2001 Alberta general election

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83 seats in theLegislative Assembly of Alberta 42 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	53.38%
Majority party Minority party Third party   LIB Leader Ralph Klein Nancy MacBeth Raj Pannu Party Progressive Conservative Liberal New Democratic Leader since December 14, 1992 April 18, 1998 November 5, 2000 Leader's seat Calgary-Elbow Edmonton-McClung(lost re-election) Edmonton-Strathcona Last election 63 seats, 51.2% 18 seats, 32.8% 2 seats, 8.8% Seats before 64 15 2 Seats won 74 7 2 Seat change 10 8 ±0 Popular vote 627,252 276,854 81,339 Percentage 61.9% 27.3% 8.0% Swing 10.7% 5.5% 0.8%
Premier before election Ralph Klein Progressive Conservative Premier after election Ralph Klein Progressive Conservative

The2001 Alberta general election was held on March 12, 2001 to elect members of theLegislative Assembly of Alberta.

The incumbentAlberta Progressive Conservative Party, led byRalph Klein, won a strong majority for its tenth consecutive term in government. In addition to increasing its share of the popular vote to almost 62%, the PC Party won a majority of seats inEdmonton for the first time since 1982. In the process, they reduced the opposition to only nine MLAs in total. It was the Tories' biggest majority since the height of thePeter Lougheed era.

TheLiberal Party lost 11 seats and ran up a large debt. Its leader,Nancy MacBeth, was defeated in herriding.

TheNew Democratic Party, led byRaj Pannu, hoped to make gains at the expense of the Liberals in Edmonton and replace them as theofficial opposition. This did not materialize, but the party did manage to maintain its share of the popular vote and held onto their two seats in the legislature. The NDP attempted to attract young voters with the slogan, "Raj against the Machine".

The right-wingAlberta First Party, contesting its first election, failed to win any seats or come close to winning any. TheSocial Credit Party, led byJames Albers, was unable to build on its moderate success in the1997 election, and sank back into obscurity. Socred leaderLavern Ahlstrom, however, performed well inRocky Mountain House and finished second behind the incumbentTy Lund.

Overall voter turnout was 53.38%.^[2]

Notes:

* Party did not nominate candidates in the previous election.

x - less than 0.005% of the popular vote.

• Alberta. Chief Electoral Officer (2001).The report of the Chief Electoral Officer on the 2000 provincial confirmation process and Monday, March 12, 2001, Provincial General Election of the twenty-fifth Legislative Assembly. Edmonton: Alberta Legislative Assembly, Office of the Chief Electoral Officer.
• Mutimer, David, ed. (2007).Canadian Annual Review of Politics and Public Affairs, 2001. Toronto: University of Toronto Press.ISBN 9781442684126.

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