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1997 Alberta general election

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83 seats in the Legislative Assembly of Alberta 42 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	53.75%
Majority party Minority party   LIB Leader Ralph Klein Grant Mitchell Party Progressive Conservative Liberal Leader since December 14, 1992 November 13, 1994 Leader's seat Calgary-Elbow Edmonton-McClung Last election 51 seats, 44.49% 32 seats, 39.73% Seats before 52 31 Seats won 63 18 Seat change 11 13 Popular vote 483,914 309,748 Percentage 51.17% 32.75% Swing 6.7 6.98%   Third party Fourth party   NDP SC Leader Pam Barrett Randy Thorsteinson Party New Democratic Social Credit Leader since 1996 1993 Leader's seat Edmonton-Highlands ran in Red Deer-South (lost) Last election 0 seats, 11.01% 0 seats, 2.41% Seats before 0 0 Seats won 2 0 Seat change 2 0 Popular vote 83,292 64,667 Percentage 8.81% 6.84% Swing 2.2% 4.43%
Premier before election Ralph Klein Progressive Conservative Premier after election Ralph Klein Progressive Conservative

The 1997 Alberta general election was the twenty-fourth general election for the Province of Alberta, Canada. It was held on March 11, 1997, to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta.

Results

Notes:

* Party did not nominate candidates in the previous election.

x – less than 0.005% of the popular vote

Members elected

For complete electoral history, see individual districts

Note:

• ¹ Pat Black later changed her last name to Nelson.