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Alberta Party
The Alberta Party, formally the Alberta Party Political Association from 1998 to 2004, is a political party in the province of Alberta, Canada. The party describes itself as centrist and pragmatic in that it is not dogmatically ideological in its approach to politics.
On August 27, 2025, party members voted to change its name to the Progressive Conservative Party in a special general meeting, pending confirmation by Elections Alberta.
In the early 1980s, the right side of Alberta's political spectrum was fragmented by parties spawned in the wake of the National Energy Program and feelings that Premier Peter Lougheed had done little to prevent the economic collapse they believe it had caused. Some of these parties had already achieved some small success in attaining seats in the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, though in the 1982 general election Social Credit, the Alberta Reform Movement and the Western Canada Concept lost their representation in the Legislature.
In 1985, the party was founded as the Alberta Political Alliance Party and became a registered party with Elections Alberta. It was organized as an alliance of three right-wing political parties: the Alberta Social Credit Party, Western Canada Concept and The Heritage Party of Alberta. However, this alliance did not last long as the Western Canada Concept and The Heritage Party ran candidates individually in the 1986 election, and many former Social Credit supporters moved to the Representative Party of Alberta, and the Alberta Political Alliance Party ended up not running any candidates.
The party renamed to the Alberta Political Alliance before the 1989 election, however again did not run any candidates.
On October 30, 1990, this alliance of parties gave way to the creation of a new political party, the Alliance Party of Alberta. This change marked a transition away from trying to build a coalition of parties to full participation in electoral politics. The party participated in two by-elections, and fielded a handful of candidates in the 1993 general election but received only a small percentage of the popular vote in each case. The party did not contest the 1997 provincial election.
In 1998, the Alliance Party followed the example of the Saskatchewan Party and the Manitoba Party by changing its name to the Alberta Party Political Association, or the Alberta Party for short.
For the 2001 election, the party formed an electoral coalition with the Social Credit Party.
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Alberta Party
The Alberta Party, formally the Alberta Party Political Association from 1998 to 2004, is a political party in the province of Alberta, Canada. The party describes itself as centrist and pragmatic in that it is not dogmatically ideological in its approach to politics.
On August 27, 2025, party members voted to change its name to the Progressive Conservative Party in a special general meeting, pending confirmation by Elections Alberta.
In the early 1980s, the right side of Alberta's political spectrum was fragmented by parties spawned in the wake of the National Energy Program and feelings that Premier Peter Lougheed had done little to prevent the economic collapse they believe it had caused. Some of these parties had already achieved some small success in attaining seats in the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, though in the 1982 general election Social Credit, the Alberta Reform Movement and the Western Canada Concept lost their representation in the Legislature.
In 1985, the party was founded as the Alberta Political Alliance Party and became a registered party with Elections Alberta. It was organized as an alliance of three right-wing political parties: the Alberta Social Credit Party, Western Canada Concept and The Heritage Party of Alberta. However, this alliance did not last long as the Western Canada Concept and The Heritage Party ran candidates individually in the 1986 election, and many former Social Credit supporters moved to the Representative Party of Alberta, and the Alberta Political Alliance Party ended up not running any candidates.
The party renamed to the Alberta Political Alliance before the 1989 election, however again did not run any candidates.
On October 30, 1990, this alliance of parties gave way to the creation of a new political party, the Alliance Party of Alberta. This change marked a transition away from trying to build a coalition of parties to full participation in electoral politics. The party participated in two by-elections, and fielded a handful of candidates in the 1993 general election but received only a small percentage of the popular vote in each case. The party did not contest the 1997 provincial election.
In 1998, the Alliance Party followed the example of the Saskatchewan Party and the Manitoba Party by changing its name to the Alberta Party Political Association, or the Alberta Party for short.
For the 2001 election, the party formed an electoral coalition with the Social Credit Party.