Calgary election results reflect 'general phenomenon that's happening in cities and provinces and countries all over the western world,' expert says

The earliest of reporting polls on the night of Calgary’s municipal election showed what many believed to be an apparent shift to the political right, at least compared to the former city council.

The shift was highlighted by the loss of incumbent mayor Jyoti Gondek to self-identified “progressive conservative,” Jeromy Farkas.

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Jack Lucas, a political science professor at the University of Calgary, woke up the morning after ballots were cast expecting to see that conservative shift continue. As votes began to — slowly — file in, results started to show a different story.

“It kind of looks like a conservative shift, but

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