2004 General Election

The Report of the Chief Electoral Officer on the 2004 Provincial Enumeration and Monday, November 22, 2004 Provincial General Election of the Twenty-sixth Legislative Assembly. Click on the following parts to download the full report in PDF format. Please be advised that the following pdf files are fairly large due to the amount of maps contained in the report. You may also request a hard copy by contacting our Office.

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Summary of Results by Electoral Division

Overview Challenges Election Training Advertising Elector Information Election Calendar Legislative and Procedural Changes Nominated Candidates Special Ballot Polls Advance Polls Mobile Polls Polling Day Additions to the Lists of Electors Accuracy of the Lists of Electors Official Results Judicial Recount Custody and Inspection of Election Documents Continuous Register of Electors Management Candidates' Deposits Cost Summary Overview Table 5: 2004 General Election Cost Summary by Electoral Division Election Expenses - Fees and Associated Costs Election Fees and Expenses Regulation, August 2004 (Extract) Election Finances and Contributions Disclosure Act Candidate Registration Candidate's Campaign Period Financial Statements Senate Nominee Election Highlights Remarks of the Chief Electoral Officer Members Elected to the Twenty-sixth Legislative Assembly Summary of Results by Electoral Divisons Comparative Statistics-General Elections 1979-2004 Candidate Summary of Results Electoral Summary List of Returning Officers (Enumeration & General Election) Statements of Official Results

Overview....

The election was conducted on the boundaries described in the Electoral Divisions Act, which was proclaimed into effect along with the issuance of the writs for the Provincial General Election. Electoral division boundaries had been adjusted following the independent review of the 2002/2003 Alberta Electoral Boundaries Commission and the May 2003 acceptance of the revised electoral division boundaries by the Legislative Assembly. Order in Council 545/2004 proclaimed the new electoral division boundaries in force on October 25, 2004.

Order in Council 544/2004 dissolved the Twenty-fifth Legislative Assembly on October 25, 2004, and Order 546/2004 signalled the commencement of the Provincial General Election by ordering the Chief Electoral Officer to issue Writs of Election to each of the 83 Returning Officers, pursuant to Section 40 of the Election Act.

Challenges....

Albertans went to the polls on November 22, 2004 for the third time in six months; our event was preceded by the federal election on June 28, 2004 and the municipal elections on October 18, 2004. Election process varies between events due to the differences in legislation governing each event and this can be confusing to the electorate. It was a particular challenge to effectively communicate to electors that elector eligibility criteria, polling places, voting hours, and voting options varied from the two electoral events preceding the Provincial General Election.

This challenge was compounded by the fact that electors went to the polls on new electoral division boundaries. Electors had become accustomed to the names of provincial electoral divisions that were in place since 1997, or electoral boundary names used during the municipal or federal elections.

Elections Alberta enhanced advertising, Internet presence and expanded the hours of operation for the phone-in Voter Information Centre to address these challenges. The website provided information such as polling place location, electoral division maps, hours of voting at the advance polls and on Polling Day, candidate listings and linkages (where available), and various voting options during over 470,000 site visits. The Voter Information Centre responded to over 16,000 phone-in queries, mainly regarding polling place location and the election process.

Other challenges arose from the administration of the Senate Nominee Election. It was important to notify electors of the event and to provide clear instruction for marking ballots. Unlike the Provincial General Election, electors were able to mark their ballots for up to four candidates.

This challenge extended to the training of election officers who were called upon to answer questions related to the historic event and, later, to count the ballots. Directions were provided verbally by election officers, in written form via the posters in each polling place, and in a multilingual written translation for electors who required that service.

Administering the two parallel events, and particularly tabulating the unofficial results, was a time-consuming process. Unofficial results were not available as quickly as in the past. Although notification of the expected delay was provided by Elections Alberta in advance, the delay in viewing unofficial results frustrated some stakeholders.

Election Training....

Returning Officers had selected individuals to assist them with the conduct of the election in advance of the event. Staff appointments were made upon receipt of the Writ of Election.

Each Returning Officer had an election clerk to assist them and to replace them in the event that the Returning Officer was unable to fulfil their duties. A legislative change allowed the recruitment of an additional staff person for the first time: an administrative assistant, whose responsibilities included data entry and Special Ballot poll management. Sixty-four Returning Officers hired an administrative assistant on a full-time basis, while 14 hired an individual part-time and 5 did not hire an administrative assistant.

Elections Alberta provided training to Returning Officers, election clerks and administrative assistants to prepare them to fulfil their duties. They received appropriate resources to provide standardized training to supervisory deputy returning officers, registration officers and deputy returning officers. As in past elections, poll clerks were briefed on their responsibilities by the deputy returning officers and followed the directions provided in the updated “Guide for Polling Place Officials”.

Returning Officers used those resources to train 7,270 electors to staff the polls on Polling Day. This demanding task is accomplished by Returning Officers in the latter part of the twenty-eight day election period. As with the enumeration, the election is a very labour-intensive process: 72% of the election budget is allocated to election officers’ fees.

Advertising....

The maps completed by Returning Officers in March 2004 were used in advertisements and posted at the polling places. Maps had been updated with new civic address data, where available, to ensure currency and accuracy.

In accordance with legislation, maps of each electoral division were advertised in newspapers of general circulation on two occasions during the election period. The first advertisement appeared in the first week of November, and included Election Proclamation information, Returning Officers’ office hours and contact information, qualifications for Special Ballot voters, and information regarding the availability of level access in the Returning Officers’ offices and advance polling places.

The second advertisement appeared in mid November, and included information on regular, advance and Special Ballot polls, along with the polling place maps.

Both advertisements appeared as inserts in the Edmonton and Calgary daily newspapers. Inserts included information for electoral divisions that shared a boundary with the cities, along with the electoral divisions within the two cities. As an added service, both inserts were hand-delivered to all residences of non-subscribers in Edmonton, Calgary and most urban centres in adjacent electoral divisions to best disseminate information to all electors.

Additional generic advertisements were published throughout the election period to encourage electors to obtain necessary polling day information from the Voter Information Centre or the Elections Alberta website. The advertisements appeared in 9 daily newspapers and 103 weekly newspapers.

Elector Information....

Electors had access to information throughout the election period from a number of sources. Information was compiled and made available on a timely basis, given that all activities in the electoral cycle occur following the issuance of the Writs of Election.

Returning Officers secured office space as soon as the Writs were issued, and contact information for them was available early in the election period. Offices were open from 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. on weekdays and from noon to 4:00 p.m. on Saturdays. Extended hours were offered on key dates of the election period.

All Returning Officers had received furniture and election supplies by day three of the election period; in the interim, they were able to provide prospective candidates with necessary documentation and electors with Special Ballot packages. Returning Officers were able to respond to stakeholders’ immediate concerns even though the 80 tonnes of election supplies took three days to deliver across the province.

Locations of polling places were selected after the issuance of the Writs and made available to callers by day five of the election period, both on the website and through telephone contact.

Candidates’ nominations closed at 2:00 p.m. on the fourteenth day following the issuance of the Writs, and a listing of candidates for 82 electoral divisions was available on the website later that day. A complete listing of candidates for the electoral division of Bonnyville-Cold Lake was added the following day, following repair of the telecommunications cables which had been severed, cutting off telephone and Internet service to that region.

Elections Alberta’s website provided answers to commonly asked questions regarding polling place locations, eligibility criteria and availability of voter assistance. For the first time, electors were able to determine their polling place location following data entry of their civic address or rural legal land description. Electors were also able to confirm their inclusion on the List of Electors after entering the personal information necessary to confirm their identity and prohibit information gathering by unauthorized sources.

The website also included statistical information from previous events, an election calendar highlighting the key dates in the election period, contact information for Returning Officers across the province, and a listing of candidates for each electoral division (with website links, where available).

At the close of polls on Polling Day, electors were able to obtain unofficial results, as that information was entered by Returning Officers. The portion of the website containing poll by poll results, and aggregate results by party, was visited over 112,000 times on Polling Day.

The Voter Information Centre handled over 16,000 calls throughout the election period, including 6,327 on Polling Day. Operators were available 8:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. on weekdays, and 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. on weekends. Operators answered general inquiries and directed electors to their polling places.

Electors who were unable to obtain the information they required from the Returning Officer, Voter Information Centre or website were able to contact Elections Alberta by email. Email queries were answered on a timely basis, particularly the 447 where-to-vote queries received on Polling Day.

This combination of resources was designed to accommodate electors round-the-clock. Electors have, in past, expressed their concern that providing information during regular business hours does not always accommodate their schedules. The increased hours of operation and means for providing information have been adopted to address that concern.

Election Calendar....

The election calendar posted on the website highlighted the following key dates:

Monday, October 25	Issuance of the Writs of Election to Returning Officers in the 83 electoral divisions
Saturday, October 30	First day for electors to be added to the List of Electors in the Returning Officers’ offices
Monday, November 8 at 2:00 PM	Last opportunity for Candidates to file Nomination Papers in the Returning Officers’ offices
Saturday, November 13 at 4:00 PM	Last opportunity for electors to be added to the List of Electors in the Returning Officers’ offices
Thursday, November 18	First day to vote in the Advance Polls (9:00 AM to 8:00 PM)
Friday, November 19	Second day to vote in the Advance Polls (9:00 AM to 8:00 PM)
Saturday, November 20	Final day to vote in the Advance Polls (9:00 AM to 8:00 PM)
Monday, November 22 POLLING DAY	Polls open from 9:00 AM to 8:00 PM; unofficial results web-posted
Thursday, December 2	Official results announced by the Returning Officers in the 83 electoral divisions

Legislative and Procedural Changes....

A comprehensive review of the Election Act resulted in almost 200 changes that were in effect for the 2004 electoral events. Many revisions were made to clarify or update the legislation, or to allow for increased administrative efficiencies. Others were to enhance the front-line service provided to electors.

The following are highlights of some of the changes to the Election Act:

Access to publicly held elector information, on a cost recovery basis, was expanded to allow Elections Alberta to economically update the Register of Electors using data held by public agencies.

Enumerators were able to contact electors by telephone, where distances were a consideration, and to accept elector information provided by telephone.

Access to multiple dwelling sites (including apartments and condominiums) was clarified to facilitate entry by enumerators and campaign workers. Returning Officers provided identification to enumerators and campaign workers to assist in this regard.

Advance poll eligibility has been expanded to accommodate electors who believe they will be unable to vote on Polling Day.

Two new election officer positions were available: administrative assistants, within the offices of the Returning Officers; and registration officers, within polling places holding multiple polling stations. Both positions were instituted to improve service to electors, the latter by streamlining the process of adding electors to the Lists of Electors on Polling Day.

Poll Books were revised to include the List of Electors. This streamlined the voting process for electors whose names were included in the Register of Electors.

Election officers were able to provide cover-off of any position within a polling place to avoid disruptions in service due to sudden absence or illness. Polling stations could be opened with only one election officer in attendance, if necessary, to avoid possible delays.

Electors who are unable to vote in the usual manner due to a physical incapacity or inability to read the ballot have expanded options available to them. In addition to receiving assistance from election officers, they may be assisted by a friend who has accompanied them. An elector may also enlist a friend to provide translation services.

Nominated Candidates....

Nomination day was Monday, November 8, 2004. That was the last day on which prospective candidates were able to file nomination papers with the Returning Officer in the electoral division in which they wished to contest the election.

By 2:00 p.m., when nominations closed, 450 candidates had filed nomination papers. This represented the greatest number of candidates to contest a provincial election in Alberta’s history. The distribution of candidates by political party affiliation follows:

Alberta Alliance	83
Alberta Greens	49
Alberta Liberal Party	82
Alberta New Democratic Party	83
Alberta Party	4
Communist Party – Alberta	2
Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta	83
Separation Party of Alberta	12
Social Credit	42
Independent	10

No candidate withdrew following the close of nominations and no candidate was elected by acclamation.

Special Ballot Polls....

By legislation, a Special Ballot poll was established in each of the 83 electoral divisions. The poll is established to facilitate voting for electors who are not able to vote at the advance polls, or on Polling Day. It is often used by electors who are physically incapacitated or who travel, work or attend an educational institution outside of their own electoral divisions for extended periods. Availability of the Special Ballot was advertised in newspapers and on the website.

Special Ballot brochures were distributed to stakeholder groups whose members tend to use this voting option. Brochures were distributed on a proactive basis to trade unions, travel clubs, post-secondary educational institutions and the Canadian Armed Forces to allow them time to share information with their membership. This increased awareness directed electors’ early attention to this voting option.

