Albers ran for the Progressive Conservatives in the 1989 Alberta general election.
He ran in the electoral district of Edmonton-Avonmore but was defeated finishing second out of three candidates to New Democrat Marie Laing.
He finished about 300 votes ahead of future Liberal MLA Don Massey.
Albers resigned shortly before the election and was replaced by Lavern Ahlstrom as leader.
Albers later joined the Freedom Conservative Party of Alberta, and advocated a Western separatist stance.