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29th Alberta Legislature
Majority parliament
11 June 2015 – 19 March 2019
Parliament leaders
Premier	Rachel Notley May 24, 2015 — April 30, 2019
Cabinet	Notley cabinet
Leader of the Opposition	Brian Jean May 5, 2015 — July 23, 2017
	Nathan Cooper July 24, 2017 — October 29, 2017
	Jason Nixon October 30, 2017 – January 3, 2018
	Jason Kenney January 4, 2018 – April 15, 2019
Party caucuses
Government	New Democratic Party
Opposition	Wildrose Party until July 24, 2017 United Conservative Party since July 24, 2017
Recognized	Progressive Conservative Association until July 24, 2017
Unrecognized	Liberal Party
	Alberta Party
	Freedom Conservative
Legislative Assembly
Speaker of the Assembly	Bob Wanner June 11, 2015 — May 20, 2019
Government House Leader	Brian Mason May 21, 2015 — March 19, 2019
Opposition House Leader	Nathan Cooper June 1, 2015 — July 24, 2017
	Richard Gotfried July 25, 2017 — October 29, 2017
Members	87 MLA seats
Sovereign
Monarch	Elizabeth II February 6, 1952 — September 8, 2022
Lieutenant Governor	Hon. Donald Ethell May 11, 2010 — June 12, 2015
	Hon. Lois Mitchell June 12, 2015 — August 26, 2020
Sessions
1st session June 15, 2015 – 2016
2nd session March 8, 2016 – December 14, 2016
3rd session March 2, 2017 – March 8, 2018
4th session March 8, 2018 – March 18, 2019
5th session March 18, 2019 – March 19, 2019
← 28th → 30th

The 29th Alberta Legislative Assembly was constituted after the general election on May 5, 2015. The New Democrats, led by Rachel Notley, won a majority of seats and formed the government. The Wildrose Party, which won the second most seats, formed the official opposition until July 2017, when it merged with the Progressive Conservatives, to become the United Conservative Party, which then became the official opposition.

Membership in the 29th Alberta Legislative Assembly

Seating plan

As of July 2017

Official Seating Plan (Retrieved July 19, 2017)

As of March 14, 2018

The merger of the Wildrose and Progressive Conservatives in late July 2017 created the United Conservative caucus, which was recognized by the Speaker's office as the official opposition, among other changes to party affiliations. The seating plan was therefore altered for the fall sitting.

Official Seating Plan (Retrieved March 14, 2018)

By-elections to the 29th Legislative Assembly

1. Resigned from the United Conservative caucus to sit as an independent shortly before resigning as MLA.

Standings changes since the 29th general election

Notes and references

1. ^ The candidate elected for Calgary-Foothills in the general election, Jim Prentice, resigned on election day before winning his riding. According to section 139 of the Alberta Elections Act, RSA 2000, c E-1, if a winning candidate disclaims their right to become an MLA before the end of the appeal period for the official results, that riding's election is declared void. Panda won the subsequent by-election held September 3, 2015.
2. "United Conservative Caucus recognized as the Official Opposition". Edmonton. July 25, 2017. Retrieved July 28, 2017.
3. "Deborah Drever suspended from NDP caucus". Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. May 22, 2015. Retrieved May 22, 2015.
4. "Calgary MLA Deborah Drever returns to NDP party's caucus". Calgary Herald. January 8, 2016. Retrieved January 8, 2016.
5. "Tories hold Calgary-Greenway riding after by-election". Calgary Herald. March 23, 2016. Retrieved March 23, 2016.
6. "Alberta MLA Sandra Jansen leaves PCs, joins NDP caucus". CBC.ca. November 17, 2016.
7. "'I'm a flawed man': embattled Alberta MLA Derek Fildebrandt quits UCP caucus". CBC News. Edmonton. August 15, 2017. Retrieved August 16, 2017.
8. "Calgary MLA Karen McPherson joins the Alberta Party caucus". CBC News. Edmonton. October 29, 2017. Retrieved October 29, 2017.
9. Wood, James (October 30, 2017). "Jason Kenney takes charge of UCP, seeks seat in legislature by Christmas". Calgary Herald. Retrieved November 1, 2017.
10. "Calgary MLA Rick Fraser registers as Alberta Party leadership candidate". CBC News. Edmonton. October 29, 2017. Retrieved October 29, 2017.
11. "MLA Don MacIntyre resigns from UCP caucus". CBC News. Retrieved February 3, 2018.
12. "Alberta legislature member for United Conservative Party leaves his seat". CTV News. Retrieved February 6, 2018.
13. "Former Alberta MLA Don MacIntyre faces sexual assault, sexual interference charges". Global News. Retrieved February 9, 2018.
14. McDermott, Vincent (March 5, 2018). "Former UCP leadership contender Brian Jean quits as Fort McMurray MLA". Edmonton Journal. Retrieved March 14, 2018.
15. Emma Graney (July 14, 2018). "Calgary MLA Prab Gill leaves UCP caucus following ballot-stuffing allegations".
16. Simons, Paula (July 20, 2018). "Paula Simons: Colony of Unrequited Schemes: Derek Fildebrandt launches party for patriots". Edmonton Journal. Retrieved July 23, 2018.
17. "MLA Luff Removed from Government Caucus". albertandpcaucus.ca.
18. "Notley says Calgary MLA Stephanie McLean has resigned". Canadian Press. January 3, 2019. Retrieved January 4, 2019.
19. Bartko, Karen (January 15, 2019). "MLA Rick Strankman quits UCP to sit as independent over 'hyper partisan self-centered politics'". Global News. Retrieved August 12, 2020.

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