The Special Ballot is often viewed as a mail-in ballot, but ballots may also be completed in the Returning Officer’s office or hand-delivered by an individual at the elector’s request. While every effort is made to provide a Special Ballot to an elector, it is a legislative requirement that an elector must request his or her own Special Ballot: it cannot be requested on his or her behalf by another person. This is to ensure that the Special Ballot is issued to, and completed by, the appropriate elector.

Electors may request a Special Ballot in person, by telephone, by facsimile, by electronic mail or in writing. The Special Ballot package uses a series of envelopes to protect the confidentiality of the ballot, and contains an elector’s declaration identifying the reason for use, along with an undertaking confirming that the elector has not yet voted and will not vote a second time.

In the same way that each elector must vote within their own electoral division, each elector must request a Special Ballot from the Returning Officer in his or her own electoral division and return it to the office from which it was issued. Although Special Ballot requests may be made electronically, original Special Ballots must be submitted to ensure authenticity and confidentiality.

Returning Officers sent Special Ballots throughout the province and even out of the country. Completed Special Ballot envelopes returned from Europe and Asia were commonplace. Electors were able to request a Special Ballot at the beginning of the election period and were able to vote for the candidate or political party of their choice. This helped to ensure that electors had adequate time to complete and return the Special Ballot by the close of polls on Polling Day.

A total of 7,358 valid Special Ballots were received by the close of polls on Polling Day, providing a valuable option to electors who otherwise may have been unable to exercise their franchise.

Advance Polls....

By legislation, advance polls were established in at least one location in each electoral division on the Thursday, Friday and Saturday prior to Polling Day. Up to four advance poll locations may be established to ensure elector convenience in electoral divisions that cover a large geographic area; additional locations may be established, if deemed necessary by the Chief Electoral Officer.

Advance polls were open from 9:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. on November 18, 19 and 20, 2004, at sites that offered level access. Returning Officers’ offices were used, where appropriate.

These polls were established to accommodate electors who were unable to vote on Polling Day due to:

• physical incapacity,
• absence,
• acting as an election officer, candidate, official agent or scrutineer whose official duties precluded their attendance at the polling place established for their own polling subdivision, or
• an inability to vote on Polling Day.

A total of 44,807 valid ballots were cast at 165 advance polls.

Mobile Polls....

By legislation, mobile polls were established on Polling Day in treatment centres and in supportive living facilities with ten or more resident inpatients or electors, where consultation with facility staff found the service to be appropriate.

Mobile poll brochures were distributed to facility administrators early in the election period to inform them of the mobile poll process. Posters were provided to inform residents of the time and location for mobile polling within their facility to allow electors to plan appropriately for Polling Day.

Mobile polls accommodated electors within the facilities during hours agreed upon by facility staff, and were conducted in a fixed location, or by going bed-to-bed, or by using both methods, to best meet electors’ needs.

All electors identified by the facility staff as being well enough to vote are eligible to vote in the electoral division in which the facility is located. In accordance with legislation, facility staff can restrict participation to the deputy returning officer, poll clerk, interpreter, and facility representative, if appropriate for the well-being of the residents or inpatients.

A total of 17,639 valid ballots were cast at 477 mobile poll locations.

Polling Day....

By legislation, polls were open from 9:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. on Monday, November 22, 2004. There were 5,357 polling stations established across the province, each staffed by a deputy returning officer and poll clerk. Supervisory deputy returning officers were hired in polling places with multiple stations to assist in directing electors to the correct polling station. Registration officers were hired to assist electors whose names were not on the Lists of Electors, which expedited the process for all electors.

Election officers were responsible for setting up the polling places, taking the vote, swearing-in electors, conducting the unofficial count and returning all election material to the Returning Officers in a secure manner.

Election officers were also responsible for answering electors’ inquiries and for working with the scrutineers appointed by candidates to observe Polling Day proceedings. Both election officers and scrutineers are to be commended for their cooperative efforts in ensuring fairness and transparency in the process.

The role of election officers also includes the collection of information that will be used in updating the Register of Electors. Polling Day is an excellent opportunity to collect new and updated information from electors for use in refreshing the Register and subsequent Lists of Electors.

At the close of polls, election officers conducted the unofficial count for the Provincial General Election and the Senate Nominee Election, and telephoned results to the appropriate Returning Officer. All results were communicated in a timely manner and were made available in Returning Officers’ offices. For the first time, staff in Returning Officers’ offices data entered the unofficial results as they arrived and posted that information to the website. Interested parties were able to view poll-by-poll results, as well as results aggregated for the entire province, as they were posted. The information systems capability will be enhanced prior to the next electoral event in order to expedite the web-posting of unofficial results.

Additions to the List of Electors....

A total of 70,037 electors were added to the Lists of Electors during the Revisions Period and on Polling Day. This figure includes electors who did not provide information during the enumeration, those who moved, and those who attained the age, residency or citizenship requirements following the enumeration.

On average, 13 electors were sworn in at each regular polling station. Areas of high mobility or significant recent growth experienced the highest number of additions.

The Register of Electors contained 1,931,250 names following the Provincial General Enumeration. Names in the Register were used to create the Lists of Electors provided to registered political parties in October 2004 to meet the legislated requirement for providing a List of Electors in the fourth year following an election.

The number of names in the Register of Electors increased to 2,001,287 by the close of polls on Polling Day for the November 22, 2004 Provincial General Election. Names added during the Revisions Period and on Polling Day were included at that point.

By March 2005, the Register of Electors contained 1,982,843 names. Electors’ names had been removed from previous addresses and at electors’ requests following out-of-province moves. This final tally is also partially attributable to the number of electors who withheld consent for participation in the Register of Electors.

In order to receive a ballot, an elector’s name must appear on the List of Electors. It is not mandatory, however, to participate in the Register of Electors. Electors were encouraged to participate to increase the accuracy of future Lists and to reduce the number of electors having to swear-in to vote at the next electoral event. Still, some electors prefer not to have their names included in the Register on an ongoing basis, in spite of the fact that their information is used for electoral purposes only.

Opting out of the Register is one of the reasons that a certain number of Polling Day swear-ins must be anticipated at all electoral events. The addition of the registration officer on Polling Day helps to ensure that these electors are added to the List of Electors without delaying those electors who expect a streamlined voting process subsequent to their provision of Register information prior to Polling Day.

Accuracy of the Lists of Electors....

Accurate, current Lists of Electors are essential both for campaigning and effective Polling Day administration. The Lists of Electors distributed to registered political parties in October 2004, and subsequently used at the polls, were compared to the post-election Lists produced in March 2005 to gauge accuracy.

It is recognized that an indeterminate number of eligible electors actively choose not to participate in the electoral process, so it is acknowledged that the List of Electors does not contain every eligible elector. At the same time, a benchmark must be established to gauge accuracy. For that reason, the assumption is made that the post-election Lists of Electors are one hundred per cent accurate, since they include all electors who choose to provide information during the enumeration, the Revisions Period or on Polling Day.

Table 3 illustrates the accuracy of the Lists of Electors prepared following the enumeration in comparison to the post-election Lists. Overall, the Lists were found to be 97.4% accurate. Only 2.6% of electors that appeared on the March 2005 Lists of Electors were added during the Revisions Period and on Polling Day.

Table 3: Number of Names on Lists of Electors Following the Enumeration
and Accuracy of Lists of Electors

Electoral Division	Number of Names on October 2004 List1	Number of Names on March 2005 List2	Accuracy of October 2004 List3
01 Dunvegan-Central Peace	14,839	15,048	98.60%
02 Calgary-Bow	26,487	26,997	98.10%
03 Calgary-Buffalo	23,2114	24,098	96.30%
04 Calgary-Cross	21,602	22,026	98.10%
05 Calgary-Currie	22,680	24,261	93.50%
06 Calgary-East	21,887	22,463	97.40%
07 Calgary-Egmont	26,806	26,988	99.30%
08 Calgary-Elbow	24,997	25,683	97.30%
09 Calgary-Fish Creek	25,822	25,955	99.50%
10 Calgary-Foothills	26,705	27,272	97.90%
11 Calgary-Fort	22,561	23,017	98.00%
12 Calgary-Glenmore	25,283	25,536	99.00%
13 Calgary-Hays	24,379	24,724	98.60%
14 Calgary-Lougheed	25,718	26,033	98.80%
15 Calgary-Mackay	27,361	27,887	98.10%
16 Calgary-McCall	20,670	21,816	94.70%
17 Calgary-Montrose	21,654	21,893	98.90%
18 Calgary-Mountain View	25,637	27,085	94.70%
19 Calgary-North Hill	21,992	22,779	96.50%
20 Calgary-North West	31,815	32,615	97.50%
21 Calgary-Nose Hill	22,846	23,233	98.30%
22 Calgary-Shaw	25,761	26,120	98.60%
23 Calgary-Varsity	25,048	25,617	97.80%
24 Calgary-West	29,890	30,894	96.80%
25 Edmonton-Beverly-Clareview	22,627	23,311	97.10%
26 Edmonton-Calder	22,461	23,226	96.70%
27 Edmonton-Castle Downs	28,356	28,901	98.10%
28 Edmonton-Centre	20,001	21,747	92.00%
29 Edmonton-Decore	24,036	24,515	98.00%
30 Edmonton-Ellerslie	22,798	23,319	97.80%
31 Edmonton-Glenora	21,757	23,050	94.40%
32 Edmonton-Gold Bar	24,115	25,002	96.50%
33 Edmonton-Highlands-Norwood	21,558	22,569	95.50%
34 Edmonton-Manning	24,529	24,859	98.70%
35 Edmonton-McClung	23,845	24,848	96.00%
36 Edmonton-Meadowlark	23,073	23,572	97.90%
37 Edmonton-Mill Creek	23,269	24,365	95.50%
38 Edmonton-Mill Woods	22,524	23,100	97.50%
39 Edmonton-Riverview	23,645	24,747	95.50%
40 Edmonton-Rutherford	23,211	23,868	97.20%
41 Edmonton-Strathcona	22,028	24,096	91.40%
42 Edmonton-Whitemud	30,078	31,027	96.90%
43 Airdrie-Chestermere	29,382	29,938	98.10%
44 Athabasca-Redwater	23,320	23,739	98.20%
45 Banff-Cochrane	20,467	21,095	97.00%
46 Barrhead-Morinville-Westlock	22,172	22,650	97.90%
47 Battle River-Wainwright	20,097	20,190	99.50%
48 Bonnyville-Cold Lake	17,704	18,022	98.20%
49 Cardston-Taber-Warner	18,672	18,867	99.00%
50 Cypress-Medicine Hat	21,695	21,887	99.10%
51 Drayton Valley-Calmar	18,388	19,017	96.70%
52 Drumheller-Stettler	20,063	20,571	97.50%
53 Foothills-Rocky View	21,143	22,435	94.20%
54 Fort McMurray-Wood Buffalo	25,578	26,292	97.30%
55 Fort Saskatchewan-Vegreville	24,177	24,655	98.10%
56 Grande Prairie-Smoky	21,044	21,748	96.80%
57 Grande Prairie-Wapiti	21,527	22,089	97.50%
58 Highwood	22,591	23,281	97.00%
59 Innisfail-Sylvan Lake	23,419	23,855	98.20%
60 Lac La Biche-St. Paul	17,909	18,269	98.00%
61 Lacombe-Ponoka	24,977	26,127	95.60%
62 Leduc-Beaumont-Devon	26,343	26,661	98.80%
63 Lesser Slave Lake	18,660	18,914	98.70%
64 Lethbridge-East	25,944	26,150	99.20%
65 Lethbridge-West	23,408	24,176	96.80%
66 Little Bow	19,295	19,649	98.20%
67 Livingstone-Macleod	21,430	22,253	96.30%
68 Medicine Hat	25,107	25,459	98.60%
69 Olds-Didsbury-Three Hills	21,291	21,928	97.10%
70 Peace River	16,567	16,993	97.50%
71 Red Deer-North	21,625	22,276	97.10%
72 Red Deer-South	26,748	27,146	98.50%
73 Rocky Mountain House	20,868	21,339	97.80%
74 Sherwood Park	26,088	26,309	99.20%
75 Spruce Grove-Sturgeon-St. Albert	26,816	27,435	97.70%
76 St. Albert	28,191	28,731	98.10%
77 Stony Plain	24,978	25,799	96.80%
78 Strathcona	26,891	27,605	97.40%
79 Strathmore-Brooks	25,237	25,368	99.50%
80 Vermilion-Lloydminster	21,472	21,600	99.40%
81 West Yellowhead	16,710	17,571	95.10%
82 Wetaskiwin-Camrose	23,593	23,967	98.40%
83 Whitecourt-Ste. Anne	20,101	20,625	97.50%
Totals:	1,931,250	1,982,843	97.40%
1 This represents the number of names on the Lists of Electors after elector information was confirmed, revised, added and deleted during the August 28 to September 12 door-to-door Enumeration. 2 This includes the number of names on the Lists of Electors from the Enumeration, with the addition of elector information collected throughout the Revisions Period and on Polling Day, and deceased electors. 3 The percentage of names of electors on the March 2005 Lists of Electors that were included on the October 2004 Lists. 4 This includes names of 5,135 electors from the National Register of Electors provided by Elections Canada.

