Alberta Politics By The Numbers on November 5, 2016
Total number of MLAs: 87 Number of Government MLAs: 54 Number of Opposition MLAs: 33 Number of former government MLAs now sitting in the opposition caucus: 7 Number of former…
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Nothing new under the Prairie Sun: Brad Wall isn’t the first Saskatchewan politician to get his orders from Calgary
The recent news that Premier Brad Wall’s Saskatchewan Party is flush with cash from Calgary-based corporations is both noteworthy and concerning. Due to that province’s lax political finance laws, the…
Justice Myra Bielby to chair Alberta’s Electoral Boundaries Commission
The chair of the next Electoral Boundaries Commission was appointed last Thursday with little fanfare. Justice Myra Bielby, a Court of Appeal judge for Alberta, the Northwest Territories and Nunavut,…
Is the Sky Blue? Conservatives crush in Medicine Hat-Cardston-Warner by-election
It is 10:20 p.m. and Conservative Party candidate Glen Motz has cruised to a crushing victory in the Medicine Hat-Cardston-Warner federal by-election. With 190 of 223 polls reporting, Mr. Motz…
Conservative favourite and Liberal underdog in Medicine Hat-Cardston-Warner by-election
Today is election day in the federal riding of Medicine Hat-Cardston-Warner. Polls are open from 8:30 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. What was expected to be a sleepy by-election campaign in…
PCs don’t need the Wildrose to win, NDP should watch their Liberal flank
Uneventful weeks have become rare in Alberta politics and this week in particular has been uniquely interesting. We started with the release of political party fundraising data from Elections Alberta…
Stephanie McLean wants more women to run in next year’s municipal elections
Alberta’s Minister for the Status of Women Stephanie McLean is heading on a four-city tour to convince more women to run for elected office in next year’s municipal elections. The…
Alberta NDP raised more money than the Wildrose Party in Q3 of 2016
Elections Alberta has released the results of political party fundraising from the third quarter of 2016 and it shows that the Alberta NDP raised more money than the Wildrose Party…
Very sad news today
Very sad news today. My condolences to the families and friends of former premier Jim Prentice and the three other passengers killed in the plane crash on this very difficult…
Remember that time 2,000 people showed up to see Justin Trudeau in Medicine Hat? Yeah? That was tonight.
More than two thousand Albertans showed up to see Prime Minister Justin Trudeau tonight at a rally in the southern Alberta city of Medicine Hat. Mr. Trudeau was in town…
Oklahoma can look to The Gospel According to Alberta on Oilfield Prayer Day
Oklahoma Governor Mary Fallin has declared October 13, 2016 to be Oilfield Prayer Day, and praying for a the price of oil to recover is something the Republican Governor says…
Trump Never Had A Chance
Guest Post by Chris Henderson Seemingly every day, someone tells me that they’re worried Donald Trump will win the election. Aside from the natural anxiety that comes with a possibility…
Thank you to the teachers who helped spark my interest in Alberta politics
Today is World Teachers’ Day, which is held annually on 5 October as part of a UNESCO initiative to appreciate, assess, and improve the educators of the world. In this…
NDP hires political strategist Corey Hogan to run the Public Affairs Bureau
Political strategist Corey Hogan has been hired as the government’s new managing director of the Public Affairs Bureau. He replaces Mark Wells, who announced last week that he was leaving…
Notley searches for her Lougheed moment by demanding oil pipelines for Trudeau’s carbon tax
Demanding the federal government help “break the landlock” and support the construction of oil pipelines from Alberta, Premier Rachel Notley and Environment and Parks Minister Shannon Phillips drew a line…
PCs kick off leadership race 5 years after choosing Alison Redford
Alberta’s Progressive Conservatives officially kicked off their leadership race on October 1, 2016 at a party event in Lethbridge. The PC Party formed government in Alberta from 1971 until 2015,…
MP petitions highlight the Alberta-Quebec pipeline divide
Alberta Conservative MP Shannon Stubbs, who represents the Lakeland riding, sponsored and presented electronic petition e-216 (Oil and gas exploration) to the House of Commons calling on the Government of…
Byron Nelson to announce PC leadership bid, pans Kenney’s hostile takeover bid
Calgary lawyer Byron Nelson is expected to announce his plans to seek the leadership of Alberta’s third-place Progressive Conservative Party tomorrow in Calgary. Mr. Nelson was his party’s candidate in…
Former Alberta PC MLA Alana DeLong running as a Liberal in BC election
A former Alberta MLA has been nominated to run in the upcoming British Columbia provincial election for the Liberal Party. Alana DeLong, who served as the Progressive Conservative MLA for…
Should the Ethics and Accountability Committee be given a second chance?
Partisan wrangling, maneuvering and infighting appears to have derailed much of the work assigned to the Special Select Ethics and Accountability Committee by the time MLAs on the all-party committee…