23rd Alberta Legislature
Majority parliament
30 August 1993 – 11 February 1997
Parliament leaders
Premier	Ralph Klein 14 December 1992 - 14 December 2006
Cabinet	Klein cabinet
Leader of the Opposition	Laurence Decore June 15, 1993 – July 15, 1994
	Grant Mitchell November 12, 1994 – April 17, 1998
Party caucuses
Government	Progressive Conservative Association
Opposition	Liberal Party
Legislative Assembly
Speaker of the Assembly	Stanley Schumacher 30 August 1993 - 17 April 1997
Members	83 MLA seats
Sovereign
Monarch	Elizabeth II February 6, 1952 – September 8, 2022
Lieutenant Governor	Hon. Gordon Towers 11 March 1991 - 17 April 1996
	Hon. Bud Olson 17 April 1996 - 10 February 2000
Sessions
1st session August 30, 1993 – February 9, 1994
2nd session February 10, 1994 – February 12, 1995
3rd session February 13, 1995 – February 12, 1996
4th session February 13, 1996 – February 9, 1997
5th session February 10, 1997 – February 11, 1997
← 22nd → 24th

The 23rd Alberta Legislative Assembly was in session from August 30, 1993, to February 11, 1997, with the membership of the assembly determined by the results of the 1993 Alberta general election held on June 15, 1993. The Legislature officially resumed on August 30, 1993, and continued until the fifth session was prorogued and dissolved on February 11, 1997, prior to the 1997 Alberta general election on March 11, 1997.^[1]

Alberta's twenty-second government was controlled by the majority Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta, led by Premier Ralph Klein. The Official Opposition was led by Laurence Decore of the Liberal Party, and later Grant Mitchell. The Speaker was Stanley Schumacher.

Bills

Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act

The Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (FOIP Act) is the freedom of information and privacy act for Alberta, Canada. It was passed by the Alberta Legislature in June 1994 and came into force on October 1, 1995.^[2]

Civil Enforcement Act

The Civil Enforcement Act, S.A. 1994, c.C-10.5, is a law in Alberta, Canada. The law gave responsibility for seizures, evictions, repossessions, and enforcing court orders to authorized civil enforcement agencies. Sheriffs' Offices throughout the province closed, but The Office of the Sheriff - Civil Enforcement was created under the Court Services Division of Alberta Justice to monitor the civil enforcement agency activities and respond to complaints. The Act was proclaimed in force on January 1, 1996.

Electric Utilities Act

The Electric Utilities Act (1996) effective January 1, 1996, which created Power Pool of Alberta, a wholesale market clearing entity. The Power Pool was a not for profit entity that operated the "competitive wholesale market including dispatch of generation."^[3] The Electric Utilities Act stipulated all electric energy bought and sold in Alberta had to be exchanged through the Power Pool which "served as an independent, central, open access pool." It functioned as a "spot market intending to match the demand with the lowest cost supply and establish an hourly pool price."^[3] Alberta was the first Canadian province to implement a deregulated electricity market. Competitive wholesale markets were being fostered in the 1990s as part of the liberalization process of the 1990s changing some parameters such as the unbundling of generation, transmission and distribution functions of incumbent utilities.^[4] Local distribution utilities, either investor- or municipally owned, retained the obligation to supply and the 6 largest utilities were assigned a share of the output of existing generators at a fixed price.

Party standings after the 23rd General Election

Members elected

For complete electoral history, see individual districts

Note:

• ¹ Pat Black later changed her last name to Nelson.

Standings changes since the 23rd general election