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Alberta's conservative leaning was pronounced on the federal level. The province was the heartland of the Reform Party of Canada and its ... Liberal Conservative:
The Alberta Liberal Party (French: Parti libéral de l'Alberta) is a provincial political party in Alberta, Canada.Founded in 1905, it is the oldest active political party in Alberta and was the dominant political party until the 1921 election, with the first three provincial Premiers being Liberals.
There have been 19 heads of government of the Canadian province of Alberta since it was created in 1905. Three were Liberal, three belonged to the United Farmers of Alberta, three were Social Credit, seven were Progressive Conservatives, two have belonged to the United Conservatives and one was New Democratic.
Today, Alberta is generally perceived as a conservative province. The right-wing Social Credit Party held office continually from 1935 to 1971 before the centre-right Progressive Conservatives held office continually from 1971 to 2015, the latter being the longest unbroken run in government at the provincial or federal level in Canadian history.
United Farmers of Alberta Agrarianism, social democracy 1917-1921 — Progressive Conservative: 1905-2019 United Conservative Liberal conservatism, Red Toryism: 1905-1940, 1952-1963, 1967-2019 1971-2015 Representative: 1984-1989 — Conservatism, populism 1986-1989 — Social Credit: 1934-2017 Pro-Life Alberta Social conservatism, Social credit ...
Number of seats won by major parties at each election UCP Wildrose Conservative/PC Liberal CCF/NDP Social Credit United Farmers Dominion Labour Party Independants Other The Canadian province of Alberta holds elections to its unicameral legislative body, the Legislative Assembly of Alberta. The maximum period between general elections of the assembly is five years, but the Lieutenant Governor ...
In British Columbia, the BC Social Credit Party was replaced as the party of the centre-right by the British Columbia Liberal Party, and in Alberta the Alberta Social Credit Party were completely annihilated by the more moderate Alberta Progressive Conservative Party, leaving both parties as marginal political forces.
Alberta Liberal Party (2 C, 1 P) Alberta New Democratic Party ... Freedom Conservative Party of Alberta (1 C, 2 P) G. Green political parties in Alberta (2 C) P.