Western Canada Concept Party of Alberta

The Western Canada Concept Party of Alberta emerged as a regionalist protest movement reflecting the separatist and decentralist sentiment of 1980s Alberta, fielding candidates in only two elections before disappearing from the ballot. Despite fielding 98 candidates—a substantial organizational effort—the party failed to translate provincial grievance into legislative representation, suggesting that separatist sentiment, while vocal in Alberta's political discourse, never achieved the electoral mobilization needed for institutional breakthrough. The WCC's brief, geographically confined presence exemplifies the volatility of single-issue regional parties in Canadian politics, which tend to collapse when their core concerns are absorbed by established parties or fade from public attention.

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Election	Seats Contested	Seats Won
AB (Nov 1982)	78	0
AB (May 1986)	20	0

First Name	Last Name	District	Election	Votes	Elected
Bill	Hosford	Wetaskiwin-Leduc	AB (Nov 1982)	3,511	❌
Al	Oeming	Edmonton-Sherwood Park	AB (Nov 1982)	3,029	❌
Keith	Schmidt	Camrose	AB (Nov 1982)	2,900	❌
Darryl	M Jaddock	Olds-Didsbury	AB (Nov 1982)	2,714	❌
Tom	Butterfield	Ponoka	AB (Nov 1982)	2,646	❌
Vern	Hoff	Drumheller	AB (Nov 1982)	2,630	❌
Murray	Sillito	St. Albert	AB (Nov 1982)	2,465	❌
John	G Parkes	Stony Plain	AB (Nov 1982)	2,337	❌
Steve	Pinchak	Cardston	AB (Nov 1982)	2,309	❌
Andy	Lee	Whitecourt	AB (Nov 1982)	2,276	❌
Byron	L Chenger	Calgary-Fish Creek	AB (Nov 1982)	2,252	❌
Jack	Smith	Grande Prairie	AB (Nov 1982)	2,249	❌
Bill	Veitch	Wainwright	AB (Nov 1982)	2,145	❌
Art	Carritt	Rocky Mountain House	AB (Nov 1982)	2,116	❌
Gordon	Kesler	Highwood	AB (Nov 1982)	2,006	❌
George	Conway-Brown	Innisfail	AB (Nov 1982)	2,001	❌
Vern	Meek	Three Hills	AB (Nov 1982)	1,949	❌
Larry	Peterson	Banff-Cochrane	AB (Nov 1982)	1,919	❌
Dave	Fletcher	Edmonton-Mill Woods	AB (Nov 1982)	1,894	❌
Brian	McClung	Calgary-Glenmore	AB (Nov 1982)	1,864	❌
Ronald	Johnson	Taber-Warner	AB (Nov 1982)	1,811	❌
Sig	Jorstad	Clover Bar	AB (Nov 1982)	1,783	❌
Walter	Kostiuk	Calgary-North West	AB (Nov 1982)	1,768	❌
Richard	Van Ee	Vermilion-Viking	AB (Nov 1982)	1,742	❌
Terry	Wolsey	Calgary-McCall	AB (Nov 1982)	1,728	❌
J	A Jim Kalman	Peace River	AB (Nov 1982)	1,657	❌
Fred	Marshall	Edmonton-Glenora	AB (Nov 1982)	1,649	❌
Con	Sehn	Athabasca (AB)	AB (Nov 1982)	1,538	❌
Al	(Bud) Wilson	Edmonton-Meadowlark	AB (Nov 1982)	1,511	❌
Wynne	Richard Hanson	Red Deer (AB)	AB (Nov 1982)	1,468	❌
Robert	Moyor	Calgary-Foothills	AB (Nov 1982)	1,438	❌
Terry	Long	Lacombe	AB (Nov 1982)	1,339	❌
Doug	Carmichael	Stettler	AB (Nov 1982)	1,334	❌
John	J Jasienczyk	Calgary-McKnight	AB (Nov 1982)	1,332	❌
Andrew	Blum	Smoky River	AB (Nov 1982)	1,316	❌
Ellis	Oviatt	Macleod (AB)	AB (Nov 1982)	1,293	❌
Lynn	Lewis	Edson	AB (Nov 1982)	1,284	❌
Jake	Johnson	Edmonton-Avonmore	AB (Nov 1982)	1,275	❌
Walter	Stack	Edmonton-Calder	AB (Nov 1982)	1,274	❌
Jack	Ramsay	Chinook	AB (Nov 1982)	1,266	❌
George	Perdicaris	Drayton Valley	AB (Nov 1982)	1,265	❌
Jerry	Butz	Lloydminster	AB (Nov 1982)	1,249	❌
