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daveberta.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 readingDavid Climenhaga's Alberta Diary: You can vote today to promote and legitimize Tory domination of Alberta – or you can Just Say No!
Leadership voting day in Alberta. Warning: Alberta political scenes may not be exactly as illustrated. Below: Ted Morton and Alison Redford, doing deals?“The danger,” some Calgary political scientist solemnly intoned in last night’s on-line editi…
Continue readingDavid Climenhaga's Alberta Diary: Tomorrow’s episode of Alberta’s Next Top Premier will see someone voted off the island!
A crowd of Albertans solemnly awaits word of the outcome of the first ballot in the Tory leadership race. Typical Albertans may not always appear as illustrated. Then again, maybe they will… Below: Ted Morton, Doug Horner and Alison Redford. Where’…
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: 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: 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 readingDavid Climenhaga's Alberta Diary: Ted Morton says everybody does it? Well, stand up straight Alberta, and listen to your mother!
Do what your mama tells you! Below: My Mom, circa 1937; Ted Morton; Charles Rusnell.It’s been a few hours now since a CBC investigative reporter revealed that front-running Conservative leadership candidate Ted Morton used a fake name on a real gover…
Continue readingDavid Climenhaga's Alberta Diary: Alberta Tory popularity sure to dip when a leader is chosen; dispatches from the leadership front lines
Million-dollar Morty with Dime-less Dave: What trouble awaits the Conservative frontrunner on the morrow? You’ll have to tune in to the CBC to find out. Below: Reporter Charles Rusnell, Raj Sherman, Hugh MacDonald and Rick Orman.With the Alberta Prog…
Continue readingDavid Climenhaga's Alberta Diary: Conservative leadership candidates have high-speed rail line brainwave: All aboard for environmental and financial disaster!
Stand back! A high-sped rail car gets ready for the rocket-ride to Calgary. Below, alternatives models, and leadership candidates Doug Horner and Alison Redford.
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Uh oh! The idea of a high-speed passenger rail link between Edmonton and Calgar…
Continue readingdaveberta.ca - Alberta politics blog: pc leadership candidates wade into education politics.
Earlier this week I had the privilege of sharing some of my thoughts about the Progressive Conservative leadership contest with delegates at the Alberta Teachers’ Association (ATA) summer conference in Banff. On Wednesday morning, all six candidates for the PC leadership (Doug Griffiths, Doug Horner, Gary Mar, Ted Morton, Rick Orman, and Alison Redford) attended […]
Continue readingdaveberta.ca - Alberta politics blog: heading to the mountains.
I will be away from this blog for the next few days enjoying a summer sojourn in Alberta’s Rocky Mountains. Later this week I will be attending the Alberta Teachers’ Association Summer conference in the beautiful mountain town of Banff, where I will have the privilege of sharing some of my thoughts on the state […]
Continue readingdaveberta.ca - Alberta politics blog: peter sandhu endorses ted morton, lindsay blackett endorses doug horner.
I have updated the list and map of MLAs endorsing candidates in Alberta’s Progressive Conservative leadership contest. Edmonton-Manning MLA Peter Sandhu has endorsed Ted Morton‘s candidacy and Calgary-North West MLA and Culture Minister Lindsay Blackett has endorsed Doug Horner. Gary Mar still has the most MLA endorsements with the support of 17 MLAs, Mr. Horner […]
Continue readingdaveberta.ca - Alberta politics blog: alberta tories video on demand.
All the candidates for Alberta’s Progressive Conservative Party, save Alison Redford and Rick Orman, have used online videos to promote their campaign. What do their videos say about how their campaigns are going so far? Doug Griffiths: “I’m standing out in the rain” (an unfortunate metaphor for his campaign) or “My name is Doug Griffiths […]
Continue readingdaveberta.ca - Alberta politics blog: recap of the alberta progressive conservative leadership forum in vermilion.
More than 350 Progressive Conservative supporters packed into the main hall at Vermilion’s Lakeland College Campus to hear and ask questions to the six candidates seeking the leadership of Alberta’s governing party. The format of the debate only allowed each candidate a short 30 seconds to respond to questions. Instead of encouraging direct answers, it […]
Continue readingdaveberta.ca - Alberta politics blog: liberal leadership candidates woo edmonton supporters.
More than 200 dedicated Liberal Party supporters piled into Edmonton’s Santa Maria Centre yesterday evening to hear candidates for their party’s leadership speak and answer questions. I attended and was surprised to discover a fairly lively evening for a traditional style all-candidates forum. All the candidates spoke well, but I believe that the real star […]
Continue readingdaveberta.ca - Alberta politics blog: where the votes were in the 2006 alberta pc leadership vote, where the mla support is in 2011.
As Jim Dinning learned six years ago, having the support of MLAs in a leadership contest does not assure victory. The long-time front-runner in the 2006 Progressive Conservative leadership contest counted the support of over forty sitting MLAs, but on the final ballot vote, it was a low-key cabinet minister named Ed Stelmach with the […]
Continue readingDavid Climenhaga's Alberta Diary: No new candidates join Tory leadership race; Calgary not destroyed by earthquake again today!
The Alberta Tory leadership candidates, from left to right: Doug Horner, Gary Mar, Doug Griffiths, Ted Morton and Rick Orman. Alison Redford can be glimpsed crossing the street in the background. Real Conservative candidates may not actually resemble H…
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