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Alberta By the Numbers • General statistics • 2004 Legislature at dissolution • Recent voter turnout history • Election results history   General statistics Alberta Average household income $64,199 Average house price $159,698 Percentage of Albertans who say they're Canadian 51.7% Sources: 2001 Census 2004 Legislature at dissolution Current Alberta Legislature (2001 Election) Party Seats Popular vote Seats at dissolution Progressive Conservative 74 61.91% 73 Liberal 7 27.33% 5 NDP 2 8.03% 2 Alberta Alliance - - 1 Social Credit 0 3.22% 0 Alberta First 0 0.87% 0 Green 0 0.28% 0 Communist 0 0.01% 0 Vacant     2  Source: Elections Alberta Provincial statistics Population (est.): 3,134,286 Eligible Voters (est.): 1,922,721 Employment rate: 69.1% (2002) Unemployment rate: 5.3% (2002) GDP growth: 4.5% Federal transfers in: 17% of provincial revenue Sources: Statistics Canada, Finance Canada, BMO, RBC Recent voter turnout history Voter turnout in Alberta general elections 1975-2001 Election Valid Ballots Rejected/ Declined Ballots Ballots Cast Names on List Voter Turnout 2001 1,013,152 2,692 1,015,844 1,922,721 52.83% 1997 945,713 2,625 948,338 1,764,128 53.75% 1993 989,025 2,447 991,472 1,646,729 60.21% 1989 829,189 2,051 831,240 1,550,867 53.60% 1986 713,654 1,722 715,376 1,514,182 47.25% 1982 944,936 2,708 947,644 1,435,752 66.00% 1979 710,963 2,691 713,654 1,215,490 58.71% 1975 590,170 2,184 592,354 994,158 59.58% The highest voter turnout was 81.8 per cent in the general election of 1935. The lowest voter turnout was 47.25 per cent in the general election of 1986. In the Red Deer-North byelection of 2000, fewer than 21 percent of voters cast ballots. Source: Elections Alberta Election results history Alberta Elections since 1905 Legislative Assembly Election date # of ridings # of MLAs Distribution of seats by party 25 2001, Monday, March 12 83 83 PC Liberal NDP 74 7 2 24 1997, Tuesday, March 11 83 83 PC Liberal NDP 63 18 2 23 1993, Tuesday, June 15 83 83 PC Liberal 51 32 22 1989, Monday, March 20 83 83 PC NDP Liberal 59 16 8 21 1986, Thursday, May 8 83 83 PC NDP Liberal RPA 61 16 4 2 20 1982, Tuesday, November 2 79 79 PC NDP Independent 75 2 2 19 1979, Wednesday, March 14 79 79 PC SC NDP 74 4 1 18 1975, Wednesday, March 26 75 75 PC SC NDP Independent 69 4 1 1 17 1971, Monday, August 30 75 75 PC SC NDP 49 25 1 16 1967, Tuesday, May 23 65 65 SC PC Liberal Independent 55 6 3 1 15 1963, Monday, June 17 63 63 SC Liberal Coalition 60 2 1 14 1959, Thursday, June 18 65 65 SC Liberal PC Ind. SC Coalition 61 1 1 1 1 13 1955, Wednesday, June 29 50 61 Edm: 7 Cgy: 6 SC Liberal Conservative CCF Liberal Conservative Ind. SC Ind. Coalition 37 15 3 2 1 1 1 1 12 1952, Tuesday, August 5 50 60 Edm: 6 Cgy: 6 SC Liberal Ind. SC CCF Conservative PC 53 3 1 1 1 1 11 1948, Tuesday, August 17 49 57 Edm: 5 Cgy: 5 SC Liberal CCF Ind. SC Independent 51 2 2 1 1 10 1944, Tuesday, August 8 49 57 Edm: 5 Cgy: 5 SC Independent CCF Veterans Party 51 3 2 1 9 1940, Thursday, March 21 49 57 Edm: 5 Cgy: 5 SC Independent Liberal Labour 36 19 1 1 8 1935, Thursday, August 22 53 63 Edm: 6 Cgy: 6 SC Liberal Conservative 56 5 2 7 1930, Thursday, June 19 53 63 Edm: 6 Cgy: 6 United Farmers Liberal Conservative Labour Independent 39 11 6 4 3 6 1926, Monday, June 28 52 61 Edm: 5 Cgy: 5 Medicine Hat: 2 United Farmers Liberal Labour Conservative Ind. Labour 43 7 5 5 1 5 1921, Monday, July 18 52 61 Edm: 5 Cgy: 5 Medicine Hat: 2 United Farmers Liberal Labour Independent 38 15 4 4 4 1917, Thursday, June 7 56 58 - 2 military elected at large Liberal Conservative Independent Labour 34 19 2 1 3 1913, Thursday, April 17 55 56 Edm: 2 Liberal Conservative 39 17 2 1909, Monday, March 22 39 41 Edm: 2 Cgy: 2 Liberal Conservative Socialist Ind. Liberal Independent 36 2 1 1 1 1 1905, Thursday, November 9 25 25 Liberal Conservative 22 3 Party abbreviations: CCF=Cooperative Commonwealth Federation, NDP=New Democratic Party, PC=Progressive Conservative, RPA=Representative Party of Alberta, Ind.=Independent, SC=Social Credit Source: Elections Alberta   The CBC does not endorse and is not responsible for the content of external sites. External links will open in a new window.