Alberta Politics Round-Up: Redford and the Opposition
An investigation into former Premier Alison Redford‘s use of government airplanes has been closed and no charges will be laid, the RCMP announced yesterday. In 2014, Premier Dave Hancock and Justice...
View ArticleMonday morning candidate nomination updates in Alberta
The Progressive Conservatives held their first “Super Saturday” on Feb. 21, 2015, during which contested nominations were held in seven constituencies. The handful of contested PC nominations have been...
View ArticleSunday candidate nomination update in Alberta
Some Progressive Conservative Party supporters are privately expressing frustration with the decision by Premier Jim Prentice and his cabinet ministers to openly campaign and endorse incumbent PC MLAs...
View ArticleWildrose MLA Jason Nixon faces expulsion motion from students’ union
While the mainstream media has spent an inordinate amount of time focusing on the social media indiscretions of Calgary-Bow MLA Deborah Drever, newly elected Wildrose Party MLA Jason Nixon faces an...
View ArticleWho wants to lead Alberta’s Green Party?
Green Party of Alberta leadership candidates Grant Neufeld, Romy Tittel, and Marco Reid. The Green Party of Alberta may not enjoy the same success of its cousins on the West Coast and in the Maritimes,...
View ArticleSexual harassment firing is a gloomy cloud over Jason Kenney’s by-election...
Photo: UCP MLA Jason Nixon endorsing Jason Kenney’s bid for the leadership of the United Conservative Party. United Conservative Party leader Jason Kenney is expected to slide to an easy victory in...
View ArticleCandidate Nomination Update: Innisfail-Sylvan Lake by-election and more
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...
View ArticleAlberta Candidate Nomination Update: NDPer Stephanie McLean retiring, Mike...
Photo: Mike Nickel, Stephanie McLean, Angela Pitt, and Marco Reid The big nomination news since my last update was the announcement by Stephanie McLean that she was withdrawing from the New Democratic...
View ArticleIt’s not quite Wayne’s World and it’s not quite The Mercer Report. It’s The...
Photo: UCP MLA Jason Nixon (left) and UCP MLA Ric McIver (right) as the host of The McIver Report. I was surprised to discover this week that Ric McIver, the United Conservative Party MLA from...
View ArticleThree candidates jump into Green Party of Alberta leadership contest,...
Photo: Matt Leviki, Brian Deheer, and Cheryle Chagnon-Greyeyes. Four months after party leader Romy Tittel resigned, the Green Party of Alberta has announced that three candidates have stepped forward...
View ArticleDoug Schweitzer wins UCP nomination in Calgary-Elbow, Danielle Larivee...
Photo: Doug Schweitzer, Danielle Larivee, Travis Toews, and Mo Elsalhy. Former United Conservative Party leadership candidate Doug Schweitzer defeated past city council candidate Chris Davis to secure...
View ArticleAlberta Election Updates: NDP MLA Michael Connolly not running for...
Photo: NDP MLA Michael Connolly (left) with Premier Rachel Notley and Finance Minister Joe Ceci (source: Facebook) New Democratic Party MLA Michael Connolly announced this weekend that he will not seek...
View ArticleFightin’ Joe Anglin joins the Freedom Conservative Party, Brian Pincott to...
Photo: Joe Anglin, speaking on the steps of the Alberta Legislature in his heyday as the Wildrose Party MLA for Rimbey-Rocky Mountain House-Sundre (Photo credit: David Climenhaga) Former Wildrose Party...
View ArticleEpisode 21: Jumpin’ Joe Anglin, UCP Interruptions Bozai, and the NDP’s...
Joe Anglin’s return to Alberta politics, what happens when a white nationalist, anti-immigration group shows up to a United Conservative Party pub night, and what happens now that the New Democratic...
View ArticleUCP leads nominations with candidates selected in 58 of 87 districts
Photo: United Conservative Party candidates Rajan Sawhney, Mickey Amery, Jasraj Singh Hallan, and Elisabeth Hughes. Good evening, here is the latest update of nomination races and candidates preparing...
View ArticleNDP nominate 7 new candidates, Jordan Stein defeats MLA Anam Kazim in...
Photo: Jordan Stein (pictured) defeated MLA Anam Kazim to secure the NDP nomination in Calgary-Glenmore. (photo source: @Jordan.Stein.Alberta on Instagram) We are in the zone. As of February 1, 2019,...
View ArticleLen Rhodes to be appointed UCP candidate in Edmonton-Meadows. Firefighter...
Photo: Len Rhodes (source: cfl.ca) The rumour mill is churning at full speed with news that Len Rhodes, outgoing President and CEO of the Edmonton Eskimos, is on the verge of being appointed by Jason...
