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The Liberals formed the government in Alberta for the first 15 years of the province's existence. Alexander C. Rutherford (1905-1910), Arthur L. Sifton (1910-1917) and Charles Stewart (1917-1921) led Liberal governments, until the party was swept from office in 1921 by the United Farmers of Alberta.

The party has floundered in the eight decades since their defeat, never electing more than 15 MLAs and often being shut out of the provincial legislature altogether. The provincial Liberals were especially hurt during the federal government of Pierre Trudeau's Liberal Party of Canada between 1968 and 1984. Trudeau's policies were especially unpopular in the west, particularly official bilingualism, and the National Energy Program, which exacerbated feelings of western alienation . During this period, the provincial Liberal party suffered because of its connections with its federal cousins.

Between 1971 and 1986, the party did not win a single seat in the Alberta Legislature, and did not receive more than 6% of the popular vote. Even the social democratic Alberta New Democrats were more successful. The Liberals did not return to the legislature until 1986, when they won 4 seats and 12% of the popular vote.

In 1993, the Liberals under former Edmonton mayorA mayor ( Latin major "better") is the chief executive official of a city, town, or village. Worldwide, there is a wide variance in local laws and customs as to the powers and responsibilities of a mayor, as well as the means of becoming mayor. The French Laurence Decore enjoyed their greatest success since holding power when they swept Edmonton, elected a total of 32 MLAs, and collected 39% of the popular vote thus enabling them to displace the New Democrats to become the Official OppositionThe Leader of the Opposition is a title traditionally held by the leader of the largest opposition party in a Westminster System of parliamentary government. The Leader of the Opposition is invariably seen as the alternative Prime Minister to the present to the Progressive ConservativeThe Alberta Progressive Conservative Party is a provincial right-of-centre party in the Canadian province of Alberta. The PC party has formed the provincial government, without interruption, since 1971 under the leadership of Peter Lougheed ( 1971- 1985), government of Ralph KleinThe Honourable Ralph Phillip Klein (born November 1, 1942), a member of the Alberta Progressive Conservatives, is current premier of the Canadian province of Alberta. He has held the post since 1992. Mayor of Calgary Klein rose to public prominence as a r. The party continued to hold this position but lost seats in 1997 and again in 2001 when they were reduced to only seven MLAMLA is a three letter acronym that can stand for a number of different things: Modern Language Association Master of Landscape Architecture Martial Law Administration of Bangladesh Member of the Legislative Assembly see also MPP) Myelosis Leucemica Acutas

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