Whether you were happy or disheartened with the federal election results in Alberta, one pollster says the election of four Liberals in Edmonton and Calgary will likely be good news for the province.

Polling research firm Return on Insight was one of the few that predicted the Liberal majority in Monday's vote. Company president Bruce Cameron says he wasn't surprised to see the red tide make at least a small splash in urban Alberta.

"We (forecasted) it because we saw that the momentum was definitely shifting to the Liberals," Cameron said Wednesday, adding the party had well-timed momentum at the end of the campaign.

The Liberals won four seats in Alberta, two in Edmonton, which hadn't elected a Liberal in nearly 10 years, and two in Calgary, the first for that party since 1968.

The writing on the wall was easy to see on social media, Cameron said, and was most evident in the province of Quebec, and in Toronto, Vancouver and the Lower Mainland, where negative reaction to the Harper regime was loudest.

As a result, many left-leaning voters chose to throw their support behind the Liberals, viewed as the best option for defeating the Conservatives.

"People really wanted to see that government defeated," Cameron said. "That just didn't happen to the same extent throughout Alberta."

But anti-Harper sentiment wasn't as high in Alberta, the prime minister's home province, Cameron noted.

Alberta vote swayed by provincial election

On top of that, he said many have linked the province's slumping economy to the spring provincial election of the NDP government led by Rachel Notley, so that may have affected the outcome for the federal NDP, which won only one seat in Alberta, Edmonton-Strathcona.

In the end, nearly half of the elected Conservative MPs came from the Prairies.

Despite the victory by 29 Conservatives in Alberta, the fact that four Liberal MPs were elected in this province is still a significant breakthrough for the Liberals, Cameron said.

In Edmonton, Liberal Amarjeet Sohi beat Conservative incumbent Tim Uppal by just 79 votes, while Randy Boissonnault reclaimed Edmonton Centre for the Liberals from Conservative candidate James Cumming. Further south, Darshan Kang secured Calgary Skyview and Kent Hehr took Calgary Centre for the Liberals.

Given the election results, Cameron said there's a chance further urban ridings could be snapped up by the Liberals in the future.

'Stop setting your own hair on fire'

At least one of the four Alberta Liberal MPs is likely to get tapped for a cabinet seat, he said.

Cameron's money is on Calgary's Hehr, a former Alberta Liberal MLA. But Cameron said Edmonton's Boissonault is also a strong contender for a cabinet post.

Cabinet members are selected based on various criteria, including gender, cultural diversity and representing a cross-section of regions. One factor in Boissonnault's favour, Cameron said, is he has ties with Alberta's francophone community.

Regardless of who is picked for cabinet, Cameron said it will be good news for Alberta to have someone at the table.

While some may be wary of what may happen to the province's energy industry under Liberal rule, Cameron said the party has a strong reputation when it comes to environmental protection and has placed a clear emphasis on approving pipelines and solidifying Canada's place on the international market.

"I believe ... that a Liberal government may do a much better job of gaining market access than the outgoing Conservative government," Cameron said.

As for doubters, Cameron recommends a review of the Liberal campaign platform, and a speech given by Trudeau at the Calgary Petroleum Club earlier this year.

"Time will tell, of course, what the Liberals actually do," Cameron said. "But the fear-mongering that's happening among Conservatives, who are aghast at the prospect of a Liberal majority government, is a big overreaction.

"Stop setting your own hair on fire … Take a deep breath and actually think about it in terms of the potential for Alberta."