Henry	Hein Braeutigam	Calgary-Forest Lawn	AB (Nov 1982)	1,244	❌
Erika	Guidera	Edmonton-Whitemud	AB (Nov 1982)	1,209	❌
Richard	A Langen	Calgary-Egmont	AB (Nov 1982)	1,174	❌
Roger	P Pullishy	Redwater-Andrew	AB (Nov 1982)	1,121	❌
Bruce	Roper	Calgary-West	AB (Nov 1982)	1,106	❌
Daniel	H Fletcher	Spirit River-Fairview	AB (Nov 1982)	1,093	❌
Roy	P Rasmusen	Calgary-Bow	AB (Nov 1982)	1,059	❌
Mike	Bennison	Lethbridge-East	AB (Nov 1982)	1,054	❌
Gordon	Reid	Edmonton-Glengarry	AB (Nov 1982)	1,037	❌
Jim	Williams	Lac La Biche-McMurray	AB (Nov 1982)	1,021	❌
Darwin	M Sorenson	Calgary-Currie	AB (Nov 1982)	1,018	❌
Joe	Wanner	Edmonton-Gold Bar	AB (Nov 1982)	996	❌
David	F Lees	Medicine Hat (AB)	AB (Nov 1982)	996	❌
John	B Ludwig	Edmonton-Jasper Place	AB (Nov 1982)	987	❌
Dennis	Peter	Edmonton-Belmont	AB (Nov 1982)	986	❌
Gordon	Kennard	Calgary-North Hill	AB (Nov 1982)	968	❌
G	M Gengstad	Lethbridge-West	AB (Nov 1982)	938	❌
Wayne	Lawlor	Little Bow	AB (Nov 1982)	851	❌
Gregory	J Langen	Calgary-Elbow	AB (Nov 1982)	829	❌
Merv	Gray	Edmonton-Parkallen	AB (Nov 1982)	823	❌
Dexter	B Dombro	Edmonton-Beverly	AB (Nov 1982)	819	❌
Larry	McIlroy	Edmonton-Centre	AB (Nov 1982)	812	❌
Loren	Yasinski	Vegreville (AB)	AB (Nov 1982)	807	❌
Garnet	E Birch	Calgary-Millican	AB (Nov 1982)	779	❌
Stephen	B Keeling	Calgary-Mountain View	AB (Nov 1982)	772	❌
Randy	Coombes	Edmonton-Strathcona	AB (Nov 1982)	743	❌
Anita	Bozak	Calgary-Buffalo	AB (Nov 1982)	739	❌
Eric	E Enns	Bonnyville	AB (Nov 1982)	732	❌
Dave	Maetche	Edmonton-Highlands	AB (Nov 1982)	721	❌
Warren	Bloomquist	Ponoka-Rimbey	AB (May 1986)	701	❌
Curtis	Long	Edmonton-Kingsway	AB (Nov 1982)	669	❌
Dennis	Olson	Pincher Creek-Crowsnest	AB (Nov 1982)	650	❌
Jack	Ramsay	Camrose	AB (May 1986)	634	❌
John	Thomas Mitchell	Barrhead	AB (Nov 1982)	633	❌
Garth	Lodge	Lesser Slave Lake	AB (Nov 1982)	607	❌
Gifford	Woodcock	Cypress (AB)	AB (Nov 1982)	590	❌
John	Hudson	Edmonton-Norwood	AB (Nov 1982)	569	❌
Allen	Abrassart	Wainwright	AB (May 1986)	475	❌
George	Conway-Brown	Innisfail	AB (May 1986)	472	❌
Iris	Bourne	St. Paul	AB (Nov 1982)	447	❌
Iris	Bourne	Stettler	AB (May 1986)	308	❌
Vern	McCaig	Bonnyville	AB (May 1986)	256	❌
Gordon	Reid	Drayton Valley	AB (May 1986)	219	❌
W	L (Bud) Iverson	Wetaskiwin-Leduc	AB (May 1986)	208	❌
Lorraine	Oberg	West Yellowhead	AB (May 1986)	187	❌
J	Richard Dougherty	Stony Plain	AB (May 1986)	186	❌
Peter	Mihailuk	Athabasca-Lac La Biche	AB (May 1986)	184	❌
Fred	Marshall	Edmonton-Centre	AB (May 1986)	182	❌
Mike	Walker	Edmonton-Avonmore	AB (May 1986)	140	❌
Alice	Elaine Moody	Edmonton-Glenora	AB (May 1986)	133	❌
Curtis	Long	Edmonton-Jasper Place	AB (May 1986)	122	❌
Dave	Draginda	Edmonton-Calder	AB (May 1986)	111	❌
Herb	Lang	Edmonton-Glengarry	AB (May 1986)	99	❌
Walter	Stack	Edmonton-Whitemud	AB (May 1986)	92	❌
Norm	Kyle	Edmonton-Meadowlark	AB (May 1986)	90	❌
Dexter	B Dombro	Edmonton-Strathcona	AB (May 1986)	72	❌


District	Candidates	Elections	Wins
	Athabasca (AB)	1	1	0
Candidates Con Sehn Elections AB (Nov 1982)
	Athabasca-Lac La Biche	1	1	0
Candidates Peter Mihailuk Elections AB (May 1986)
	Banff-Cochrane	1	1	0
