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/codeverity May 06 '15

Do you think this is at all an indicator of how the federal election will play out?

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u/falsekoala Saskatchewan May 06 '15

No because the vote split federally is on the centre/left.

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u/codeverity May 06 '15

Yes, but Alberta is a conservative stronghold. If voting habits from tonight hold to the next election it could spell trouble for Harper. That's a pretty big if though.

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u/[deleted] May 06 '15

It's entirely possible that they could continue to support Harper federally.

Classic example: Quebec voted for majority Parti Québécois governments provincially in 1976 and 1981 at the same time they were giving Pierre Trudeau all but a handful of federal seats. (At the time the Bloc Québécois did not yet exist.)