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…
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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…
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…
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…
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…
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.…
old boys club? gary mar is entitled to his entitlements.
Beating off criticisms that he represents the “Old Boys Club” of Alberta’s Progressive Conservative Party, leadership front-runner Gary Mar‘s campaign has been helped with a public plea from his former…
splitting the ukrainian-canadian vote in alberta.
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…
Where will Gary run? A good question to ask on the campaign trail…
Conservative front-runner Gary Mar may not appear exactly as illustrated. Below: Mr. Mar announcing his plans to run for Tory leader on March 17 in Edmonton; Ron Liepert, looking very…
The Top Ten reasons to worry about Premier Gary Mar
Gary Mar exactly as he appeared at a recent Conservative leadership forum, as some guy looks on. Your blogger is on the road, has limited Internet access and needs to…
Why those drat blamed cowboy poets make me so darned ornery
Your blogger, centre, at the June 1994 gathering of cowboy poets in Pincher Creek, wondering why they reckoned him for a city slicker. Online Alberta political commentators may not have…
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…
Gary Mar is the Man
After Saturday's first round of voting, it seems all but certain that Gary Mar will be the next Premier of Alberta:Gary Mar: 24195 (41%)Alison Redford: 11129 (19%)Doug Horner: 8635 (15%)Ted…
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…
U.S. opposition to the Keystone XL Pipeline: it’s not what you think it is
The headquarters control room of the Keystone XL pipeline: caution, pipeline operations may not be exactly as illustrated, on this blog or on those run by the Alberta government. Below:…
The Alberta Tory leadership race, Round 2: Still close … but not too close to call
The final moments of the Progressive Conservative leadership race: politically engaged Albertans may not appear exactly as illustrated. Below: Remaining candidates Gary Mar, Alison Redford and Doug Horner.With two weeks…
The ‘Freddy Lee’ Loser Factor: Albertans plain didn’t like a sneak
Finalists Gary Mar, Alison Redford and Doug Horner. The remaining Alberta Progressive Conservative candidates are, well, pretty much exactly as illustrated! Below: Dr. Freddy Lee Morton.Never mind the winner. Yeah,…
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…
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…