alberta general election, 1993

The 23rd general election for the Province of Alberta, Canada, was held on June 15, 1993 to elect members of the Alberta legislature. After the resignation of Don Getty as party leader and provincial premier, the Progressive Conservative Party elected former Calgary mayor Ralph Klein as his replacement. The initial repsonse from voeters was muted: the party increased its share of the popular vote only marginally, and lost eight seats in the legislature. It nonetheless continued to have a large majority in the legislature for its seventh consecutive term in government. The Liberal Party of Laurence Decore capitalized on the stagant PC vote and the collapse of the New Democratic Party vote from 26% to 11%. As opposition to the PC government coalesced around Decore and the Liberals, they managed to win almost 40% of the popular vote and 32 seats in the legislature. Ray Martin's NDP were shut out of the legislature for the first time since 1967.

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	Ralph Klein	align="right"\| 83	align="right"\| 59	align="right"\| 51	align="right"\| -13.6%	align="right"\| 439,981	align="right"\| 44.49%	align="right"\| +0.20%
Liberal	Laurence Decore	align="right"\| 83	align="right"\| 8	align="right"\| 32	align="right"\| +300%	align="right"\| 392,899	align="right"\| 39.73%	align="right"\| +11.05%
New Democratic	Ray Martin	align="right"\| 83	align="right"\| 16	align="right"\| -	align="right"\| -100%	align="right"\| 108,883	align="right"\| 11.01%	align="right"\| -15.28%
Social Credit		align="right"\| 39	align="right"\| -	align="right"\| -	align="right"\|	align="right"\| 23,885	align="right"\| 2.41%	align="right"\| +1.94%
Independent		align="right"\| 21	align="right"\| -	align="right"\| -	align="right"\|	align="right"\| 9,214	align="right"\| 0.93%	align="right"\| +0.67%
Natural Law		align="right"\| 45	align="right"\| n.a.	align="right"\| -	align="right"\| n.a.	align="right"\| 5,017	align="right"\| 0.51%	align="right"\| n.a.
Confederation of Regions		align="right"\| 12	align="right"\| n.a.	align="right"\| -	align="right"\| n.a.	align="right"\| 3,556	align="right"\| 0.36%	align="right"\| n.a.
Alliance		align="right"\| 4	align="right"\| n.a.	align="right"\| -	align="right"\| n.a.	align="right"\| 3,548	align="right"\| 0.36%	align="right"\| n.a.
Green		align="right"\| 11	align="right"\| n.a.	align="right"\| -	align="right"\| n.a.	align="right"\| 1,995	align="right"\| 0.20%	align="right"\| n.a.
Communist		align="right"\| 1	align="right"\| -	align="right"\| -	align="right"\|	align="right"\| 47	align="right"\| x	align="right"\| -0.01%
Total		382	83	83	-	989,025	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 x - less than 0.005% of the popular vote

Alberta General Election, 1993

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