The 2015 Alberta general election was held on May 5, following a request of Premier Jim Prentice to the Lieutenant Governor of Alberta Donald Ethell to dissolve the Legislative Assembly on April 7. Th
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Brian Jean April 28 2015
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The Alberta New Democratic Party, is a social democratic political party in Alberta, Canada. The party sits on the centre-left to left-wing of the political spectrum and is the provincial Alberta affi
2015 Alberta general election
…However, the act does not affect the powers of the Lieutenant Governor to dissolve the Legislature before this period. As a result of the election, the Alberta New Democratic Party (NDP) were elected to a majority government under leader Rachel Notley. The NDP formed government for the first time in Alberta history since the NDP's…
Elmer Ernest Roper was the leader of the Alberta CCF from 1942 to 1955 before becoming the Mayor of Edmonton in 1959
Ray Martin was the third Alberta NDP MLA elected and was the leader of the party from 1984 to 1993
Brian Mason was elected leader in 2004 and became the longest serving Alberta NDP MLA in the party's history before retiring in 2019
Former leader Rachel Notley during the 2015 campaign in which the Alberta NDP formed its first ever government