View ArticleJason Kenney fumbles Len Rhodes’ appointment, and NDP MLA loses nomination in...
Photo: Appointed UCP candidate Len Rhodes and UCP leader Jason Kenney (source: YouTube). The fallout from Jason Kenney’s decision to appoint former Edmonton Eskimos President and CEO Len Rhodes as the...
View ArticleAlberta Nomination Updates: MLA Debbie Jabbour fends off NDP nomination...
Photo: Debbie Jabbour (centre) with Premier Rachel Notley (left) at an announcement in the Peace River district in 2016. Debbie Jabbour has been nominated as the New Democratic Party candidate in the...
View ArticlePick a lane, Joe! Anglin now running for Alberta Party in Rimbey-Rocky...
Former Green Party leader, Wildrose Party MLA, Independent MLA, and Progressive Conservative nomination candidate Joe Anglin has been nominated as the Alberta Party candidate inRimbey-Rocky Mountain...
View ArticleEpisode 30: The creepy Prab Gill video, the return of Joe Anglin, and Brian...
With the Speech from the Throne coming on March 18 and Premier Rachel Notley expected to call an election soon afterward, Dave and Ryan discuss how the parties are trying to frame the upcoming...
View ArticleAlberta Election 2019: By The Numbers
Date of Alberta’s 2019 election: April 16, 2019 Date of Alberta’s next election: Between March 1 and May 31, 2023 Total number of votes cast in the 2019 election: 1,894,985 Total number of votes cast...
View ArticleSo you want to have an emergency debate
With Alberta’s Legislative Assembly back in session until the beginning of December, there is good chance that Albertans will hear the term “emergency debate” used a lot. With a global pandemic, a...
View ArticleEpisode 63: Defending Alberta Parks and the COVID emergency
Annalise Klingbeil joins the Daveberta Podcast to discuss the latest developments in United Conservative Party government’s plans to close and privatize more than 160 provincial parks and recreation...
View ArticleEpisode 68: The 1976 Coal Policy and stopping open-pit mining in Alberta’s...
Kevin Van Tighem joins the Daveberta Podcast to discuss one of the biggest issues in Alberta politics today – the expansion of open-pit coal mining in the Eastern Slopes of the Rocky Mountains. Kevin...
View ArticleWho could replace Jason Kenney as leader of the United Conservative Party?
With all the talk of challenges to Premier Jason Kenney’s embattled leadership of the United Conservative Party, his and his party’s plummeting approval ratings and lacklustre fundraising in the first...
View ArticleUCP opens nominations in 4 ridings, Tonya Ratushniak running for NDP...
The United Conservative Party has opened candidate nominations in four ridings held by MLAs loyal to Premier Jason Kenney. Dates for nomination meetings haven’t been announced but a February 28...
View ArticleUCP MLAs Jason Nixon, Matt Jones running for nominations, Michelle Landsiedel...
Government House Leader and Environment & Parks Minister Jason Nixon is running to reclaim the United Conservative Party nomination in Rimbey-Rocky Mountain House-Sundre. Nominations in this and...
View ArticleFormer City Councillor Druh Farrell running for NDP in Calgary-Bow, UCP MLAs...
The NDP have attracted a big name to run against United Conservative Party Minister of Advanced Education Demetrios Nicolaides. Former City Councillor Druh Farrell announced on social media today that...
View ArticleUCP MLA Joseph Schow faces nomination challenge from Vulcan County Councillor...
Vulcan County Councillor Jodie Gateman is challenging MLA Joseph Schow for the United Conservative Party nomination in Cardston-Siksika. Gateman appears to have the support of the Take Back Alberta...
View ArticleFort McMurray-Lac La Biche by-election takes a backseat to Red Deer UCP...
The people of Fort McMurray-Lac La Biche waited six whole months for Premier Jason Kenney to call a by-election to choose their next MLA. That’s an eternity in politics. But the by-election in the...
View ArticleNomination Updates: UCP cancels rumbles in Rocky and Cardston, disqualifies...
I take a few days off and there’s a million new candidate nomination updates. It sure feels like election season in Alberta. Or maybe it’s just Leadership Review season. Ok. Let’s get on with the...
View ArticleNothing new under the prairie sun – Danielle Smith running for UCP nomination...
Alberta politics never takes a break, but sometimes I do. I was away last week having a great time facilitating a communications planning course at the Winter Labour School, an annual conference for...
View ArticleRichard Feehan retiring, Jodi Calahoo Stonehouse running for NDP nomination...
