“When you play the game of thrones, you win or you die. There is no middle ground.” Cersei Lannister, Game of Thrones With the coming of a new Premier, the great game of cabinet building is underway and the politicians are jockeying for their positions. As reported by the Edmonton Journal, the competition to woo […]
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David Climenhaga's Alberta Diary: The Redford Files: ‘Cabinet speculation continues’ – well, duh!
Your blogger, figuring out who will be named to Alison Redford’s cabinet next week. Alberta bloggers may not be exactly as illustrated, and their self-referential jokes may not be all that funny.Moving on to the “second-day lead,” the Edmonton Jo…
Continue readingCalgaryGrit: Alison Redford’s First Mistake
Alison Redford is seen to have won the Alberta PC leadership on a policy-heavy campaign. She promised change, so one would imagine she’s eager to get going and introduce herself to voters through a bold agenda.After all, here’s what she said after winn…
Continue readingDavid Climenhaga's Alberta Diary: Three lessons that can’t be drawn from Alison Redford’s election – but will be anyway
Alison Redford shouts to make herself heard over the din Sunday morning after news of her victory had been announced. She can now expect people to simmer down and listen carefully whenever she speaks. Below: the media myth-making machine machinating. T…
Continue readingCalgaryGrit: The Sleepy World of Alberta Politics
Although 40 years of one-party rule and pre-ordained election results can make for dull politics, I will give Alberta’s PC dynasty credit for tossing the occasional surprise towards us political junkies.And surprise us they did on Saturday night. For t…
Continue readingCalgaryGrit: Turns out Albertans like "feminist lawyers", after all
Rob Anders, back in 2003:Anders, speaking of his Calgary West nomination opponent, Alison Redford, says he is confident he’ll have little trouble rounding up enough party votes to defeat Redford, “unless she’s got some magic support base of people who …
Continue readingCuriosityCat: The Cat backs Alison Redford to take over the federal Tories when Harper retires or is fired
It’s not too early to start spotting the most likely successor to Stephen Harper. Given his growing penchant for believing that he is indeed the smartest politician in the House and on the Hill and in the country, and his ever-growing hubris (demonstra…
Continue readingdaveberta.ca - Alberta politics blog: premier alison redford’s challenge to change her party and alberta’s government.
Alberta politics became a little more exiting in the early hours of Sunday, October 2, 2011 when the sharp-minded former Justice Minister and human rights lawyer Alison Redford defied critics, but not readers of this blog, by defeating front-runner Gary Mar in the PC leadership contest. Ms. Redford will become Alberta’s first woman Premier when […]
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Continue readingDavid Climenhaga's Alberta Diary: Six lessons to draw from Alison Redford’s victory
Alison Redford surrounded by media and supporters in the wee hours of this morning. Below: Gar Mar gives his concession speech, AHS Chair Ken Hughes.Alison Redford’s victory this morning in the race to lead the Alberta Progressive Conservative Party …
Continue readingDavid Climenhaga's Alberta Diary: Surprise! Alberta Tories pick Alison Redford as leader and next premier
Alison Redford meets the press a little after 1:30 this morning at Edmonton’s Northlands Centre. Below: Alberta Premier Ed Stelmach says farewell this morning.Word didn’t arrive until the wee hours of this morning, but Alberta’s Progressive Conservativ…
Continue readingBlunt Objects: Alison Redford to become Premier of Alberta
Redford has defeated Gary Mar to become the new PC Leader, and default, Alberta Premier. I knew there was some backlash after all 3 lower-placing candidates all endorsed Mar, despite having radically differing views, but this is a shocker for me! Redfo…
Continue readingdaveberta.ca - Alberta politics blog: alison redford is alberta’s new premier.
Former Justice Minister Alison Redford won a surprise victory today to become leader of Alberta’s Progressive Conservative Party and Premier-designate of Alberta. Ms. Redford, first elected as the MLA for Calgary-Elbow in 2008 (a constituency previously represented by Premier Ralph Klein), defeated long-time frontrunner Gary Mar to become Alberta’s next Premier. RESULTS First Ballot Results […]
Continue readingdaveberta.ca - Alberta politics blog: blog readers choose alison redford as pc leader.
In a online poll posted earlier this week, readers of this blog have chosen Alison Redford as their choice to win today’s Alberta Progressive Conservative leadership contest. Ms. Redford was the first choice with 44%, and first-ballot winner Gary Mar placed second with 39%. Former Deputy Premier Doug Horner placed third with 17%. PC Party […]
Continue readingDavid Climenhaga's Alberta Diary: Alberta could do much worse than have Alison Redford as premier – and tomorrow it probably will
Alison Redford during Thursday’s TV debate. (Edmonton Journal photo.) Below: The other Iron Lady.If television debates mattered, Alison Redford would win the Alberta Progressive Conservative leadership vote tomorrow hands down.She certainly turned in…
Continue readingDavid Climenhaga's Alberta Diary: Gary Mar’s TV double-dip debate: You’re ALL right! It’s sleazy AND it’s business as usual!
Front-running Alberta Conservative leadership candidate Gary Mar shows no worry about the fact his challengers complained of his past double-dipping activities during last night’s TV debate. Alberta politicians may not appear exactly as illustrated. …
Continue readingDavid Climenhaga's Alberta Diary: Departure of Hugh MacDonald a more serious blow to Alberta Liberals than the mere loss of a single Grit
Hugh MacDonald: A serious loss to the Alberta Liberals. Below: Edmonton-Gold Bar NDP candidate Marlin Schmidt.The planned departure of Hugh MacDonald from the crumbling Alberta Liberal Party became official yesterday when paid reporters finally tracked…
Continue readingdaveberta.ca - Alberta politics blog: alison redford takes a break, hugh macdonald calls it quits.
Progressive Conservative leadership candidate Alison Redford, who placed second in her party’s first ballot leadership vote on September 17, announced yesterday that her campaign would be temporarily suspending its efforts so that she could spend time with her mother who had recently been admitted to the hospital in High River. 630 CHED has reported that […]
Continue readingDavid Climenhaga's Alberta Diary: Will Gary Mar reinvent the Alberta Tories? Fat chance!
Gary Mar at the wheel of the new, improved, “reinvented” Alberta Conservative Party. Alberta politicians and the parties they lead may not appear exactly as illustrated. Below: Mr. Mar, Ralph Klein and a Tory electoral strategist speaking with an A…
Continue readingdaveberta.ca - Alberta politics blog: blue man group plans to unite the right in alberta.
Aiming to ‘unite the right’ in Alberta by mending fences in Alberta’s conservative political camps, a new “Alberta Blue Committee” has been formed by long-time conservative strategist Ken Boessenkool. From the Edmonton Journal: He has promised its members will reveal themselves next week and that Albertans will see them as “politically active, smart, young […]
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