tories nearing a full-slate of candidates, opposition parties all over the...
TweetAfter 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...
View Articlefederal riding boundaries being readjusted in alberta.
TweetLikely unbeknownst to most Canadians, commissions have been struck across the country and tasked with redrawing our federal electoral boundaries in advance of the expected 2015 general election....
View ArticleHow Alberta’s federal politicians voted on Motion 312.
TweetThis week, Members of Parliament in Ottawa voted on Motion 312, which if passed could have re-opened a divisive debate about a woman’s right to make decisions concerning her own body. Thankfully,...
View ArticleHow Brent Rathgeber changed Edmonton’s political map and why the Tories might...
TweetEdmonton-St. Albert MP Brent Rathgeber unleashed a political storm last night when he announced on Twitter that he is leaving the Conservative Party of Canada caucus. Initially citing a “a lack of...
View ArticleNomination races begin for federal election 2015
TweetThere are 705 days until Monday, October 19, 2015, when the next Canadian federal election is scheduled to be held. With less than two years until Canadians choose who will serve as Members of...
View ArticleConservatives spar for safe Alberta ridings
TweetWhile the epic battle between Rob Anders and Ron Liepert in Calgary-Signal Hill was entertaining to watch, preparation for the next federal election has sparked nomination contests in ridings...
View ArticleNomination battles in Edmonton-Wetaskiwin, Griesbach
TweetWhat happens when three federal ridings become one? South of Edmonton, large portions of the Wetaskiwin, Edmonton-Leduc and Edmonton-Mill Woods-Beaumont ridings have been merged into the new...
View ArticleNDP catching up in Alberta – Sunday morning federal nomination update
Initially slow to nominate federal candidates, the New Democratic Party is now catching up to the other three main parties with nominated candidates in Alberta. As of this morning, the NDP have chosen...
View ArticleMulcair and Trudeau bring “Change” and “Real Change” to Edmonton this week
In a competition to own the "change" message, the NDP are holding a “Rally for Change in Edmonton” on Sept 10 and the Liberals are holding a "Rally for Real Change in Edmonton” on September 9. It is...
View ArticleMulcair and Trudeau show Alberta some love in the final days of Election...
There is no longer any doubt that Alberta is an important battleground in this federal election campaign. While Conservatives will dominate in the provincial seat count, the Liberals and NDP believe...
View ArticleTrudeau Liberals crack Conservative “Fortress Alberta” in nationwide sweep
The dust has yet to finally settle on tonight’s election night results but we know that the Liberal Party led by Justin Trudeau will form a majority government with more than 180 seats in the next...
View ArticleWho will run to succeed Amarjeet Sohi in the Ward 12 by-election?
On Oct. 19, City Councillor Amarjeet Sohi was elected as a Member of Parliament in the federal riding of Edmonton-Mill Woods. With Mr. Sohi’s resignation from city council in order to take his seat in...
View Articleroundtable discussion with edmonton members of parliament.
At the invitation of Edmonton-Mill-Woods-Beaumont MP Mike Lake, I participated in a roundtable discussion yesterday morning with some local Conservative MPs and a group of eight Edmontonians from...
View Articlehere’s the rundown – federal election races to watch in edmonton.
In the land where federal election results are typically much ado about nothing, the election scheduled for May 2, 2011 is not much of an exception. As the Liberals and NDP fill ballots across the...
View ArticleO’Leary skips Conservative debate, federal NDP debate skips Alberta
The most high-profile candidate running for the leadership of the Conservative Party of Canada will be skipping tomorrow’s leadership debate in Edmonton. As the thirteen other candidates for the...
View Articlecanada’s 2008 federal election: 365 days later.
One year ago today, just over 50% of Albertans made their way to the polls to vote in the 2008 Canadian Federal Election. While just over two years since the previous election, last October saw some...
View Articlefederal opposition parties putting pressure on the tories in edmonton.
Opposition parties hope to turn the death of Edmonton’s Expo 2017 bid into a major campaign issue. Federal opposition parties are preparing for the next federal election and nominating candidates in...
View ArticleWho wants to go to Ottawa? Federal nominations underway in Alberta.
Photo: Liberal Party MP Randy Boissonnault has been nominated as his party’s candidate in Edmonton-Centre. (Source: Twitter) With so much nomination activity ahead of next year’s provincial election,...
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 ArticleWorking under the Dome: A look at some political staffers hired to work for...
One of the results of a change in government is a mass turnover in the political staffers who occupy the offices of the premier, cabinet ministers and caucuses. As a new government enters office in...
View ArticleEpisode 42: What do the federal election results mean for Alberta?
As the federal election results rolled in, Dave and Adam recorded a special episode of the Daveberta Podcast to talk about the election results in Edmonton and Calgary, what a new Liberal minority...
View ArticleAlberta is blue, but what else is new?
The results across Canada were a mixed colour of red, orange, green, blue, and bleu as Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is returning to Ottawa to form a new Liberal minority government. But the results in...
View Article8 more Conservative MPs acclaimed, Blake Desjarlais seeking NDP nomination in...
The non-Conservative parties are slowly starting the process of nominating candidates in Alberta ahead of the next federal election. Blake Desjarlais is seeking the New Democratic Party nomination in...
View ArticleBen Henderson nominated as the Liberal candidate in Edmonton-Mill Woods
City Councillor Ben Henderson has been acclaimed as the Liberal Party candidate in Edmonton-Mill Woods. Henderson currently serves as Councillor for Ward 8 and was first elected to City Council in...
View ArticleAlberta is a pretty boring place to spend a federal election
Alberta is a pretty boring place to spend a federal election. Even as the polls shift nationally, there is a good chance the seat total could be the same as the 2019 election: 33 Conservative and one...
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