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Alberta election interactive: The year the PCs came to power

Remember 1971? This interactive tests your knowledge of the year that saw the Progressive Conservatives to power.

How well do you remember that groovy year?

Alberta election 1971: Peter Lougheed grabs the torch

53 years ago
Duration 2:27
A young, energetic Conservative hopes to topple venerable Social Credit.

In the year 1971, Richard Nixon was president, the popular TV showAll in the Familydebutedand Shamu the first orca to be named died.

Those are just a few of things happening around the world that year. It was also the year Alberta's Progressive Conservative Party came to power.

Do you remember what was happening in the province at that time? Test your knowledgehere.