Official Results....

The official results were announced by each of the 83 Returning Officers on Thursday, December 2, 2004.

No controverted election petition was filed for the election.

Judicial Recount....

One judicial recount was requested, pursuant to Section 144 of the Election Act. The unofficial count conducted on Polling Day in the electoral division of Edmonton-Castle Downs showed a five vote margin of victory for the Alberta Liberal Party candidate over the second place candidate, representing the Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta.

Returning Officers in all electoral divisions are required to perform an official count of ballots. This began on Tuesday, November 23 in Edmonton-Castle Downs. The two leading candidates were present, or had representatives present, throughout the official count. The official results announced by the Returning Officer on December 2 reduced the margin of victory for the Alberta Liberal Candidate to three votes.

The Returning Officer’s decision was appealed by the Progressive Conservative candidate, and a judicial recount of certain disputed ballots was conducted. The Order filed in the Court of Queen’s Bench on December 9 confirmed a three vote margin of victory for the Liberal candidate, although the assessment of certain ballots varied from that of the Returning Officer.

The Progressive Conservative candidate appealed the decision of the judicial recount to the Court of Appeal. The Court of Appeal deemed ten ballots as valid which had been disallowed previously: eight for the Progressive Conservative candidate, and two for the Liberal candidate. Lukaszuk v. Kibermanis, 2005 ABCA 26 cites, in part:

Voting is the lifeblood of democracy and courts should be very slow to disenfranchise voters on the basis of a technical non-compliance with voting instructions. Restrictions on this right should be narrowly interpreted and strictly limited. This is particularly true in our pluralistic and multi-cultural society where citizens enjoy differing levels of education, language comprehension and physical dexterity. Therefore, in a conflict between principle and technicality, principle must govern.

The judgment is available at here

As a result of the decision, the Progressive Conservative candidate was declared elected by three votes.

Custody and Inspection of Election Documents....

Polling Day documentation for 82 electoral divisions was returned to Elections Alberta following the announcement of the Official Results, in accordance with Section 142 of the Election Act. In accordance with that Section, Polling Day documentation for Edmonton-Castle Downs was retained by the Returning Officer until the conclusion of the judicial recount.

Section 152 authorizes candidates and their official agents to review all Polling Day documentation for their electoral division, with the exception of the ballots, in the thirty-day period following the publication of the names of elected Members of the Legislative Assembly in the Alberta Gazette. Seven candidates and official agents availed themselves of this opportunity.

During this same time period, candidates and their official agents are entitled to obtain copies of the Poll Books used at the election. Thirty-eight candidates and official agents requested copies on a cost-recovery basis.

Continous Register of Electors Management....

Elector information collected throughout the election period and on Polling Day was incorporated into the Register of Electors, where permission was granted by the elector, for preparation of future Lists of Electors.

Lists were updated following the election and distributed to registered political parties and Members of the Legislative Assembly under Section 19(2) of the Election Act. Restrictions for use are contained at Section 20, to ensure elector information is used appropriately. Penalties for misuse include fines up to $100,000, or a term of imprisonment up to one year, or both. Lists were provided in an electronic format to facilitate use by recipients and to promote security through the use of passwords.

Section 18 directs that both registered political parties and Independent Members of the Legislative Assembly receive updated Lists on a regular basis. Updated Lists must be provided immediately after the election, two years after the election, during the fourth and fifth years following the election, and following any updates made to the Register subsequent to electoral division boundary revisions.

With any large database, it is a major challenge to compare and correct entries against other data sets. It is particularly challenging when some entries cannot be matched conclusively because of incomplete information. This is particularly difficult in the case of common names where birth date and previous address information is unavailable.

Maintaining the accuracy and currency of Lists of Electors will become an increasing priority at Elections Alberta. Possible data sources are being reviewed for use in updating Register information on an ongoing basis. Recent legislative amendments will support the economical acquisition of accurate, timely data held by public agencies. Data collection will continue to reconcile the need for updated information with the electors’ rights to privacy.

Candidates' Deposits....

The candidate’s nomination deposit prescribed by legislation increased from $200 for the 2001 Provincial General Election to $500 for this event. The increase is not as substantial as it appears due to the refund policy. All candidates who win or who receive half the votes of the winning candidate receive half of the deposit back. In addition, those who file candidate campaign financial statements within the prescribed period receive half of the deposit back.

In accordance with Section 62 of the Election Act, 130 candidates received a refund of half the amount of their candidate nomination deposits for receiving the most votes, or at least fifty per cent of the votes received by the winning candidate.

In addition, 435 candidates received a refund of half the amount of their candidate nomination deposits by filing a financial statement within the legislated timeline.

A breakdown follows:

	Number nominated	Number received refund based on votes received	Number received refund for timely filing
Alberta Alliance	83	2	74
Alberta Greens	49	0	47
Alberta Liberal Party	82	43	82
Alberta New Democratic Party	83	7	82
Alberta Party	4	0	4
Communist Party – Alberta	2	0	2
Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta	83	78	83
Separation Party of Alberta	12	0	11
Social Credit	42	0	41
Independent	10	0	9

In total, $83,750 was forfeited and was paid through Elections Alberta to the Minister of Finance for deposit to the General Revenue Fund.

Cost Summary Overview...

2004 General Election

Election Officials’ Fees and Associated Costs
Total reported by all Electoral Divisions		$ 5,969,844
Office of the Chief Electoral Officer
Materials and Supplies	$    53,874
Contract Services	563,171
Advertising	33,381
Temporary Staff—wages and benefits	103,037
Freight and Postage	27,240
Rentals	24,349
Travel	36,165
Telephone and Communications	33,625	874,842
Total Expenses:		$ 6,844,686
Number of Names on the November 2004 List of Electors		2,001,287
Average cost per name on List of Electors		$ 3.42

Table 5: 2004 General Election Cost Summary by Electoral Division
(To Nearest Dollar)

