Wildrose Alliance Party born in Alberta

Alberta got a new political party on Saturday as the right wing Alberta Alliance and Wildrose Parties agreed to merge to form the Wildrose Alliance Party.

The party will be led by former Alliance leader Paul Hinman, its only MLA.

President Rob James said the Wildrose Alliance will try to carve out space to the right of the governing Tories during the coming election, which is expected within weeks.

Hinman said the party will target disaffected voters looking for someone new to support.

"There's 200,000 plus Albertans disgruntled last time that wouldn't even hold their nose to vote," he said. "We're going after those Albertans that know we need a change."

The new party plans to run a candidate in each of the province's 83 ridings.

"That'll be our biggest challenge," Hinman said. "Getting good people that want to step forward and serve their communities."