Federally the merger of Reform/Canadian Alliance with the Progressive Conservatives worked.

In BC the right has twice been re-united after BC NDP government disasters - first under the Bill Bennett BC Socreds following the BC NDP Barrett administration and then the BC Liberals under Gordon Campbell (and continued by Christy Clark) after the Harcourt/Glen Clark/Miller/Dosanjh BC NDP disasters.

Pretty clearly a splintered right wing will hand power to the left wing.