		Returning Officers				Election Clerks	Admin. Assistants	Election Staff					Other
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13
Electoral Division		Fees	Rental	Advertising	Printing	Fees	Fees	SDRO	RGO	DRO	Poll Clerk	Support Staff	Travel	Poll Rental	Total Cost
1	Dunvegan-Central Peace	8,583	3,965	2,604	898	5,877	0	550	510	14,355	9,450	115	3,300	6,975	57,181
2	Calgary-Bow	9,929	7,121	3,898	2,594	7,507	3,212	3,025	3,060	17,575	11,250	872	141	5,625	75,808
3	Calgary-Buffalo	10,092	8,583	3,898	1,620	6,783	3,093	3,025	3,570	16,254	10,581	11,232	715	5,715	85,161
4	Calgary-Cross	9,733	7,522	3,898	1,425	6,759	2,726	2,475	2,805	14,235	9,150	529	186	4,875	66,318
5	Calgary-Currie	9,870	8,207	3,898	1,628	6,754	2,877	4,350	3,060	17,525	10,950	2,040	304	6,000	77,462
6	Calgary-East	9,774	2,896	3,898	1,540	6,868	2,877	3,025	2,805	15,645	9,900	966	0	5,450	65,643
7	Calgary-Egmont	9,998	8,436	3,898	1,258	7,511	3,534	2,475	1,785	17,055	10,950	351	147	5,850	73,248
8	Calgary-Elbow	10,175	5,598	3,898	2,575	7,356	3,242	3,850	2,040	17,290	11,100	173	143	5,925	73,365
9	Calgary-Fish Creek	10,231	3,089	3,898	1,036	7,369	2,733	2,200	510	14,940	9,600	245	102	5,175	61,127
10	Calgary-Foothills	10,658	7,374	3,898	2,240	6,951	3,541	3,300	2,805	16,215	10,350	1,170	231	5,850	74,583
11	Calgary-Fort	9,347	5,786	3,898	1,499	6,560	1,961	3,025	2,805	14,655	9,450	253	7	5,250	64,496
12	Calgary-Glenmore	9,554	4,102	3,898	1,110	6,898	3,432	3,025	2,805	15,645	10,050	686	30	5,625	66,859
13	Calgary-Hays	10,132	7,857	3,898	1,073	7,178	2,877	1,650	2,295	15,930	10,200	124	0	4,138	67,352
14	Calgary-Lougheed	9,619	3,220	3,898	1,110	7,374	3,322	2,750	3,000	15,980	10,050	115	46	4,950	65,435
15	Calgary-Mackay	10,506	9,377	3,898	1,832	7,612	3,088	3,575	4,080	18,750	12,000	1,472	238	6,225	82,653
16	Calgary-McCall	9,115	8,973	3,898	1,430	6,736	3,651	2,475	3,880	14,285	9,150	1,054	29	5,025	69,700
17	Calgary-Montrose	9,762	11,111	3,898	1,425	6,760	3,096	2,750	0	13,765	9,000	2,686	295	4,800	69,347
18	Calgary-Mountain View	10,731	9,618	3,898	1,730	6,890	3,502	4,125	4,080	18,800	11,800	3,762	275	5,955	85,166
19	Calgary-North Hill	9,935	10,139	3,898	1,425	6,522	2,650	3,025	2,040	17,240	10,500	643	728	5,500	74,245
20	Calgary-North West	10,777	6,426	3,898	2,635	7,799	2,877	3,575	5,100	21,570	14,100	1,602	0	7,500	87,857
21	Calgary-Nose Hill	9,378	4,718	3,898	1,526	6,600	3,242	2,750	2,550	16,165	10,400	288	286	5,625	67,426
22	Calgary-Shaw	10,375	6,388	3,898	1,073	7,388	2,883	2,475	2,805	17,005	10,950	933	0	5,625	71,799
23	Calgary-Varsity	9,810	10,067	3,898	1,654	7,392	2,093	5,500	5,155	19,740	12,300	2,530	179	6,675	86,992
24	Calgary-West	10,509	7,153	3,898	1,933	8,148	3,212	3,850	3,060	19,035	12,300	759	164	6,375	80,397
25	Edmonton-Beverly-Clareview	9,407	5,295	4,441	1,523	6,615	2,932	3,850	3,570	15,425	9,450	184	95	5,550	68,337
26	Edmonton-Calder	9,439	5,575	4,441	1,650	6,401	3,139	3,850	3,568	17,105	10,950	1,116	317	5,850	73,401
27	Edmonton-Castle Downs	11,662	4,538	4,441	1,620	7,790	2,880	3,575	3,825	19,035	12,150	2,334	209	5,995	80,053
28	Edmonton-Centre	9,197	5,960	4,441	1,300	6,816	3,132	4,400	4,590	19,270	12,300	711	313	6,600	79,031
29	Edmonton-Decore	9,587	5,068	4,441	1,894	6,756	3,345	2,750	2,550	15,930	9,900	0	125	5,475	67,821
30	Edmonton-Ellerslie	9,514	7,852	4,441	1,080	6,999	2,862	2,750	3,010	15,225	9,750	56	308	5,475	69,322
31	Edmonton-Glenora	9,967	5,025	4,441	1,960	6,566	743	3,575	1,020	15,695	10,200	552	18	5,175	64,939
32	Edmonton-Gold Bar	10,197	4,785	4,441	1,152	7,234	2,883	3,575	2,805	18,415	11,850	190	82	6,675	74,285
	SUBTOTAL	317,564	211,823	127,786	50,447	224,768	91,638	101,150	91,543	535,754	342,081	39,740	9,014	183,503	2,326,810
33	Edmonton-Highlands-Norwood	9,786	4,693	4,441	1,400	6,894	2,877	4,125	3,825	17,540	10,850	0	52	5,775	72,258
34	Edmonton-Manning	10,195	3,764	4,441	1,700	6,814	2,775	3,850	3,570	17,995	11,400	0	48	6,375	72,927
35	Edmonton-McClung	9,677	8,265	4,441	2,054	7,258	3,315	3,575	3,570	16,820	10,650	601	186	6,075	76,487
36	Edmonton-Meadowlark	9,518	6,797	4,441	1,624	7,046	3,096	2,750	2,805	16,635	10,650	105	174	5,475	71,116
37	Edmonton-Mill Creek	10,133	4,134	4,441	1,152	7,119	2,883	3,300	3,060	16,735	10,800	725	258	5,250	69,991
38	Edmonton-Mill Woods	9,866	5,816	4,441	1,320	6,566	2,877	3,575	3,315	16,165	10,200	0	61	5,700	69,903
39	Edmonton-Riverview	10,174	8,436	4,441	1,470	7,228	2,541	3,850	3,825	18,565	11,700	0	129	6,450	78,810
40	Edmonton-Rutherford	9,536	5,522	4,441	1,080	7,073	0	3,025	2,027	15,880	10,425	682	76	5,550	65,317
41	Edmonton-Strathcona	10,077	4,176	4,441	1,224	7,179	3,177	4,125	2,805	16,350	10,500	620	169	5,850	70,692
42	Edmonton-Whitemud	10,529	8,775	4,441	2,852	7,661	3,418	3,575	4,645	20,160	12,900	1,967	226	7,125	88,274
43	Airdrie-Chestermere	10,499	5,937	6,527	1,933	7,476	1,452	3,300	3,315	19,020	12,300	1,742	2,439	7,043	82,983
44	Athabasca-Redwater	10,179	4,661	9,188	1,017	7,144	2,212	2,200	2,295	20,145	13,050	257	3,938	9,330	85,617
45	Banff-Cochrane	9,437	5,035	2,756	2,399	6,330	3,315	1,375	2,550	15,830	10,050	278	2,424	5,570	67,348
46	Barrhead-Morinville-Westlock	9,714	4,944	3,049	1,190	6,945	2,877	1,650	1,020	18,635	12,150	64	3,747	7,385	73,370
47	Battle River-Wainwright	8,948	2,928	4,867	1,664	6,618	0	550	255	17,460	11,250	829	3,151	3,990	62,511
48	Bonnyville-Cold Lake	9,258	5,597	2,508	1,680	5,813	3,096	825	765	15,495	10,050	16	4,297	6,225	65,625
49	Cardston-Taber-Warner	9,263	2,461	1,627	970	6,560	3,139	1,375	765	15,815	10,350	334	4,284	4,205	61,148
50	Cypress-Medicine Hat	9,529	3,924	2,069	1,713	6,979	2,877	2,200	1,275	17,325	11,250	807	3,132	7,475	70,555
51	Drayton Valley-Calmar	9,234	5,786	4,067	1,933	6,411	3,205	825	765	16,015	10,350	197	2,310	7,500	68,597
52	Drumheller-Stettler	9,097	3,099	6,642	1,777	6,568	3,552	1,100	1,275	17,460	11,370	359	4,422	4,140	70,859
53	Foothills-Rocky View	9,788	7,619	8,313	1,036	7,178	2,950	2,200	1,530	14,640	9,600	294	3,449	6,095	74,691
54	Fort McMurray-Wood Buffalo	10,609	8,689	2,830	2,350	6,790	3,827	2,750	2,295	15,965	10,350	1,242	1,843	6,300	75,840
55	Fort Saskatchewan-Vegreville	9,891	8,136	7,369	1,632	6,783	2,744	3,800	6,690	18,910	12,550	248	2,333	7,806	88,891
56	Grande Prairie-Smoky	9,913	4,188	3,398	1,085	6,916	2,877	2,200	2,040	19,340	12,600	103	3,558	8,025	76,242
57	Grande Prairie-Wapiti	9,634	6,323	2,091	1,085	6,747	2,733	2,475	2,295	16,250	10,500	552	2,738	6,900	70,322
58	Highwood	9,978	5,287	7,232	1,851	7,055	3,757	1,650	3,265	15,595	10,050	610	2,092	3,091	71,513
59	Innisfail-Sylvan Lake	9,643	3,659	2,898	1,375	7,090	2,986	1,650	1,275	17,325	11,250	0	2,248	5,748	67,146
60	Lac La Biche-St. Paul	7,686	3,556	2,777	1,376	6,318	3,205	1,100	1,020	14,875	9,750	0	3,766	6,600	62,030
61	Lacombe-Ponoka	10,914	8,539	3,637	1,396	7,393	2,883	2,200	1,835	17,880	11,550	499	4,490	3,935	77,150
62	Leduc-Beaumont-Devon	10,568	1,558	7,516	1,390	7,476	1,452	2,750	1,275	19,290	12,150	817	1,285	6,506	74,031
63	Lesser Slave Lake	9,890	5,637	1,547	2,303	6,625	2,883	550	510	14,855	9,450	236	5,844	5,250	65,581
64	Lethbridge-East	9,964	5,975	2,391	1,284	7,391	3,096	3,300	2,805	17,760	11,400	835	1,384	6,000	73,587
	SUBTOTAL	313,125	173,916	139,710	50,315	221,444	88,076	77,775	74,562	548,730	353,445	15,014	70,553	194,743	2,321,409
65	Lethbridge-West	9,986	3,962	2,391	1,088	7,112	3,281	3,850	4,235	15,510	10,050	679	1,232	3,620	66,996
66	Little Bow	8,896	5,306	2,623	1,323	6,314	1,726	1,650	0	16,050	10,500	150	1,627	3,130	59,294
67	Livingstone-Macleod	9,300	2,276	3,383	2,099	6,745	3,270	1,650	1,530	16,185	10,650	380	2,040	4,040	63,548
68	Medicine Hat	10,392	4,390	1,754	1,920	7,373	0	2,475	1,530	17,635	11,250	516	1,561	6,825	67,619
69	Olds-Didsbury-Three Hills	9,448	4,554	4,784	1,839	6,719	2,883	1,650	1,275	16,100	10,500	0	3,039	2,670	65,462
70	Peace River	9,034	5,460	3,782	2,084	6,067	2,877	1,100	510	14,790	9,600	64	4,921	6,750	67,038
71	Red Deer-North	9,825	7,989	1,644	1,198	6,819	3,764	3,025	2,550	16,870	10,625	160	1,229	5,850	71,548
72	Red Deer-South	10,443	6,296	2,613	1,524	7,542	2,198	3,800	2,805	15,980	10,200	0	1,028	5,700	70,129
73	Rocky Mountain House	9,405	3,651	2,997	998	6,349	2,726	2,475	1,785	16,385	10,500	184	2,739	3,547	63,742
74	Sherwood Park	10,459	5,669	6,178	1,530	7,402	2,883	4,675	4,335	17,290	10,950	613	149	6,375	78,507
75	Spruce Grove-Sturgeon-St. Albert	11,127	4,483	7,691	1,129	7,622	2,069	3,025	3,010	20,195	13,050	0	1,104	6,371	80,875
76	St. Albert	10,672	5,511	6,397	1,620	7,740	2,877	3,300	4,080	19,170	12,300	1,921	190	1,400	77,177
77	Stony Plain	10,510	3,814	6,415	1,087	7,358	1,452	1,800	1,785	17,055	10,800	58	1,677	6,185	69,996
78	Strathcona	10,955	6,093	8,092	2,210	7,223	0	3,300	3,060	16,485	10,650	1,613	514	6,675	76,871
79	Strathmore-Brooks	10,387	4,275	1,713	960	7,350	3,205	1,375	1,275	17,425	11,400	245	3,063	5,090	67,762
80	Vermilion-Lloydminster	9,934	8,190	6,237	1,298	6,763	3,432	1,100	765	15,715	10,350	0	4,342	7,050	75,176
81	West Yellowhead	8,935	4,147	7,357	1,320	6,147	3,425	1,285	1,275	15,630	10,350	632	2,519	3,405	66,428
82	Wetaskiwin-Camrose	10,009	2,451	4,090	1,470	6,746	2,267	2,750	0	15,715	10,350	583	2,637	4,973	64,040
83	Whitecourt-Ste. Anne	9,503	5,296	4,284	1,309	6,636	3,103	1,100	1,175	16,050	10,350	623	2,485	7,500	69,414
	TOTAL	819,910	479,553	351,921	128,768	578,239	227,151	224,310	203,085	1,400,719	899,951	63,174	117,664	475,401	5,969,844

Election Expenses - Fees and Associated Costs....

The following information directly relates to the numbered columns presented in the Table 5 entitled 2004 General Election Cost Summary by Electoral Division:

Returning Officers

1. Honorarium, basic fee, fee payment for names recorded on the List of Electors, attendance at the Chief Electoral Officer’s training sessions, and employer contributions.
2. Office and equipment rental, training space rental, telephone expenses, freight, postage and miscellaneous costs.
3. Advertising (newspapers of general circulation within each electoral division).
4. Ballot printing and photocopying.

Election Clerks
     5.  Basic fee, fee per name on the Lists of Electors, attendance at the Chief Electoral Officer’s training sessions
          and employer contributions.

Administrative Assistants
     6.  Basic Fee, attendance at the Chief Electoral Officer’s training session and employer contributions.

Supervisory Deputy Returning Officers
     7.  Basic fee and training session.

Registration Officers
     8.  Basic fee and training session.

Deputy Returning Officers
     9.  Basic fee and training session.

Poll Clerks
     10.  Basic fee.

Support Staff
     11.  Support staff wages.

Other
     12.  Travel for election officers includes reimbursement for kilometres traveled (based on the rate of 38 cents
            per kilometre). In addition, it includes meals and accommodation expenses for Returning Officers,
            Election Clerks and Administrative Assistants.

     13.  Rental of polling places.

Election Fees and Expenses Regulation, August 2004 (Extract)....

A Returning Officer may be paid the following:

1. a monthly honorarium of $115;
2. a fee of $170 per day for each day of attendance at training sessions called by the Chief Electoral Officer;
3. a fee of $1,525 if a writ of election is issued but no poll is held;
4. a fee of $4,515 if a poll is held, including training of election staff and the conduct of the official count;
5. a fee of 15¢ per name included on the list of electors on polling day;
6. when required to travel on official business, the rates prescribed in the Public Service Subsistence, Travel and Moving Expenses Regulation made under the Public Service Act;
7. a supplemental fee of $20 for every 100 kilometres, or portion thereof, traveled in excess of the first 100 kilometres of travel during an enumeration or an election; and
8. if a Returning Officer
    i.  elects to use the Returning Officer’s personal residence as an office, a maximum rental of $450 per month with
        a rental period not exceeding 2 months, unless otherwise approved by the Chief Electoral Officer, or
    ii. elects to use commercial space as an office, the most economical rate available with a rental period not
        exceeding 2 months, unless otherwise approved by the Chief Electoral Officer.

An Election Clerk may be paid the following:

1. a fee of $1,130, where a writ of election is issued and no poll is held;
2. a fee of $2,990 if a writ of election is issued and a poll is held, including training of election staff and the conduct of the official count;
3. a fee of 13¢ per name included on the list of electors on polling day;
4. a fee of $170 for attending a class of instruction;
5. when required to travel on official business, the rates prescribed in the Public Service Subsistence, Travel and Moving Expenses Regulation; and
6. a supplemental fee of $15 for every 100 kilometres, or portion thereof, traveled in excess of the first 100 kilometres of travel during an election.

An Administrative Assistant may be paid the following:

1. a fee of $2,500 for duties performed on a full-time basis in the returning officer’s office where a writ of election is issued and a poll is held, including the post-election update of the register of electors;
2. a fee to be prorated at a daily rate, as approved by the Chief Electoral Officer, for duties performed on a part-time basis in the returning officer’s office;
3. a fee to be prorated at a daily rate, as approved by the Chief Electoral Officer, if a writ of election is issued but no poll is held;
4. a fee of $140 for attending a class of instruction; and
5. when required to travel on official business, the rates prescribed in the Public Service Subsistence, Travel and Moving Expenses Regulation.

A Supervisory Deputy Returning Officer may be paid the following:

1. a basic fee of $225 for duties performed on polling day or on each advance polling day;
2. a fee of $50 for attending a class of instruction; and
3. when required to travel on official business, the rates prescribed in the Public Service Subsistence, Travel and Moving Expenses Regulation.

A Registration Officer may be paid the following:

1. a basic fee of $205 for duties performed on polling day or on each advance polling day;
2. a fee of $50 for attending a class of instruction; and
3. when required to travel on official business, the rates prescribed in the Public Service Subsistence, Travel and Moving Expenses Regulation.

A Deputy Returning Officer may be paid the following:

1. a basic fee of $185 for duties performed on polling day;
2. a fee of $555 to conduct an advance poll;
3. a fee of $50 for attending a class of instruction; and
4. when required to travel on official business, the rates prescribed in the Public Service Subsistence, Travel and Moving Expenses Regulation.

A Poll Clerk may be paid the following:

1. a fee of $150 for duties performed on polling day;
2. a fee of $450 for advance poll duties; and
3. when required to travel on official business, the rates prescribed in the Public Service Subsistence, Travel and Moving Expenses Regulation.

