Time to have fun with numbers.
Thanks to an attentive friend of daveberta (kind of like the ‘Friends of Seven’) who pointed me in the direction of these lovely numbers…
Top 10 Tory Spenders per-vote in the 2004 Alberta Provincial Election
10. Jon Lord*,
Total Spent: $49,211
Total Votes: 4412 (40%)
Cost per Vote: $16.19
Outcome: DEFEATED
9. Naresh Bhardwaj,
Total Spent: $49,211
Total Votes: 2992 (29%)
Cost per Vote: $16.45
Outcome: DEFEATED
8. Manjit Dhaliwal, Edmonton Gold Bar
Total Spent: $46,467
Total Votes: 2562 (18%)
Cost per Vote: $18.07
Outcome: DEFEATED
7. Mark Hlady*,
Total Spent: $75,411
Total Votes: 4088 (31%)
Cost per Vote: $18.45
Outcome: DEFEATED
6. Pearl Calahasen*,
Total Spent: $73,823
Total Votes: 3903 (65%)
Cost per Vote: $18.91
Outcome: Re-Elected
Total Spent: $87,100
Total Votes: 4433 (63%)
Cost per Vote: $19.95
Outcome: Re-Elected
4. Mark Norris*,
Total Spent: $115,264
Total Votes: 5333 (41%)
Cost per Vote: $21.61
Outcome: DEFEATED
3. Fred Horne,
Total Spent: $86,330
Total Votes: 3575 (23%)
Cost per Vote: $24.15
Outcome: DEFEATED
2. Gurnam Dodd,
Total Spent: $85,609
Total Votes: 3245 (32%)
Cost per Vote: $26.38
Outcome: DEFEATED
1. Drew Hutton*,
Total Spent: $107,822
Total Votes: 3759 (29%)
Cost per Vote: $28.68
Outcome: DEFEATED
More fun with numbers to come…
(*Incumbents)
