Anti-Liberal, rather than anti-liberal.
The current generation of Liberals federally are probably ideologically moderate enough that Albertans could get behind them, but the brand is damaged and Albertans feel like the Liberal party is not interested in them and in fact they villify us to gain in other regions - they can get away with it because of our electoral system. Is Alison Redford really to the right of say Paul Martin's Liberals? I don't think so.
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Originally Posted by Rerun
You can't blame the Liberal Party of Canada's lack of success in Alberta on the NEP which was enacted in 1980. Alberta has always been anti-Liberal. The last time the Liberal Party of Canada took the majority of seats in Alberta was in 1911 when Wilfred Laurier was elected Prime Minister. Ever since then, in every federal election, the Liberals have been soundly defeated by other parties here in Alberta. Alberta has been a virtual wasteland for the Libs since Laurier was defeated by Robert Borden in 1917.
And the last time the Liberal Party of Alberta was in power was from 1917-1921 under the leadership of Charles Stewart. Between 1971 and 1986 the Liberal Party of Alberta did not win a single seat in the povincial legislature and did not receive more than 6% of the vote.
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