Taylor, who’s looking to spend more time with family and pursue new opportunities, was elected in 2004 under the Liberal party banner and re-elected in the 2008 provincial election – following approximately three decades in radio broadcasting.

But after finishing second to David Swann in the 2008 Liberal leadership vote — and a subsequent falling out with the Grit boss — Taylor left the Liberal caucus in 2010 to sit as an Independent.

Early this year, he joined the nascent Alberta Party as its first MLA in the legislature, but the move was quickly overshadowed by Premier Ed Stelmach’s announcement a few days later that he was resigning.

The Progressive Conservatives have been eyeing Taylor’s Calgary-Currie constituency as a potential swing riding in the next election.

Meanwhile, former provincial Green party leader Joe Anglin has been nominated to run for the Wildrose party in the riding of Rimbey-Rocky Mountain House-Sundre in the next provincial election.

A former White House communications liaison for George Bush Sr., Anglin has also served as a Marine, police officer and town councillor. But he is perhaps best known in Alberta for his protesting the government’s Bill 50 on powerline transmission and associated line to be built between Calgary and Edmonton.

The riding has been held by Tory MLA Ty Lund since 1989, but the political veteran hasn’t announced yet whether he will seek re-election.