27th Alberta Legislature

27th Alberta Legislature
Majority parliament
14 April 2008 – 26 March 2012
Parliament leaders
Premier	Ed Stelmach December 14, 2006 – October 7, 2011
	Alison Redford October 7, 2011 – March 23, 2014
Cabinets	Stelmach cabinet Redford cabinet
Leader of the Opposition	David Swann December 15, 2008 – September 10, 2011
	Raj Sherman September 12, 2011 – April 23, 2012
Party caucuses
Government	Progressive Conservative Association
Opposition	Liberal Party
Recognized	Wildrose Party
	New Democratic Party
Unrecognized	Alberta Party
Legislative Assembly
Speaker of the Assembly	Ken Kowalski April 14, 1997 – May 23, 2012
Government House Leader	Dave Hancock March 12, 2008 – September 5, 2013
Members	83 MLA seats
Sovereign
Monarch	Elizabeth II February 6, 1952 – September 8, 2022
Lieutenant Governor	Hon. Norman Kwong January 20, 2005 – May 11, 2010
	Hon. Donald Ethell May 11, 2010 – June 12, 2015
Sessions
1st session April 14, 2008 – December 4, 2008
2nd session February 10, 2009 – November 26, 2009
3rd session February 4, 2010 – December 2, 2010
4th session February 22, 2011 – December 8, 2011
5th session February 7, 2012 – March 22, 2012
← 26th → 28th

The 27th Alberta Legislative Assembly was in session from April 14, 2008, to March 26, 2012, with the membership of the assembly determined by the results of the 2008 Alberta general election held on March 3, 2008. The Legislature officially resumed on April 14, 2008, and continued until the fifth session was prorogued on March 22, 2012, and dissolved on March 26, 2012,^[1] prior to the 2012 Alberta general election on April 23, 2012.

Alberta's twenty-sixth government was controlled by the majority Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta, led by Premier Ed Stelmach until his resignation on October 7, 2011, where he was succeeded by Alison Redford. The Official Opposition was led by David Swann of the Liberal Party, and later Raj Sherman. The Speaker was Ken Kowalski.