Alberta general election, 1986

Alberta general election, 1986

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83 seats in the Legislative Assembly of Alberta 42 seats were needed for a majority
Turnout	47.25%
Majority party Minority party   Leader Don Getty Ray Martin Party Progressive Conservative New Democratic Leader since November 1, 1985 1984 Leader's seat Edmonton-Whitemud Edmonton-Norwood Last election 75 seats, 62.3% 2 seats, 18.7% Seats before 75 2 Seats won 61 16 Seat change 14 14 Popular vote 366,783 208,561 Percentage 51.4% 29.2% Swing 10.9% 10.5%   Third party Fourth party   Leader Nicholas Taylor Raymond Speaker Party Liberal Representative Leader since March 2, 1974 1982 Leader's seat Westlock-Sturgeon Little Bow Last election 0 seats, 1.8% pre-creation Seats before 0 2 Seats won 4 2 Seat change 4 ±0 Popular vote 87,239 36,656 Percentage 12.2% 5.1% Swing 10.4% —
Premier before election Don Getty Progressive Conservative Premier-designate Don Getty Progressive Conservative

Don Getty
Progressive Conservative

Don Getty
Progressive Conservative

The Alberta general election of 1986 was the twenty-first general election for the Province of Alberta, Canada. It was held on May 8, 1986 to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta.

Peter Lougheed, who had created the modern Alberta Progressive Conservatives, led it to power in 1971, and served as premier of Alberta for fourteen years, retired from politics in 1985. The PC Party elected Don Getty as its new leader.

Getty was not able to gain the confidence of Albertans as Lougheed had, and the party's popular vote fell by ten percentage points. The PCs were still, however, able to win a fifth term in government, with over half the votes in the province, and 61 of the 83 seats in the legislature.

The New Democratic Party, now led by Ray Martin, was able to make itself the focus of opposition to the PC government, winning almost 30% of the vote, and sixteen seats in the legislature (up from two in the 1982 election.)

The Liberal Party of Nicholas Taylor returned to the legislature for the first time since 1969 with four seats. Two seats were won by former Social Credit members who had formed the Representative Party of Alberta after winning re-election in 1982 as independents.

Western Canada Concept, a western separatist party that had won almost 12% of the vote in 1982, collapsed under the leadership of Jack Ramsay, who later served as a Reform Party of Canada Member of Parliament.

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