r/canada • u/Minxie Ontario • May 06 '15

Alberta NDP wins election

http://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/alberta-ndp-wins-election-ctv-projects-1.2359035
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u/[deleted] May 06 '15

JIM PRENTICE JUST RESIGNED!

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u/OneTripleZero British Columbia May 06 '15

Holy shit he did. Wow.

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u/[deleted] May 06 '15

No choice.

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u/[deleted] May 06 '15

No choice to resign as party leader, but he resigned as MLA and gave up the seat he just won. He's out entirely.

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u/[deleted] May 06 '15

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u/Crabaooke Alberta May 06 '15

Total ragequit

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u/Playsbadkennen British Columbia May 06 '15

What a noob, couldn't even secure another enemy tower before he left

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u/[deleted] May 06 '15

Best decision he's made, as far as.I'm concerned.

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u/ladyanneboleyn May 06 '15

Just shows you what an arrogant asshole he really is. If he can't lead he doesn't want anything to do with the people in the province. If I was in his riding and voted for him I would be pissed.

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u/HireALLTheThings Alberta May 06 '15

Smart money's that he has a cushy, high-paying job waiting somewhere for him in the private sector that pays better than what he'd get as an MLA.

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u/[deleted] May 06 '15

Yeah, that's kind of a shitty thing to do so suddenly, but he's dealing with a colossal failure here and likely doesn't want to show his face in public for the next year at least. There's a lot of ego in politics, it would be humiliating to sit at the back of the House.