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3 unusual facts about Alberta Liberal Party


Henry B. Atkins

Atkins was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta for the Alberta Liberal Party in the 1917 Alberta general election.

Mary Anne Balsillie

Following Redwater MLA Nicholas Taylor's appointment to the Senate in 1996, Balsillie ran in the by-election for the Alberta Liberals.

Proxy voting

The Alberta Liberal Party ran into some difficulties, in that an unknown number of proxy ballots that were counted may have been invalid.


Al Zariwny

He defeated single-term incumbent New Democrat MLA Barrie Chivers in a hotly contested seven-way race to win the Edmonton-Strathcona seat for the Liberals.

Albert Klapstein

He defeated incumbent Liberal MLA Terry Kirkland in a hotly contested election to pick up the Leduc electoral district for the Progressive Conservatives.

Albert Ludwig

Ludwig was nominated as the Liberal candidate in Calgary Foothills only days before the 1997 Alberta general election but was unable to regain a seat in the legislature and was defeated by incumbent Pat Black.

Bill Bonko

He was first elected in the 2004 election as a Liberal in Edmonton Decore, but was defeated in his 2008 re-election bid by Progressive Conservative Janice Sarich.

Bob Maskell

Maskell tried to regain his seat in the 2012 Alberta general election, losing out to Liberal Leader Raj Sherman by 118 votes.

He defeated incumbent Liberal MLA Karen Leibovici to pick up Edmonton Meadowlark for the Progressive Conservatives.

Calgary-Elbow

Its current MLA is Alison Redford, a Progressive Conservative, who defeated incumbent Liberal candidate Craig Cheffins in the 2008 Alberta general election.

Craig Cheffins

Running as a Liberal, he won the seat in a 2007 by-election, but lost the seat in the 2008 general election.

George Henry Ross

Ross attempted a career at provincial politics running in North Calgary in the 1913 Alberta general election as a candidate for the Alberta Liberal Party.

Harvey Locke

Locke was the Liberal candidate in the provincial district of Calgary-Foothills in the 1989 Alberta provincial election, narrowly losing to Progressive Conservative Pat Black.

James Cornwall

Cornwall ran as a provincial Liberal candidate in the 1905 Alberta general election in the Peace River electoral district.

Louis Roberts

Louis was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta in the 1909 Alberta general election, for the Alberta Liberal Party.

Michelle Mungall

Mungall was not expected to win the race, which was expected to be close between the incumbent Progressive Conservative Mary O'Neill and the Liberal challenger Len Bracko.

Mo Elsalhy

He was elected as a Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta representing Edmonton McClung in the 2004 general election for the Alberta Liberal Party.

Rob Lougheed

He was elected for the Progressive Conservatives, defeating one term incumbent Muriel Abdurahman from the Alberta Liberal Party in a hotly contested election.


see also

Calgary-Glenmore

The first candidate to announce his intention to run for the Alberta Liberal Party nomination was former Ontario NDP MPP George Dadamo.