Canada's Alberta takes turn to left, Conservative premier resigns


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  • Wednesday, 06 May 2015

NDP supporters cheer as election results come in during festivities at the election headquarters in Edmonton May 5, 2015. REUTERS/Dan Riedlhuber

CALGARY, Alberta (Reuters) - Canada's left-leaning New Democrats ended a 44-year run in office by the Conservatives in the province of Alberta on Tuesday, sweeping to victory on a promise to review oversight of the oil and gas sector in the country's energy heartland.

The election was a seismic political shift in the province and sparked the immediate resignation of Progressive Conservative Premier Jim Prentice as party leader. He also quit his legislative seat.

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