1993 Alberta general election

1993 Alberta general election
← 1989 June 15, 1993 (1993-06-15) 1997 →
83 seats in the Legislative Assembly of Alberta
42 seats needed for a majority
Turnout60.21%
  Majority party Minority party Third party
 
Leader Ralph Klein Laurence Decore Ray Martin
Party Progressive Conservative Liberal New Democratic
Leader since December 14, 1992 October 9, 1988 November 10, 1984
Leader's seat Calgary-Elbow Edmonton-Glengarry Edmonton-Norwood (lost re-election)
Last election 59 seats, 44.3% 8 seats, 28.7% 16 seats, 26.3%
Seats before 59 8 16
Seats won 51 32 0
Seat change Decrease8 Increase24 Decrease16
Popular vote 439,981 392,899 108,883
Percentage 44.5% 39.7% 11.0%
Swing Increase0.2% Increase11.0% Decrease15.3%
Premier before election

Ralph Klein
Progressive Conservative

Premier after election

Ralph Klein
Progressive Conservative

The 1993 Alberta general election was held on June 15, 1993, to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta. The Conservative government was re-elected, taking 51 seats out of 83 (61 percent of the seats) but only having support of 45 percent of voters.

It is notable because it was seen by some as a contest between the former mayors of Calgary and Edmonton, Ralph Klein and Laurence Decore, respectively.

Until the government's defeat in 2015, this election was the closest the Progressive Conservatives came to losing since coming to power in 1971.