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2011 Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta leadership election
DateSeptember 17, 2011 (2011-09-17)
ConventionTBD
Resigning leaderEd Stelmach
Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta leadership elections

The Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta leadership election, 2011 was prompted by Ed Stelmach's announcement that he would not be seeking re-election in the 28th general election and therefore would be resigning as leader of the Progressive Conservatives. With the Progressive Conservatives forming the Alberta government, the winner of the election will consequently become Premier of Alberta.

Stelmach provided official notice of resignation on May 27, 2011. The PC Association then announced the timeline of the election, with the nomination deadline on July 15, and the first ballot on September 17. If no candidate has over 50% of the vote, the second ballot, with the top three candidates, will take place on October 1, 2011.[1]

Declared candidates

Doug Griffiths

MLA for Battle River-Wainwright since 2002.[2]

Support from caucus members: 2 Doug Griffiths, Kyle Fawcett[3]
Support from outside caucus:
Date campaign launched: February 16, 2011

Doug Horner

MLA for Spruce Grove-Sturgeon-St. Albert since 2001. Served in the cabinet from 2004 to 2011.[4]

Support from caucus members: 8 Doug Horner, Ray Danyluk, Hector Goudreau, Jack Hayden, Frank Oberle, Jr., Luke Ouellette, Lindsay Blackett, Jeff Johnson
Support from outside caucus: Wayne Drysdale, Dave Quest
Date campaign launched: February 4, 2011

Gary Mar

MLA from 1993 to 2007. Served in the cabinet from 1993 to 2006. Alberta representative in Washington, D.C. from 2007 to 2011.[5]

Support from caucus members: 20[6] Iris Evans[7], Cindy Ady, Lloyd Snelgrove, Thomas Lukaszuk, Ron Liepert, Heather Klimchuk, Rob Renner, Mary Anne Jablonski, Verlyn Olson, George Rogers
Support from outside caucus: Gary Mar, Lorne Taylor,[8] Ralph Klein[9]
Date campaign launched: March 16, 2011

Ted Morton

MLA for Foothills-Rocky View since 2004. Served in the cabinet from 2006 to 2011. Third place finisher in the 2006 leadership race.[10]

Support from caucus members: 11 Ted Morton, Ken Allred, David Xiao, Doug Elniski, Carl Benito, Tony Vandermeer, Peter Sandhu, Jonathan Denis, Dave Rodney, Evan Berger, George Groeneveld.
Support from outside caucus:
Date campaign launched: January 25, 2011

Rick Orman

MLA for Calgary Montrose from 1986 to 1993. Minister of Career Development and Employment from 1986 to 1988. Minister of Labour from 1988 to 1989. Minister of Energy from 1989 to 1992.[11]

Support from caucus members:
Support from outside caucus: Rick Orman
Date campaign launched: May 11, 2011

Alison Redford

MLA for Calgary-Elbow and minister of justice from 2008 to 2011.[12]

Support from caucus members: 1 Alison Redford
Support from outside caucus:
Date campaign launched: February 16, 2011

See also

References

  1. ^ Henton, Darcy (May 28, 2011). "Stelmach to exit as premier Oct. 1". Calgary Herald. Retrieved May 28, 2011.
  2. ^ "MLA Doug Griffiths joins leadership race". Global Calgary. February 16, 2011. Retrieved March 17, 2011.
  3. ^ Fawcett, Kyle (March 23, 2011). "Why Doug?". PC Alberta. Retrieved May 8, 2011.
  4. ^ "Doug Horner joins Tory leadership race". Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. February 4, 2011. Retrieved March 17, 2011.
  5. ^ "Mar vows to 'never quit' in battle for leadership". Calgary Herald. March 17, 2011. Retrieved March 17, 2011.
  6. ^ http://www.calgaryherald.com/news/Cindy+backs+Tory+leadership/5200964/story.html?cid=megadrop_story
  7. ^ "Iris Evans backs Mar". Calgary Sun. March 17, 2011. Retrieved March 18, 2011.
  8. ^ http://www.medicinehatnews.com/opinions/former-area-mla-supporting-mar-08242011.html
  9. ^ http://www.calgaryherald.com/Getty+backs+Horner+Klein+endorses/5264322/story.html
  10. ^ "Ted Morton first off the blocks in leadership race". National Post. January 25, 2011. Retrieved March 17, 2011.
  11. ^ "Orman Talks Tough". Calgary Sun. May 11, 2011. Retrieved May 12, 2011.
  12. ^ "Archive: Alison Redford throws hat in ring". Calgary Herald. February 16, 2011. Retrieved March 17, 2011.

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