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tgif! alberta election candidate update – march 2012 (part 2).

I have updated the list of Alberta election candidates to include some of the following individuals:

Farouk Adatia Alison Redford Calgary-Shaw 2011
Farouk Adatia and Premier Alison Redford

Calgary-Shaw: Following a surprising announcement by three-term PC MLA Cindy Ady that she would not seek re-election, lawyer Farouk Adatia has been appointed to replace her at the Progressive Conservative candidate. Mr. Adatia was the Chief Financial Officer for Premier Alison Redford‘s leadership campaign in 2011, and he was an unsuccessful candidate in the hotly contested PC nomination in Calgary-Hawkwood earlier this year. Following the disqualification of former Calgary-McCall MLA Shiraz Shariff as the PC candidate in Calgary-West, it was speculated that Mr. Adatia might be appointed to run as a candidate there.

Calgary-Cross: Susan Stratton will represent the Evergreen Party in this east Calgary constituency. Ms. Stratton ran in this constituency in the 2008 election under the Green Party banner, earning 395 votes. In 2004, she ran for the Green Party in Calgary-North Hill, placing third and earning 1,261 votes.

Jennifer Ketsa Edmonton-Ellerslie Liberal
Jennifer Ketsa

Calgary-Elbow: Businessman Greg Clark has been nominated as the Alberta Party‘s candidate in the constituency represented by Premier Redford.

Edmonton-Ellerslie: As reported in Mark Lisac‘s Insight Into Government newsletter, the Liberal Party is expected to announce Jennifer Ketsa (confirmed on Twitter) as their candidate after previously nominated candidate Bharat Agnihotri stepped down. Mr. Agnihotri served as MLA for this constituency from 2004 until 2008.

Edmonton-Manning: Past mayoral candidate Daryl Bonar appears to have fallen off the list of Wildrose Party candidates. Mr. Bonar placed third in Edmonton’s 2010 mayoral election and was nominated as a Wildrose candidate in 2011.

Neil Mather, Edmonton-Meadowlark Alberta Party candidate 2012
Neil Mather

Edmonton-Meadowlark: Lawyer and past federal Liberal candidate Neil Mather will run in this west Edmonton constituency under the Alberta Party banner. In the 2004 election, Mr. Mather earned 12,912 in the Edmonton-Spruce Grove riding, which includes parts of Meadowlark. The constituency is currently represented by Liberal Party leader Raj Sherman, who was elected under the PC banner in 2008.

Edmonton-Rutherford: David Tonner, an organizing member of The Zeitgeist Movement, has been nominated as the Evergreen Party candidate.

Lacombe-Ponoka: Rancher and agricultural policy specialist Tony Jeglum has been nominated as the Alberta Party candidate.

St. Albert: Despite initial problems finding a candidate, social worker Kim Bugeaud has been chosen to run for the Liberals in St. Albert. Ms. Bugeaud served as a trustee on the St. Albert Protestant School Board from 1995 to 1998.

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tories nearing a full-slate of candidates, opposition parties all over the map in election preparation.

After a week away from the blogging world, I spent some time this weekend catching up with plenty of election nomination candidate updates. Alberta’s political parties are all in varying degrees of preparation for the upcoming election and for the next session of the Legislative Assembly. The Spring sitting of the Assembly begins this week and the provincial budget is expected to be tabled by Finance Minister Ron Liepert by the end of the week.

NOMINATION UPDATES

Following a busy few days of more than 20 nomination meetings across Alberta, the Progressive Conservatives now have nominated 85 candidates in 87 constituencies.

Recently nominated PC candidates include Linda Johnson in Calgary-Glenmore, Bridget Pastoor in Lethbridge-East, Steve Young in Edmonton-Riverview, Kelly Hegg in Airdrie, Ron Casey in Banff-Cochrane, Maureen Kubinec in Barrhead-Morinville-Westlock, Christine Cusanelli in Calgary-Currie, Jason Luan in Calgary-Hawkwood, Donna Kennedy-Glans in Calgary-Varsity, Mike Allen in Fort McMurray-Wood Buffalo, Everett McDonald in Grande Prairie-Smoky, John Barlow in Highwood, John Kolk in Little Bow, Cris Basualdo in Edmonton-Highlands-Norwood, Matt Jeneroux in Edmonton-South West, Stephen Khan in St. Albert, Sandra Jansen in Calgary-North West, and Bev Esslinger in Edmonton-Calder.

In Edmonton-Mill Woods, Sohail Qadri defeated controversy-prone one-term MLA Carl Benito to win the PC nomination. Mr. Benito is the third PC MLA to lose a nomination contest in the run up to the next provincial election. The PCs have been unable to find candidates to run in Calgary-Buffalo and Edmonton-Strathcona.

The NDP, with more than 70 nominated candidates, acclaimed University of Alberta student Aditya Rao as a candidate in Drumheller-Stettler last weekend.

