Barrhead - Morinville - Westlock: Westlock Town Councillor David Truckey is the first candidate to enter the Progressive
Conservative nomination contest in the constituency being vacated by long - time MLA Ken Kowalski.
Not exact matches
Five candidates are
contesting the
Conservative nomination in this constituency.
In April 2014, Mr. Anders lost a hotly
contested Conservative Party
nomination race in Calgary - Signal Hill to former Progressive
Conservative MLA Ron Liepert.
Popular country music artist George Canyon briefly sought the
Conservative nomination, but has since withdrawn from the
contest.
During the
nomination race, Edmonton - McClung PC MLA David Xiao was disqualified from the
contest by the
Conservative Party National Council (Mr. Xiao was defeated in this month's provincial election).
Former MLA Ron Liepert defeated 17 - year MP Rob Anders in a nasty and divisive
contest for the
Conservative nomination in the new Calgary - Signal Hill riding.
Fort McMurray - Athabasca Unlike the raucous
Conservative by - election
nomination race in Macleod, the
contest to choose the next
Conservative candidate in northeastern Alberta's Fort McMurray - Athabasca is a sleepy affair.
Today, March 24, is the deadline for candidates to enter the
Conservative Party
nomination contest and the cutoff for membership sales is March 31, 2014.
Last week she received 199
nominations in the second ballot of Tory MPs for the
Conservative leadership race, and secured the top job after her rival Andrea Leadsom dropped out of the
contest.
But several
contests loom as interesting and competitive, including Democratic incumbent Thomas A. Loughran vs. Republican Guy R. Marlette (who snared the often crucial
Conservative nomination from Loughran earlier this year) in District 5; incumbent Republican Ted B. Morton vs. John Bruso in District 8; incumbent Independence Lynne M. Dixon vs. Democrat Michael P. Quinn in District 9; and incumbent
Conservative Joseph C. Lorigo vs. Democrat Michelle J. Schoeneman in District 10.