Candidates Larry Peterson Elections AB (Nov 1982)
	Barrhead	1	1	0
Candidates John Thomas Mitchell Elections AB (Nov 1982)
	Bonnyville	2	2	0
Candidates Eric E Enns, Vern McCaig Elections AB (Nov 1982), AB (May 1986)
	Calgary-Bow	1	1	0
Candidates Roy P Rasmusen Elections AB (Nov 1982)
	Calgary-Buffalo	1	1	0
Candidates Anita Bozak Elections AB (Nov 1982)
	Calgary-Currie	1	1	0
Candidates Darwin M Sorenson Elections AB (Nov 1982)
	Calgary-Egmont	1	1	0
Candidates Richard A Langen Elections AB (Nov 1982)
	Calgary-Elbow	1	1	0
Candidates Gregory J Langen Elections AB (Nov 1982)
	Calgary-Fish Creek	1	1	0
Candidates Byron L Chenger Elections AB (Nov 1982)
	Calgary-Foothills	1	1	0
Candidates Robert Moyor Elections AB (Nov 1982)
	Calgary-Forest Lawn	1	1	0
Candidates Henry Hein Braeutigam Elections AB (Nov 1982)
	Calgary-Glenmore	1	1	0
Candidates Brian McClung Elections AB (Nov 1982)
	Calgary-McCall	1	1	0
Candidates Terry Wolsey Elections AB (Nov 1982)
	Calgary-McKnight	1	1	0
Candidates John J Jasienczyk Elections AB (Nov 1982)
	Calgary-Millican	1	1	0
Candidates Garnet E Birch Elections AB (Nov 1982)
	Calgary-Mountain View	1	1	0
Candidates Stephen B Keeling Elections AB (Nov 1982)
	Calgary-North Hill	1	1	0
Candidates Gordon Kennard Elections AB (Nov 1982)
	Calgary-North West	1	1	0
Candidates Walter Kostiuk Elections AB (Nov 1982)
	Calgary-West	1	1	0
Candidates Bruce Roper Elections AB (Nov 1982)
	Camrose	2	2	0
Candidates Keith Schmidt, Jack Ramsay Elections AB (Nov 1982), AB (May 1986)
	Cardston	1	1	0
Candidates Steve Pinchak Elections AB (Nov 1982)
	Chinook	1	1	0
Candidates Jack Ramsay Elections AB (Nov 1982)
	Clover Bar	1	1	0
Candidates Sig Jorstad Elections AB (Nov 1982)
	Cypress (AB)	1	1	0
Candidates Gifford Woodcock Elections AB (Nov 1982)
	Drayton Valley	2	2	0
Candidates George Perdicaris, Gordon Reid Elections AB (Nov 1982), AB (May 1986)
	Drumheller	1	1	0
Candidates Vern Hoff Elections AB (Nov 1982)
	Edmonton-Avonmore	2	2	0
Candidates Jake Johnson, Mike Walker Elections AB (Nov 1982), AB (May 1986)
	Edmonton-Belmont	1	1	0
Candidates Dennis Peter Elections AB (Nov 1982)
	Edmonton-Beverly	1	1	0
Candidates Dexter B Dombro Elections AB (Nov 1982)
	Edmonton-Calder	2	2	0
Candidates Walter Stack, Dave Draginda Elections AB (Nov 1982), AB (May 1986)
	Edmonton-Centre	2	2	0
Candidates Larry McIlroy, Fred Marshall Elections AB (Nov 1982), AB (May 1986)
	Edmonton-Glengarry	2	2	0
Candidates Gordon Reid, Herb Lang Elections AB (Nov 1982), AB (May 1986)
	Edmonton-Glenora	2	2	0
Candidates Fred Marshall, Alice Elaine Moody Elections AB (Nov 1982), AB (May 1986)
	Edmonton-Gold Bar	1	1	0
Candidates Joe Wanner Elections AB (Nov 1982)
	Edmonton-Highlands	1	1	0
Candidates Dave Maetche Elections AB (Nov 1982)
	Edmonton-Jasper Place	2	2	0
Candidates John B Ludwig, Curtis Long Elections AB (Nov 1982), AB (May 1986)
	Edmonton-Kingsway	1	1	0
Candidates Curtis Long Elections AB (Nov 1982)
	Edmonton-Meadowlark	2	2	0
Candidates Al (Bud) Wilson, Norm Kyle Elections AB (Nov 1982), AB (May 1986)
	Edmonton-Mill Woods	1	1	0
Candidates Dave Fletcher Elections AB (Nov 1982)
