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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
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.

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