.3%	22.9%	1.5%

Premier before election

Peter Lougheed
Progressive Conservative

Premier-designate

Peter Lougheed
Progressive Conservative

The Alberta general election of 1975 was the eighteenth general election for the Province of Alberta, Canada. It was held on March 26, 1975 to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta.

The Progressive Conservative Party of Peter Lougheed won its second term in government in a landslide, taking over 62% of the popular vote and winning 69 of the 75 seats in the legislature.

The Social Credit Party saw its vote collapse. After 36 years in government from 1935 to 1971—virtually its entire history—it was ill-prepared for a role in opposition. It lost over half of its popular vote from the previous election, and was cut down to only four MLAs—just barely holding onto official party status.

Overall voter turnout was 59.58%.

Note:

* Party did not nominate candidates in the previous election.

For complete electoral history, see individual districts.

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