http://www.cbc.ca/news/elections/alberta-votes/alberta-election-2015-results-ndp-wave-sweeps-across-province-in-historic-win-1.3062605It's a massive shock that turns Canadian politics on its head: the NDP has won a majority government in Alberta.
The Wildrose Party will be the province's Official Opposition, and party leader Brian Jean has been elected in his riding of Fort McMurray-Conklin.
The long-governing PC Party dropped to third place. The outgoing premier Jim Prentice told his supporters late Tuesday that he had resigned as party leader and had resigned his seat.
The NDP won just over 41 per cent of the popular vote, the Wildrose got 24 per cent and the PCs were at about 28 per cent — roughly what was reported by many pollsters in the run-up to the election.
A party has to win 44 seats to get a majority. The NDP won 53 ridings.
(Excerpted from the CBC article “Alberta election 2015 results: NDP wave sweeps across province in historic win.” NDP=New Democratic Party; PC=Progressive Conservative Party)
