He served as Kenney's scrutineer when the ballots were counted in the 2017
PC leadership race.
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.
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.
He placed third in the 2011
PC leadership race and became an ally of Ms. Redford's after the leadership race.
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 later got back to business, having lost the 1992
PC leadership race to Ralph Klein.
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.
Not exact matches
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.
Mr. Elniski was the second
PC MLAs to endorse Ms. Redford in her bid for the
PC leadership and stood at her side when she spoke to the media following her win in that
race.
The only women running for the
leadership of the
PC Party dropped out of the
race last week, citing sexist attacks and a lack of space for centrist ideas in the party.
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.
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