Alberta elections by the numbers

The legislature:

• Number of MLAs:87
• Number of MLAs by party: 72 Progressive Conservatives, 5 Wildrose, 5 Liberals, 4 NDP, 1 independent
• Number of MLAs who are not running again: 25

The Wildrose floor-crossers:

• Number of Wildrose MLAs who crossed to the PCs: 11
• Number who are retiring: 3 (Rob Anderson, Bruce Rowe, Jason Hale)
• Number who lost their PC nominations: 3 (Danielle Smith, Gary Bikman, Rod Fox)
• Number running againas Tories: 5 (Kerry Towle, Ian Donovan, Jeff Wilson, Bruce McAllister, Blake Pederson)

Date party leaders were elected/appointed:

• Green Party leader Janet Keeping: September 2012
• Alberta Party leader Greg Clark: Sept. 21, 2013
• Progressive Conservative leader Jim Prentice: Sept. 6, 2014
• NDP leader Rachel Notley: Oct. 18, 2014
• Liberal leader David Swann: Feb. 1, 2015
• Wildrose leader Brian Jean: March 28, 2015

Party facts:

• Date the Progressive Conservatives won theirfirst majority government: Aug. 30, 1971
• Number of consecutive PC majorities since then: 11

• Year Albertans elected the largest number of Liberal MLAs: 39 of 56 seats in 1913
• Year Albertans elected the largest number of Wildrose MLAs: 17 of 87 seats in 2012
• Year Albertans elected the largest number of NDP MLAs: 16 of 83 seats in 1986 and 1989

• Year the first NDP MLA was elected: 1971 (Grant Notley)
• Year the first Wildrose MLA was elected: 2009 (Paul Hinman in Calgary-Glenmore byelection)

Election facts:

• Voter turnout in 2012: 54.37%
• Highest voter turnout: 81.8% in 1935
• Lowest voter turnout: 40.59% in 2008

• Cost of the 2008 election: $9,925,984
• Cost of the 2012 election: $13,631,864