Sentences with phrase «leadership race»

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

Her victory in last year's deputy leadership race showed that she has a lot of support among the party's grassroots.

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

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

«The Shadow Education Secretary, who has been accused by his opponents in the Tory leadership race of being policy - light, will set out a radical new approach to tackling climate change by trying to take the politics out of it.»

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

This weekend's violent march of Nazis and white supremacists through the streets of Charlottesville, Virginia made international headlines and also had repercussions for the United Conservative Party leadership race in Alberta.

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.

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

The last - minute dash for nominations was similar to scenes before the deadline to get on the ballot for the party's leadership race on Monday.

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THE embattled Labour Leader has surged ahead of Owen Smith in the Labour leadership race with almost double the support from party members

It could propose radical moves that would make it easier for left wing candidates to enter leadership races, such as removing MPs as the gatekeepers to leadership nominations.

Following the Brexit victory in the EU referendum, David Cameron stepped down as leader and Theresa May won the Conservative party leadership race after Andrea Leadsom dropped out on 11 July.

Johnson himself avoided the direct comparison, but in his speech withdrawing from the Tory leadership race said it was «a time not to fight against the tide of history but to take that tide at the flood and sail on to fortune».

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Mr. Mandel is currently serving on Mr. Prentice's transition team and endorsed his candidacy in the PC leadership race earlier this summer.

Former foreign secretary rules himself out of Labour leadership race as he says voters delivered clear verdict on failure to embrace «aspiration and inclusion»

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.

He is the only candidate who stood in Labour's last leadership race.

Jagmeet Singh entered the NDP leadership race months after the four other candidates, yet there is polling and anecdotal evidence that he already has higher, and more positive, name recognition.

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».

Ms Cooper, who entered the Labour leadership race following the resignation of Ed Miliband in 2015, accuses Mrs May of pursuing «the short term interests of the Tory party rather than the long term interests of the country», adding that «both sides should get a grip and calm down».

Liz Kendall's campaign chief has expressed his disappointment over an intervention in the Labour leadership race by a supporter of Yvette Cooper.

However, he said he had not ruled out standing in the party leadership race when it takes place September.

The survey, which is the first published of those entitled to vote, shows Mr Corbyn on course to improve on his initial leadership race if undecideds are excluded.

Grant Mitchell (Liberal leader, 1994 to 1998): After a brutal and divisive leadership race in 1994, Mr. Mitchell faced opposition from within his own party and caucus.

Nov. 8's other leadership race quitter also happened to be a centrist woman from Calgary, but Donna Kennedy - Glans has strived to distance herself from Jansen's experience.

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

After a hard fought leadership race former federal MP Jason Kenney was successful in the campaign.

Her record as a vocal opponent of a merger with the Wildrose would make her a candidate to watch in her party's next leadership race.

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The decision by the Californian keeps the highest - ranking Latino lawmaker in the mix for future leadership races, and avoids what would have been a very difficult primary battle for the seat being vacated by Barbara Boxer.

A bloody, extended leadership race when the country is facing economic challenges is likely to be resented by voters.

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

Midway through the Lib Dem leadership race, the home affairs spokesman was forced to resign from politics.

From Jeremy Corbyn's first minor cabinet reshuffle to «traingate», here is how the Labour leadership race unfolded.

They were told to defend Blair as the most successful leader Labour has ever had and Brown as its most successful Chancellor, and not to be drawn on saying whether it would be good or bad for Labour to have a properly contested leadership race.

Former education secretary Michael Gove has been eliminated from the Conservative leadership race today.

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.

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

The NHS stands as a powerful symbol of Labour's failures in the last election but also speaks to the current 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.

But Michael Ignatieff had taken over as Liberal leader in an odd way, with no conventional leadership race to bring him into focus.

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.

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