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The 22nd general election for the Province of Alberta, Canada, was held on March 20, 1989 to elect members of the Alberta legislature.
Donald Getty, in his second eleciton as Progressive Conservative Party leader, led it to its sixth consecutive term in government, despite losing a significant share of the popular vote and two seats in the legislature.
The New Democratic Party of Ray Martin largely held its share of the popular vote, and also its 16 seats in the legislature.
The Liberal Party, under new leader Laurence Decore, was the principal beneficiary of the voters' coninuing distrust of Don Getty. The Liberals' share of the popular vote increased to over 28%, more than the NDP, but the party's legislative caucus increased from four to only eight members.
| Party
| Party Leader
| # of candidates
| Seats
| Popular Vote
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| Previous
| After
| % Change
| #
| %
| Change
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| Progressive Conservative
| | 83
| 61
| 59
| -3.3%
| 367,244
| 44.29%
| -7.11%
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| New Democratic
| <center> Ray Martin
| 83
| 16
| 16
| -
| 217,972
| 26.29%
| -2.93%
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| Liberal
| <center> Laurence Decore
| 83
| 4
| 8
| +100%
| 237,787
| 28.68%
| +16.46%
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| Social Credit
| <center>
| 6
| n.a.
| 2
| n.a.
| 3,939
| 0.47%
| n.a.
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| Independent
| <center>
| 10
| -
| -
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| 2,162
| 0.26%
| -0.60%
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| Communist
| <center>
| 2
| -
| -
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| 85
| 0.01%
| -0.02%
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| Total
| <center>
| <center> 267
| <center> 83
| <center> 83
| <center> -
| <center> 829,189
| <center> 100.00%
| <center>
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| Source: Elections Alberta (http://www.electionsalberta.ab.ca/welcome.html)
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Notes:
"Previous" refers to to standings at previous election, not to standings in the Legislature at dissolution.
n.a. = not applicable - the party was not recognized in the previous election
See also
List of Canadian political parties
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