Category: Alberta Politics

  • Alberta Votes Day 3: Time to bring back Ed?

    In retrospect, maybe it wasn’t such a good idea for Alison Redford to call the election after a month of wall-to-wall scandal and controversy. Two more polls have been released today – let’s start with the bad news for Alison Redford. Leger Marketing confirms the statistical tie we saw in two polls Monday: PC 37%, […]

  • Alberta Votes Day 2: Polls and Prostitutes

    We were treated to a pair of Alberta election polls last night – both showing the PCs and Wildrose in a statistical tie. Given previous 2012 polls have shown Redford between 5 and 37 points ahead, this comes as a bit of a shock – though it’s not necessarily bad news for the PC campaign […]

  • Alberta Votes

    The writ has been dropped, and Albertans will go to the polls on April 23. The past few years have been wildly turbulent, with shocking municipal votes, the rise of the Wildrose, parties desanctioned and founded, leadership races in nearly every party (2 for the Liberals), and floor crosings aplenty. Despite this, the PCs are […]

  • The First Look at Redford’s Playbook

    That sound you hear is the unofficial starting gun on Alberta’s 2012 election, as the PCs launch their first round of negative ads, under the familiar “Danielle Smith: Not Worth the Risk” tagline. The immediate reaction by most has been similar to Don Braid’s: In my prehistoric memory, the Tories haven’t done anything like this […]

  • Alberta 2011 in Review

    One of my favourite sayings is “If you don’t like the weather in Alberta, wait 30 minutes. If you don’t like the politicians, wait 30 years.” However, the sleepy world of Alberta politics has come alive in recent years and 2011 was no exception. A year ago, Ed Stelmach was Premier, Ted Morton was his […]

  • What Saturday’s Win by Red Tory Redford Means in Alberta

    Alison Redford was Saturday’s surprise winner of the Alberta PC leadership race. As stunned as frontrunner Gary Mar was, the most surprised may have been Alberta’s opposition parties, who had no doubt begun positioning themselves against Mar. So how does this shocker change Alberta’s already rocky political landscape? Progressive Conservatives Redford’s first task will be […]

  • 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 winning the leadership: “I am not going to unnecessarily delay decision-making,” she […]

  • 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 Morton: 6962 (12%)Rick Orman: 6005 (10%)Doug Griffiths: 2435 (4%) Yes, Ed Stelmach turned 15% on the first ballot into a win in 2006, but […]

  • This Week in Alberta – the PCs pick a leader

    Given that general elections only matter in Alberta every 30 or 40 years, the PC leadership race is really the one chance Albertans get to have their say in who becomes Premier. Not surprisingly, over 140,000 Albertans voted in 2006, and we could see close to that number casting their ballot tomorrow. Assuming no candidate […]

  • The Alberta Test Drive

    No surprise, as Raj Sherman wins the Alberta Liberal leadership race on the first ballot: 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) As I wrote on Friday, this leadership race deserved watching, even outside Alberta, since it was the first in […]

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