Article content

CALGARY – Albertans are in favour of the Wildrose and Progressive Conservative parties joining together, according to a new poll that also shows both of those parties more popular than the governing NDP.

The Mainstreet Research survey conducted for Postmedia shows 54 per cent support among respondents for merging the two parties, with 37 per cent opposed.

We apologize, but this video has failed to load.

tap here to see other videos from our team. Try refreshing your browser, or Albertans favour uniting the right, and Wildrose is most popular party in the province: poll Back to video

The support is highest among PC voters, at 72 per cent, while 65 per cent of Wildrose supporters were in favour of bringing the two parties together.

Mainstreet president Quito Maggi said that with former federal cabinet minister Jason Kenney pushing the idea of uniting the right as a PC leadership candidate and Wildrose Leader Brian Jean declaring himself open to the idea, conservative unification is seen as increasingly desirable.

I think the PC supporters are more establishment, they’ve been in government a long time and they’re looking forward to getting back there

“The longer that goes on, the more the general population becomes comfortable with that notion,” he said in an interview.