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John Horgan suddenly seems like the only vegan at a barbecue festival, as Canada’s other provinces elect a long list of red-meat conservatives as their premiers.

The latest province to take a right turn is Alberta, where voters shocked absolutely no one Tuesday by turfing Rachel Notley’s NDP government and electing Jason Kenney’s United Conservatives with a solid majority.

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Hurtin’ Albertans turned Notley into a one-hit wonder, voting in droves for Kenney’s promise to revive the province’s depressed oil-and-gas economy.

Horgan better get used to being a wallflower at the premiers’ ball. He now stands as the only NDP premier in the country, as other provinces veer in the opposite direction.

Kenney joins Doug Ford in Ontario, Scott Moe in Saskatchewan, Brian Pallister in Manitoba and Francois Legault in Quebec in a dream team of right-wing premiers. How does this impact Horgan and B.C.? It will make it tougher for him to rally the support of provincial counterparts if he wants to advance his agenda on the national stage, for one thing.