2019 Alberta general election - Simple English Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The 2019 Alberta general election was the 30th general election in Alberta, Canada. The election was held to elect members to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta. It took place on April 16, 2019.[1]
Parties
[change | change source]These are the major parties in Alberta.
- Alberta New Democratic Party; led by Rachel Notley and currently has the most seats in the Legislative Assembly.
- United Conservative Party; lead by Jason Kenney; merger of the Wildrose Party and the Progressive Conservative Association.[2]
- Alberta Party; led by Stephen Mandel.
- Alberta Liberal Party; led by David Khan.
- Freedom Conservative Party; led by Derek Fildebrandt.
Opinion polls
[change | change source]Below is the 3-day average of opinion polls towards the election.
Results
[change | change source]Parties | Popular vote[3] | Total seats | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Votes | % | +/− | Seats | +/− | % | ||
United Conservative Party | 1,040,004 | 54.9% | ![]() | 63 | ![]() | 72.4% | |
Alberta New Democratic Party | 619,147 | 32.7% | ![]() | 24 | ![]() | 27.6% | |
Alberta Party | 171,996 | 9.1% | ![]() | 0 | ![]() | 0.0% | |
Alberta Liberal Party | 18,546 | 1.0% | ![]() | 0 | ![]() | 0.0% | |
Freedom Conservative Party | 9,945 | 0.5% | New | 0 | New | 0.0% | |
Green Party | 7,676 | 0.4% | ![]() | 0 | ![]() | 0.0% | |
Communist Party – Alberta | 302 | 0.0% | ![]() | 0 | ![]() | 0.0% | |
Others | 27,369 | 1.4% | |||||
Totals | 1,894,985 | 100.0% | 0 | 87 | 0 | 100.0% |
By region
[change | change source]Region results in % | United | NDP | Alberta | Liberal | FCP | Green | others |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Calgary | 53.2 | 34.0 | 9.5 | 2.0 | 0.2 | 0.6 | 0.5 |
Central | 63.5 | 23.1 | 9.8 | 0.1 | 1.1 | 0.4 | 2.0 |
Edmonton | 34.6 | 52.6 | 9.9 | 1.0 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 1.3 |
North | 69.4 | 20.3 | 8.0 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 1.6 |
South | 64.2 | 25.1 | 6.3 | 0.9 | 1.0 | 0.1 | 2.4 |
References
[change | change source]- ↑ "Alberta political leaders fuel early provincial election speculation". CBC News. December 7, 2018. Retrieved January 11, 2019.
- ↑ "Wildrose-PC members to vote on new united party July 22". edmontonjournal.com. 19 May 2017. Retrieved 3 April 2018.
- ↑ Elections Alberta (April 26, 2019). "Provincial Results". Retrieved April 26, 2019.