List of political parties in Alberta

This article lists political parties in Alberta.

Active parties

Represented parties in the Legislative Assembly of Alberta

See also: 2023 Alberta general election
Name[1] Founded Ideology Leader MLAs In Legislature In Government
United Conservative 2017 Conservatism Danielle Smith 49 2017–present 2019–present
New Democratic 1962 Social Democracy Naheed Nenshi 37 1971–1993, 1997–present 2015–2019

Other parties registered with Elections Alberta

See also: 2023 Alberta general election
Name[1] Founded Ideology Leader MLAs In Legislature In Government
Alberta Party 1985 Centrism Lindsay Amantea (interim) 0 2011–2012, 2015–2019 —
Liberal 1905 Liberalism John Roggeveen 0 1905–1944, 1948–1971, 1986–2019 1905–1921
  Alberta Advantage 2017 Conservatism[2] Marilyn Burns 0 — —
Independence 2019 Alberta Separatism[3] Vacant 0 — —
Communist 1930 Communism Naomi Rankin 0 — —
Green 2011 Green politics Vacant 0 — —
Pro-Life[a] 2017 Anti-Abortion Murray Ruhl 0 — —
Reform 2016 Social conservatism Randy Thorsteinson 0 — —
Wildrose Independence 2020 Alberta Separatism Jeevan Mangat (interim) 0 — —
Buffalo 2022 Localism Andrew Jacobson (interim) 0 — —
Wildrose Loyalty Coalition 2023 Economic liberalism Paul Hinman 0 — —
Solidarity Movement 2023 Social conservatism Artur Pawlowski 0 — —
  1. ^ Formed from the Social Credit Party of Alberta.

Unregistered Parties

Name Founded Ideology
Alberta Freedom Alliance 2018 Populism, Alberta separatism[4]
Alberta Statehood Party 2020 Annexation of Alberta to the United States
@PoliticsDirect Party 2018 Direct democracy, E-democracy[5]
People's Party of Alberta 2019 Conservatism, Right-wing populism, Classical liberalism, Libertarianism[6]
Name Founded Ideology
Western Independence Party 1987 Western Canada separatism

Historical parties

Parties represented in the Legislature

Name Years active Succeeded by Ideology In Legislature In Government
Alberta Alliance 2002–2008 Wildrose Conservatism 2004–2008 —
  Alberta Reform Movement 1981-1982 — Conservatism 1981-1982 —
  Co-operative Commonwealth Federation 1932-1962 New Democratic Party Social democracy, democratic socialism 1944-1959 —
Dominion Labor 1919-1935 Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Social democracy 1919-1935 —
Freedom Conservative 1999-2020[a] Wildrose Independence Albertan autonomism[b], Conservatism, Right-libertarianism 2018–2019 –
Independent Movement 1940-1948 — Liberalism, conservatism 1940-1948 —
  Labour Representation Dominion Labor Social democracy 1917-1919 —
  Non-Partisan League 1916-1921 United Farmers of Alberta Agrarianism, social democracy 1917-1921 —
Progressive Conservative 1905-2019 United Conservative Liberal conservatism, Red Toryism 1905-1940, 1952-1963, 1967-2019 1971-2015
Representative 1984-1989 — Conservatism, populism 1986-1989 —
Social Credit 1934-2017 Pro-Life Alberta Social conservatism, Social credit (historical) 1935-1982 1935-1971
Socialist 1909-1921 — Socialism 1909-1913 —
  United Farmers of Alberta 1919-1937 — Agrarianism, progressivism 1921-1935 1921-1935
  Veterans' and Active Force 1944-1948 — Veteran advocacy 1944-1948 —
Western Canada Concept 1982-1986 — Alberta separatism, Western separatism 1982 —
Wildrose 2008-2017 United Conservative Conservatism, right-wing populism 2009-2017 —

Parties never represented in the Legislature

Name Years active Succeeded by
Alberta First 1999-2004 Freedom Conservative
Alberta Independence 2000-2001 Independence Party
Greens 1986-2009 Green
Confederation of Regions 1986-1996 —
Forum Party of Alberta 1995-2004 —
Heritage Party 1985-1986 —
Independent Labour Party 1921 Leader Ernest Brown became active in Communist Party
Natural Law 1993-1997 —
Progressive Labour Party of Alberta 1932-1940 —

Parties represented by elected Senate nominees

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Merged with Wexit Alberta to form the Wildrose Independence Party
  2. ^ Historically the party used to promote entirely on Albertan Independence, until they adopted Albertan autonomism instead, as part of the party's transformation under Derek Fildebrandt's leadership.

References

  1. ^ a b "Parties | Elections Alberta". Elections Alberta. Retrieved 2017-07-05.
  2. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-07-27. Retrieved 2018-07-27.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. ^ "Our Mission - Alberta Independence Party". Archived from the original on 2018-07-27. Retrieved 2018-07-27.
  4. ^ "About -". Albertafreedomalliance.ca. Retrieved 2 April 2019.
  5. ^ "Politics Direct – A New Way of Thinking". Politicsdirect.ca. Retrieved 2 April 2019.
  6. ^ "About Us". peoplespartyofalberta.com. Retrieved 21 February 2020.