Photo: Marie Renaud (centre) and Trevor Horne (right) MLA Marie Renaud defeated MLA Trevor Horne to secure the New Democratic Party candidacy in St. Albert at a nomination meeting held tonight. This was the NDP’s first contested nomination race of the pre-election season. Both MLAs, who were elected in 2015, saw their electoral districts significantly […]
Photo: Judy Kim-Meneen, Searle Turton, Kevin Smook and Devin Dreeshen Here are a few of the latest updates to the list of candidates nominated and seeking nomination to run in Alberta’s next provincial election: Calgary-Falconridge – Devinder Toor defeated Pete de Jong and Jesse Minhas to secure the United Conservative Party nomination in this district. Toor was the Wildrose Party […]
Garth Rowswell defeated Ben Acquaye, engineer Darrel Howell, past Battle River-Wainwright Progressive Conservative candidate Blake Prior, former mayor of Marwayne Jenelle Saskiw, and Eileen Taylor (who is married to the current MLA for Battle River-Wainwright) to secure the United Conservative Party candidacy in the new Vermilion-Lloydminster-Wainwright district. Rowswell is a Lloydminster-based financial advisor with Edward Jones. He previously served as the secretary of the […]
In this episode of the Daveberta Podcast, Dave Cournoyer and Ryan Hastman discuss the what’s happening in Alberta politics, including the New Democratic Party convention on September 28, 29 and 30, 2018 in Red Deer and the Freedom Conservative Party convention on October 20, 2018 in Chestermere. We also delve into federal politics and talk about what impact Maxime […]
Photo: Tom Olsen, Michaela Glasgo, Thana Boonlert, and Nathan Cooper With just over one year left until the next provincial election is expected to be called, I am continuing to track potential candidates as they step up to run for party nominations. While some New Democratic Party MLAs have announced their intentions to seek re-election, […]