	Edmonton-Norwood	1	1	0
Candidates John Hudson Elections AB (Nov 1982)
	Edmonton-Parkallen	1	1	0
Candidates Merv Gray Elections AB (Nov 1982)
	Edmonton-Sherwood Park	1	1	0
Candidates Al Oeming Elections AB (Nov 1982)
	Edmonton-Strathcona	2	2	0
Candidates Randy Coombes, Dexter B Dombro Elections AB (Nov 1982), AB (May 1986)
	Edmonton-Whitemud	2	2	0
Candidates Erika Guidera, Walter Stack Elections AB (Nov 1982), AB (May 1986)
	Edson	1	1	0
Candidates Lynn Lewis Elections AB (Nov 1982)
	Grande Prairie	1	1	0
Candidates Jack Smith Elections AB (Nov 1982)
	Highwood	1	1	0
Candidates Gordon Kesler Elections AB (Nov 1982)
	Innisfail	1	2	0
Candidates George Conway-Brown Elections AB (Nov 1982), AB (May 1986)
	Lac La Biche-McMurray	1	1	0
Candidates Jim Williams Elections AB (Nov 1982)
	Lacombe	1	1	0
Candidates Terry Long Elections AB (Nov 1982)
	Lesser Slave Lake	1	1	0
Candidates Garth Lodge Elections AB (Nov 1982)
	Lethbridge-East	1	1	0
Candidates Mike Bennison Elections AB (Nov 1982)
	Lethbridge-West	1	1	0
Candidates G M Gengstad Elections AB (Nov 1982)
	Little Bow	1	1	0
Candidates Wayne Lawlor Elections AB (Nov 1982)
	Lloydminster	1	1	0
Candidates Jerry Butz Elections AB (Nov 1982)
	Macleod (AB)	1	1	0
Candidates Ellis Oviatt Elections AB (Nov 1982)
	Medicine Hat (AB)	1	1	0
Candidates David F Lees Elections AB (Nov 1982)
	Olds-Didsbury	1	1	0
Candidates Darryl M Jaddock Elections AB (Nov 1982)
	Peace River	1	1	0
Candidates J A Jim Kalman Elections AB (Nov 1982)
	Pincher Creek-Crowsnest	1	1	0
Candidates Dennis Olson Elections AB (Nov 1982)
	Ponoka	1	1	0
Candidates Tom Butterfield Elections AB (Nov 1982)
	Ponoka-Rimbey	1	1	0
Candidates Warren Bloomquist Elections AB (May 1986)
	Red Deer (AB)	1	1	0
Candidates Wynne Richard Hanson Elections AB (Nov 1982)
	Redwater-Andrew	1	1	0
Candidates Roger P Pullishy Elections AB (Nov 1982)
	Rocky Mountain House	1	1	0
Candidates Art Carritt Elections AB (Nov 1982)
	Smoky River	1	1	0
Candidates Andrew Blum Elections AB (Nov 1982)
	Spirit River-Fairview	1	1	0
Candidates Daniel H Fletcher Elections AB (Nov 1982)
	St. Albert	1	1	0
Candidates Murray Sillito Elections AB (Nov 1982)
	St. Paul	1	1	0
Candidates Iris Bourne Elections AB (Nov 1982)
	Stettler	2	2	0
Candidates Doug Carmichael, Iris Bourne Elections AB (Nov 1982), AB (May 1986)
	Stony Plain	2	2	0
Candidates John G Parkes, J Richard Dougherty Elections AB (Nov 1982), AB (May 1986)
	Taber-Warner	1	1	0
Candidates Ronald Johnson Elections AB (Nov 1982)
	Three Hills	1	1	0
Candidates Vern Meek Elections AB (Nov 1982)
	Vegreville (AB)	1	1	0
Candidates Loren Yasinski Elections AB (Nov 1982)
	Vermilion-Viking	1	1	0
Candidates Richard Van Ee Elections AB (Nov 1982)
	Wainwright	2	2	0
Candidates Bill Veitch, Allen Abrassart Elections AB (Nov 1982), AB (May 1986)
	West Yellowhead	1	1	0
Candidates Lorraine Oberg Elections AB (May 1986)
	Wetaskiwin-Leduc	2	2	0
Candidates Bill Hosford, W L (Bud) Iverson Elections AB (Nov 1982), AB (May 1986)
	Whitecourt	1	1	0
Candidates Andy Lee Elections AB (Nov 1982)

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