Albertans Grit and Tory Show

Albertans have decided to go Liberal in the urban south and Tory in the rural north, they rejected Preston Manning's call for Green, but also attacked a pro-Alberta-first message from Independence, Social Credit and Alberta Alliance provincial political parties. In Calgary-Elbow, former Premier Ralph Klein's citizens really felt the former Liberal was still Grit, as they elected a real one by 46%, while the Greens grabbed 6% for their leader in 3rd, the Alberta Alliance accrued 4% for 4th and the Social Credit clutched 2% for 5th while in Drumheller-Stettler, the third most separartist friendly riding after Olds-Didsbury-Three Hills and Strathmore-Brooks, those Alberta Tories took 58% of the vote, the Social Credit cornered 12% in 3rd, the Independent incised 7% for 4th, the Alberta Alliance axed 5% for 5th and the Greens got 3% for 6th. Altogether, we must remember this is just a byelection, however the need for a merger between the Social Credit, Alberta Party and Alberta Alliance is true if they are to defeat this Progressive Conservative past and Liberal future machine, or if that wasn't feasible at least a brand new Alberta Reform Alliance would have to merge the best parts of the Social Credit principles and the Alberta Party policies, I would also further argue there is a need to inject their united platform of the future with the ideals that work from the Greens and Independent movements, especially Western Canadian ideals of Independence, to further reject these realities of working towards a united front is to face certain defeat as electorally divided enemies.