The following additional fees and expenses may be paid:

1. a maximum of $150 per day for the rental of a building where one poll is held and $75 per day for each additional poll held in the same building or part of the building to a maximum polling place rental of $750 per day, including utilities, janitorial services and the supply of all necessary furniture;
2. telephone installation, service and toll charges at prevailing rates, on submission of the invoices or receipts for the installation, service and toll charges;
3. support staff, including but not limited to messengers, special constables and interpreters, at a rate approved by the Chief Electoral Officer;
4. printing costs for lists of electors, proclamations, ballots, forms and any other printing or photocopying required by a returning officer, at the most economical commercial rate available;
5. publication costs for:
    i.   proclamations,
    ii.  maps of electoral divisions showing boundaries of polling subdivisions,
    iii. list of names and addresses of candidates’ agents, and
    iv. any other matter required to be published under the Act, at the rate identified in the current rate card of the
         respective newspaper in which publication actually occurs; and
   
6. costs for the collection and the data entry of address based information at a rate approved by the Chief Electoral Officer.

The maximum polling place rental referred to in subsection 10(1)(a) may be adjusted only in extraordinary circumstances with written approval of the Chief Electoral Officer.

If, in the opinion of the Chief Electoral Officer, an emergency exists, or circumstances for which no adequate provision of fees exists, the Chief Electoral Officer may fix the appropriate fee for the situation.

Election Finances and Contributions Disclosure Act....

The Election Finances and Contributions Disclosure Act requires all political parties, constituency associations and candidates to be registered with the Office of the Chief Electoral Officer.

The Act provides for the public disclosure of contributions and expenses.

Candidate Registration....

Until a candidate has been registered with the Office of the Chief Electoral Officer, the candidate may not raise or spend money to help get elected.

Any person, corporation, trade union or employee organization may contribute up to a maximum of $2,000 to each candidate during the campaign period. The campaign period commences on the date the candidate is registered with the Office of the Chief Electoral Officer, following the issue of the Writ of Election, and continues for a period not exceeding two months after polling day.

The Alberta Income Tax Act provides a system of tax credits for contributions to registered political parties, registered constituency associations and registered candidates.

Example of Income Tax Credits

Amount	Contributed Calculation Income	Tax Credit
$ 200.00	75% of $200.00	$ 150.00
1,100.00	$150.00 + 50% of $900.00	600.00
2,300.00	$600.00 + 33?% of $1,200.00	1,000.00

Candidate's Campaign Period Financial Statements....

These statements were required to be filed by all candidates by March 22, 2005. Details of expenses incurred by each candidate will be published on the website of the Chief Electoral Officer. Political parties filed Political Party Campaign Period Financial Statements on or before May 24, 2005. Copies of all financial statements are placed on the Public Files maintained by this Office and are available for examination during normal office hours. The Twenty-eighth Annual Report of the Chief Electoral Officer will provide details on all campaign period financial statements filed in 2005.

Senate Nominee Election Highlights....

On November 22, 2004, an election under the Senatorial Selection Act was conducted in conjunction with a Provincial General Election for the first time. Names of ten candidates appeared on the ballot, from which Albertans were asked to elect four Senate Nominees. A summary of the provincial tabulation of official results appears below. Additional details will be made available in “The Report of the Chief Electoral Officer on the 2004 Senate Nominee Election”.

Cliff Breitkreuz, Progressive Conservative Party	241,306
Bert Brown, Progressive Conservative Party	312,041
Link Byfield, Independent	238,751
Vance Gough, Alberta Alliance	167,770
Gary Horan, Alberta Alliance	156,175
Michael Roth, Alberta Alliance	176,339
Jim Silye, Progressive Conservative Party	217,857
Tom Sindlinger, Independent	161,082
Betty Unger, Progressive Conservative Party	311,964
David Usherwood, Progressive Conservative Party	193,056
Names of the four Senate Nominees elected appear in bold type.

Remarks of the Chief Electoral Officer....

The period covered by this Report has been a challenging and exciting time. Elections Alberta provided administrative support to the 2002/2003 Alberta Electoral Boundaries Commission and saw the new boundaries accepted by the Legislative Assembly in May 2003. This Office administered the recent enumeration and election on new electoral division boundaries in accordance with new legislation following the review and revision of the Election Act.

Once again, our success was achieved with the cooperation of electors across the province. Enumerators visited approximately one million homes to collect information for updating the Lists of Electors, and Polling Day staff used those Lists to serve electors on Polling Day. Behind the scenes, Returning Officers capably managed activities in their electoral divisions, including a map review and revision, enumeration supervision and conduct of the election. Those tasks are easily itemized but extremely challenging to accomplish: Returning Officers work many hours, in an increasingly complex environment, to provide this service to electors.

Albertans were able to choose from a record number of 450 candidates who contested the past election. Many other individuals worked behind the scenes to support those candidates. Members of constituency associations and political parties are active on an ongoing basis. Official agents, chief financial officers, scrutineers and many other campaign staff work diligently to support the candidates, engage the electorate and promote the democratic process in the province.

While most electors view the voting process as a simple one that involves visiting a polling place and marking the ballot, there are literally thousands of unsung heroes who make that activity possible and meaningful. Their efforts are greatly appreciated.

The past electoral cycle allowed us the opportunity to expand our outreach to stakeholders by offering new informational brochures, enhancing our customer service provided by telephone and electronic mail, and increasing interactive information provision via the website. These activities support our commitment to meeting electors’ demands for information provision over extended hours and through various means.

While information provision continues to be enhanced and voting options are numerous, the voter turnout has declined for the past three general elections, since 1993 when the turn-out was 60.2%. Interested parties have expressed concern over the voter turnout and Elections Alberta is working hard to ensure that declining voter turnout is not attributable to administrative barriers.

Elections Alberta also works diligently to disseminate accurate information as broadly as possible to allay concerns of possible irregularities on a proactive basis. During each event, Elections Alberta receives concerns about the voting process: in a number of cases, stakeholders assume that activities which concern them must contravene electoral law. In the vast majority of these situations, it is immediately evident that the activities do not constitute an offence under the Election Act.

These concerns included a limited number of allegations that, if proven, could potentially have constituted a breach of electoral law. It is always greatly appreciated that these concerns are brought to the attention of this Office so they can be reviewed in a timely fashion and investigated, if appropriate. Allegations are taken very seriously and are investigated in those circumstances where a possible breach of legislation exists and a sufficient level of detail permits.

The electoral process itself is conducive to fairness and transparency. Electors are greeted at their local polling station by Polling Day staff from the same area. Similarly, scrutineers are appointed from within the electoral division. These individuals bring a wealth of community knowledge to their responsibilities and are uniquely positioned to identify possible instances of elector fraud. Both Polling Day staff and scrutineers may request an elector to complete an Oath of Elector, and produce identification, if they believe in good faith that the elector should not be voting at the polling place. This provides a valuable safeguard to verifying elector eligibility for all electors, not just the three per cent who are added to the List on Polling Day.

Having said that, it would be possible to make the rules surrounding voting far more stringent. Each elector could be asked to provide picture identification along with proof of Canadian citizenship, six month residency, age and current address; whether on the List of Electors or not. Electors could be required to produce a voter card or be excluded from casting a ballot. This approach could serve to disenfranchise electors who are not typically prepared for this level of scrutiny and who may not be prepared even with a massive public education campaign. The current honour-based system has served us well; incorporating, as it does, the means for verifying elector eligibility. Facilitating a fair and transparent system, without onerous administrative regulations, is essential.

I have been involved with this Office for the past three decades and take great pride in Alberta’s electoral system. There are always areas for improvement, whether in service delivery, application of new technologies or distribution of information. Still, the basic principles of trust, integrity and fairness are core values within our system, which warrant our respect and protection.

O. Brian Fjeldheim
Chief Electoral Officer

Members Elected to the Twenty-sixth Legislative Assembly Province of Alberta

Electoral Division	Name	Political Affiliation
01 Dunvegan-Central Peace	Hector Goudreau	Progressive Conservative
02 Calgary-Bow	Alana DeLong	Progressive Conservative
03 Calgary-Buffalo	Harvey Cenaiko	Progressive Conservative
04 Calgary-Cross	Yvonne Fritz	Progressive Conservative
05 Calgary-Currie	Dave Taylor	Alberta Liberal
06 Calgary-East	Moe Amery	Progressive Conservative
07 Calgary-Egmont	Denis Herard	Progressive Conservative
08 Calgary-Elbow	Ralph Klein	Progressive Conservative
09 Calgary-Fish Creek	Heather Forsyth	Progressive Conservative
10 Calgary-Foothills	Len Webber	Progressive Conservative
11 Calgary-Fort	Wayne Cao	Progressive Conservative
12 Calgary-Glenmore	Ron Stevens	Progressive Conservative
13 Calgary-Hays	Arthur Johnston	Progressive Conservative
14 Calgary-Lougheed	Dave Rodney	Progressive Conservative
15 Calgary-Mackay	Gary Mar	Progressive Conservative
16 Calgary-McCall	Shiraz Shariff	Progressive Conservative
17 Calgary-Montrose	Hung Pham	Progressive Conservative
18 Calgary-Mountain View	David Swann	Alberta Liberal
19 Calgary-North Hill	Richard Magnus	Progressive Conservative
20 Calgary-North West	Greg Melchin	Progressive Conservative
21 Calgary-Nose Hill	Neil Brown	Progressive Conservative
22 Calgary-Shaw	Cindy Ady	Progressive Conservative
23 Calgary-Varsity	Harry Chase	Alberta Liberal
24 Calgary-West	Ronald Liepert	Progressive Conservative
25 Edmonton-Beverly-Clareview	Ray Martin	Alberta New Democrats
26 Edmonton-Calder	David Eggen	Alberta New Democrats
27 Edmonton-Castle Downs	Thomas Lukaszuk	Progressive Conservative
28 Edmonton-Centre	Laurie Blakeman	Alberta Liberal
29 Edmonton-Decore	Bill Bonko	Alberta Liberal
30 Edmonton-Ellerslie	Bharat Agnihotri	Alberta Liberal
31 Edmonton-Glenora	Bruce Miller	Alberta Liberal
32 Edmonton-Gold Bar	Hugh MacDonald	Alberta Liberal
33 Edmonton-Highlands-Norwood	Brian Mason	Alberta New Democrats
34 Edmonton-Manning	Daniel Backs	Alberta Liberal
35 Edmonton-McClung	Mo Elsalhy	Alberta Liberal
36 Edmonton-Meadowlark	Maurice Tougas	Alberta Liberal
37 Edmonton-Mill Creek	Gene Zwozdesky	Progressive Conservative
38 Edmonton-Mill Woods	Weslyn Mather	Alberta Liberal
39 Edmonton-Riverview	Kevin Taft	Alberta Liberal
40 Edmonton-Rutherford	Richard Miller	Alberta Liberal
41 Edmonton-Strathcona	Raj Pannu	Alberta New Democrats
42 Edmonton-Whitemud	David Hancock	Progressive Conservative
43 Airdrie-Chestermere	Carol Haley	Progressive Conservative
44 Athabasca-Redwater	Mike Cardinal	Progressive Conservative
45 Banff-Cochrane	Janis Tarchuk	Progressive Conservative
46 Barrhead-Morinville-Westlock	Kenneth Kowalski	Progressive Conservative
47 Battle River-Wainwright	Doug Griffiths	Progressive Conservative
48 Bonnyville-Cold Lake	Denis Ducharme	Progressive Conservative
49 Cardston-Taber-Warner	Paul Hinman	Alberta Alliance
50 Cypress-Medicine Hat	Leonard Mitzel	Progressive Conservative
51 Drayton Valley-Calmar	Tony Abbott	Progressive Conservative
52 Drumheller-Stettler	Shirley McClellan	Progressive Conservative
53 Foothills-Rocky View	Ted Morton	Progressive Conservative
54 Fort McMurray-Wood Buffalo	Guy Boutilier	Progressive Conservative
55 Fort Saskatchewan-Vegreville	Edward Stelmach	Progressive Conservative
56 Grande Prairie-Smoky	Mel Knight	Progressive Conservative
57 Grande Prairie-Wapiti	Gordon Graydon	Progressive Conservative
58 Highwood	George Groeneveld	Progressive Conservative
59 Innisfail-Sylvan Lake	Luke Ouellette	Progressive Conservative
60 Lac La Biche-St. Paul	Ray Danyluk	Progressive Conservative
61 Lacombe-Ponoka	Raymond Prins	Progressive Conservative
62 Leduc-Beaumont-Devon	George Rogers	Progressive Conservative
63 Lesser Slave Lake	Pearl Calahasen	Progressive Conservative
64 Lethbridge-East	Bridget Pastoor	Alberta Liberal
65 Lethbridge-West	Clint Dunford	Progressive Conservative
66 Little Bow	Barry McFarland	Progressive Conservative
67 Livingstone-Macleod	David Coutts	Progressive Conservative
68 Medicine Hat	Rob Renner	Progressive Conservative
69 Olds-Didsbury-Three Hills	Richard Marz	Progressive Conservative
70 Peace River	Frank Oberle	Progressive Conservative
71 Red Deer-North	Mary-Anne Jablonski	Progressive Conservative
72 Red Deer-South	Victor Doerksen	Progressive Conservative
73 Rocky Mountain House	Ty Lund	Progressive Conservative
74 Sherwood Park	Iris Evans	Progressive Conservative
75 Spruce Grove-Sturgeon-St. Albert	Doug Horner	Progressive Conservative
76 St. Albert	Jack Flaherty	Alberta Liberal
77 Stony Plain	Frederick Lindsay	Progressive Conservative
78 Strathcona	Rob Lougheed	Progressive Conservative
79 Strathmore-Brooks	Lyle Oberg	Progressive Conservative
80 Vermilion-Lloydminster	Lloyd Snelgrove	Progressive Conservative
81 West Yellowhead	Ivan Strang	Progressive Conservative
82 Wetaskiwin-Camrose	LeRoy Johnson	Progressive Conservative
83 Whitecourt-Ste. Anne	George VanderBurg	Progressive Conservative

