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The centre-left needs to do some serious soul searching following this result. The Liberals would be best to merge with the small but energetic Alberta Party under their banner (new brand without the baggage). Leave the NDP to their own on the left flank to distinguish this new entity as the centrist, pragmatic alternative the PCs. That's where Albertans are politically and they will continue to seek out competent alternatives to the potentially supplant PCs. The new merged Alberta Party can then set themselves up (under new leadership) as the government in waiting, a role the Wildrose proved to be too conservative at its core to fulfil for most voters.

I think Wildrose had one shot at it, and failed, which opens the door up to something new.