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Alberta general election, 1967
The Alberta general election of 1967 was the sixteenth general election for the Province of Alberta, Canada. It was held on May 23, 1967 to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta.
Ernest C. Manning led the Social Credit Party to its ninth consecutive (and final) term in government, winning 55 of the 65 seats in the legislature, despite getting less than 45% of the popular vote.
The Progressive Conservative Party, now led by dynamic young lawyer, Peter Lougheed, emerged as the main oppoistion to Social Credit, winning over a quarter of the popular vote, and six seats.
Despite losing close to half of the share of the popular vote they had won in the 1963 election, the Liberals managed to increase their number of seats from two to three as a result of the decline in the Social Credit vote.
Results
| Party | Party Leader | # of candidates | Seats | Popular Vote | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1963 | Elected | % Change | # | % | % Change | Social Credit | 65 | 60 | 55 | -8.3% | 222,270 | 44.60% | -10.21% | Progressive Conservative | 47 | - | 6 | 129,544 | 26.00% | +13.29% | Liberal | | 45 | 2 | 3 | +50.0% | 53,847 | 10.81% | -8.95% | Independent | 7 | - | 1 | 6,916 | 1.38% | +0.40% | New Democratic | Neil Reimer
| 65 | - | - | - | 79,610 | 15.98% | +6.53% | |||||
| Coalition | | 2 | 1 | - | -100% | 3,654 | 0.73% | +0.19% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Independent Progressive Conservative | 2 | * | - | * | 1,118 | 0.22% | * | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Liberal/Progressive Conservative | | 1 | - | - | - | 699 | 0.14% | -0.14% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Independent Social Credit | 2 | - | - | - | 693 | 0.14% | -0.65% | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total | 236 | 63 | 65 | +3.2% | 498,351 | 100% | | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Source: Elections Alberta | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Note:
* Party did not nominate candidates in the previous election.
See also
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