alberta general election, 1989

The 22nd general election for the Province of Alberta, Canada, was held on March 20, 1989 to elect members of the Alberta legislature. Donald Getty, in his second eleciton as Progressive Conservative Party leader, led it to its sixth consecutive term in government, despite losing a significant share of the popular vote and two seats in the legislature (including his own seat of Edmonton Whitemud to Liberal Candidate Percy Wickman). The New Democratic Party of Ray Martin largely held its share of the popular vote, and also its 16 seats in the legislature. The Liberal Party, under new leader Laurence Decore, was the principal beneficiary of the voters' coninuing distrust of Don Getty. The Liberals' share of the popular vote increased to over 28%, more than the NDP, but the party's legislative caucus increased from four to only eight members.

owspan="2"\|Party	rowspan="2"\|Party Leader	rowspan="2"\|# of candidates	colspan="3"\|Seats	colspan="3"\|Popular Vote
lign="center"\|Previous	align="center"\|After	align="center"\|% Change	align="center"\|#	align="center"\|%	align="center"\|Change
Progressive Conservative	Donald Getty	align="right"\| 83	align="right"\| 61	align="right"\| 59	align="right"\| -3.3%	align="right"\| 367,244	align="right"\| 44.29%	align="right"\| -7.11%
New Democratic	Ray Martin	align="right"\| 83	align="right"\| 16	align="right"\| 16	align="right"\| -	align="right"\| 217,972	align="right"\| 26.29%	align="right"\| -2.93%
Liberal	Laurence Decore	align="right"\| 83	align="right"\| 4	align="right"\| 8	align="right"\| +100%	align="right"\| 237,787	align="right"\| 28.68%	align="right"\| +16.46%
Social Credit		align="right"\| 6	align="right"\| n.a.	align="right"\| 2	align="right"\| n.a.	align="right"\| 3,939	align="right"\| 0.47%	align="right"\| n.a.
Independent		align="right"\| 10	align="right"\| -	align="right"\| -	align="right"\|	align="right"\| 2,162	align="right"\| 0.26%	align="right"\| -0.60%
Communist		align="right"\| 2	align="right"\| -	align="right"\| -	align="right"\|	align="right"\| 85	align="right"\| 0.01%	align="right"\| -0.02%
Total		267	83	83	-	829,189	100.00%
align="center" colspan="9"\|Source: Elections Alberta

Notes: "Previous" refers to to standings at previous election, not to standings in the Legislature at dissolution. n.a. = not applicable - the party was not recognized in the previous election

Alberta General Election, 1989

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