24th Alberta Legislature

24th Alberta Legislature
24th Alberta Legislature
Majority parliament
14 April 1997 – 12 February 2001
Parliament leaders
Premier	Ralph Klein; December 14, 1992 – December 14, 2006
Cabinet	Klein cabinet
Leader of the; Opposition	Howard Sapers; April 17, 1998 – March 12, 2001
Party caucuses
Government	Progressive Conservative Association
Opposition	Liberal Party
Recognized	New Democratic Party
Legislative Assembly
Speaker of the; Assembly	Ken Kowalski; April 14, 1997 – May 23, 2012
Government; House Leader	Dave Hancock; May 26, 1999 – November 24, 2006
Members	83 MLA seats
Sovereign
Monarch	Elizabeth II; February 6, 1952 – September 8, 2022
Lieutenant; Governor	Hon. Bud Olson; 17 April 1996 – 10 February 2000
	Hon. Lois Hole; 10 February 2000 – 6 January 2005
Sessions
	1st session; April 14, 1997 – January 26, 1998
	2nd session; January 27, 1998 – February 15, 1999
	3rd session; February 16, 1999 – February 16, 2000
	4th session; February 17, 2000 – February 11, 2001
	5th session; February 12, 2001 – February 12, 2001
← 23rd	→ 25th

The 24th Alberta Legislative Assembly was in session from April 14, 1997, to February 12, 2001, with the membership of the assembly determined by the results of the 1997 Alberta general election held on March 11, 1997. The Legislature officially resumed on April 14, 1997, and continued until the fifth session was prorogued and dissolved on February 12, 2001, prior to the 2001 Alberta general election on March 12, 2001.^[1]

Alberta's twenty-fourth government was controlled by the majority Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta, led by Premier Ralph Klein. The Official Opposition was led by Howard Sapers of the Liberal Party. The Speaker was Ken Kowalski.

Party standings after the 24th General Election

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Members elected

For complete electoral history, see individual districts

24th Alberta Legislative Assembly
District		Member	Party
	Athabasca-Wabasca	Mike Cardinal	Progressive Conservative
	Airdrie-Rocky View	Carol Haley	Progressive Conservative
	Banff-Cochrane	Janis Tarchuk	Progressive Conservative
	Barrhead-Westlock	Ken Kowalski	Progressive Conservative
	Bonnyville-Cold Lake	Denis Ducharme	Progressive Conservative
	Calgary-Bow	Bonnie Laing	Progressive Conservative
	Calgary-Buffalo	Gary Dickson	Liberal
	Calgary-Cross	Yvonne Fritz	Progressive Conservative
	Calgary-Currie	Jocelyn Burgener	Progressive Conservative
	Calgary-East	Moe Amery	Progressive Conservative
	Calgary-Egmont	Denis Herard	Progressive Conservative
	Calgary-Elbow	Ralph Klein	Progressive Conservative
	Calgary-Fish Creek	Heather Forsyth	Progressive Conservative
	Calgary-Foothills	Pat Black¹	Progressive Conservative
	Calgary-Fort	Wayne Cao	Progressive Conservative
	Calgary-Glenmore	Ron Stevens	Progressive Conservative
	Calgary-Lougheed	Marlene Graham	Progressive Conservative
	Calgary-McCall	Shiraz Shariff	Progressive Conservative
	Calgary-Montrose	Hung Pham	Progressive Conservative
	Calgary-Mountain View	Mark Hlady	Progressive Conservative
	Calgary-North Hill	Richard Magnus	Progressive Conservative
	Calgary-North West	Greg Melchin	Progressive Conservative
	Calgary-Nose Creek	Gary Mar	Progressive Conservative
	Calgary-Shaw	Jon Havelock	Progressive Conservative
	Calgary-Varsity	Murray Smith	Progressive Conservative
	Calgary-West	Karen Kryczka	Progressive Conservative
	Cardston-Taber-Warner	Ron Hierath	Progressive Conservative
	Clover Bar-Fort Saskatchewan	Rob Lougheed	Progressive Conservative
	Cypress-Medicine Hat	Lorne Taylor	Progressive Conservative
	Drayton Valley-Calmar	Tom Thurber	Progressive Conservative
	Drumheller-Chinook	Shirley McClellan	Progressive Conservative
	Dunvegan	Glen Clegg	Progressive Conservative
	Edmonton-Beverly-Clareview	Julius Yankowsky	Progressive Conservative
	Edmonton-Calder	Lance White	Liberal
	Edmonton-Castle Downs	Pamela Paul	Liberal
	Edmonton-Centre	Laurie Blakeman	Liberal
	Edmonton-Ellerslie	Debby Carlson	Liberal
	Edmonton-Glengarry	Bill Bonner	Liberal
	Edmonton-Glenora	Howard Sapers	Liberal
	Edmonton-Gold Bar	Hugh MacDonald	Liberal
	Edmonton-Highlands	Pam Barrett	NDP
	Edmonton-Manning	Ed Gibbons	Liberal
	Edmonton-McClung	Grant Mitchell	Liberal
	Edmonton-Meadowlark	Karen Leibovici	Liberal
	Edmonton-Mill Creek	Gene Zwozdesky	Liberal
	Edmonton-Mill Woods	Don Massey	Liberal
	Edmonton-Norwood	Sue Olsen	Liberal
	Edmonton-Riverview	Linda Sloan	Liberal
	Edmonton-Rutherford	Percy Wickman	Liberal
	Edmonton-Strathcona	Raj Pannu	NDP
	Edmonton-Whitemud	David Hancock	Progressive Conservative
	Fort McMurray	Guy C. Boutilier	Progressive Conservative
	Grande Prairie-Smoky	Walter Paszkowski	Progressive Conservative
	Grande Prairie-Wapiti	Wayne Jacques	Progressive Conservative
	Highwood	Don Tannas	Progressive Conservative
	Innisfail-Sylvan Lake	Gary Severtson	Progressive Conservative
	Lac La Biche-St. Paul	Paul Langevin	Progressive Conservative
	Lacombe-Stettler	Judy Gordon	Progressive Conservative
	Lesser Slave Lake	Pearl Calahasen	Progressive Conservative
	Leduc	Albert Klapstein	Progressive Conservative
	Lethbridge-East	Ken Nicol	Liberal
	Lethbridge-West	Clint Dunford	Progressive Conservative
	Little Bow	Barry McFarland	Progressive Conservative
	Livingstone-Macleod	David Coutts	Progressive Conservative
	Medicine Hat	Rob Renner	Progressive Conservative
	Olds-Didsbury-Three Hills	Richard Marz	Progressive Conservative
	Peace River	Gary Friedel	Progressive Conservative
	Ponoka-Rimbey	Halvar Jonson	Progressive Conservative
	Red Deer-North	Stockwell Day	Progressive Conservative
	Red Deer-South	Victor Doerksen	Progressive Conservative
	Redwater	Dave Broda	Progressive Conservative
	Rocky Mountain House	Ty Lund	Progressive Conservative
	Sherwood Park	Iris Evans	Progressive Conservative
	St. Albert	Mary O'Neill	Progressive Conservative
	Spruce Grove-Sturgeon-St. Albert	Colleen Soetaert	Liberal
	Stony Plain	Stan Woloshyn	Progressive Conservative
	Strathmore-Brooks	Lyle Oberg	Progressive Conservative
	Vegreville-Viking	Ed Stelmach	Progressive Conservative
	Vermilion-Lloydminster	Steve West	Progressive Conservative
	Wainwright	Robert Fischer	Progressive Conservative
	West Yellowhead	Ivan Strang	Progressive Conservative
	Wetaskiwin-Camrose	LeRoy Johnson	Progressive Conservative
	Whitecourt-Ste. Anne	Peter Trynchy	Progressive Conservative

