Independence Party of Alberta
The Independence Party (TIP), also known as the Alberta Independence Party from 2001 to 2019 and the Independence Party of Alberta after 2019, is an Albertan provincial political party.
The Independence Party | |
|---|---|
| Active provincial party | |
| Leader | Katherine Kowalchuk (interim) |
| President | Ron Robertson (interim) |
| Founded | January 2001 (first iteration) 2017 (second iteration) |
| Dissolved | 2001 (first iteration) |
| Headquarters | 4706 51 Street Olds, AB T4H 1E7 |
| Ideology | |
| Seats in Legislature | 0 / 87 |
| Website | |
| www | |
The party was originally dedicated to increasing the autonomy of Alberta within the Canadian confederation, partly as a response to the failure of the Canadian Alliance to gain traction outside Western Canada in the 2000 Canadian election. One of the party's first challenges was to gather enough signatures to qualify as an official party in Alberta, which it failed to do. In light of this development, its fourteen candidates were forced to stand as independents in the 2001 Alberta general election. The party had a separatist political platform in the 2019 Alberta general election.