Lethbridge - East: Lawyer Tammy Perlich is the first candidate to enter
the PC nomination contest.
Dunvegan - Central Peace - Notley: Former Member of Parliament Albert Cooper, school principal Nigel McCarthy, Donnelly - area farmer Rhonda Clarke - Gauthier, and Edmonton - base lawyer Gordon Andreiuk have entered
the PC nomination contest to replace retiring MLA Hector Goudreau.
Businessman Tom Choucair has joined
the PC nomination contest.
Calgary - McCall: It is a full house in
the PC nomination contest on January 21, 2012 with 10 candidates having entered the race.
Calgary - Hawkwood Farouk Aditia and Chris Roberts have entered
the PC nomination contest in this new constituency.
In 2008, Ms. Cavaliere challenged Raj Sherman in the Meadowlark
PC nomination contest before withdrawing, switching parties and unsuccessfully running against him in that year's election as the Liberal candidate.
Highwood: Wildrose leader - turned - PC MLA Danielle Smith will face Okotoks town councillor Carrie Fischer in
the PC nomination contest.
Rimbey - Rocky Mountain House - Sundre: Tammy Cote defeated former Lacombe County Reeve Terry Engan in
the PC nomination contest.
Not exact matches
The handful of
contested PC nominations have been overshadowed by the nearly forty acclamations by incumbent
PC MLAs across the province.
This is not the first time the
PCs have decided to appoint a candidate in this constituency rather than allow members to vote for a candidate through an open
nomination contest.
The Calgary - Montrose Tories had been involved a prolonged legal dispute with the provincial
PC Party, in which the local Tories were suing the
PC Party for more that $ 180,000 in legal fees amassed during a botched
nomination contest held before to the 2004 election.
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).
His absence will undoubtably lead to a hotly
contested PC nomination in Barrhead - Morinville - Westlock.
Mr. Benito is the third
PC MLA to lose a
nomination contest in the run up to the next provincial election.
Senate First reported on this blog last week, Mike Shaikh has confirmed his entrance into the
PC Senate candidate
nomination contest.
Mr. Adatia was the Chief Financial Officer for Premier Alison Redford «s leadership campaign in 2011, and he was an unsuccessful candidate in the hotly
contested PC nomination in Calgary - Hawkwood earlier this year.
Also entering the
PC Senate
nomination contest is former NAIT President Sam Shaw, who announced his candidacy at the 408 Tactical Helicopter Squadron Christmas Dinner last weekend.