Ron Liepert versus Rob Anders: the next PC-Wildrose proxy war?
TweetWill former provincial cabinet minister Ron Liepert make the jump into federal politics? With the launch of the TimeToDoBetter.ca website today, rumours began to spread that the former two-term...
View ArticleHe’s in: Ron Liepert challenges Rob Anders in Calgary Signal Hill
TweetFormer provincial cabinet minister and MLA Ron Liepert officially announced in a statement this morning his intentions to seek the Conservative Party of Canada nomination in the newly...
View ArticleGun-toting conservatives take aim at Macleod by-election candidate
Tweet“Just say no-to-Barlow!” was the message broadcast to the 15,941 followers of the National Firearms Association Facebook page. The National Rifle Association‘s Canadian cousins hope to drag down...
View ArticleInsiders will pretend to be outsiders in the PC leadership race
Tweet Former Edmonton Mayor Stephen Mandel is not running for the PC Party leadership Former Edmonton mayor Stephen Mandel announced yesterday that he will not run for the Progressive Conservative...
View ArticleSources: Rob Anders to run in new Bow River riding
TweetSources say that controversial Member of Parliament Rob Anders is preparing to run for the Conservative Party of Canada nomination in new rural Bow River riding east of Calgary. The six-term MP...
View ArticleWill Gordon Dirks become the latest inter-provincial political jumper?
TweetThe controversial appointment of unelected Gordon Dirks as Education minister caught many Albertans by surprised this week. As the former chairman of the Calgary Board of Education, he is...
View ArticleDear Rob Anders, Take a Hint and Take a Hike.
TweetMany Canadians hoped to have bade a final farewell to offensive conservative Member of Parliament Rob Anders when he lost the Conservative Party nomination in Calgary-Signal Hill to Ron Liepert...
View ArticleGoodbye 4H Club – Horne, Horner, Hughes and Hancock now gone
The announcements this week by former Finance Minister Doug Horner and former Health Minister Fred Horne that they are leaving politics did not come as a surprise to anyone watching politics in...
View ArticleSunday candidate nomination update in Alberta
Some Progressive Conservative Party supporters are privately expressing frustration with the decision by Premier Jim Prentice and his cabinet ministers to openly campaign and endorse incumbent PC MLAs...
View ArticleRon Liepert versus Rob Anders: the next PC-Wildrose proxy war?
Will former provincial cabinet minister Ron Liepert make the jump into federal politics? With the launch of the TimeToDoBetter.ca website today, rumours began to spread that the former two-term...
View ArticleMonday Night Candidate Nomination Update
Here are some of the latest updates to the list of candidates running for party nominations ahead of Alberta’s expected 2019 provincial general election: Airdrie-Cochrane: Airdrie realtor Mauri Stiff...
View ArticleAlberta Candidate Nomination Update: Calgary-Cross to Shaw, Edmonton-Decore...
Here are the latest updates to the list of candidates running for political party candidate nominations ahead of Alberta’s expected spring 2019 provincial election: Calgary-Cross – Farhan Baig is...
View ArticleAlberta Candidate Nomination Update: NDPer Stephanie McLean retiring, Mike...
Photo: Mike Nickel, Stephanie McLean, Angela Pitt, and Marco Reid The big nomination news since my last update was the announcement by Stephanie McLean that she was withdrawing from the New Democratic...
View ArticleBig Nomination Update: Estefania Cortes-Vargas and Sandra Jansen not seeking...
Today’s big nomination news is the announcements by two New Democratic Party MLAs, Strathcona-Sherwood Park MLA Estefania Cortes-Vargas and Calgary-North West MLA Sandra Jansen, that they will not seek...
View ArticleNDP nominate 7 new candidates, Jordan Stein defeats MLA Anam Kazim in...
Photo: Jordan Stein (pictured) defeated MLA Anam Kazim to secure the NDP nomination in Calgary-Glenmore. (photo source: @Jordan.Stein.Alberta on Instagram) We are in the zone. As of February 1, 2019,...
View ArticleNDP MLA Colin Piquette not seeking re-election, Kelly Mandryk nominated for...
Photo: Premier Rachel Notley and MLA Colin Piquette at an event in Athabasca in 2017 (source: Facebook) New Democratic Party MLA Colin Piquette announced in a post on Facebook this week that he will...
View ArticleRakhi Pancholi nominated for NDP in Edmonton-Whitemud, NDP to hold 3 more...
Photo: Rakhi Pancholi (source: Twitter) With the nomination of Rakhi Pancholi in Edmonton-Whitemud, the Alberta New Democratic Party has selected 53 candidates across the province. Pancholi is a lawyer...
View ArticleMid-Week Alberta Nomination Candidate Updates
Here are the latest updates to the list of candidates running in Alberta’s next provincial election: Alberta NDP The New Democratic Party has recently nominated ministerial press secretary and former...
View ArticleNDP MLA Eric Rosendahl not running for re-election in West Yellowhead, Judge...
New Democratic Party MLA Eric Rosendahl announced this week that he will not be running for re-election when the provincial election is called later this spring. Rosendahl was first elected as the MLA...
View ArticleCandidate nominations continue with weeks or days left until an election call...
With an election call expected within the next few weeks, or days, Alberta’s political parties are continuing to nominate candidates to run for the upcoming vote. As of this afternoon, the United...
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