Legislative Assembly of Alberta explained

Legislative Assembly of Alberta
Coa Pic:Legislative Assembly of Alberta Logo.svg
Preceded By:North-West Legislative Assembly
House Type:Unicameral house
Body:Alberta Legislature
Election1:May 30, 2019
Party2:UCP
Election2:October 11, 2022
Leader3 Type:Government House Leader
Election3:October 24, 2022
Election4:June 24, 2024
Leader5 Type:Opposition House Leader
Election5:February 8, 2021
Members:87
Structure1:Alberta_Legislative_Assembly_-_Seating_Plan_(July_25,_2017_-_Present).svg
Structure1 Res:400px
Political Groups1:
  • Vacant (1)
Session Room:Alberta legislature building 2023 (52701680839).jpg
Meeting Place:Alberta Legislature Building, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

The Legislative Assembly of Alberta is the deliberative assembly of the province of Alberta, Canada. It sits in the Alberta Legislature Building in Edmonton. Since 2012 the Legislative Assembly has had 87 members, elected first past the post from single-member electoral districts.[1] Bills passed by the Legislative Assembly are given royal assent by the lieutenant governor of Alberta, as the viceregal representative of the King of Canada.[2] The Legislative Assembly and the Lieutenant Governor together make up the unicameral Alberta Legislature.

The maximum period between general elections of the assembly, as set by Section 4 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms is five years, which is further reinforced in Alberta's Legislative Assembly Act.[3] Convention dictates the premier controls the date of election and usually selects a date in the fourth or fifth year after the preceding election. Amendments to Alberta's Elections Act introduced in 2021 fixed the date of election to between the last Monday in May in the fourth calendar year following the preceding election.[4] Alberta has never had a minority government and an election as a result of a vote of no confidence has never occurred.

To be a candidate for election to the assembly, a person must be a Canadian citizen older than 18 who has lived in Alberta for at least six months before the election and has registered with Elections Alberta under the Election Finances and Contributions Disclosure Act. Senators, senators-in-waiting, members of the House of Commons, and criminal inmates are ineligible.[5]

The 30th Alberta Legislature was dissolved on May 1, 2023. The members-elect of the 31st Alberta Legislature were elected on May 29.

History

The first session of the first Legislature of Alberta opened on March 15, 1906, in the Thistle Rink, Edmonton, north of Jasper Avenue. After the speech from the throne, the assembly held its sessions in the McKay Avenue School. In this school Alberta MLAs chose the provincial capital,[6] Edmonton, and the future site for the Alberta Legislature Building: the bank of the North Saskatchewan River. Allan Merrick Jeffers,[7] a graduate of the Rhode Island School of Design was the architect who was chosen to build the assembly building. In September 1912 Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn, Governor General of Canada, declared the building officially open.[8] [9] [10]

Louise McKinney and Roberta MacAdams were the first women elected to the assembly, in the 1917 election. They were also the first women in any legislature of the British Empire.

Current members

The members-elect of the 31st Alberta Legislature were elected in the 31st Alberta general election held on May 29, 2023. Bold indicates cabinet members, and party leaders are italicized.

