Sentences with phrase «dem leadership race»

He later got back to business, having lost the 1992 PC leadership race to Ralph Klein.

Candidate Maxime Bernier has championed a Chinese trade deal in the Conservative Party leadership race.

Presidents like Bill Clinton have tried to personally influence elections in places like Russia and Israel while in office, but Levin said he has not come across an instance where a former president has offered an endorsement in a foreign leadership race like Obama.

Without even a front - runner in the leadership race, it's too early to tell.

The Progressive Conservatives, meanwhile, are in the middle of a leadership race that has exposed a growing rift between party factions.

In the Conservative leadership race, O'Leary is up against a real murderers» row of political heavyweights.

-- It's a relief to know the one per cent will be well represented in the Ontario Progressive Conservative leadership race.

Mark Carney was cast as the perfect alternative to Justin Trudeau by a tight network of Liberals who pulled out all the stops last summer to attract the Bank of Canada governor into the Liberal leadership race.

Quick: Name all the candidates still standing in the Conservative leadership race.

NDP's federal council met to review terms for leadership race, which will pick a new leader two years before next election

It is pennies compared to the $ 1.8 million raised by Jim Prentice during the Progressive Conservative leadership race, but in the world of the Alberta NDP leadership contest, the money is flowing.

The Calgary Herald - Long - shots plunge into Liberal leadership race, luminaries steer clear A clutch of little - known long - shots is rushing in where Liberal luminaries fear to tread... Read More

The Daily News - Kamloops - Trudeau casts Liberals in poor light, candidate says Trudeau might be the star of the federal Liberal leadership race, but his criticisms of Alberta prove he's not the only candidate for the job, hopeful Alex Burton said Friday... Read More

Saturday also signals the formal kickoff of the UCP leadership race.

Metro News, Halifax - Trudeau's rival in Liberal leadership race makes stop in Halifax In his bid to beat out Justin Trudeau as the Liberal Party of Canada's newleader, Alex Burton took his modest campaign bus across Nova... Read More

He sat as an Independent MLA while joining the Liberal Party leadership race earlier this year.

Promised to make addressing homophobic bullying a «top priority» during her leadership race, and then released an education platform that had no mention of fighting homophobia or transphobia.

The single most discouraging thing to come out of the sudden leadership race for the Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario are new promises to roll back the sex education curriculum by candidates in this race.

EMC Perth - Federal Liberal leadership contestant touches down in Perth, Vancouver lawyer Alex Burton running as «outside Ottawa bubble» candidate The federal Liberal leadership race came to town on Monday... Read More

A leadership race ensued and MLA Rachel Notley won a decisive victory over fellow MLA David Eggen and labour activist Rod Loyola.

Marilyn Burns has continued the firm's proud tradition of political activism, finishing second in the 2005 Alberta Alliance leadership race and co-founding the Wildrose Society (which became the Wildrose Party) with Link Byfield and others in 2007.

It is expected that current Progressive Conservative MLA and former Premier Alison Redford could resign to allow Jim Prentice to run in a by - election shortly after he wins the PC leadership race in September.

He placed third in the 2011 PC leadership race and became an ally of Ms. Redford's after the leadership race.

Unlike previous PC leadership races, according to recently changed party rules, if no candidate earns a majority of votes on the first ballot, only the first and second candidate move to the second ballot vote.

According to section 14.2 of the PC Party constitution, a leadership race must be held between four and six months from the time previous leader resigns.

After a divisive PC leadership race and a surprise win in the Calgary - Elbow by - election, it looked as if the Liberals led by Edmonton MLA Kevin Taft were about to build significant gains after their Calgary breakthrough in the 2004 election.

Rumours Kenney would enter the Progressive Conservative leadership race began circulating this month.

When Rick Fraser and Stephen Mandel, two former Progressive Conservatives, entered the AP leadership race, Ms Soapbox wondered... Continue reading →

Ric McIver, the arch-conservative dark horse of the PC leadership race, did not ask Ms. Redford to resign, but was also critical of his former leader.

He served as Kenney's scrutineer when the ballots were counted in the 2017 PC leadership race.

Former Premier Alison Redford, whose scandal - filled departure triggered the leadership race, is not expected to endorse a candidate (it is unlikely that any of the leadership candidates would accept her endorsement).

EDMONTON — Alberta MP Jason Kenney says he will still pursue a unity agenda even if he wins the Alberta Progressive Conservative leadership race but fails to get support from party members to merge with the right - centre Wildrose party.

Kenney says he'll give up his federal seat on Oct. 1 — the day the Tory leadership race officially begins.

The comments came after a leaked internal email sent Wednesday from one of Kenney's organizers, former Edmonton MLA David Dorward, stated that Kenney is wedded to the PCs whether or not he wins the leadership race, which begins Oct. 1.

Former Liberal MP Gerard Kennedy, who ran in the 2006 federal Liberal leadership race, is currently running in the Ontario provincial race.

After Sandra Jansen pulls out of leadership race due to bullying, Kenney says he was similarly targeted

The party machinery is already in motion to set the timeline and rules of a permanent leadership race.

Seven months later, he withdrew from his party's leadership race following alleged sexual indiscretions.

Songwriter and activist Billy Bragg talks to Andy Wilson about the coalition, the Labour leadership race, politics in a post-ideological age and tackling the BNP

The latest bizarre twist in the Labour leadership race came after Smith told a rally in west London that «Jeremy is not the only socialist in the village».

Kassam had been trailing Paul Nuttal and Suzanne Evans in the Ukip leadership race.

The Labour leadership race was looking all but over this morning as a new poll indicated that Jeremy Corbyn is home and dry.

Only the Liberal Democrats and Plaid Cymru are not currently embroiled in a leadership race — although, perhaps not wishing to be left out, the Lib Dems are electing a new leader of their group in the House of Lords in September.

Even at this early stage, it feels like Theresa May has the momentum in the Tory leadership race.

Despite garnering little publicity so far, the Green Party are also in the midst of a leadership race, with the winner declared on September 2.

Labour's second leadership race in a year is currently fascinating and wearying hacks in equal measure, with the race between Corbyn and Owen Smith not due to finish until September 24.

Ukip's former deputy leader Paul Nuttall has set his sights on Labour supporters after easily winning the party's leadership race with 62.6 % of the vote.

Ukip has provided the most entertainment this week after the frontrunner in its leadership race, Steven Woolfe, was barred from standing due to a late application.

The greatest surprise isn't Osborne's dream of succeeding Cameron in Downing Street is fading but the Prime Minister's chief lieutenant remains in the leadership race, stumbling without so far falling completely flat on his face when he remains a potential rival to Boris Johnson or Theresa May or, coming up on the outside, Michael Gove when Dave departs in the months or years after the momentous, epoch - defining decision the country takes on 23 June.

Her campaign launch was rendered farcical by Leadsom's decision to drop out of the Tory leadership race at the exact moment she was due to take media questions, leaving her standing awkwardly as the vast majority of assembled journalists scrambled for the door, but it would have been a dud either way.