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Wild Rose was a federal electoral district in Alberta, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1988 to 2015. It had been considered a safe seat for the Conservative Party of Canada .
Wexit reserved the name "Wexit Alberta" with Elections Alberta for use by a provincial party. [16] On April 27, 2020, Wexit Alberta and the Freedom Conservative Party of Alberta announced plans to merge into the Wildrose Independence Party of Alberta. [17] [18] Members of those parties voted to approve the merger on June 29, 2020.
Wild Rose is a residential neighbourhood located in The Meadows area of southeast Edmonton, Alberta. The neighbourhood is located just south of the RioCan Meadows . It is a relatively newer neighbourhood with 86% of the residences being built after 1990 according to the 2001 federal census.
The wild rose is Alberta's provincial flower. It contested the 2008 provincial election under the Wildrose Alliance banner, and was able to capture seven percent of the popular vote but failed to hold its single seat in the Legislative Assembly .
The Wildrose Party of Alberta was a centre-right political organization founded in Alberta, Canada in 2007. The organization took its name from Alberta's provincial flower. On January 19, 2008, the members merged with the Alberta Alliance Party to form the Wildrose Alliance Party.
Hank Smith, CM (September 15, 1934 – October 19, 2002) [1] was a Canadian country music singer. He was born in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany and moved to Canada in 1957. He founded the band Wild Rose Country in 1963 and recorded ten albums. [1] Twelve of Smith's singles made the RPM Country Tracks charts, including five which went to Number ...
The wild rose is the provincial flower of Alberta. In central and northern Alberta the arrival of spring is marked by the early flowering of the prairie crocus (Pulsatilla nuttalliana) anemone; this member of the buttercup family has been recorded flowering as early as March, though April is the usual month for the general population. [40]
] The NDP surged in 2011 across Alberta, including Wild Rose. In 2011 the NDP finished second in all of the rural Alberta ridings. [citation needed] As a measure of how deeply conservative rural Alberta is, the Conservatives retained all their seats there in 2015 when the party was heavily defeated nationally.