The 28th Alberta Legislative Assembly was in session from May 23, 2012, to April 7, 2015, with the membership of the assembly determined by the results of the 2012 Alberta general election held on April 23, 2012. The Legislature officially resumed on May 23, 2012, and continued until the third session was prorogued and dissolved on April 7, 2015, prior to the 2015 Alberta general election on May 5, 2015.
| 28th Alberta Legislature | |||
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| Majority parliament | |||
| 23 May 2012 – 7 April 2015 | |||
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| Parliament leaders | |||
| Premier | Alison Redford October 7, 2011 – March 23, 2014 | ||
| Dave Hancock March 23, 2014 – September 15, 2014 | |||
| Jim Prentice September 15, 2014 – May 24. 2015 | |||
| Cabinet | Redford cabinet Prentice cabinet | ||
| Leader of the Opposition | Danielle Smith April 24, 2012 – December 17, 2014 | ||
| Heather Forsyth December 22, 2014 – June 1, 2015 | |||
| Party caucuses | |||
| Government | Progressive Conservative Association | ||
| Opposition | Wildrose Party | ||
| Recognized | Liberal Party | ||
| New Democratic Party | |||
| Legislative Assembly | |||
| Speaker of the Assembly | Gene Zwozdesky May 23, 2012 – June 11, 2015 | ||
| Government House Leader | Dave Hancock March 12, 2008 – September 5, 2013 | ||
| Robin Campbell December 6, 2013 – September 14, 2014 | |||
| Diana McQueen September 15, 2014 – November 12, 2014 | |||
| Jonathan Denis November 12, 2014 – May 5, 2015 | |||
| Opposition House Leader | Rob Anderson May 1, 2012 – December 17, 2014 | ||
| Shayne Saskiw December 22, 2014 – May 5, 2015 | |||
| Members | 87 MLA seats | ||
| Sovereign | |||
| Monarch | Elizabeth II February 6, 1952 – September 8, 2022 | ||
| Lieutenant Governor | Hon. Donald Ethell May 11, 2010 – June 12, 2015 | ||
| Sessions | |||
| 1st session May 23, 2012 – March 1, 2014 | |||
| 2nd session March 3, 2014 – September 18, 2014 | |||
| 3rd session November 17, 2014 – April 7, 2015 | |||
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Alberta's twenty-sixth government was controlled by the majority Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta, led by Premier Alison Redford until her resignation on March 23, 2014, and subsequently led by Dave Hancock temporarily until Jim Prentice was confirmed leader of the Progressive Conservatives in September. The Official Opposition was led by Danielle Smith of the Wildrose Party until she crossed the floor to join the PCs, and the opposition was subsequently led by Heather Forsyth. The Speaker was Gene Zwozdesky.
Bills
editThe Public Service Salary Restraint Act (informally referred to as Bill 46) is an Act of the Legislature of Alberta passed in 2013. The Bill was introduced in 2013 by Finance Minister Doug Horner. The bill passed first, second, and third readings and went into effect on December 11, 2013.[1] The law applies only to negotiations with the province's largest public-sector union, the Alberta Union of Provincial Employees (AUPE).
In February 2014 Court of Queen's Bench Justice Denny Thomas granted an indefinite injunction against the Bill saying "the legislation could irreparably harm labour relations, guts the collective bargaining process and effectively emasculates the AUPE".[2]
On April 28, 2014, details emerged of a deal reached between the Hancock government and the AUPE. The tentative agreement called for a lump-sum payment of $1,850 the first year followed by pay increases totalling 6.75 per cent over three years. Members of the AUPE will vote on the agreement in June 2014 before the government ratifies it.[3]
The deal was announced Monday, the same day the government dropped its appeal of an injunction the union won against legislation that would have imposed an austere contract similar to ones that went into effect last year for Alberta physicians and teachers.[3]
Membership in the 28th Alberta Legislative Assembly
editSeating plan
editAs of March 2014
edit| Casey | Khan | Xiao | Anglin | Bikman | Fox | Rowe | Strankman | Stier | Webber | Allen | Kennedy-Glans | ||||||
| Jablonski | Kubinec | Olesen | Barnes | Pedersen | McAllister | Towle | Saskiw | Donovan | Kang | Swann | Eggen | Bilous | |||||
| Rogers | Amery | Jeneroux | Wilson | Anderson | Smith | Forsyth | Hale | Sherman | Blakeman | Hehr | Mason | Notley | |||||
| Zwozdesky | |||||||||||||||||
| Drysdale | Oberle | Hughes | McIver | J. Johnson | Horne | Horner | Campbell | Redford | Hancock | McQueen | Klimchuk | Olson | Dallas | Bhullar | Denis | Lukaszuk | |
| Fritz | Fraser | Rodney | Quest | Griffiths | Starke | Dorward | VanderBurg | Jansen | Woo-Paw | Weadick | Fawcett | Scott | Bhardwaj | Pastoor | |||
| Goudreau | Lemke | Cao | Quadri | Calahasen | Sandhu | McDonald | Fenske | L. Johnson | Leskiw | Cusanelli | Brown | DeLong | Luan | Sarich | Young |
Official Seating Plan (Retrieved March 17, 2014)
In the final year of the 28th Assembly, the seating plan changed drastically due to floor-crossing and new party leaders for all four recognized parties.
