Conservative support slips in Alberta

[Cobalt_Kid]

A liberal has taken the central Calgary seat the conservatives have held for more than 35 years, it's also the former seat of King Ralph.

http://www.cbc.ca/canada/edmonton/story/2007/06/13/alberta-byelection.html

 

[RomSpaceKnight]

Woo Hoo

 

[Pangloss]

Big deal - as long as the Opposition parties act like Opposition parties and not like governments-in-waiting, the Tories will reign. . .the farmers will make sure of that.

Pangloss

 

[Unforgiven]

A liberal has taken the central Calgary seat the conservatives have held for more than 35 years, it's also the former seat of King Ralph.

http://www.cbc.ca/canada/edmonton/story/2007/06/13/alberta-byelection.html

It's those damn Newfies!

 

[Cobalt_Kid]

Big deal - as long as the Opposition parties act like Opposition parties and not like governments-in-waiting, the Tories will reign. . .the farmers will make sure of that.

Pangloss

It not up to the parties it's up to the people and sometimes they just want a breath of fresh air like in P.E.I. which just replaced it's longtime conservative majority with a liberal one.

 

[Pangloss]

CK:

Not to be too obvious, but P.E.I. and Alberta politics might just be a tiny bit different.


Pangloss

 

[unspoken]

I just find it funny that the Federal Liberals are claiming this as a huge victory, when the Alberta Liberals have come out and supported the federal Conservatives several times. There's a running joke that they would do a lot better if they changed their name, and truth be told they have little in common with the federal Liberals.

 

[Unforgiven]

I just find it funny that the Federal Liberals are claiming this as a huge victory, when the Alberta Liberals have come out and supported the federal Conservatives several times. There's a running joke that they would do a lot better if they changed their name, and truth be told they have little in common with the federal Liberals.

Seems to me that which ever party is standing in government ends up at odd with the provincial counter part over issues like transfer payments and such. More often like in name only.