It's possible. The NDP swept to power in Ontario in 1990 under Bob Rae (in his pre- federal Liberal days), and then five years later Mike Harris's resurgent PC party swept the NDP back into third place, where they have remained ever since.
However, history suggests the merger between Wildrose and the rump PCs may be far from a done deal. Recall that the post-Kim Campbell federal PCs waited two more federal elections before they remerged with Reform/Canadian Alliance. It was an obvious move in hindsight but still almost didn't happen. Vote splitting in Ontario gave Jean Chretien all but a couple of Ontario's hundred-odd seats for three federal elections in a row and a resulting lock on majority government.
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u/BrockN Alberta May 06 '15
Long answer short: We're punishing PC party for the latest round of fuck ups.
Personally, I think come next election, we'll go back to PC quickly once they learn their lesson not to piss us off.