Supporters of Alberta Progressive Conservative leadership candidate Gary Mar are tapping into the large group of Ukrainian-Canadians who helped Ed Stelmach win his party’s leadership in 2006. Elaine Kalynchuk, a prominent member of the Ukrainian-Canadian community in Edmonton and VP Membership of the Edmonton-Whitemud PC Association, sent this email in support of Mr. Mar over […]
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daveberta.ca - Alberta politics blog: liberal party tries to raid alberta party staff by promising job and nomination.
Outgoing Liberal Party executive director Corey Hogan and Liberal Caucus strategist Jonathan Huckabee offered Alberta Party provincial organizer Michael Walters a job as their party’s executive director, sources close to both parties have told this blogger. The offer was made over the phone earlier this week. Sources say that Mr. Walters, the nominated Alberta Party […]
Continue readingdaveberta.ca - Alberta politics blog: second-ballot math: alberta tory caucus splits between redford, mar, horner.
The three candidates eliminated on the first-ballot vote to choose the next leader of Alberta’s Progressive Conservatives have all announced their support for front-runner Gary Mar. Carrying 40% of the vote on the first-ballot, it is understandable why the three would endorse the front-runner in terms of both personal political calculation and party unity. Scattering […]
Continue readingdaveberta.ca - Alberta politics blog: doing second-ballot math: ted morton and rick orman endorse gary mar.
Ted Morton has endorsed Gary Mar Ted Morton and Rick Orman have endorsed Alberta Progressive Conservative leadership front-runner Gary Mar. It is unclear how many of Dr. Morton’s supporters may show up to support Mr. Mar on the second-ballot vote on October 1, but it may have saved his political career, which appeared to be […]
Continue readingdaveberta.ca - Alberta politics blog: mapping alberta’s progressive conservative leadership first-ballot vote results.
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Continue readingdaveberta.ca - Alberta politics blog: results: alberta progressive conservative leadership first ballot.
First ballot results of today’s Alberta Progressive Conservative leadership vote: Gary Mar: 24195 Alison Redford: 11129 Doug Horner: 8635 Ted Morton: 6962 Rick Orman: 6005 Doug Griffiths: 2435 As no candidate received more than 50% of the vote, the top three candidates will contest a second ballot on October 1. More detailed poll by poll […]
Continue readingdaveberta.ca - Alberta politics blog: living in the one party state of alberta: “vote today. today is election day.”
Today is election day in Alberta, but not the kind of election day that would dominate the airwaves and twitter streams in most other provinces in a modern liberal democratic state like Canada. Today, Alberta’s forty-year governing Progressive Conservatives are casting their vote in the first ballot for their new leader, which has become in […]
Continue readingdaveberta.ca - Alberta politics blog: alberta progressive conservative leadership poll results.
Over the past four days, readers of this blog have voted for their top three Progressive Conservative leadership candidates of their choice. The results show Gary Mar placing first and Alison Redford in second with Doug Horner and Ted Morton competing for third place. A recent poll of PC Party members also placed Mr. Mar […]
Continue readingdaveberta.ca - Alberta politics blog: alberta candidate nomination update – september 2011 (part 2)
I have updated the list of declared and nominated candidates standing in the next provincial election. Athabasca-Sturgeon-Redwater: At a nomination meeting scheduled for September 26, former Liberal caucus staffer turned NDP activist Mandy Melnyk will face Canadian Union of Public Employees Local 3550 President Trudy Grebenstein for the NDP nomination. Calgary-Bow: Former Alderman and mayoral […]
Continue readingdaveberta.ca - Alberta politics blog: when you really want to win.
With three days left until the results of the first ballot voting in Alberta’s Progressive Conservative leadership contest are tallied, some candidates are being accused of breaking campaign rules. Perceived front-runner Gary Mar is facing accusations that his campaign was selling memberships outside an advanced polling station set up in Edmonton, something that is no […]
Continue readingdaveberta.ca - Alberta politics blog: former ndp leader ray martin trying for a comeback in edmonton-glenora.