Member[11] PartyElectoral districtFirst electedNew DemocraticCalgary-Glenmore2023United ConservativeCalgary-Cross2019New DemocraticEdmonton-West Henday2023United ConservativeFort Saskatchewan-Vegreville2019New DemocraticCalgary-Acadia2023United ConservativeDrayton Valley-Devon2023New DemocraticCalgary-Falconridge2023United ConservativeCalgary-Lougheed2023New DemocraticCalgary-North East2023New DemocraticEdmonton-Rutherford2023New DemocraticCalgary-Buffalo2015New DemocraticCalgary-Beddington2023United ConservativeOlds-Didsbury-Three Hills2015United ConservativeBonnyville-Cold Lake-St. Paul2015United ConservativeChestermere-Strathmore2023New DemocraticEdmonton-McClung2015New DemocraticEdmonton-Meadows2019United ConservativeInnisfail-Sylvan Lake2018 (by-election)United ConservativeGrande Prairie2023New DemocraticEdmonton-North West2004New DemocraticCalgary-Foothills2023United ConservativeCalgary-West2014 (by-election)New DemocraticBanff-Kananaskis2023New DemocraticCalgary-Currie2023United ConservativeCalgary-Peigan2019New DemocraticCalgary-Mountain View2015United ConservativeLac Ste. Anne-Parkland2019United ConservativeStrathcona-Sherwood Park2019New DemocraticEdmonton-Castle Downs2015United ConservativeFort McMurray-Lac La Biche2015New DemocraticEdmonton-Mill Woods2015United ConservativeAirdrie-Cochrane2019New DemocraticEdmonton-Decore2023New DemocraticCalgary-Edgemont2023New DemocraticEdmonton-Glenora2015United ConservativeDrumheller-Stettler2019New DemocraticEdmonton-South2023United ConservativeTaber-Warner2015New DemocraticEdmonton-South West2023New DemocraticEdmonton-Highlands-Norwood2019IndependentLacombe-Ponoka2023United ConservativeCalgary-South East2019New DemocraticSherwood Park2023New DemocraticCalgary-Elbow2023United ConservativeRed Deer-North2019United ConservativeWest Yellowhead2019United ConservativeCentral Peace-Notley2019United ConservativeCamrose2019New DemocraticEdmonton-Ellerslie2015United ConservativeLeduc-Beaumont2023United ConservativeCalgary-Fish Creek2023United ConservativeCalgary-Hays2012New DemocraticCalgary-Varsity2023United ConservativeMorinville-St. Albert2019United ConservativeLethbridge-East2019United ConservativeCalgary-Bow2019United ConservativeRimbey-Rocky Mountain House-Sundre2015New DemocraticEdmonton-Strathcona2008New DemocraticEdmonton-Whitemud2019New DemocraticLethbridge-West2015United ConservativeLivingstone-Macleod2023United ConservativeAirdrie-East2015New DemocraticSt. Albert2015United ConservativeVermilion-Lloydminster-Wainwright2019New DemocraticCalgary-Bhullar-McCall2015United ConservativeCalgary-North West2019New DemocraticEdmonton-Gold Bar2015United ConservativeCardston-Siksika2019United ConservativeCalgary-Shaw2019New DemocraticEdmonton-City Centre2015New DemocraticEdmonton-Riverview2015United ConservativeHighwood2019United ConservativeLesser Slave Lake2023United ConservativeCalgary-East2019United ConservativeBrooks-Medicine Hat2012United ConservativeRed Deer-South2019New DemocraticEdmonton-Manning2015New DemocraticCalgary-Klein2023United ConservativeSpruce Grove-Stony Plain2019United ConservativeAthabasca-Barrhead-Westlock2015United ConservativeGrande Prairie-Wapiti2023United ConservativeMaskwacis-Wetaskiwin2019United ConservativePeace River2019United ConservativeCypress-Medicine Hat2023New DemocraticEdmonton-Beverly-Clareview2023United ConservativeFort McMurray-Wood Buffalo2015United ConservativeCalgary-North2019

Standings during 31st Assembly

The 31st Alberta Legislative Assembly was constituted after the general election on May 29, 2023. The United Conservative Party, led by incumbent Premier Danielle Smith, formed the government with a reduced majority. The New Democrats, led by former Premier Rachel Notley, won the second most seats and formed the official opposition.[12]

Standings in the 31st Alberta Legislature
AffiliationMembers
2023 general electionCurrent4948383801
Total seats87

Seating plan

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External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Legislative Assembly of Alberta. www.assembly.ab.ca.
  2. The Alberta Act . 4-5 Edw. VII . [1905] . 3 (Canada) . 12 . http://www.justice.gc.ca/eng/rp-pr/csj-sjc/constitution/lawreg-loireg/p1t121.html . Department of Justice Canada . The Alberta Act. .
  3. Legislative Assembly Act . RSA . 2000 . L-9 . 3 . 1. http://canlii.ca/t/81pt.
  4. Election Act . RSA . 2000 . E-1. 38.1. 2 . http://canlii.ca/t/81m1 .
  5. Election Act . RSA . 2000 . E-1. 56. http://canlii.ca/t/81m1 .
  6. Web site: History of the building. www.alberta.ca. 29 February 2024 .
  7. Web site: McDougall Centre. www.alberta.ca. 29 February 2024 .
  8. Web site: Citizens Guide. www.assembly.ab.ca. https://web.archive.org/web/20071014141433/https://www.assembly.ab.ca/pub/gdbook/CitizensGuide.pdf . 2007-10-14 .
  9. Web site: Jeffers, Allan Merrick - Alberta On Record. albertaonrecord.ca.
  10. Web site: Alberta Legislature. Alberta Legislature - Explore Edmonton.
  11. Web site: Legislative Assembly of Alberta. www.assembly.ab.ca. 17 May 2023.
  12. Web site: 2023-05-29 . Danielle Smith's UCP holds onto power in Alberta . 2023-11-06 . Edmonton . en.
  13. Web site: Chamber Seating Plan . 2024-03-11 . www.assembly.ab.ca.

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