Alberta General Election - May 5th, 2015

[Wake Me Up When The Hard Border Ends]

This is not a good day for conservatives in Alberta... On another note, how many Tories and Wildrose voters will start calling for IRV in Alberta?

I don't know too much about Albertan politics, aside from a brief history of the different periods of government. So, I was wondering, given Alberta's long history of conservatism:

• Did the incumbent government do something extremely bad to lose?
• Was it vote-splitting between the Tories and Wildrose?
• Or did people just want a change?

[Wake Me Up When The Hard Border Ends]

This is not a good day for conservatives in Alberta... On another note, how many Tories and Wildrose voters will start calling for IRV in Alberta?

NDP would have won under IRV too (though maybe with a few less seats). NDP was the second choice of WRP voters.

I think I saw that earlier in the thread, that's somewhat surprising at face value, but then again, I don't know much about Albertan politics.

This is not a good day for conservatives in Alberta... On another note, how many Tories and Wildrose voters will start calling for IRV in Alberta?

I don't know too much about Albertan politics, aside from a brief history of the different periods of government. So, I was wondering, given Alberta's long history of conservatism:

• Did the incumbent government do something extremely bad to lose?
• Was it vote-splitting between the Tories and Wildrose?
• Or did people just want a change?

Kind of all of the above, as I understand it.

Makes sense, the first and third points remind me of Queensland's 1989 election, which also ended a long conservative dynasty.

[Wake Me Up When The Hard Border Ends]

This is not a good day for conservatives in Alberta... On another note, how many Tories and Wildrose voters will start calling for IRV in Alberta?

I don't know too much about Albertan politics, aside from a brief history of the different periods of government. So, I was wondering, given Alberta's long history of conservatism:

• Did the incumbent government do something extremely bad to lose?
• Was it vote-splitting between the Tories and Wildrose?
• Or did people just want a change?

As I understand it, the recent dip in the oil market a few months back did major harm to Alberta's economy. The Tories attempted to solve this issue with their budget, which had something in it for EVERYONE to hate, including more than 50 different tax hikes. This plus the already surging NDP and Wildrose parties have created an election where nearly everyone has a reason to vote against the PC's and a genuine alternative option to vote for.

Also, the 50 tax hikes were all on people. Corporations had no change in taxes.

Thank you both, that makes a lot of sense. I would have voted Wildrose myself if I lived in Alberta, and I, like you both, would have found my bones to pick in the budget.