Wildrose Party: Progressive Conservative Dynasty

Peter Lougheed Dept: The Wildrose party has a charismatic leader Danielle Smith and a slate of rookie candidates riding a wave of discontent with the governing PCs, according to CBC. Alberta has a long-standing habit of spawning upstart parties think Social Credit, Reform, Peter Lougheed's PCs at one point upstarts that have often captured electoral victory in an impressive fashion. Wildrose the name reflects the province's provincial flower would like to carry on that tradition and when Alberta voters go to the polls on Monday, they could bring an end to a 41-year Progressive Conservative dynasty and turn to a largely untested group of politicians who say they want to return the province to a more traditional conservatism. Here are five things to know about the party that could form the next Alberta government. Deep roots in Western political tradition (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.