Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta

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The Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta was a dominant centre-right political party that governed Alberta for over four decades, shaping much of the province’s modern political and economic landscape.

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Label Occurrences
Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf conservative political party ⓘ
provincial political party ⓘ
competedAgainst Alberta Liberal Party ⓘ
New Democratic Party of Alberta ⓘ
Social Credit Party of Alberta ⓘ
Wildrose Party ⓘ
country Canada ⓘ
dissolved 2017 ⓘ
dominantPartySystemRole natural governing party of Alberta ⓘ
earliestPremierFromParty Peter Lougheed ⓘ
electoralStronghold Calgary ⓘ
rural southern Alberta ⓘ
founded 1905 ⓘ
governedDuringEconomicPolicy development of Alberta oil sands ⓘ
expansion of energy sector ⓘ
privatization and deregulation measures ⓘ
governedDuringFiscalPolicy balanced-budget legislation periods ⓘ
debt reduction initiatives ⓘ
governedFrom 1971 ⓘ
governedJurisdiction Alberta ⓘ
governedUnderPremier Alison Redford ⓘ
Dave Hancock ⓘ
Don Getty ⓘ
Ed Stelmach ⓘ
Jim Prentice ⓘ
Peter Lougheed ⓘ
Ralph Klein ⓘ
governedUntil 2015 ⓘ
headquartersLocation Edmonton ⓘ
heldIdeologicalPosition relatively moderate social conservatism ⓘ
support for free-market policies ⓘ
support for resource development ⓘ
ideology conservatism ⓘ
fiscal conservatism ⓘ
progressive conservatism ⓘ
lastPremierFromParty Jim Prentice ⓘ
longestServingPremierFromParty Ralph Klein ⓘ
lostGovernment 2015 Alberta general election ⓘ
mergedInto United Conservative Party ⓘ
notableLeader Alison Redford ⓘ
Jim Prentice ⓘ
Peter Lougheed ⓘ
Ralph Klein ⓘ
partyColor blue ⓘ
politicalPosition centre-right ⓘ
precededByInGovernment Social Credit Party of Alberta ⓘ
subdivision Alberta ⓘ
succeededByInGovernment New Democratic Party of Alberta ⓘ
timeInGovernment 1971–2015 ⓘ
wonFirstMajorityGovernment 1971 Alberta general election ⓘ
yearsInPower 44 ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Ralph Klein → politicalParty → Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta ⓘ
Peter Pocklington → memberOfPoliticalParty → Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta ⓘ
Ralph Klein → memberOfPoliticalParty → Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta ⓘ