Alberta Reform Movement

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The Alberta Reform Movement was a provincial political party in Alberta, Canada founded in 1981 by Tom Sindlinger. Sindlinger was a Progressive Conservative Party member of the legislative assembly for Calgary Buffalo. He left the Progressive Conservatives, after being pressured to toe the party line on the issue of transparency with the Heritage Trust Fund. The provincial government kept the names of the persons managing the trust funds, as they claimed it would compromise the investment strategy of the fund.

The Alberta Reform Movement advocated reforming and modernizing the democratic process and increasing the transparency of government.

In the words of Tom Sindlinger "The Alberta Reform Movement was a moderate and practical alternative to ideological advocates and the old way of doing things."

In the 1982 Alberta election, the party only managed to nominate 14 candidates. They won 6,258 votes and 0.66% of the popular vote. The best showing was by Tom Sindlinger himself, who came second in Calgary Buffalo, losing his seat.