It's been almost a year since the NDP swept to victory in Alberta.

Saturday in Red Deer small 'c' conservatives are meeting to discuss how to stop it from happening again.

On the agenda, a merger of the Tory and Wildrose parties. But it may not be as easy as some might think.

Like a lot of conservatives in Alberta, Prem Singh says she's been card-carrying member of both the Wildrose and Progressive Conservative parties.

These days she's neither, but she hopes to change that.

Singh is part of "Alberta Can't Wait," one of a number of unite-the-right groups that has popped up in recent months.

"The general consensus that I'm hearing, that we are hearing, is that it's time for us to put our egos and emotions aside," Singh said.

"Alberta is more important than any political party … and so we're coming together as a family reunion per se."

But the "reunion" in Red Deer will be missing a couple of key figures.

Conservative interim leader Ric McIver and Wildrose leader Brian Jean were both invited to speak at the event, but organizers say they never even got a response.

Calgary pollster Janet Brown says there are some problems with unification.

"The premise behind these unite the right movements is that the right needs to unite otherwise they're never going to be able to defeat the NDP in the next election. The problem with that logic is the two right-wing political parties — the Wildrose and the PCs — are still holding out hope that they can defeat the NDP the next time out without having to compromise their party brand and merge," Brown said.

She says time is running out for a unified party to reach out to undecided voters.

"The unite the right movement probably has about a year to get their act together, because then we're two years out from the next election and it would be very difficult for a new political entity to solidify themselves, to make Albertans understand who they are."

But this weekend, unite the right organizers hope they can nudge them in that direction.