Alberta general election, 2001

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March 12, 2001 (2001-03-12)

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83 seats in the Legislative Assembly of Alberta
42 seats needed for a majority

Turnout

53.38%

	Majority party	Minority party	Third party
		LIB
Leader	Ralph Klein	Nancy MacBeth	Raj Pannu
Party	Progressive Conservative	Liberal	New Democratic
Leader since	December 14, 1992	April 18, 1998	2000
Leader's seat	Calgary-Elbow	Edmonton-McClung (lost re-election)	Edmonton-Strathcona
Last election	63 seats, 51.2%	18 seats, 32.8%	2 seats, 8.8%
Seats before	64	15	2
Seats won	74	7	2
Seat change	10	8	±0
Popular vote	627,252	276,854	81,339
Percentage	61.9%	27.3%	8.0%
Swing	10.7%	5.5%	0.8%

Premier before election

Ralph Klein
Progressive Conservative

Premier-designate

Ralph Klein
Progressive Conservative

The Alberta general election of 2001 was the twenty-fifth general election for the Province of Alberta, Canada. It was held on March 12, 2001 to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta.

The incumbent Alberta Progressive Conservative Party, led by Ralph Klein, won a strong majority for its tenth consecutive term in government. In addition to increasing its share of the popular vote to almost 62%, the PC Party won a majority of seats in Edmonton for the first time since 1982. In the process, they reduced the opposition to only nine MLAs in total. It was the Tories' biggest majority since the height of the Peter Lougheed era.

The Liberal Party lost 11 seats and ran up a large debt. Its leader, Nancy MacBeth, was defeated in her riding.

The New Democratic Party, led by Raj Pannu, hoped to make gains at the expense of the Liberals in Edmonton and replace them as the official opposition. This did not materialize, but the party did manage to maintain its share of the popular vote and held onto their two seats in the legislature. The NDs attempted to attract young voters with the slogan, "Raj against the Machine".

The right-wing Alberta First Party, contesting its first election, failed to win any seats or come close. The Social Credit Party, led by James Albers, was unable to build on its moderate success in the 1997 election, and sank back into obscurity. Socred leader Lavern Ahlstrom, however, performed well in Rocky Mountain House and finished second behind the incumbent Ty Lund.

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