32nd Alberta general election

← 2023 On or before October 18, 2027
← outgoing members
All 87 seats in theLegislative Assembly of Alberta 44 seats needed for a majority
AB Leader Danielle Smith Naheed Nenshi Lindsay Amantea (interim) Party United Conservative New Democratic Alberta Party[a] Leader since October 6, 2022 June 22, 2024 April 14, 2024 Leader's seat Brooks-Medicine Hat Edmonton-Strathcona None Last election 49 seats, 52.56% 38 seats, 44.02% 0 seats, 0.71% Current seats 47 38 2 Seats needed 6 42
IncumbentPremier Danielle Smith United Conservative

The32nd Alberta general election will elect members of theLegislative Assembly to serve in the 32nd Alberta Legislature. TheElection Act requires that the election be held on October 18, 2027, but it may becalled earlier.

In December 2024, the Electoral Boundaries Commission was mandated to propose new boundaries for 89 ridings, an increase from 87. If this work is completed and approved before the31st Legislature is dissolved, the election will be with these new boundaries.

Under thefixed-date provisions of Alberta'sElection Act, "election day for a general election shall be the third Monday in October in the 4th calendar year following the election day of the most recent general election".^[1] As the previous election was held in 2023, the next election is scheduled for October 18, 2027. However, theElection Act is subject to the powers of thelieutenant governor of Alberta to dissolve the legislature before that time, in accordance with the usual conventions of theWestminster parliamentary system.

• May 29: TheUnited Conservative Party (UCP) wins a majority government in the31st Alberta general election, with theAlberta New Democratic Party (NDP) forming the Official Opposition. No other parties win seats in the election.^[2]
• June 9:The UCP Cabinet is sworn in.^[3]
• June 20:Olds-Didsbury-Three Hills MLANathan Cooper is elected Speaker of the Legislative Assembly.^[4]
• September 18:Jordan Wilkie resigns asGreen Party leader.^[5][6]
• October 15:Barry Morishita resigns asAlberta Party leader.^[7][8]

• January 16:Rachel Notley announces intention to resign asNDP leader before the next election. She will remain as leader until a leadership race chooses a successor.^[9]
• May 30: Bill 21 receives royal assent, changing the next fixed election date to October 18, 2027.^[10]
• June 22:Naheed Nenshi iselected leader of the Alberta NDP.^[11]
• July 1:Shannon Phillips resigns as MLA forLethbridge-West, triggering aby-election.^[12]
• October 9:Jennifer Johnson, who appeared on the ballot as a UCP candidate in the last provincial election but was disavowed by the party during the campaign due to controversial comments comparing transgender children to faeces, is returned back to the UCP caucus.^[13]
• November 20:By-election for the riding ofLethbridge-West called for December 18.^[14]
• December 5: Bill 31 receives royal assent, allowing the Electoral Boundaries Commission to add 2 more seats in the next redistribution.^[15]
• December 18: The2024 Lethbridge-West provincial by-election is held, with the NDP'sRob Miyashiro elected.^[16]
• December 30: Rachel Notley resigns as MLA forEdmonton-Strathcona, triggering a by-election.^[17]

• January 23: Naheed Nenshi acclaimed as Alberta NDP's by-election candidate inEdmonton-Strathcona.^[18]
• March 7:Lesser Slave Lake MLAScott Sinclair is removed from the UCP Caucus over comments made criticizing the budget.^[19]
• March 25:Rod Loyola resigns as MLA forEdmonton-Ellerslie, triggering a by-election.^[20]
• April 16:Airdrie-Cochrane MLAPeter Guthrie is removed from the UCP Caucus after publishing a letter alleging the health minister withheld information from cabinet relating to the Alberta Health Services board of directors.^[21]
• May 13: MLARic McIver resigns his position as Minister of Municipal Affairs^[22] and is elected to the position of Speaker of the House, followingNathan Cooper's resignation as speaker.^[23]
• May 22:Olds-Didsbury-Three Hills MLA Nathan Cooper resigns his seat.^[24][25]
• June 23: By-elections are held in the ridings ofEdmonton-Strathcona,Olds-Didsbury-Three Hills,Edmonton-Ellerslie.^[26] The NDP and UCP held their respective seats.
• July 23: Airdrie-Cochrane MLA Peter Guthrie and Lesser Slave Lake MLA Scott Sinclair join theAlberta Party, intending to change its name to the Progressive Conservatives.^[27]
• August 27: The Alberta Party votes to rebrand as the Progressive Conservative Party, pending confirmation fromElections Alberta.

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