As of March 2015
edit| Leskiw | Fritz | Goudreau | Anderson | Rowe | Pastoor | Cao | Anglin | ||||||||||
| Jablonski | Dallas | Hale | DeLong | Horne | Kennedy-Glans | Barnes | Stier | Strankman | Sherman | Kang | Mason | Bilous | |||||
| Rogers | Brown | Young | Weadick | Quest | Amery | Forsyth | Saskiw | Blakeman | Swann | Hehr | Notley | Eggen | |||||
| Zwozdesky | |||||||||||||||||
| Khan | Drysdale | J. Johnson | Fawcett | Klimchuk | Dirks | Mandel | Campbell | Prentice | Denis | McQueen | Oberle | Bhullar | Olson | Scott | Kubinec | McIver | |
| Sarich | Starke | Olesen | Bhardwaj | Dorward | Woo-Paw | McAllister | Lemke | VanderBurg | Jansen | Rodney | Smith | Fraser | Cusanelli | Quadri | Fox | ||
| Allen | Wilson | Lukaszuk | Pedersen | Casey | Donovan | Calahasen | Jeneroux | L. Johnson | Ellis | Fenske | McDonald | Xiao | Towle | Bikman | Luan | Sandhu |
Official Seating Plan (Retrieved March 10, 2015)
Standings changes since the 28th general election
edit| Number of members per party by date |
2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 23 | May 14 | Jul 16 | Dec 10 | Mar 12 | Mar 17 | Jul 7 | Aug 6 | Sep 15 | Sep 17 | Sep 29 | Oct 27 | Nov 2 | Nov 24 | Dec 17 | Jan 26 | Jan 31 | |||
| Progressive Conservative | 61 | 60 | 59 | 60 | 59 | 58 | 59 | 58 | 57 | 58 | 57 | 61 | 63 | 72 | 71 | 70 | |||
| Wildrose | 17 | 16 | 14 | 5 | |||||||||||||||
| Liberal | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||
| New Democratic | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Alberta Party | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Independent | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||
| Total members | 87 | 86 | 85 | 83 | 87 | 86 | 85 | ||||||||||||
| Vacant | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||||
| Government Majority | 35 | 33 | 31 | 33 | 31 | 29 | 31 | 30 | 29 | 31 | 35 | 39 | 57 | 56 | 55 | ||||
After the defections of 11 Wildrose MLA's, the Liberals and Wildrose were tied at 5 seats each, but the Speaker ruled that Wildrose would continue as the Official Opposition, a status that carries additional funding and privileges.[4]
| Membership changes in the 28th Assembly | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date | Name | District | Party | Reason | |
| April 23, 2012 | See list of members | Election day of the 28th Alberta general election | |||
| May 14, 2013 | Peter Sandhu | Edmonton-Manning | Independent | Left Progressive Conservative caucus[5] | |
| July 16, 2013 | Mike Allen | Fort McMurray-Wood Buffalo | Independent | Left Progressive Conservative caucus[6] | |
| December 10, 2013 | Peter Sandhu | Edmonton-Manning | Progressive Conservative | Rejoined Progressive Conservative caucus[7] | |
| March 12, 2014 | Len Webber | Calgary-Foothills | Independent | Left Progressive Conservative caucus[8] | |
| March 17, 2014 | Donna Kennedy-Glans | Calgary-Varsity | Independent | Left Progressive Conservative caucus[9] | |
| July 7, 2014 | Mike Allen | Fort McMurray-Wood Buffalo | Progressive Conservative | Rejoined Progressive Conservative caucus[10] | |
| August 6, 2014 | Alison Redford | Calgary-Elbow | Progressive Conservative | Resigned seat[11] | |
| September 15, 2014 | Dave Hancock | Edmonton-Whitemud | Progressive Conservative | Resigned seat[12] | |
| September 17, 2014 | Donna Kennedy-Glans | Calgary-Varsity | Progressive Conservative | Rejoined Progressive Conservative caucus[13] | |
| September 29, 2014 | Len Webber | Calgary-Foothills | Independent | Resigned seat[14] | |
| September 29, 2014 | Ken Hughes | Calgary-West | Progressive Conservative | Resigned seat[14] | |
| October 27, 2014 | Gordon Dirks | Calgary-Elbow | Progressive Conservative | Elected in a by-election[15] | |
| October 27, 2014 | Jim Prentice | Calgary-Foothills | Progressive Conservative | Elected in a by-election[15] | |
| October 27, 2014 | Mike Ellis | Calgary-West | Progressive Conservative | Elected in a by-election[15] | |
| October 27, 2014 | Stephen Mandel | Edmonton-Whitemud | Progressive Conservative | Elected in a by-election[15] | |
| November 2, 2014 | Joe Anglin | Rimbey-Rocky Mountain House-Sundre | Independent | Left Wildrose caucus[16] | |
