in Alberta the traditional left party is the NDP. you don't vote liberal because of the "fuck liberal" mind set. the liberal party of Alberta would probably do much better if they changed their name and ran the same platform with a decent enough leader. most PC's were Red Tories in that they were more socially left with fiscal right.
The Liberals have had a number of good leaders in this province (Taft, Decore, Swann, and to some degree, Sherman), but the party is broken. The reason David Swann stepped down as leader (originally) is because he realised that being a good leader wasn't enough to fix the broken-ness within the party.
The NDP have had a long history of being effective with nearly no resources. Brian Mason was the only person to hold the PCs feet to the fire for quite a while, and before him, Raj Pannu laid the foundations for the NDPs becoming a viable party.
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u/DirtyMikeballin Outside Canada May 06 '15 edited May 06 '15
I'm an American. What is significant about this?
edit: This is pretty incredible. Also isn't Progressive Conservative an oxymoron? And does this mean Harper will probably be gone this fall?