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Politics of Alberta are centred on a provincial government resembling that of the other Canadian provinces, namely a constitutional monarchy and parliamentary democracy. The capital of the province is Edmonton, where the provincial Legislative Building is located. The unicameral legislature, the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, has 87 members. Government is conducted after the Westminster model. The provincial government's revenue, although it is often described as predominantly coming from the province's resource base, actually is derived from a variety of sources. Nonrenewable resource revenue provided the government with 24 percent of its revenue in 2010-11, with about the same coming from individual income tax, 14 per cent from grants from the federal government, and about eight percent coming from both corporations and the government's own business activities. Alberta is the only province in Canada without a provincial sales tax (''see also Sales taxes in Canada''). Alberta has a system of municipal government similar to that of the other provinces. ==History of Alberta politics== Alberta was swept up in the wave of "prairie populism" that took place after World War I; from 1921 to 1935 the United Farmers of Alberta headed the longest-lived of the farmers' governments that won power in Canada during this time. However, for over 80 years, the province was governed by right-wing parties, which began in 1935, with Social Credit, which were succeeded in 1971 by the Progressive Conservatives. Ralph Klein was premier of Alberta from 1992 to 2006 and despite making many controversial statements and having had problems with alcohol, he remained the leader of the Progressive Conservative party and thus the province although only 55% of delegates from his party signified their approval of his leadership on the spring of 2006, pushing him into early retirement.〔("Klein receives goodbye hugs, pancakes" ) by the Canadian Press via Canada.com, July 24, 2006, retrieved July 24, 2006〕〔("Klein receives goodbye hugs, pancakes" ) by the Canadian Press via Canada.com, July 24, 2006, retrieved July 24, 2006〕 Edmonton is the exception to the province's current right-wing voting pattern. City residents, to a larger extent than elsewhere, vote for left-of-centre parties, such as the Liberal Party of Alberta and Alberta New Democrats, but that is often obscured because of the first-past-the-post system. The 2004 provincial election was an example; the Liberals and New Democrats won 15 of the city's 18 seats.〔(Alberta Elections ) (2004)〕 While the Tories won 13 of Edmonton's 18 seats in 2008, Klein's successor, Ed Stelmach, represented a riding just outside Edmonton and was perceived to be less connected to the interests of the energy corporations whose headquarters are in Calgary. Stelmach gave way in 2011 to Alison Redford, the province's first female premier. She led the Tories to a 12th consecutive election victory in 2012. Redford was forced to resign in 2014, and was ultimately succeeded by former federal minister Jim Prentice. The conservative dominance of Alberta politics was finally broken in 2015, when the Alberta New Democratic Party formed government for the first time in its history. Alberta's right-wing tilt (after 1940) is no less pronounced on the federal level. The province was the heartland of the former Reform Party of Canada and its successor, the Canadian Alliance. These parties were the second-largest political parties in the federal Parliament from 1997 to 2003 and the farthest to the political right. The Canadian Alliance merged with the Progressive Conservative Party to form today's Conservative Party of Canada. The Conservatives' current leader, Prime Minister Stephen Harper, moved to Alberta in the 1980s and represents a Calgary riding. Rural Alberta ridings typically give the Conservatives (and Reform and the Alliance before them) some of their highest margins in the country; in many cases, the other parties are lucky to win over 20 percent of the vote. Alberta's political stability has led to a series of political dynasties. Voters have turned a government out of office only four times in 110 years. The last two governments were among the longest-lived in the Commonwealth. Alberta elections are currently won on a first-past-the-post system so MLAs elected did not necessarily receive a majority of the votes in the constituency, and the party with a majority of the seats in the Legislature did not necessarily receive the majority of votes cast in the election. For example, in the 2004 election, the Progressive Conservative party won 61 of 83 seats (73% of the seats) but obtained only 47% of the popular vote. During the UFA and early SC government periods, elections were conducted using transferable preferential ballots (see single transferable vote), and candidates in cities ran "at-large,", using preferential balloting, ensuring more representative membership in the Legislature.〔Monto, Tom. Old Strathcona – Edmonton's Southside Roots, Edmonton: Crang Publishing, 2011 (available at Alhambra Books, Edmonton), p. 426〕 Many of the opposition parties today include electoral reform in their policies.〔(Alberta Greens ) - 2004 Elections〕 In its history, Alberta has seen only five parties form governments. No governing party, once defeated, has ever returned to power. Most of the 27 Alberta general elections held have resulted in overwhelming majorities in the Legislature for the governing party, a trend unseen in any other province in Canada. No minority government has ever existed in Alberta, whether by general elections, by-elections, or floor crossings. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Politics of Alberta」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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