| November 24, 2014 | Kerry Towle | Innisfail-Sylvan Lake | Progressive Conservative | Joined Progressive Conservative caucus[17] | |
| November 24, 2014 | Ian Donovan | Little Bow | Progressive Conservative | Joined Progressive Conservative caucus[17] | |
| December 17, 2014 | Danielle Smith | Highwood | Progressive Conservative | Joined Progressive Conservative caucus | |
| December 17, 2014 | Rob Anderson | Airdrie | Progressive Conservative | Joined Progressive Conservative caucus | |
| December 17, 2014 | Gary Bikman | Cardston-Taber-Warner | Progressive Conservative | Joined Progressive Conservative caucus | |
| December 17, 2014 | Rod Fox | Lacombe-Ponoka | Progressive Conservative | Joined Progressive Conservative caucus | |
| December 17, 2014 | Jason Hale | Strathmore-Brooks | Progressive Conservative | Joined Progressive Conservative caucus | |
| December 17, 2014 | Bruce McAllister | Chestermere-Rocky View | Progressive Conservative | Joined Progressive Conservative caucus | |
| December 17, 2014 | Blake Pedersen | Medicine Hat | Progressive Conservative | Joined Progressive Conservative caucus | |
| December 17, 2014 | Bruce Rowe | Olds-Didsbury-Three Hills | Progressive Conservative | Joined Progressive Conservative caucus | |
| December 17, 2014 | Jeff Wilson | Calgary-Shaw | Progressive Conservative | Joined Progressive Conservative caucus | |
| January 26, 2015 | Doug Griffiths | Battle River-Wainwright | Progressive Conservative | Resigned seat[18] | |
| January 31, 2015 | Doug Horner | Spruce Grove-St. Albert | Progressive Conservative | Resigned seat[19] | |
References
edit- ^ "Bill 46: Public Service Salary Restraint Act (Horner)". assembly.ab.ca. Legislative Assembly of Alberta. Retrieved August 12, 2020.
- ^ Wood, James (February 18, 2014). "Redford says she won't back down on labour law allowing mandatory settlements". Calgary Herald. Archived from the original on February 15, 2018. Retrieved February 15, 2018.
- ^ a b "Details emerge on 4-year AUPE deal". CBC News. The Canadian Press. April 29, 2014. Retrieved August 12, 2020.
- ^ "Wildrose stays as official opposition in Alberta".
- ^ O'Donnell, Sarah (May 14, 2013). "Edmonton Conservative MLA withdraws from caucus while ethics investigation underway". Edmonton Journal. Archived from the original on June 14, 2013. Retrieved May 23, 2013.
- ^ "Alberta MLA quits PC caucus after U.S. prostitution arrest". CBC News. July 16, 2013. Retrieved July 20, 2013.
- ^ "MLA Peter Sandhu back in PC caucus". CBC News. December 10, 2013. Retrieved February 20, 2014.
- ^ Wood, James (March 12, 2014). "MLA won't remain a Tory 'with her as leader of the party'". Calgary Herald. Archived from the original on March 14, 2014. Retrieved March 13, 2014.
- ^ Berrett, Jessica (March 18, 2014). "Associate minister leaves Tories, blaming culture of entitlement". Calgary Herald. Archived from the original on March 20, 2014. Retrieved March 18, 2014.
- ^ Mertz, Emily (July 7, 2014). "Alberta MLA Mike Allen back in PC Caucus". Global News. Retrieved July 7, 2014.
- ^ Kleiss, Karen (August 6, 2014). "Alison Redford resigns seat, leaves politics". Calgary Herald. Archived from the original on August 8, 2014. Retrieved August 7, 2014.
- ^ Bennett, Dean (September 12, 2014). "Outgoing Alberta premier Dave Hancock resigns MLA seat". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved September 16, 2014.
- ^ "Kennedy-Glans returns to Alberta PC caucus". Global News. September 17, 2014. Retrieved September 18, 2014.
- ^ a b Howell, Trevor (September 30, 2014). "Prentice to run in Calgary-Foothills as four byelections called". Calgary Herald. Archived from the original on October 6, 2014. Retrieved October 1, 2014.
- ^ a b c d "Alberta byelections swept by Jim Prentice's Progressive Conservative Party". CBC News. October 27, 2014. Retrieved October 29, 2014.
- ^ "Joe Anglin quits Wildrose caucus, will sit as independent". CBC News. November 2, 2014. Retrieved November 2, 2014.
- ^ a b "Wildrose MLAs leave party to join PCs". Global Edmonton. November 24, 2014. Retrieved November 24, 2014.
- ^ "Raj Sherman stepping down as Alberta Liberal leader". CBC News. January 26, 2015. Retrieved January 26, 2015.
- ^ "Doug Horner resigning as MLA at end of January". CBC News. January 22, 2015. Retrieved January 27, 2015.