Prior to 1903, there was no strong party discipline in the province, and governments rarely lasted more than two years as independent-minded members changed allegiances.
[1] From approximately 1897 to 1905, political parties were active; however, legislative government was eliminated when the provinces of Alberta and Saskatchewan were created out of the heavily populated area of Northwest Territories (NWT).
[2] Saskatchewan elections have historically included candidates running as Independents, sometimes in coalitions or with affiliations to existing parties.
Montreal is one of the rare examples of a city with municipal political parties in Canada (they also exist in Vancouver).
[6] Municipal politics in Vancouver were historically dominated by the centre-right Non-Partisan Association, a "free enterprise coalition" originally established to oppose the influence of the democratic socialist Co-operative Commonwealth Federation.