I’m back, again, with another candidate nomination update. The United Conservative Party is still tied in knots over Premier Jason Kenney’s leadership review and a real-time caucus revolt, so most of...
View ArticleMLA Jon Carson not running for re-election in Edmonton-West Henday, NDP...
NDP MLA Jon Carson announced today that he will not be seeking re-election in Edmonton-West Henday in the next election. “Serving the people of Edmonton-West Henday has no doubt been the privilege of a...
View ArticleNomination Drama! Nadine Wellwood disqualified in Livingstone-Macleod, former...
Today’s by-election in Brooks-Medicine Hat will determine if Premier Danielle Smith will have a seat in the Alberta Legislature, but ahead of that vote here are the latest candidate nomination updates....
View ArticleHe’s back, again! Former Liberal leader and aspiring UCP leadership candidate...
Despite being rejected as a candidate for the United Conservative Party leadership last year, former Liberal Party leader Dr. Raj Sherman is running for the UCP nomination in Edmonton-Whitemud. Running...
View ArticleUCP acclaim Laine Larson in Edmonton-Rutherford, 4th candidate enters NDP...
With just over four months until the next provincial election, the Alberta NDP have nominated candidates in 69 of Alberta’s 87 ridings. The United Conservative Party has candidates named in 53 ridings...
View ArticleUCP race in Leduc-Beaumont draws 5 candidates, Take Back Alberta moves closer...
There’s a crowded race for the United Conservative Party nomination just south of Edmonton. Nam Kular and Al Luthra are the latest candidates to join Heather Feldbusch, Brandon Lunty, and Karen Richert...
View ArticleClaresholm mayor Chelsae Petrovic the 5th candidate in Livingstone-Macleod...
Three months ago after the party cancelled a previous nomination contest it looked like almost nobody wanted to run for the United Conservative Party in Livingstone-Macleod. Now there are five...
View ArticleBig rematch set in Calgary-Falconridge, home of the closest race of the 2019...
The closest race in Alberta’s 2019 election is set to be a rematch in 2023. United Conservative Party MLA Devinder Toor was nominated as his party’s candidate in Calgary-Falconridge last week, pitting...
View ArticleNomination Updates: Pamela Rath nominated for UCP in Calgary-Mountain View,...
Former Calgary Catholic School District Trustee Pamela Rath has been nominated United Conservative Party candidate in Calgary-Mountain View. Rath served as a trustee from 2017 until her resignation in...
View ArticleNDP leader Rachel Notley nominated in Edmonton-Strathcona, Chelsae Petrovic...
Alberta NDP leader Rachel Notley was nominated as her party’s candidate in Edmonton-Strathcona this past weekend. Speaking to a crowd of more than 800 supporters gathered at the Northern Alberta...
View ArticleUCP candidate Emad El-Zein to challenge NDP leader Rachel Notley in...
Emad El-Zein will carry the United Conservative Party banner against Alberta NDP leader Rachel Notley in Edmonton-Strathcona. El-Zein is an engineer and business owner, and is the President of the...
View ArticleNDP nominate Katherine Swampy in Maskwacis-Wetaskiwin and Kevin McLean in...
The Alberta NDP now have candidates nominated in 80 of 87 ridings after nominating Samson Cree Band Councillor Katherine Swampy in Maskwacis-Wetaskiwin and former city councillor Kevin McLean in Grande...
View ArticleNDP open nominations in Fort McMurray-Wood Buffalo and Highwood, Advantage...
A quick Saturday morning candidate nomination update: Suncor laboratory technician and Unifor organizer Tanika Chaisson is running for the Alberta NDP nomination in Fort McMurray-Wood Buffalo. Jessica...
View Article19 Alberta ridings I’ll be watching closely on Election Day
There are four days left until Election Day in Alberta. Readers of the Daveberta will know I’ve been watching this Alberta election pretty closely and, while I’ve actually been watching all 87 ridings...
View ArticleBringing Jason Nixon and Ric McIver back into cabinet was smart politics
It has been almost two weeks since Alberta Premier Danielle Smith named her new 24-member cabinet and a lot of ink has been spilled dissecting what the appointments could mean for the start of the...
View ArticleLook who’s running in the UCP AGM Board elections
What to make of Take Back Alberta, the Unity Slate, and everybody else on the ballot. With the United Conservative Party’s November 3 and 4 Annual General Meetingfast approaching, the party’s Board of...
View ArticleDanielle Smith hosts Alberta’s largest call-in talk show: the United...
Any good talk radio host understands that the show doesn’t belong to the host, it belongs to the listeners. And if this past weekend’s annual general meeting is any indication, talk radio...
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