• 7:30 a.m. — Polls open in Alberta.
• 6 p.m. — Red Deer area polling stations observe 'steady' voter turnout
• 7:30 p.m. — Polls close in Alberta.
• 8 p.m. — Central Alberta poll results begin to come in
• 8 p.m. — NDP earns enough seats to claim official opposition.
• 8:45 p.m. — Harper officially claims Conservative majority.
• 9:45 p.m. — Green Party leader Elizabeth May declared winner of Sannich-Gulf Islands riding
• 9:50 p.m. — Liberal leader Michael Ignatieff loses his seat in the Etobicoke riding.
• 9:55 p.m. — Bloc leader Gilles Duceppe steps down as leader.
Updated 2011 federal results from four Central Alberta ridings:
Red Deer
• Earl Dreeshen (CON) — 38,106 (75.9%)
• Stuart Somerville (NDP) — 7,478 (14.9%)
• Mason Sisson (GRN) — 2,610 (5.2%)
• Andrew Lineker (LIB) — 2,015 (4.0%)
Total number of valid votes: 50,209 / 92,792 registered electors
Wild Rose
• Blake Richards (CON) — 43,588 (74.7%)
• Jeff Horvath (NDP) — 6,603 (11.3%)
• Mike MacDonald (GRN) — 4,081 (7.0%)
• John Reilly (LIB) — 3,909 (6.7%)
• Randy Broek (CHP) — 181 (0.3%)
Total number of valid votes: 58,362 / 94,970 registered electors
Wetaskiwin
• Blaine Calkins (CON) — 37,726 (81.5%)
• Tim Robson (NDP) — 5,267 (11.4%)
• Robert Johnston (GRN) — 1,976 (4.3%)
• Christopher Anderson (LIB) — 1,346 (2.9%)
Total number of valid votes: 46,315 / 78,925 registered electors
Crowfoot
• Kevin Sorenson (CON) — 44,114 (83.9%)
• Ellen Parker (NDP) — 4,805 (9.1%)
• Konrad Schellenberg (GRN) — 1,711 (3.3%)
• Omar Harb (LIB) — 1,224 (2.3%)
• John Turner (ind) — 499 (0.9%)
• Gerard Groenendjik (CHP) — 204 (0.4%)
Total number of valid votes: 52,557 / 88,152 registered electors