Sentences with phrase «party leadership race»

The Saskatchewan Party leadership race included Regina University MLA Tina Beaudry - Mellor, Saskatoon Willowgrove MLA Ken Cheveldayoff, deputy minister to the premier Alanna Koch, Rosthern - Shellbrook MLA Scott Moe and Saskatoon Northwest Gord Wyant.

The issue of whether Cameron used drugs was first raised in a public interview by The Observer's chief political commentator, Andrew Rawnsley, early in the party leadership race.

Following David Cameron's resignation due to the result of the EU referendum, Theresa May won the Conservative party leadership race after Andrea Leadsom dropped out on 11 July.

The newly elected leader of the Scottish Labour party has refused to be drawn on the UK Labour Party leadership race.

It comes after fellow Labour MP Jim Murphy announced his intention to enter the party leadership race.

Following the results and David Cameron's decision to step down, she entered the Conservative party leadership race, but dropped out after a row with The Times over her comments on motherhood.

This week, as part of our Conservative Party leadership race series, Navigator's David Woolley interviews leadership candidate Michael Chong.

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

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

Party leadership races are generally much less interesting than pundits tend to hope.

Not exact matches

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

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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.

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.

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.

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 pParty dropped out of the race last week, citing sexist attacks and a lack of space for centrist ideas in the partyparty.

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.

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.

But Kofi Adams reacting to the issue said on Okay FM's «Ade Akye Abia «Morning Show that the wife of the founding father of the ruling NDC left the party when she could not win the leadership role of the party in the Presidential 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.

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.

It's useful to look at the Labour leadership race in the context of research on party leadership contests.

Like many other members of the left - wing in the 1980s, he became more moderate under the leadership of Neil Kinnock, who made him a junior Treasury spokesman in 1989, making him the first mixed - race person to join the front bench as a party spokesperson.

Maybe this is his strategy — stay out of the last leadership race — it's likely to produce a dud, get the position of party chairman, make challenging powerful speeches and articles (he has identified the English democratic defecit, Toque, in his New Statesman article, which is about the best on the issue from any MP see: http://www.newstatesman.com/uk-politics/2010/08/labour-party-english-england), make more of a public name for himself, then stand when the prospects of victory are real.

«As we look forward to a vigorous political agenda for 2012, including a Presidential primary, a US Senate race, and newly drawn line for Congressional and legislative districts, this leadership team, along with our tremendous staff in Albany and New York City, ensures that our State Party is fully prepared to meet the challenges ahead,» Cox said.

Mr Corbyn said the suspension of local party meetings for the duration of the leadership race over fears of intimidation was a «mistake», saying he has not stopped discussions from taking place in his Islington North constituency.

A former state senator in an open letter on Wednesday to the leadership of the Women's Equality Party urged its chairwoman to open up its endorsement process in the race for governor.

Labour have been accused of «purging» critical voices from the party after a Labour - supporting blogger was banned from voting in the leadership race, after criticising his local council.

With state legislative party primaries rapidly approaching, there are several races New Yorkers should keep a close eye on, both in the city and across the state, including some that could play key roles in deciding majority power in the state Senate, which is currently under Republican leadership.

An activist at a meeting of his Doncaster North constituency Labour party (CLP) sent a message via Twitter tonight to say that he had told it that he would be joining the leadership race.

The Labour leadership race has led to a series of claims and counter claims about the two warring factions within the party.

If the election had revealed a fundamental misunderstanding of the electorate then the race for the Labour leadership uncovered a total disconnect between pundits and the main opposition party.

Andy Burnham and Yvette Cooper have launched their Labour leadership bids as the race for the party...

Andy Burnham and Yvette Cooper have launched their Labour leadership bids as the race for the party's London mayoral nomination also hots up.

He was the main cheerleader of David Miliband, whose loss in the Labour leadership race threatened to split the party along fraternal lines.

For his part, Mr Davis - who had led the seven - month race until the party conference in Blackpool - said he looked at the debates between them as «not just a contest for the leadership, but a preamble to us winning the next general election».

Minutes after Natalie Bennett was elected Green party leader, deputy leadership candidates Caroline Allen and Alexandra Phillip were dropped from the race because of their genitals.

The Labour grandee, who served as Olympics minister between 2005 - 2010, also dismissed calls for the leadership race to be halted amid the recent surge in party membership after the general election.

As of Nick's last post on this subject, no vote had been scheduled for the leadership race, but he noted that the contest could pit a top Republican donor's family against one of the first African - American candidates the party has had run for elected citywide office in recent memory.

Decapitating Ed Balls would probably be in the long term interests of the Labour party, by kicking him out of the leadership race.

Theresa May scored an overwhelming victory in the first round of Tory leadership race, as she picked up the votes of half of the parliamentary party.

The frontrunner in the Liberal Democrat leadership race has vowed to make the party a viable electoral force within the next two or three elections.

Abbott's clear appeal to the left of the party is struggling for space in a leadership race where Ed Miliband is considered the electable leftie in a crowded market.

General News of Monday, 14 May 2018 Source: Starrfmonline.com Nana Akomea is former Communications Director of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) Former Communications Director of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) and Managing Director of the State Transport Company, (STC) Nana Akomea has said his refusal to pick nomination forms to contest for the Vice Chairmanship position in the party is because of what he terms as the undiversified nature of the national leadership Party (NPP) Former Communications Director of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) and Managing Director of the State Transport Company, (STC) Nana Akomea has said his refusal to pick nomination forms to contest for the Vice Chairmanship position in the party is because of what he terms as the undiversified nature of the national leadership Party (NPP) and Managing Director of the State Transport Company, (STC) Nana Akomea has said his refusal to pick nomination forms to contest for the Vice Chairmanship position in the party is because of what he terms as the undiversified nature of the national leadership party is because of what he terms as the undiversified nature of the national leadership race.

Former Communications Director of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) and Managing Director of the State Transport Company, (STC) Nana Akomea has said his refusal to pick nomination forms to contest for the Vice Chairmanship position in the party is because of what he terms as the undiversified nature of the national leadership Party (NPP) and Managing Director of the State Transport Company, (STC) Nana Akomea has said his refusal to pick nomination forms to contest for the Vice Chairmanship position in the party is because of what he terms as the undiversified nature of the national leadership party is because of what he terms as the undiversified nature of the national leadership race.

Former Prime Minister Gordon Brown delivers a speech in London on the Labour leadership race and the future of the party.

A further 170,000 people paid # 25 to sign up as registered supporters to vote in the leadership race — though more than 40,000 have reportedly since been rejected by the party.