List of political parties in Alberta

This article lists political parties in Alberta.

Parties represented in the Legislative Assembly

Name		Founded	Ideology	Leader	MLAs
	Alberta New Democratic Party	1962	Social democracy	Rachel Notley	54
	Wildrose Party	2008	Conservatism, libertarianism	Brian Jean	22
	Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta	1905	Conservatism	Ric McIver (interim)	9
	Alberta Liberal Party	1905	Liberalism	David Swann (interim)	1
	Alberta Party	1985	Centrism	Greg Clark	1

Registered parties previously represented in the Legislative Assembly

Name		Founded	Ideology	Leader	In Legislature	In Government
	Alberta Social Credit Party	1934	Social credit, conservatism	Len Skowronski	1935-1982	1935-1971

Registered parties never represented in the Legislative Assembly

Name		Founded	Ideology	Leader
	Alberta First Party	2004	Alberta separatism	Bart Hampton
	Communist Party – Alberta	1930	Communism, socialism	Naomi Rankin
	Green Party of Alberta	2011	Green politics	Janet Keeping
	Reform Party of Alberta	2016	Social conservatism	Randy Thorsteinson

Historical parties having formed government

Name		Founded	Ideology	In Legislature	In Government
	United Farmers of Alberta	1919	Agrarianism, progressivism	1921-1935	1921-1935

Historical parties represented in the Legislative Assembly

• Alberta Alliance Party (2002-2008, represented 2004-2008)
• Alberta Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (founded 1932, represented in the Legislature 1944-1949, 1950s)
• Alberta Labor Representation League (1917-1919, represented 1917-1919 (Alex Ross))
• Alberta Non-Partisan League (1916-1919, represented 1917-1921)
• Alberta Reform Movement (1981-1982, represented 1981)
• Dominion Labor Party (1919-1935, represented 1919-1921 (Alex Ross), 1921-1935)
• Independent Citizen's Association (1940-1948, represented 1940-1948)
• Socialist Party of Alberta (1909-1921, represented 1909-1913)
• United Farmers of Alberta (1919-1935, government 1921-1935, represented 1921-1935, merged into the CCF)
• Representative Party of Alberta (1984-1989, represented 1986-1989)
• Veterans' and Active Force (1944-1948, represented 1944-1948)
• Western Canada Concept (1982-1986, represented 1982)

Historical parties not represented in the Legislative Assembly

• Alberta First Party (1999-2004)
• Alberta Independence Party (2000-2001)
• Alberta Greens (1986-2009)
• Confederation of Regions Party (1986-1996)
• Forum Party of Alberta (1995-2004)
• The Heritage Party of Alberta (1985-1986)
• Independent Labour Party (Edmonton, 1921,leader Ernest Brown became active in Communist Party)
• Natural Law Party (1993-1997)
• Progressive Labour Party of Alberta (1932-1940)

Historical parties represented by elected Senate nominees

• Reform Party of Alberta (1984-2004)

See also

• Elections Alberta