Summary of Results by Electoral Division

Electoral Division	Candidates	Political Affiliation	Valid Votes Received	Percentage of Votes Polled	Names on List of Electors	Percentage of Voter Turnout
01 Dunvegan-Central Peace	Hector G. Goudreau	PC	3,673	44.50%
	Dale Lueken	AA	3,332	40.30%
	Leon R. Pendleton	NDP	446	5.40%
	Lanny Portsmouth	SC	119	1.40%
	Don Thompson	LIB	691	8.40%
			8,261	100.00%	15,168	54.80%
02 Calgary-Bow	Margaret (Peggy) Askin	IND	78	0.60%
	Jennifer Banks	NDP	1,135	9.00%
	Alana DeLong	PC	6,097	48.20%
	James D Istvanffy	AA	1,017	8.00%
	Kelly McDonnell	LIB	3,512	27.80%
	Douglas A. Picken	SC	97	0.80%
	Marie Picken	AG	714	5.60%
			12,650	100.00%	27,026	47.10%
03 Calgary-Buffalo	Harvey Cenaiko	PC	3,365	43.50%
	Elizabeth K Fielding	SC	73	0.90%
	Cliff Hesby	NDP	457	5.90%
	Nadine Hunka	AA	294	3.80%
	Grant Neufeld	AG	670	8.70%
	Carl Schwartz	AP	56	0.70%
	Terry Taylor	LIB	2,815	36.40%
			7,730	100.00%	24,689	31.50%
04 Calgary-Cross	Raleigh Dehaney	LIB	1,453	22.20%
	Yvonne Fritz	PC	3,770	57.70%
	Gordon Huth	AA	646	9.90%
	Jeanie Keebler	NDP	393	6.00%
	Ryan Richardson	AG	271	4.10%
			6,533	100.00%	21,993	29.80%
05 Calgary-Currie	Jon Lord	PC	4,412	39.80%
	Ken Mazeroll	AA	348	3.10%
	Robert Scobel	NDP	468	4.20%
	Dave Taylor	LIB	5,046	45.50%
	Kim Warnke	AG	813	7.30%
			11,087	100.00%	24,603	45.30%
06 Calgary-East	Moe Amery	PC	4,484	53.80%
	Brad Berard	AA	606	7.30%
	Bonnie-Jean Collins	CP - A	56	0.70%
	Bill Harvey	LIB	2,357	28.30%
	Rick Michalenko	AG	365	4.40%
	Paul Vargis	NDP	464	5.60%
			8,332	100.00%	22,759	36.90%
07 Calgary-Egmont	David Crutcher	AA	1,658	14.80%
	Christopher Dovey	NDP	599	5.40%
	Denis Herard	PC	5,686	50.80%
	Michael Queenan	LIB	2,371	21.20%
	George Read	AG	875	7.80%
			11,189	100.00%	27,265	41.20%
08 Calgary-Elbow	Lloyd Blimke	IND	51	0.40%
	Diana-Lynn Brooks	AA	488	3.60%
	Stephen Brown	LIB	4,938	36.50%
	Trevor Grover	SC	69	0.50%
	Becky Kelley	NDP	345	2.60%
	Ralph Klein	PC	6,958	51.50%
	Allison Roth	AG	668	4.90%
			13,517	100.00%	25,968	52.40%
09 Calgary-Fish Creek	Tore Badenduck	LIB	2,845	24.10%
	Heather Forsyth	PC	6,829	57.80%
	Mike Kuipers	AA	781	6.60%
	Eric Leavitt	NDP	793	6.70%
	Chris Sealy	AG	561	4.80%
			11,809	100.00%	26,174	45.30%
10 Calgary-Foothills	Malcolm Forster	NDP	398	3.90%
	Vincent S. Jansen-Van Doorn	AA	472	4.60%
	Stephen Jenuth	LIB	3,561	34.70%
	Len Webber	PC	5,819	56.80%
			10,250	100.00%	27,739	37.00%
11 Calgary-Fort	Wayne Cao	PC	4,137	53.90%
	Tyler Charkie	AG	439	5.70%
	Travis P. Chase	AA	524	6.80%
	Gerry Hart	LIB	1,786	23.30%
	Leo Ollenberger	SPA	211	2.70%
	Elizabeth A. Thomas	NDP	584	7.60%
			7,681	100.00%	23,271	33.40%
12 Calgary-Glenmore	Larry R. Heather	SC	127	1.00%
	Holly Heffernan	NDP	553	4.50%
	Ernest McCutcheon	AA	571	4.60%
	Avalon Roberts	LIB	4,364	35.20%
	Evan Sklarski	AG	532	4.30%
	Ron Stevens	PC	6,263	50.50%
			12,410	100.00%	25,788	48.40%
13 Calgary-Hays	Bernie Amell	AG	378	4.40%
	Sharon L. Howe	LIB	1,926	22.20%
	Art Johnston	PC	5,523	63.80%
	Robert Wawrzynowski	AA	534	6.20%
	Rachel Weinfeld	NDP	298	3.40%
			8,659	100.00%	24,936	34.80%
14 Calgary-Lougheed	Ryan Boucher	AG	471	4.40%
	Tariq Khan	AA	445	4.20%
	Matt Koczkur	NDP	365	3.40%
	Al Pollock	LIB	2,972	28.10%
	Dave Rodney	PC	6,336	59.80%
			10,589	100.00%	26,209	40.60%
15 Calgary-Mackay	Giorgio Cattabeni	NDP	462	4.70%
	Darryl G. Hawkins	LIB	2,617	26.40%
	Shawn Hubbard	AA	626	6.30%
	Gary Mar	PC	5,575	56.20%
	Paul Martin	IND	200	2.00%
	David McTavish	AG	445	4.50%
			9,925	100.00%	27,866	35.80%
16 Calgary-McCall	Sean Brocklesby	AG	338	4.60%
	Ina Given	AA	576	7.90%
	Darshan S Kang	LIB	2,891	39.50%
	Shiraz Shariff	PC	3,195	43.60%
	Preet Sihota	NDP	328	4.50%
			7,328	100.00%	21,831	33.90%
17 Calgary-Montrose	Cyril Collingwood	AA	689	10.60%
	Kevin Colton	AG	355	5.50%
	Arthur Danielson	LIB	1,691	26.10%
	Jason Nishiyama	NDP	420	6.50%
	Hung Pham	PC	3,323	51.30%
			6,478	100.00%	22,001	29.60%
18 Calgary-Mountain View	Ryan Cassell	AA	589	4.40%
	John Donovan	NDP	712	5.30%
	Mark Hlady	PC	4,088	30.40%
	Mark MacGillivray	AG	884	6.60%
	David Swann	LIB	7,162	53.30%
			13,435	100.00%	27,299	49.50%
19 Calgary-North Hill	Brent Best	AA	627	6.20%
	Aileen L. Machell	NDP	643	6.40%
	Richard Magnus	PC	4,369	43.20%
	Pat Murray	LIB	3,212	31.80%
	Susan Stratton	AG	1,261	12.50%
			10,112	100.00%	22,987	44.20%
20 Calgary-North West	Bob Brunet	NDP	520	3.70%
	Jenell Friesen	AA	620	4.40%
	Jeffery Krekoski	AG	637	4.50%
	Greg Melchin	PC	7,757	55.30%
	Judy Stewart	LIB	4,489	32.00%
			14,023	100.00%	32,501	43.30%
21 Calgary-Nose Hill	Len Borowski	LIB	2,607	28.00%
	Neil Brown	PC	4,372	47.00%
	Raymond (Chick) Hurst	SC	180	1.90%
	Dirk Huysman	NDP	549	5.90%
	John Johnson	AG	583	6.30%
	Bill McGregor	AA	1,009	10.80%
			9,300	100.00%	23,572	39.60%
22 Calgary-Shaw	Cindy Ady	PC	6,735	63.40%
	Barry Chase	AA	620	5.80%
	Daniel Doherty	SPA	170	1.60%
	Rick Papineau	AG	381	3.60%
	John Roggeveen	LIB	2,410	22.70%
	Jarrett Young	NDP	300	2.80%
			10,616	100.00%	26,408	40.30%
23 Calgary-Varsity	Ronald Beninger	AA	765	5.40%
	Harry B. Chase	LIB	6,347	44.60%
	Mark Gabruch	NDP	637	4.50%
	Richard Larson	AG	761	5.40%
	Leonard Skowronski	SC	118	0.80%
	Michael W. Smyth	PC	5,591	39.30%
			14,219	100.00%	26,318	54.20%
24 Calgary-West	Chantelle Dubois	NDP	408	3.00%
	John Keyes	AA	989	7.40%
	James Kohut	AG	731	5.50%
	Ron Liepert	PC	6,969	52.10%
	Derek Smith	LIB	4,284	32.00%
			13,381	100.00%	31,736	42.30%
25 Edmonton-Beverly-Clareview	Benoit Couture	AG	141	1.40%
	Philip Gamache	AA	458	4.40%
	Ray Martin	NDP	5,259	50.80%
	Sam Parmar	LIB	1,164	11.30%
	Ken Shipka	SC	283	2.70%
	Julius Yankowsky	PC	3,041	29.40%
			10,346	100.00%	23,569	44.00%
26 Edmonton-Calder	David Eggen	NDP	4,067	36.00%
	Vicki Kramer	AA	513	4.50%
	Brent Rathgeber	PC	3,730	33.00%
	Brad Smith	LIB	2,985	26.40%
			11,295	100.00%	23,153	49.00%
27 Edmonton-Castle Downs	Peter Cross	NDP	1,314	10.90%
	Chris Kibermanis	LIB	5,019	41.80%
	Ross Korpi	SC	78	0.60%
	Thomas Lukaszuk	PC	5,022	41.80%
	Colin Presizniuk	AA	586	4.90%
			12,019	100.00%	29,226	41.30%
28 Edmonton-Centre	Mary Elizabeth Archer	NDP	1,319	12.10%
	Laurie Blakeman	LIB	6,203	57.10%
	Tony Caterina	AA	280	2.60%
	Linda Clements	SC	112	1.00%
	David J. Parker	AG	333	3.10%
	Don Weideman	PC	2,622	24.10%
			10,869	100.00%	22,362	49.00%
29 Edmonton-Decore	Shirley Barg	NDP	1,525	15.40%
	Bill Bonko	LIB	4,434	44.80%
	Geoffrey Chevrier	SC	91	0.90%
	Gary Masyk	AA	831	8.40%
	Walter Szwender	PC	3,007	30.40%
			9,888	100.00%	24,735	40.20%
30 Edmonton-Ellerslie	Bharat Agnihotri	LIB	3,446	33.80%
	Marilyn Assheton-Smith	NDP	2,258	22.10%
	Gurnam Dodd	PC	3,245	31.80%
	Amelia Maciejewski	SC	238	2.30%
	Eleanor Maroes	AA	1,009	9.90%
			10,196	100.00%	23,563	43.40%
31 Edmonton-Glenora	Larry Booi	NDP	4,052	30.90%
	Blaine Currie	AA	307	2.30%
	Drew Hutton	PC	3,759	28.70%
	Peter Johnston	AG	271	2.10%
	Bruce Miller	LIB	4,604	35.10%
	Walter Schachenhofer	SC	113	0.90%
			13,106	100.00%	23,320	56.60%
32 Edmonton-Gold Bar	Manjit Dhaliwal	PC	2,572	18.30%
	Dave Dowling	IND	167	1.20%
	Delmar Hunt	AA	538	3.80%
	Hugh MacDonald	LIB	8,798	62.70%
	Keith Turnbull	NDP	1,967	14.00%
			14,042	100.00%	25,326	55.80%
33 Edmonton-Highlands-Norwood	Dale W. Ferris	IND	66	0.70%
	Ray Loyer	AA	305	3.20%
	Jason Manzevich	LIB	1,035	10.70%
	Terry Martiniuk	PC	2,208	22.80%
	Brian Mason	NDP	6,054	62.60%
			9,668	100.00%	22,832	42.60%
34 Edmonton-Manning	Ross Adshead	AG	240	2.20%
	Dan Backs	LIB	3,929	36.10%
	Laurie Lang	NDP	2,383	21.90%
	Mike Pietramala	AA	532	4.90%
	Sean Tisdall	SC	158	1.50%
	Tony Vandermeer	PC	3,647	33.50%
			10,889	100.00%	25,163	43.40%
35 Edmonton-McClung	Reuben Bauer	AA	401	3.10%
	Patrick Conlin	SC	105	0.80%
	Lorne Dach	NDP	1,358	10.40%
	Mo Elsalhy	LIB	5,859	44.90%
	Mark Norris	PC	5,333	40.80%
			13,056	100.00%	25,269	51.80%
36 Edmonton-Meadowlark	Lance Burns	NDP	1,306	12.20%
	Aaron Campbell	AA	446	4.10%
	Amanda Doyle	AG	243	2.30%
	Bob Maskell	PC	4,242	39.50%
	Peggy Morton	IND	76	0.70%
	Maurice Tougas	LIB	4,435	41.30%
			10,748	100.00%	23,845	45.30%
37 Edmonton-Mill Creek	Robert J. Alford	AA	523	4.30%
	Aman Gill	LIB	4,289	35.60%
	Cameron Johnson	IND	72	0.60%
	Eric Stieglitz	AG	386	3.20%
	Nathan Taylor	NDP	1,709	14.20%
	Gene Zwozdesky	PC	5,070	42.10%
			12,049	100.00%	24,419	49.50%
38 Edmonton-Mill Woods	Naresh Bhardwaj	PC	2,992	28.70%
	Weslyn Mather	LIB	5,012	48.00%
	Lloyd Nelson	NDP	1,565	15.00%
	Naomi Rankin	CP - A	42	0.40%
	Charles Relland	AA	829	7.90%
			10,440	100.00%	23,319	45.00%
39 Edmonton-Riverview	David Edgar	AA	313	2.00%
	Fred Horne	PC	3,575	22.80%
	John Lackey	AG	357	2.30%
	Donna Martyn	NDP	1,058	6.70%
	David W. Power	SC	116	0.70%
	Kevin Taft	LIB	10,280	65.50%
			15,699	100.00%	25,060	62.90%
40 Edmonton-Rutherford	Anita Ashmore	SC	210	1.60%
	R. J. (Bob) Ewart	AA	516	3.90%
	Ian McClelland	PC	4,173	31.80%
	Rick Miller	LIB	7,221	55.10%
	George A. Slade	NDP	995	7.60%
			13,115	100.00%	24,096	54.60%
41 Edmonton-Strathcona	Jeremy Burns	AA	273	2.20%
	Adrian Cole	AG	288	2.30%
	Kelly Graham	SC	160	1.30%
	Steven Leard	LIB	1,854	15.10%
	Raj Pannu	NDP	7,463	60.70%
	Shannon Stubbs	PC	2,266	18.40%
			12,304	100.00%	24,830	49.90%
42 Edmonton-Whitemud	John Andrews	IND	74	0.50%
	Brian Fleck	NDP	1,639	10.10%
	Dave Hancock	PC	7,494	46.10%
	Kathy Rayner	AA	471	2.90%
	Donna L Smith	LIB	6,568	40.40%
			16,246	100.00%	30,949	52.60%
43 Airdrie-Chestermere	John Burke	LIB	1,633	13.80%
	Bradley Gaida	AA	758	6.40%
	Jerry Gautreau	SC	178	1.50%