The Liberal Party, with only 29 candidates nominated, recently chose Pete Helfrich in Banff-Cochrane, Wilson McCutchan in Calgary-West, Les Vidok in Innifail-Sylvan Lake and Jason Chilibeck in Red Deer-South. Liberal leader Raj Sherman is expected to release key parts of his party’s election platform in Calgary and Edmonton today.

By my estimate, the Wildrose Party has 81 candidates chosen across the province, including recently nominated Tim Dyck in Calgary-Bow and Tim Copithorne in Banff-Cochrane. The party held a campaign school in Red Deer last weekend, drawing candidates and campaign workers from across the province. The Wildrose Party has been accused of launching another round of negative push polls aimed at Premier Alison Redford.

The Alberta Party recently nominated Brandon Beasley in Calgary-Shaw and will soon nominate candidates Midge Lambert in Battle River-Wainwright. On March 4, Alberta Party members in Lacombe-Ponoka will choose either Tony Jeglum or Brent Chalmers as their candidate in a contested nomination.

EVERGREEN PARTY

Celebrating two years since reforming their organization, the Alberta Party is no longer the newest kid on the political block. Rising from the ashes of the financially-mangled and now-defunct Alberta Green Party is the new EverGreen Party. Leader Larry Ashmore is carrying his party’s banner in Livingstone-Macleod. Mr. Ashmore earned 937 votes as the Green Party candidate in Foothills-Rockyview in the 2008 election.

THE RETURN OF JAMES FORD

In the electoral realm beyond political parties, Sherwood Park Independent owner James Ford announced that he will run as an Independent candidate in Sherwood Park. Mr. Ford is better known as the Independent candidate who placed a strong second to Conservative Tim Uppal in the 2008 and 2011 federal elections. Mr. Ford’s candidacy in the federal elections were in response to Mr. Uppal’s nomination win over Strathcona County Councillor Jacquie Fenske, which many in the local Conservative establishment believed to be unfair. Ms. Fenske is now the nominated PC candidate in the neighbouring Fort Saskatchewan-Vegreville constituency.

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alberta candidate nomination updates – october 2011.

I have made the following updates to the list of declared and nominated candidates preparing to stand in the next provincial general election, now expected in 2012:

Airdrie: Bryan Young is seeking the NDP nomination on October 13.

Calgary-Acadia: Nick Lepora is seeking the NDP nomination on October 13.

Calgary-Bow: Jason Nishiyama is seeking the NDP nomination on October 13. Mr. Nishyama was the NDP candidate in Calgary-Montrose in the 2004 provincial election and in Calgary-Egmont in the 2008 provincial election.

Calgary-Cross: Preet Sihota is seeking the NDP nomination on October 13. Sihota was the NDP candidate in Calgary-McCall in the 2001, 2004, and 2008 provincial elections.

Calgary-Currie: Robert Scobel is seeking the NDP nomination on October 13. Mr. Scobel was the NDP candidate in this constituency in the 2008 provincial election.

Calgary Elbow: Craig Coolahan is seeking the NDP nomination on October 13.

Calgary-Fish Creek: Erik Levitt is seeking the NDP nomination on October 13. Mr. Levitt was the NDP candidate in this constituency in the 2004 and 2008 provincial elections.

Calgary-Foothills: Jenn Carkner is seeking the NDP nomination on October 13.

Calgary-Glenmore: Richard Collier is seeking the NDP nomination on October 13.

Calgary-Hays: Regina Vergara is seeking the NDP nomination on October 13.

Calgary-Lougheed: Brent Kelly is seeking the NDP nomination on October 13.

Calgary-Shaw: Brandon Beasley is seeking the Alberta Party nomination and Ashley Fairall is seeking the NDP nomination on October 13.

Calgary-West: Mary Nokleby is seeking the NDP nomination on October 13.

Edmonton-Castle Downs: Jeff Funnell, businessman and chairperson of St. Charles Parent Council, is seeking the Alberta Party nomination. Two-time federal NDP candidate Brian Labelle is seeking the NDP nomination on October 12.

Edmonton-McClung: Real Estate agent Lorne Dach is seeking the NDP nomination on October 13. Mr. Dach was the NDP candidate in this constituency in 2001 and 2004.

Edmonton-Meadowlark – Bridget Stirling is seeking the NDP nomination on October 12. Ms. Stirling was the NDP candidate in Edmonton-McClung in the 2008 provincial election.

Edmonton-Whitemud– Julia Necheff, a former Canadian Press reporter and writer for Faculty of Medicine at the University of Alberta, is seeking the Alberta Party nomination.

Fort Saskatchewan-Vegreville: Strathcona County Councillor Jacquie Fenske has announced that she will seek the Progressive Conservative nomination to replace current MLA and outgoing Premier Ed Stelmach in the next provincial election.

Lacombe-Ponoka: Local Rancher and Agricultural Policy Specialist Tony Jeglum is seeking the Alberta Party nomination.

Livingstone-Macleod: Matthew Halton is seeking the NDP nomination.

Red Deer-South: Red Deer College Professor Serge Gingras is seeking the Alberta Party nomination.

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