The 1979 Alberta general election was held on March 14, 1979, to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, which had been expanded to 79 seats. The Progressive Conservative Party of Peter Lougheed won its third consecutive term in government. During the campaign, some Progressive Conservatives spoke of winning "79 in '79", i.e., all 79 seats in the legislature. This harkened back to Social Credit's unofficial slogan from the 1963 election, "63 in '63". The Tories came up short of this goal, and actually lost over five percentage points of the popular vote. Nonetheless, they still won an overwhelming majority, with 74 seats. Social Credit held on to the four seats they had won in the 1975 election, and formed the official opposition in the legislature. Grant Notley, leader of the Alberta New Democratic Party, was the only other opposition member.

Results

Notes: 1 Percent compared to Independent Progressive Conservative during the 1975 Election.

Results by riding

4,153 55.39% 989 13.19% 1,792 23.90% 554 7.39% 5,578 66.79% 1,462 17.51% 759 9.09% 543 6.50% 4,629 61.73% 1,658 22.11% 1,008 13.44% 136 1.81% 3,468 49.57% 1,275 18.22% 1,828 26.13% 194 2.77% 206 2.94%||| 2,484 35.92%||| 4,123 59.62% 201 2.91% 86 1.24% 7,042 64.39% 1,816 16.61% 1,361 12.45% 633 5.79% 47 0.43%||| 6,481 63.78% 1,432 14.09% 1,052 10.35% 1,096 10.79% 62 0.61%||| 6,885 59.57% 2,822 24.42% 1,042 9.02% 789 6.83% 8,083 73.30% 1,245 11.29% 844 7.65% 833 7.55% 5,941 65.67% 1,321 14.60% 531 5.87% 1,227 13.56% 9,187 75.94% 1,190 9.84% 481 3.98% 1,225 10.13% 7,518 61.89% 2,835 23.34% 982 8.08% 789 6.50% 5,901 59.39% 2,263 22.78% 813 8.18% 284 2.86% 577 5.81% Bruce Potter (Comm.) 47 0.47%||| 8,212 55.74% 1,280 8.69% 442 3.00% 4,774 32.40% 7,918 70.39% 1,757 15.62% 838 7.45% 691 6.14% 20 0.18%||| 7,248 61.61% 2,684 22.82% 1,097 9.33% 664 5.64% 4,034 61.80% 1,539 23.58% 595 9.11% 331 5.07% 5,141 54.54% 1,986 21.07% 1,455 15.44% 804 8.53% 6,760 64.41% 1,799 17.14% 1,052 10.02% 747 7.12% 71 0.68%||| 5,976 61.59% 2,043 21.06% 721 7.43% 950 9.79% 7,825 72.44% 930 8.61% 699 6.47% 874 8.09% 406 3.78% 7,998 60.06% 3,121 23.44% 1,888 14.18% 278 2.09% 2,832 53.89% 2,196 41.79% 102 1.94% 115 2.19% 4,024 66.11% 1,310 21.52% 406 6.67% 314 5.16% 3,947 34.90%||| 6,033 53.35% 1,102 9.75% 211 1.87% 3,353 56.90% 1,907 32.36% 499 8.47% 123 2.09% 3,530 56.75% 1,284 20.64% 1,290 20.74% 94 1.51% 5,585 54.56% 1,913 18.69% 526 5.14% 209 2.04% 1,927 18.83%||| 5,382 53.91% 1,691 16.94% 2,363 23.67% 511 5.12% 4,923 54.90% 