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Originally Posted by FireFly
1921 the United Farmers have no seats and end up with 38 forming the government with no previous experience.
1935, Social Credit has no seats and ends up with 56; an overwhelming majority. The go on to rule until 1971.
1971 the Conservatives have 6 seats and wind up with 49 forming government with very little experience.
We do indeed have one MLA now. More than the United Farmers or Social Credit had. 
So by No experience, I mean no experience. If you want to get relative, 6 MLAs does not a government form, nor even a cabinet for that matter.
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Using voter history from the early part of last century is pretty flimsy though. By that same train of thought Alberta has a long proud history of voting Liberal!
I think that the more telling point is that in almost every election voters keep the incumbents. Provincial voters act very similarly to civic voters in this regard where the incumbents have huge advantages and it takes a lot to unseat them.
btw that map above is old....I think its from two elections ago?