January 26, 2015 – Raj Sherman announces his immediate resignation as leader.
February 1, 2015 – Party board of directors elects former leader David Swann as interim leader over Laurie Blakeman and rejects Blakeman's proposal for a merger with the Alberta Party, at least until after the next provincial election. Swann is expected to lead the Liberals into the next provincial election, widely expected to be called for the spring of 2015. The party says it will hold a leadership election within a year but will not be setting a date for the vote until the fall.
April 7, 2015 – Alberta legislature is dissolved for a general election.
May 30, 2015 – Party holds its Annual General Meeting but does not schedule a leadership election. Swann indicates he wishes to see a leadership election "within a year" and that he intends to continue as interim party leader until then.
January 9, 2016 – Liberal executive met in Red Deer. The executive voted to postpone the leadership election until 2017, in order to give candidates and the party more time to prepare, and decided unanimously to have Swann stay on as interim leader until then.
January 16, 2017 – Nominations open.
March 1, 2017 – Nolan Crouse launches his leadership campaign.
March 29, 2017 – Crouse withdraws two days before the nomination deadline leaving no candidates in the running.
March 31, 2017 – Kerry Cundal and David Khan submit nomination papers; nominations close.
April 3, 2017 – Cundal and Khan nominations are both approved by the party and become official candidates.
;Background Khan is a Calgary lawyer who practices indigenous law. He was previously the party's 2014 by-election candidate in Calgary-West and 2015 provincial election candidate in Calgary-Buffalo. Prior to entering the race, Khan served as the party's executive vice-president. ;Supporters: ;Policies: Khan does not support co-operation with the Alberta Party or other provincial parties, however, he does support forging closer ties with the Liberal Party of Canada. Khan's policy platform includes a basic income pilot project, elimination of the small business tax, proportional representation for the Legislature, more free votes for MLAs, bringing private schools into the public system, and establishing universal pharmacare for those under 24. ;Other information: If elected, Khan would be the first openly gay leader of a major Alberta political party.
;Background Crouse has served three terms as mayor of St. Albert, beginning in 2007. Previously, he was a city councillor for one term. Outside of politics, Crouse has held a variety of careers, including hockey coach, chemical technologist, and small business owner. Previously unaffiliated, Crouse joined the party in November 2016. ;Supporters ;Policies: ;Other information: Crouse, at the time the sole leadership candidate, withdrew two days before the deadline for candidate registration. He said his reasons for withdrawing "will be kept private".
Declined
Laurie Blakeman, former MLA and third place candidate in 2011 leadership election. Had expressed an interest in becoming interim leader, and said that, while she is not interested in becoming permanent leader, she would not rule it out altogether. Blakeman proposed a merger with the Alberta Party.
