Tag: Alberta New Democratic Party

They arrived on a wind of change in 2015, only to be blown out of office four years later by an even more powerful gale. It was a genuine thumping, with the UCP winning more than 60 seats, and the New Democrats largely cornered in their Edmonton stronghold. The Alberta Party and Liberals were shut out. To come back to Alberta from Ottawa, to talk about uniting conservatives, to run for the Progressive Conservative leadership, to win that unlikely prize; then to virtually force successful merger talks with Wildrose; to win the new united party’s leadership, and now to capture the premier’s office — that staggering list is simply unprecedented in Canadian provincial politics. The goal was immutable, the means adjustable, and that may yet cause Kenney grief. But he pulled it off, and Alberta’s political future is in his hands. Horgan’s government waited until just before the polls closed to register its approval for Bill C-48, the infamous tanker ban. That might have been a feeble attempt not to hurt Notley further, on the dawning realization that B.C. That may determine whether Kenney, like Notley, will be a one-term premier. Notley’s campaign is already being criticized by some New Democrats for blurring her achievements with personal attacks on Kenney.