	Carol Haley	PC	6,842	57.80%
	Bob Lefurgey	SPA	394	3.30%
	Grant Massie	NDP	569	4.80%
	Angela Scully	AG	434	3.70%
	Jeff Willerton	AP	1,036	8.70%
			11,844	100.00%	30,096	39.50%
44 Athabasca-Redwater	Nicole Belland	LIB	3,253	27.20%
	Mike Cardinal	PC	5,707	47.70%
	Luke De Smet	AG	252	2.10%
	Leonard Fish	SC	177	1.50%
	Peter Opryshko	NDP	1,397	11.70%
	Sean Whelan	AA	1,184	9.90%
			11,970	100.00%	24,074	49.90%
45 Banff-Cochrane	Bob Argent	AA	477	5.90%
	Melissa Cambridge	NDP	467	5.80%
	Chris Foote	AG	1,204	15.00%
	Ian McDougall	LIB	1,648	20.50%
	Janis Tarchuk	PC	4,238	52.80%
			8,034	100.00%	21,330	38.00%
46 Barrhead-Morinville-Westlock	Alan Fiebich	LIB	2,310	19.40%
	Carl Haugen	SC	407	3.40%
	Peggy Kirkeby	NDP	1,113	9.30%
	Ken Kowalski	PC	7,066	59.30%
	Mike Radojcic	AA	1,020	8.60%
			11,916	100.00%	22,732	52.60%
47 Battle River-Wainwright	Doug Griffiths	PC	6,406	65.00%
	Len Legault	NDP	616	6.30%
	Gordon Rogers	LIB	1,069	10.80%
	Robin Skitteral	SC	320	3.20%
	Orest Werezak	AA	1,442	14.60%
			9,853	100.00%	20,368	48.50%
48 Bonnyville-Cold Lake	Denis Ducharme	PC	3,621	63.70%
	Shane Gervais	AA	973	17.10%
	Lloyd Mildon	LIB	781	13.70%
	Denise Ogonoski	NDP	311	5.50%
			5,686	100.00%	17,704	32.30%
49 Cardston-Taber-Warner	Luann Bannister	NDP	185	2.10%
	Lindsay Ferguson	AG	225	2.50%
	Paul Hinman	AA	3,885	44.00%
	Broyce Jacobs	PC	3,756	42.50%
	Paula Shimp	LIB	783	8.90%
			8,834	100.00%	19,030	46.70%
50 Cypress-Medicine Hat	Stuart Angle	LIB	2,222	26.40%
	Cliff Anten	NDP	358	4.30%
	Leonard Mitzel	PC	4,628	55.00%
	Dan H. Pierson	AA	652	7.70%
	Eric Solberg	SC	562	6.70%
			8,422	100.00%	22,181	38.20%
51 Drayton Valley-Calmar	Tony Abbott	PC	5,225	59.30%
	Thomas Cliff	SC	243	2.80%
	Viona Cunningham	AA	766	8.70%
	Edwin Erickson	AG	929	10.50%
	Laura Higgerty	LIB	890	10.10%
	Elmer Knopp	IND	116	1.30%
	Lynn Oberle	NDP	642	7.30%
			8,811	100.00%	19,214	46.10%
52 Drumheller-Stettler	Richard Bough	NDP	869	8.30%
	David Carnegie	SPA	465	4.50%
	Dave France	AA	1,414	13.60%
	Mary-Lou Kloppenburg	SC	279	2.70%
	Shirley McClellan	PC	6,772	65.00%
	Eileen Walker	AP	616	5.90%
			10,415	100.00%	20,653	50.70%
53 Foothills-Rocky View	Herb Coburn	LIB	1,956	17.40%
	Jason Herasemluk	AA	1,088	9.70%
	F. L. (Ted) Morton	PC	6,782	60.30%
	Roland Schmidt	NDP	232	2.10%
	Shelley Willson	AG	1,188	10.60%
			11,246	100.00%	22,420	50.50%
54 Fort McMurray-Wood Buffalo	Guy C. Boutilier	PC	4,433	63.20%
	Russell W. (Russ) Collicott	LIB	1,802	25.70%
	Eugene Eklund	AA	224	3.20%
	Dave Malka	NDP	462	6.60%
	Reginald Normore	IND	94	1.30%
			7,015	100.00%	26,618	26.40%
55 Fort Saskatchewan-Vegreville	Wes Buyarski	NDP	1,633	12.80%
	Byron King	AA	1,411	11.10%
	Mark R. Patterson	SC	379	3.00%
	Peter Schneider	LIB	3,160	24.80%
	Ed Stelmach	PC	6,160	48.30%
			12,743	100.00%	24,831	51.40%
56 Grande Prairie-Smoky	Mel Knight	PC	4,369	56.40%
	Neil Peacock	LIB	1,965	25.40%
	Hank Rahn	AA	685	8.80%
	Georgina Szoke	NDP	724	9.40%
			7,743	100.00%	22,083	35.20%
57 Grande Prairie-Wapiti	Gordon Graydon	PC	4,346	55.10%
	John Hilton-O'Brien	AA	546	6.90%
	Jerry MacDonald	NDP	971	12.30%
	Cibylla Rakestraw	LIB	1,681	21.30%
	Allan Webber	AG	348	4.40%
			7,892	100.00%	21,683	36.50%
58 Highwood	Lori Czerwinski	LIB	1,846	17.40%
	George Groeneveld	PC	6,737	63.60%
	Sheelagh Matthews	AG	547	5.20%
	Cory Morgan	SPA	300	2.80%
	Catherine Whelan Costen	NDP	433	4.10%
	Brian Wickhorst	AA	731	6.90%
			10,594	100.00%	23,519	45.20%
59 Innisfail-Sylvan Lake	Garth Davis	LIB	1,817	16.20%
	Chris Janke	NDP	585	5.20%
	Luke Ouellette	PC	6,208	55.40%
	Randy Thorsteinson	AA	2,241	20.00%
	Wilf Tricker	SC	359	3.20%
			11,210	100.00%	24,087	46.70%
60 Lac La Biche-St. Paul	Dickson Broomfield	LIB	1,879	20.60%
	Ray Danyluk	PC	4,896	53.60%
	Phil Goebel	NDP	649	7.10%
	Oscar Lacombe	AA	1,703	18.70%
			9,127	100.00%	18,451	49.60%
61 Lacombe-Ponoka	Teena Cormack	SC	461	3.50%
	Jim Graves	NDP	1,133	8.70%
	Ed Klop	AA	2,349	18.00%
	Ray Prins	PC	6,923	52.90%
	Glen T Simmonds	LIB	2,214	16.90%
			13,080	100.00%	26,373	49.80%
62 Leduc-Beaumont-Devon	Joyce Assen	LIB	3,426	26.50%
	Dave Dalke	AA	1,140	8.80%
	Stephen Lindop	AG	382	3.00%
	Katie Oppen	NDP	902	7.00%
	Karen Richert	SC	250	1.90%
	George Rogers	PC	6,814	52.80%
			12,914	100.00%	27,025	47.90%
63 Lesser Slave Lake	Doris Bannister	NDP	354	5.90%
	Pearl Calahasen	PC	3,903	64.90%
	Ian Hopfe	AG	254	4.20%
	Jonathan Pleckaitis	LIB	530	8.80%
	Valerie Rahn	AA	969	16.10%
			6,010	100.00%	19,259	31.40%
64 Lethbridge-East	Rod Fong	PC	4,703	36.90%
	Erin Matthews	AG	360	2.80%
	Gaye Metz	NDP	606	4.80%
	Bridget Pastoor	LIB	5,338	41.90%
	Darren Popik	SC	252	2.00%
	Brian Stewart	AA	1,472	11.60%
			12,731	100.00%	26,430	48.40%
65 Lethbridge-West	Bal Boora	LIB	3,629	32.80%
	Clint Dunford	PC	4,411	39.80%
	Mark Sandilands	NDP	1,357	12.30%
	Scott Sawatsky	SC	375	3.40%
	Andrea Sheridan	AG	385	3.50%
	Merle Terlesky	AA	913	8.20%
			11,070	100.00%	24,471	45.50%
66 Little Bow	Brian Cook	SC	554	6.10%
	Arij Langstraat	LIB	1,961	21.70%
	Hugh Logie	NDP	328	3.60%
	Barry McFarland	PC	4,899	54.20%
	Jay Phin	AA	857	9.50%
	Grant Shaw	SPA	433	4.80%
			9,032	100.00%	19,835	45.80%
67 Livingstone-Macleod	David Coutts	PC	5,097	51.00%
	George Lyster	AA	1,492	14.90%
	Joyce Thomas	NDP	628	6.30%
	Jim Walker	SPA	339	3.40%
	Chris Watts	AG	391	3.90%
	Craig Whitehead	LIB	2,044	20.50%
			9,991	100.00%	22,361	44.90%
68 Medicine Hat	Diana Arnott	NDP	547	5.20%
	Karen Charlton	LIB	3,419	32.50%
	Scott Cowan	AA	1,060	10.10%
	Jonathan Lorentzen	SC	242	2.30%
	Rob Renner	PC	5,261	50.00%
			10,529	100.00%	25,746	41.20%
69 Olds-Didsbury-Three Hills	Christopher Davies	NDP	257	2.10%
	Sarah Henckel-Sutmoller	AG	469	3.80%
	Myrna Kissick	SC	143	1.20%
	Richard Marz	PC	7,277	59.40%
	Gordon Quantz	AA	2,023	16.50%
	Brian Vasseur	SPA	746	6.10%
	Tony Vonesch	LIB	1,336	10.90%
			12,251	100.00%	21,718	56.60%
70 Peace River	Adam Bourque	LIB	1,092	20.80%
	Garry Checknita	AA	537	10.20%
	Stephen Crocker	NDP	546	10.40%
	Patsy Lindberg	SC	194	3.70%
	Frank Oberle	PC	2,884	54.90%
			5,253	100.00%	17,142	30.70%
71 Red Deer-North	Steven Bedford	NDP	432	5.00%
	Colin Fisher	AG	244	2.80%
	Mary Anne Jablonski	PC	3,733	42.80%
	Norm McDougall	LIB	2,647	30.40%
	Rand Sisson	AA	1,657	19.00%
			8,713	100.00%	22,419	39.10%
72 Red Deer-South	Patti Argent	AA	1,418	11.90%
	Victor Doerksen	PC	5,373	44.90%
	Walter Kubanek	LIB	4,077	34.10%
	Judy Milne	SPA	261	2.20%
	Jeff Sloychuk	NDP	835	7.00%
			11,964	100.00%	27,486	43.70%
73 Rocky Mountain House	Lavern J. Ahlstrom	SC	1,265	12.30%
	Bruce Hutton	SPA	503	4.90%
	Jennifer Isaac	AG	335	3.30%
	Anthony Jones	NDP	300	2.90%
	Ty Lund	PC	5,773	56.30%
	Susan M. Scott	LIB	1,266	12.40%
	Ed Wilhite	AA	807	7.90%
			10,249	100.00%	21,587	47.70%
74 Sherwood Park	Gordon Barrett	SC	474	3.10%
	Iris Evans	PC	7,281	48.10%
	Cora Labonte	AA	444	2.90%
	Lynn Lau	AG	362	2.40%
	Louise Rogers	LIB	5,587	36.90%
	Tim Sloan	NDP	996	6.60%
			15,144	100.00%	26,501	57.20%
75 Spruce Grove-Sturgeon-St. Albert	Dale Apostal	NDP	1,020	7.50%
	Glen Blaylock	SC	170	1.20%
	Ray Boudreau	LIB	5,540	40.70%
	Tim Friesen	AA	741	5.40%
	Doug Horner	PC	6,139	45.10%
			13,610	100.00%	27,709	49.30%
76 St. Albert	Conrad Bitangcol	AG	407	2.70%
	Jack Flaherty	LIB	6,476	42.60%
	Michaela Meldrum	AA	591	3.90%
	Mary O'Neill	PC	6,062	39.90%
	Travis Thompson	NDP	1,652	10.90%
			15,188	100.00%	28,872	52.70%
77 Stony Plain	Marilyn Burns	AA	1,904	15.20%
	Bill Fraser	LIB	3,381	27.00%
	Fred Lindsay	PC	5,581	44.50%
	Henry Neumann	SC	310	2.50%
	Ruth Yanor	NDP	1,362	10.90%
			12,538	100.00%	26,086	48.20%
78 Strathcona	Thomas Elchuk	NDP	1,145	8.20%
	Jon Friel	LIB	4,115	29.40%
	Rob Lougheed	PC	6,871	49.10%
	Roberta McDonald	SPA	297	2.10%
	Brian Rembowski	SC	329	2.40%
	Ryan Seto	AA	467	3.30%
	Bruce Stubbs	AP	773	5.50%
			13,997	100.00%	27,983	50.30%
79 Strathmore-Brooks	Carrol Jaques	LIB	1,178	12.80%
	Jay Kolody	SPA	576	6.20%
	Don MacFarlane	NDP	416	4.50%
	Rudy Martens	SC	319	3.50%
	Lyle Oberg	PC	5,916	64.10%
	Mark D Ogden	AA	831	9.00%
			9,236	100.00%	25,686	36.20%
80 Vermilion-Lloydminster	David Benoit	AA	2,437	26.60%
	Lloyd Snelgrove	PC	5,466	59.70%
	Ray Stone	NDP	553	6.00%
	Patricia Thomas	LIB	706	7.70%
			9,162	100.00%	21,796	42.10%
81 West Yellowhead	Earle Cunningham	AA	675	8.20%
	Rob Jolly	LIB	1,666	20.30%
	Barry Madsen	NDP	1,771	21.60%
	Monika Schaefer	AG	343	4.20%
	Ivan Strang	PC	3,753	45.70%
			8,208	100.00%	17,706	46.50%
82 Wetaskiwin-Camrose	Keith Elliott	LIB	2,713	24.00%
	LeRoy Johnson	PC	6,177	54.70%
	Clay Lawson	NDP	909	8.00%
	Dale Trefz	AA	1,194	10.60%
	Janice H. Wolter	SC	309	2.70%
			11,302	100.00%	24,198	46.90%
83 Whitecourt-Ste. Anne	David Dow	AA	2,331	24.20%
	George Higgerty	LIB	1,219	12.70%
	Leah Redmond	NDP	996	10.40%
	George VanderBurg	PC	5,073	52.70%
			9,619	100.00%	20,681	46.80%
Note: Percentage of voter turnout includes rejected and declined ballots, in addition to valid ballots cast, as reflected in the poll-by-poll results.          Names appear in the order and as recorded on ballots. Names in bold print represent elected candidates.
Party Abbreviations: AA: Alberta Alliance Party LIB: Alberta Liberal Party AG: Alberta Green Party NDP: Alberta New Democratic Party AP: Alberta Party PC: Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta CP - A: Communist Party - Alberta SC: Alberta Social Credit Party IND: Independent (no political party affiliation) SPA: Separation Party of Alberta

