Sentences with phrase «alberta party»

Now as an Independent - Conservative MLA, he sits in the furthest corner of the opposition side of the Legislature, beside sole remaining Progressive Conservative MLA Richard Starke and behind Alberta Party MLA Greg Clark.

Mr. Taylor is not to be confused with the other Mr. Taylor nominated to stand in this constituency Alberta Party leader and Mayor of Hinton Glenn Taylor.

The new kid on the political block, the Alberta Party will be holding their policy convention on November 13.

Mr. Tesarski was briefly a candidate for the Alberta Party leadership earlier this year before dropping out and endorsing Alison Redford for the PC leadership.

Battle River - Wainwright: Midge Lambert is seeking the Alberta Party nomination.

Alberta Party releases MLA Guidelines The Alberta Party has released a series of guidelines for MLAs and a process for sitting MLAs who want to join that party, which has generated some interesting debate on Facebook.

I am willing to bet that Greg Clark, leader of the upstart conservative - lite Alberta Party, is making some phone calls today.

The Alberta Party and EverGreen Party are only expected to nominate a small number of candidates.

-- The Alberta Party has posted an update on The Big Listen.

If he runs as an Independent or an Alberta Party candidate, even if he doesn't win, he could just split the vote enough in the riding to let a Progressive Conservative squeak in.

After losing the Wildrose Party nomination in Rimbey - Rocky Mountain House - Sundre last weekend, some political watchers have speculated that he might join the Alberta Party, others believe he could run as an Independent candidate in the next election.

Like his former PC colleague Rick Fraser, there were strong rumours in 2017 that Starke could join the Alberta Party caucus.

-- Michael Walters is the new Executive Director of the Alberta Party.

I've failed to mention any so - called «progressive» candidates as, thus far, neither the Liberal, NDP, Alberta Party, or former Greens (now Vision 2012) have come up with a single viable name.

If at some point, Joe Anglin is interested in the Alberta Party, we'll talk to him, just like we're open to every Albertan who is fed up with the partisan nature of politics in Alberta.

Omar Masood was acclaimed as the Alberta Party candidate in Calgary - Buffalo in December 2016.

Liberal VP jumps to the Alberta Party Mike Butler, the vice-president communications of the Alberta Liberal Party, announced on his Facebook page this week that he has quit Dr. Raj Sherman's Liberals and joined the Alberta Party.

The Edmonton Journal's Sheila Pratt has wrote about a recent chat with the Alberta Party's Acting - Leader Sue Huff, as did Angela Brunschot in SEE Magazine.

As I wrote in June 2017, the Alberta Party is a blank slate with a great name, but whether or not this latest group to wander over will translate that name into electoral success is yet to be determined.

Supporters of the Alberta Party have taken to social media to voice their annoyance with Liberal Party plans to run a candidate, likely John Roggeveen, in Calgary - Elbow, where Alberta Party leader Greg Clark is also running.

In the latest shakeup in Alberta politics, Greg Clark announced last Friday that he would resign as leader of the Alberta Party at the party's upcoming annual general meeting on November 18, 2017.

We guess Greg Clarkâ $ ™ s resignation as Alberta Party leader on Friday should not have come as a big surprise.

Calling for a public health care inquiry in March 2011, folk - hero Independent MLA Raj Sherman stood united with NDP leader Brian Mason, Alberta Party leader Sue Huff, Wildrose leader Danielle Smith and Liberal leader David Swann.

The vacuum in the Liberal leadership is good news for the PC Party, Rachel Notley «s New Democrats and the Alberta Party, who will try to offer Liberal voters a new home to park their votes.

Leader Greg Clark became the first MLA elected under the Alberta Party banner when he unseated PC Education Minister Gordon Dirks in Calgary - Elbow in in May 2015.

I was sympathetic to the Alberta Party when it came out, but when I began to talk to members about issues concerning organized labour I found that they didn't have any policies.

In the not too distant past, the popular Edmonton - Centre MLA mused about joining the Alberta Party and many political observers suspect the NDP would welcome her with open arms if she choose to run under their banner.

The Liberal Party, New Democratic Party, and Alberta Party have all declared that they will not participate in this election.

There is also political value in having a Liberal, NDP, or Alberta Party candidate on the ballot.

Edmonton - Meadowlark: Lawyer and past federal Liberal candidate Neil Mather will run in this west Edmonton constituency under the Alberta Party banner.

Edmonton - Whitemud — Julia Necheff, a former Canadian Press reporter and writer for Faculty of Medicine at the University of Alberta, is seeking the Alberta Party nomination.

Calgary - Currie: Lawyer Norm Kelly has announced his intention to seek the Alberta Party nomination in this south central Calgary constituency.

After years of wrangling over a merger with the Liberal Party, some Alberta Party members are reportedly now pondering a merger with the Progressive Conservatives.

Red Deer - South: Red Deer College Professor Serge Gingras is seeking the Alberta Party nomination.

I had been a supporter of the Liberal Party led by Kevin Taft in the 2000s and was part of the group that tried to build the Alberta Party before the 2012 election.

Calgary - Shaw: The Alberta Party will be holding a nomination meeting on January 30, 2012.

I'm not sure where the Alberta Party is heading but I've noticed a certain «flexibility» in how Greg Clark positions himself.

Calgary - Elbow: Businessman Greg Clark has been nominated as the Alberta Party «s candidate in the constituency represented by Premier Redford.

Edmonton - Castle Downs: Jeff Funnell, businessman and chairperson of St. Charles Parent Council, is seeking the Alberta Party nomination.

-- The Liberals purchased newspaper ads calling for cooperation with other parties and received cool responses from the NDP and Alberta Party.

It doesn't matter what Rachel Notley does to support interprovincial pipelines it's never enough — at least not according to Wildrose leader Brian Jean and Alberta Party leader Greg Clark.

When Greg Clark stepped down as the leader of the Alberta Party Ms Soapbox wondered whether the party had lost its mind.

And even though there has been increased interest in the party's membership since the PC Party became defunct under Jason Kenney's leadership, the Alberta Party has not seen growth in the public opinion polls.

But despite generating an impressive share of media attention, Clark has been unable to raise the amounts of money the Alberta Party would need to be competitive in the next election.

Seeking a sixth - term as MLA, Ms. Blakeman is running for re-election in Edmonton - Centre and has secured the nominations, or endorsements, of the Alberta Party and Green Party (and in Red Deer - North, Liberal candidate Michael Dawe has also secured the Green Party nomination).

The lack of conservative vote split that the New Democrats, Liberals and Alberta Party had hoped to capitalize on may have vanished the moment Ms. Smith crossed the floor.

If a merger with the NDP, Alberta Party, and Greens, as has been suggested by Calgary - Buffalo Liberal MLA Kent Hehr, is unpalatable to Dr. Sherman, perhaps he could be convinced a merger with his party's federal namesake would not be a bad idea.

Over the course of its three decades in existence, the Alberta Party has become sort of a rotating door for politcos without a home, starting with western separatists in the early 1980s and disaffected Greens, Liberals, New Democrats and moderate Tories in the late 2000s.

Calgary - Shaw: Brandon Beasley is seeking the Alberta Party nomination and Ashley Fairall is seeking the NDP nomination on October 13.

I'm a little disappointed in Greg's comment and if the Alberta Party is moving towards the right, as the «caucus» apparently parroting everything the Wildrose Party says, t =================