Note:

¹ Pat Black later changed her last name to Nelson.

Standings changes since the 24th general election

Number of members per party by date		1997	1998				1999	2000
Number of members per party by date		Mar 11	May 11	Jun 17	Jul ?	Aug ?	Nov 15	Feb 2	Jun 12	Jul 11	Sep 25	Oct 4
	Progressive Conservative	63				64				63	64
	Liberal	18	17	18	17		16					15
	New Democratic	2						1	2
	Independent	0			1	0	1
	Total members	83	82	83				82	83	82	83	82
	Vacant	0	1	0				1	0	1	0	1
	Government Majority	43	44	43		45		46	45	44	45	46

May 11, 1998 Grant Mitchell, Edmonton McClung resigns.
June 17, 1998 Nancy MacBeth, Edmonton-McClung elected in a by-election.
July 1998 Gene Zwozdesky, Edmonton Mill Creek sits as an Independent.
August 1998 Gene Zwozdesky, Edmonton-Mill Creek joins the Progressive Conservative caucus.
November 15, 1999 Pamela Paul-Zobaric, Edmonton Castle Downs sits as an Independent.
February 2, 2000 Pam Barrett, Edmonton-Highlands resigns.
June 12, 2000 Brian Mason, Edmonton-Highlands elected in a by-election.
July 11, 2000 Stockwell Day, Red Deer-North resigns.
September 25, 2000 Mary Anne Jablonski, Red Deer-North elected in a by-election.
October 4, 2000 Sue Olsen, Edmonton-Norwood resigns to run in federal election.

References

^ Perry, Sandra E.; Footz, Valerie L. (2006). Massolin, Philip A. (ed.). A Higher Duty: Speakers of the Legislative Assemblies. Edmonton, AB: Legislative Assembly of Alberta. p. 503. ISBN 0-9689217-3-6. Retrieved August 9, 2020.

External links

[1] Perry, Sandra E.; Footz, Valerie L. (2006). Massolin, Philip A. (ed.). A Higher Duty: Speakers of the Legislative Assemblies. Edmonton, AB: Legislative Assembly of Alberta. p. 503. ISBN 0-9689217-3-6. Retrieved August 9, 2020.

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