1,813 20.22% 1,769 19.73% 369 4.12% 3,756 50.29% 854 11.44% 2,592 34.71% 231 3.09% 5,205 58.18% 982 10.98% 2,180 24.37% 535 5.98% 4,550 54.19% 838 9.98% 2,273 27.07% 704 8.38% 4,309 54.95% 1,277 16.29% 1,489 18.99% 719 9.17% 6,597 61.23% 1,330 12.34% 1,838 17.06% 967 8.97% 6,044 55.93% 1,397 12.93% 2,343 21.68% 1,002 9.27% 4,644 56.28% 770 9.33% 2,065 25.03% 594 7.20% 84 1.02% Roger Lavoie (Ind.) 65 0.79%||| 5,049 60.16% 1,037 12.36% 1,735 20.67% 554 6.60% 4,387 50.44% 975 11.21% 2,563 29.47% 684 7.86% 51 0.59%||| 7,075 59.97% 1,237 10.48% 2,098 17.78% 904 7.66% 448 3.80%||| 4,299 56.16% 573 7.49% 1,552 20.27% 989 12.92% 3,950 46.61% 703 8.29% 3,194 37.69% 486 5.73% 45 0.53%||| 6,457 50.47% 1,483 11.59% 4,102 32.06% 724 5.66% 6,285 60.57% 1,594 15.36% 1,682 16.21% 795 7.66% 5,464 44.94% 927 7.62% 4,808 39.54% 739 6.08% 155 1.28% Joseph Hill (Comm.) 52 0.43%||| 6,833 57.54% 939 7.91% 2,122 17.87% 1,964 16.54% 4,517 53.62% 676 8.02% 2,958 35.11% 260 3.09% 6,313 50.12% 3,380 26.84% 2,266 17.99% 601 4.77% 5,103 66.35% 2,092 27.20% 281 3.65% 191 2.48% 4,263 55.38% 2,921 37.94% 371 4.82% 101 1.31% 3,431 49.68% 1,347 19.50% 1,777 25.73% 320 4.63% 4,458 64.11% 1,409 20.26% 717 10.31% 260 3.74% 85 1.22%||| 2,313 45.82% 1,743 34.53% 799 15.83% 171 3.39% 5,870 59.35% 1,223 12.37% 692 7.00% 666 6.73% 1,375 13.99% 5,682 64.60% 1,625 18.47% 971 11.04% 511 5.81% 1,684 29.37%||| 3,748 65.38% 236 4.12% 43 0.75% 4,674 78.49% 445 7.47% 680 11.42% 131 2.20% 4,189 58.79% 2,369 33.25% 384 5.39% 171 2.40% 10,107 72.59% 1,904 13.67% 1,134 8.14% 729 5.24% 2,514 27.50%||| 6,399 70.00% 152 1.66% 55 0.60% 3,901 59.77% 784 12.01% 1,604 24.57% 234 3.59% 3,567 60.43% 1,503 25.46% 628 10.64% 181 3.07% 3,317 50.17% 1,856 28.07% 1,279 19.34% 113 1.71% 5,727 43.14% 5,406 40.72% 1,861 14.02% 258 1.94% 3,945 52.31% 547 7.25% 2,870 38.05% 148 1.96% 4,080 52.99% 2,628 34.13% 871 11.31% 104 1.35% 3,032 51.85% 854 14.60% 1,743 29.81% 214 3.66% 2,668 39.43% 356 5.26%||| 3,657 54.05% 68 1.01% 9,361 58.68% 1,686 10.57% 3,178 19.92% 1,681 10.54% 3,173 46.26% 582 8.49% 2,854 41.61% 219 3.19% 4,262 69.94% 1,191 19.54% 503 8.25% 110 1.81% 6,927 58.94% 2,274 19.35% 1,218 10.36% 1,250 10.64% 83 0.71% 5,010 64.98% 2,108 27.34% 214 2.78% 335 4.35% 4,401 59.32% 2,660 35.85% 222 2.99% 124 1.67% 3,835 48.99% 1,210 15.46% 2,490 31.81% 269 3.44% 3,292 51.46% 2,087 32.62% 877 13.71% 118 1.84% 3,489 56.36% 2,103 33.97% 509 8.22% 77 1.24% 8,216 58.69% 2,702 19.30% 2,372 16.94% 677 4.84% 3,834 57.64% 1,214 18.25% 1,442 21.68%