Alberta Party
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- This article is about an Alberta provincial party. For the similarly-named federal party, see Party of Alberta.
| Alberta Party | |
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| Active Provincial Party | |
| Founded | 1986 |
| Leader | Bruce Stubbs |
| President | Richard Kayler |
| Headquarters | 2604 Kensington Rd NW Calgary AB T2N 4S5 |
| Political ideology | Populism |
| International alignment | none |
| Colours | Blue & Gold |
| Website | http://www.albertaparty.ab.ca |
The Alberta Party Political Association, known in its short form as the Alberta Party, began as an alliance of the Social Credit Party of Alberta, Western Canada Concept, and the Heritage Party of Alberta in 1986.
Known then as the Alberta Alliance Political Association or its short form Alliance Alberta (not to be confused with the Alberta Alliance party, formed in 2002), this coalition did not last long. During the 1986 election, the Western Canadian Concept party broke ranks and ran candidates under its own banner without success.
Following the 1986 election, the Alliance Party took part in the development of a new federal party, the Reform Party of Canada. Following the Reform Party’s inception, the Alliance party returned to provincial politics.
This coalition of parties took another blow in 1989, when the Social Credit Party withdrew its support from the Alliance. Since then, the Alliance Party has continued its attempts to gain recognition as a viable alternative to the three parties currently in the legislature.
In 1998, the Alliance Party followed the example of the Saskatchewan Party and the Manitoba Party by changing its name to the Alberta Party.
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[edit] New coalition possible
Shortly before the 2004 election, the Alberta Party attempted to merge with the Alberta Alliance Party. The failed deal would have guaranteed all Alberta Party candidates nominations in the riding of their choosing. The merged party would have adopted the Alberta Party platform, and Alberta party provincial council would have had seats on the Alberta Alliance Provincial Council.
The deal fell through when the Alberta Party would not agree to de-register the Alberta Party name with Elections Alberta. This was the only hurdle to preventing the merger.
Recently Alberta Party delegates have been present at major Alberta Alliance Party functions, such as the annual convention on May 28, 2005, and the leadership convention on November 19, 2005.
The Alberta Party has invited Paul Hinman MLA and Alberta Alliance Leader and Lavern Ahlstrom the Alberta Social Credit Party Leader to speak at the Alberta Party annual convention in Red Deer with the hopes of fostering new cooperation between right of centre parties to oppose the Progressive Conservatives.[citation needed]
[edit] Party leaders
- Mark Waters ? - ?
- Fred Schorning ? - 2001
- George Flake (2001 - 2004)
- Bruce Stubbs (2004 - present)
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[edit] Election results
In the 2004 provincial election, the party nominated candidates in four ridings, winning a total of 2,485 votes, or 0.3% of the provincial total. This was a reduction of 0.6% from the previous election.
The party managed to field just one candidate, Margaret Saunter, for the March 3 2008 provincial election. Saunter placed last out of a field of six candidates in Edmonton Centre, capturing just 0.46%% of the vote.
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