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It’s not every day that a party leader sees his caucus double in size. It’s an even odder day when that same leader quits less than two weeks later.

Yet that’s what Greg Clark did. He quietly resigned as leader of the Alberta Party earlier this week.

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On Oct. 29, former NDP MLA Karen McPherson announced that she was joining the Alberta Party. That made it a legislature caucus of two, along with Clark.

Joy all around. Wow, maybe the Alberta Party would even get official party standing in the legislature.

Now, Clark says he’ll stay as interim leader until a new one is chosen, don’t know where, don’t know when.

He may run for that leadership, again. “You haven’t seen the last of me,” he said. He firmly believes the leadership has to be opened up — “in order to grow the party.”

And that’s the crux of it.

The MLA for Calgary-Elbow is a fine representative and legislator. He is often sharper than bigger parties on issues, even though he has a fraction of their staff.