List of Returning Officers....

Enumeration and General Election

Electoral Division	Name	Residence
01 Dunvegan-Central Peace	Larry Chorney	Fairview
02 Calgary-Bow	Sylvia Langlois	Calgary
03 Calgary-Buffalo	Carol Potter	Calgary
04 Calgary-Cross	Wally Clarke	Calgary
05 Calgary-Currie	Sandra Penner	Calgary
06 Calgary-East	Le-Ann Lundgren	Calgary
07 Calgary-Egmont	Doreen Green	Calgary
08 Calgary-Elbow	Norma Gilbert	Calgary
09 Calgary-Fish Creek	Wendy Watson	Calgary
10 Calgary-Foothills	Maureen Sullivan	Calgary
11 Calgary-Fort	Sheila Cooper	Calgary
12 Calgary-Glenmore	Carol Kiernan	Calgary
13 Calgary-Hays	Tracy Cochrane	Calgary
14 Calgary-Lougheed	Margaret Tatham	Calgary
15 Calgary-Mackay	Barry Rupert	Calgary
16 Calgary-McCall	Shirley Barwise	Calgary
17 Calgary-Montrose	Lynn Warkentin	Calgary
18 Calgary-Mountain View	Margot Aftergood*	Calgary
	Lisa Scheffelmaier**	Calgary
*Appointed for August/September 2004 Enumeration **Appointed for November 22, 2004 Provincial General Election
19 Calgary-North Hill	Belva Moodie	Calgary
20 Calgary-North West	Carleen Severs	Calgary
21 Calgary-Nose Hill	Nels Crowther	Calgary
22 Calgary-Shaw	Sandra Fedorchuk	Calgary
23 Calgary-Varsity	Mary Lou Robertson	Calgary
24 Calgary-West	Barry Whistlecraft	Calgary
25 Edmonton-Beverly-Clareview	Roger Poloway	Edmonton
26 Edmonton-Calder	Verna Acton	Edmonton
27 Edmonton-Castle Downs	Elizabeth Burk	Edmonton
28 Edmonton-Centre	Maureen Tetzlaff	Edmonton
29 Edmonton-Decore	William Maxim	Edmonton
30 Edmonton-Ellerslie	Dennis Seelochan	Edmonton
31 Edmonton-Glenora	Kathy Strawson	Edmonton
32 Edmonton-Gold Bar	Tom Forgrave	Edmonton
33 Edmonton-Highlands-Norwood	Dan Papirnik	Edmonton
34 Edmonton-Manning	Walter Ewoniak	Edmonton
35 Edmonton-McClung	Donald Clarke	Edmonton
36 Edmonton-Meadowlark	Donald McCallum	Edmonton
37 Edmonton-Mill Creek	Dennis Koroluk	Edmonton
38 Edmonton-Mill Woods	Jacqueline Elton	Edmonton
39 Edmonton-Riverview	Teresa Griffiths	Edmonton
40 Edmonton-Rutherford	Ried Zittlau	Edmonton
41 Edmonton-Strathcona	Leslie Silver	Edmonton
42 Edmonton-Whitemud	Bernard Zolner	Edmonton
43 Airdrie-Chestermere	Herbert Buchanan	Airdrie
44 Athabasca-Redwater	Joanne Hrycun	Gibbons
45 Banff-Cochrane	Susann Britton	Canmore
46 Barrhead-Morinville-Westlock	Clement Fagnan	Westlock
47 Battle River-Wainwright	Sue Frissell	Wainwright
48 Bonnyville-Cold Lake	Robert Engleder	Cold Lake
49 Cardston-Taber-Warner	Daryll Leavitt	Cardston
50 Cypress-Medicine Hat	Lyn Dillenbeck	Foremost
51 Drayton Valley-Calmar	Donna Palmer	Drayton Valley
52 Drumheller-Stettler	Keith Peers	Drumheller
53 Foothills-Rocky View	Pam Kondrat	Airdrie
54 Fort McMurray-Wood Buffalo	Pauline Gauthier	Fort McMurray
55 Fort Saskatchewan-Vegreville	Margaret Wade	Fort Saskatchewan
56 Grande Prairie-Smoky	Lana Fjellner	Valleyview
57 Grande Prairie-Wapiti	Betty Phillips-Simpson	Grande Prairie
58 Highwood	Kellie Cartwright	High River
59 Innisfail-Sylvan Lake	Kenneth Fulton	Innisfail
60 Lac La Biche-St. Paul	Linda Ference	St. Paul
61 Lacombe-Ponoka	Elsie Brewin	Blackfalds
62 Leduc-Beaumont-Devon	Cathy McGregor	Beaumont
63 Lesser Slave Lake	Kerrie Patrick	High Prairie
64 Lethbridge-East	Jan M. Okamura	Lethbridge
65 Lethbridge-West	Clifford Brown	Lethbridge
66 Little Bow	Delbert Olsen	Vulcan
67 Livingstone-Macleod	Carol Brown	Pincher Creek
68 Medicine Hat	Allan Bloomfield	Medicine Hat
69 Olds-Didsbury-Three Hills	Jim Allison	Didsbury
70 Peace River	Cheryl Anderson	Peace River
71 Red Deer-North	Bettylyn Baker	Red Deer
72 Red Deer-South	Noreen Stuart	Red Deer
73 Rocky Mountain House	Mervin Rockel	Rocky Mountain House
74 Sherwood Park	Marlene Martin	Sherwood Park
75 Spruce Grove-Sturgeon-St. Albert	Louise Kluthe	Morinville
76 St. Albert	Donna Parchewsky	St. Albert
77 Stony Plain	Sylvia Wood	Spruce Grove
78 Strathcona	Brenda Evans	Sherwood Park
79 Strathmore-Brooks	Dinah Hiebert	Brooks
80 Vermilion-Lloydminster	Borden Kaminsky	Innisfree
81 West Yellowhead	Betty Stitzenberger	Edson
82 Wetaskiwin-Camrose	Lila Bowtell	Camrose
83 Whitecourt-Ste. Anne	Judy Patterson	Mayerthorpe