In a very unexpected move, former MLA and NDP leader Ray Martin has announced that he is seeking the NDP nomination in Edmonton-Glenora. Mr. Martin served as the MLA for Edmonton-Norwood from 1982 to 1993 and Edmonton-Beverly-Clareview from 2004 until 2008. He aws the leader of the Alberta NDP from 1984 until 1994 and he […]
Continue readingdaveberta.ca - Alberta politics blog: new environics poll shows gary mar in the lead, alison redford in close second.
The Edmonton Journal and Calgary Herald have published the results of a joint-Environics poll gauging support for Progressive Conservative leadership candidates among 800 card-carrying party members: Province-wide Gary Mar: 31% Alison Redford: 20% Doug Horner: 12% Ted Morton: 10% Rick Orman: 5% Doug Griffiths: 4% Undecided/Won’t vote: 17% Edmonton Gary Mar: 43% Doug Horner: 14% […]
Continue readingdaveberta.ca - Alberta politics blog: alberta progressive conservative leadership videos on demand.
Some YouTube videos from Alberta Progressive Conservative leadership candidates:
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Continue readingdaveberta.ca - Alberta politics blog: still refusing to govern myself accordingly.
It is a flash from the past, but it made the latest issue of Avenue Edmonton Magazine as one of the five most entertaining battles of the last five years. Thanks to Chris Labossiere for snapping this photo. Tweet This Post
Continue readingdaveberta.ca - Alberta politics blog: what’s next for raj sherman and the alberta liberals?
What kind of leader will Raj Sherman be? This is a tough question to answer. As Edmonton Journal columnist Graham Thomson somewhat dramatically described yesterday: Sherman – energetic, intelligent, charismatic – could prove to be a political white knight riding to the Liberals’ rescue. Or Sherman – inexperienced, mercurial, impetuous – could yet prove to […]
Continue readingdaveberta.ca - Alberta politics blog: photos: alberta liberals choose raj sherman as their new leader.
Alberta Liberals chose their new leader today in Edmonton. Former Tory MLA Raj Sherman was selected on their first ballot over veteran MLAs Hugh MacDonald and Laurie Blakeman, and Calgarians Bill Harvey and Bruce Payne. Here are some photos of today’s event: Find more photos of the Alberta Liberal Party leadership event on Flickr. Tweet […]
Continue readingdaveberta.ca - Alberta politics blog: the doc is in. former tory mla raj sherman is the new alberta liberal leader.
Results of today’s Alberta Liberal leadership vote: Raj Sherman wins with 54% on te first ballot (more results coming soon). Raj Sherman 54% 4684 votes Hugh MacDonald 26% 2239 votes Laurie Blakeman 9% 854 votes Bill Harvey 7% 626 votes Bruce Payne 2% 197 votes Total: 8640 votes Dr. Raj Sherman was first elected as […]
Continue readingdaveberta.ca - Alberta politics blog: raj sherman sweeps alberta liberal leadership poll.
When asked who will win the Alberta Liberal Party leadership vote on September 10, readers of this blog overwhelmingly chose former Tory MLA Raj Sherman. Four-term Edmonton-Gold Bar Liberal MLA Hugh MacDonald placed a distant second and Edmonton-Centre MLA Laurie Blakeman and conservative Calgarian Bill Harvey placed a close third and fourth in this online […]
Continue readingdaveberta.ca - Alberta politics blog: ted morton aka frederick lee and the shredder.
After a week of dodging questions from intrepid CBC reporter Charles Rusnell about a covert email alias and shredded ministerial documents, former Finance Minister Ted Morton‘s campaign for Alberta’s Progressive Conservative leadership has taken its first big hit with just more than a week before the first ballot vote. After making ‘government transparency’ a key […]
Continue readingdaveberta.ca - Alberta politics blog: guest post: decision time for the alberta liberals.
On Saturday September 10, the Alberta Liberals will select their next leader following current leader David Swann’s resignation from the post, announced this past January. An understanding of the dynamics that lead to the initiation of this leadership race is helpful in interpreting the parry and thrust that has played among the candidates running to […]
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