NDP leader Rachel Notley just made orange the new blue in Alberta
CBC Radio | Posted: May 6, 2015 11:46 AM | Last Updated: May 6, 2015
"Friends, I believe that change has finally come to Alberta" - NDP leader Rachel Notley, Alberta's new premier
Albertans are waking up to a new political landscape today.
In a historic night in Canadian politics, the NDP stunned the long ruling Conservative party, sweeping to victory with a majority government.
Leader Rachel Notley became the unlikely slayer of Canada's longest running political dynasty ending 44 years of Tory rule.
Not only did the NDP steamroll through Edmonton, it also turned the Conservative stronghold of Calgary into a sea of orange.
In fact the PCs placed third — making the Wild Rose party the official opposition.
Jim Prentice, who just a month ago, was expected to cakewalk through the election, has resigned, effectively immediately.
The ramifications of the victory are not only being felt across Wild Rose Country but right across the country.
- Deborah Yedlin is a Business Columnist with the Calgary Herald.
- Paula Simons is a columnist with the Edmonton Journal.
- Bruce Cameron is a pollster and the president of Return on Insight in Calgary.
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This segment was produced by The Current's Sarah Grant, Natalie Walters and Calgary Network Producer, Michael O'Halloran.