Politics of Alberta

It was that three-party system, the vote splitting that allowed the NDP to win in 2015, led to the creation of the United Conservative Party.

It's something to watch in Alberta politics, and it could depend on what happens on October 19th and in the immediate aftermath.

Are we heading for another rupture here? Are there those in the UCP that want to pull the party in another direction? Those who don't want to be part of that? You saw a little hint of it in the by-election last week.

There's this new Alberta Tory or progressive Tory party.

This is the number of years since the Alberta NDP last picked up a seat, last flipped a seat in a by-election.

This week's results make it the second time only that this has ever happened in Alberta politics.

And lastly, 50.

Calgary Shum was the 50th best riding for the NDP in the last Alberta election in an election needing 44 seats to win.

Alberta politics are ramping up as we head into the fall, with a surprising by-election result in Calgary this week and a 10-question referendum about a month away.

The NDP seized a riding that had long been held by the UCP, with many political watchers tying the vote to a discontent over the referendum, which is seen as a sop to the separatist faction in the governing party.

I'm Dave Breckenridge, and this is 10-3.

So, Don, you and I were talking.

It's Wednesday morning in Alberta, September 16th.

Lots going on in Alberta politics right now.

And I feel like we should probably start off with perhaps the big, most recent news in politics.

And that's the by-election in Calgary Shaw.