Alberta election shows wooing reluctant Tory voters still a high bar for Singh, says pollster Coletto

The Alberta NDP left too much room for the United Conservative Party leader to define herself, a mistake the federal NDP and Liberal leaders can’t make with Conservative Pierre Poilievre, says former NDP comms director Mélanie Richer.

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith, left, lost 14 ridings to the NDP led by Rachel Notley, centre, on May 29, but politicos say there’s still a high bar for federal NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh, bottom right, to clear if he hopes to duplicate that success federally, especially if Conservative Pierre Poilievre, top right, is given room to define himself.The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade, file photograph, and courtesy of Dave Cournoyer/Flickr

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BY STUART BENSON

June 7, 2023

In the wake of the May 29 showdown between Alberta's United Conservative Party and provincial New Democrats, politicos say the federal Conservatives have much clearer lessons to learn while the province's unique political landscape for those left of centre leaves little room...

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