Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta leadership election, 2014

Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta leadership election, 2014
Date September 6, 2014
Convention Edmonton Expo Centre
Resigning leader Alison Redford
Won by Jim Prentice
Ballots 1
Candidates 3
Entrance Fee $50,000 (non refundable)[1]
Spending limit none, $30,000 donation limit[1]

The 2014 Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta leadership election was prompted by Alison Redford's announcement that she would be resigning as leader of the Progressive Conservatives and Premier of Alberta on March 23, 2014.

According to the party's constitution, the process to select a new leader must take no less than four months and no more than six months from when the leader resigns. [2] A Two-round system was chosen with September 6, 2014 set as the date for the first round of voting. If no candidate had received a majority, a second round of voting with the top two candidates on the ballot would have occurred on September 20. Unlike the 2011 leadership election a preferential ballot was not used.[3] All party members were eligible to vote. Jim Prentice was elected on the first ballot.

Because the Progressive Conservatives form the government by virtue of holding a majority of seats in the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, in accordance with convention the winner of the leadership election was appointed by the Lieutenant Governor as Premier of Alberta. In the meantime, Dave Hancock served as interim PC leader and thus Premier.

To be nominated, a candidate had to gather at least 100 signatures from party members in each of the province's five regions, pay a non-refundable $50,000 deposit and be registered as a candidate with Elections Alberta.[4][5]

Timeline

Candidates

Thomas Lukaszuk

Thomas Lukaszuk
Background

MLA for Edmonton-Castle Downs since 2001. Served as Minister of Employment and Immigration (2010-2011), Minister of Education (2011-2013), Deputy Premier (2012-2013), Minister of Enterprise and Advanced Education (2013), and Labour Minister (2013-2014).

Date candidacy declared: May 22, 2014[14]
Date officially nominated: May 30, 2014[18]
Supporters
Support from caucus members:
Support from federal caucus members:
Support from former provincial caucus members:
Other prominent supporters:
Policies:

Ric McIver

Ric McIver
Background

MLA for Calgary-Hays since 2012, previously councillor on Calgary City Council (2001-2010), runner up Mayoral candidate in the 2010 Calgary municipal election. McIver was Minister of Transportation (2012-2013) and then Minister of Infrastructure (2013-2014) until resigning to enter the leadership campaign.

Date candidacy declared: May 7, 2014 [9]
Date officially nominated: May 26, 2014[15]
Supporters
Support from caucus members:
Support from federal caucus members:
Support from former provincial caucus members:
Other prominent supporters:
Policies:

Jim Prentice

Jim Prentice
Background

MP for Calgary Centre-North (2004-2010), federal Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development (2006-2007), federal Minister of Industry (2007-2008), federal Minister of the Environment (2008-2010). Runner-up to Peter MacKay in the 2003 Progressive Conservative Party of Canada leadership election in which he advocated the merger of the federal Progressive Conservative Party of Canada and the Canadian Alliance. Since resigning from parliament, Prentice has served as vice-chairman of the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce.

Date candidacy declared: May 15, 2014[19]
Date officially nominated: May 16, 2014[5]
Supporters
Support from caucus members: Moe Amery (Calgary-East), Naresh Bhardwaj (Edmonton-Ellerslie), Manmeet Bhullar (Calgary-Greenway), Neil Brown (Calgary-Mackay-Nose Hill), Pearl Calahasen (Lesser-Slave Lake), Robin Campbell (West Yellowhead), Wayne Cao (Calgary-Fort), Christine Cusanelli (Calgary-Currie), Cal Dallas (Red Deer-South), Alana DeLong (Calgary-Bow), Jonathan Denis (Calgary-Acadia), David Dorward (Edmonton-Gold Bar), Wayne Drysdale (Grande Prairie-Wapiti), Kyle Fawcett (Calgary-Klein), Jacquie Fenske (Fort Saskatchewan-Vegreville), Yvonne Fritz (Calgary-Cross), Hector Goudreau (Dunvegan-Central Peace-Notley), Doug Griffiths (Battle River-Wainwright), Fred Horne (Edmonton-Rutherford), Doug Horner (Spruce Grove-St. Albert), Ken Hughes (Calgary-West), Mary Anne Jablonski (Red Deer-North), Sandra Jansen (Calgary-North West), Matt Jeneroux (Edmonton-South West), Jeff Johnson (Athabasca-Sturgeon-Redwater), Heather Klimchuk (Edmonton-Glenora), Maureen Kubinec (Barrhead-Morinville-Westlock), Ken Lemke (Stony Plain), Genia Leskiw (Bonnyville-Cold Lake), Jason Luan (Calgary-Hawkwood), Everett McDonald (Grande Prairie-Smoky), Diana McQueen (Drayton Valley-Devon), Frank Oberle (Peace River), Cathy Olesen (Sherwood Park), Verlyn Olson (Wetaskiwin-Camrose), Sohail Quadri (Edmonton-Mill Woods), David Quest (Strathcona-Sherwood Park), Dave Rodney (Calgary-Lougheed), George Rogers (Leduc-Beaumont), Peter Sandhu (Edmonton-Manning), Janice Sarich (Edmonton-Decore), Don Scott (Fort McMurray-Conklin), Greg Weadick (Lethbridge-West), Teresa Woo-Paw (Calgary-Northern Hills), David Xiao (Edmonton-McClung), Steve Young (Edmonton-Riverview)[20]
Support from federal caucus members:
Support from former provincial caucus members: Shirley McClellan, former cabinet minister;[21]
Support from former federal caucus members: Jay Hill, former cabinet minister;[21]
Other prominent supporters: Stephen Mandel, former Mayor of Edmonton (2004-2013),[22] Patricia Mitsuka, municipal politician[21]
Policies:

Withdrawn

Ken Hughes

MLA for Calgary-West since 2012, previously Member of Parliament for Macleod (1988-1993). Hughes was Chair of Alberta Health Services (2008-2011) before re-entering politics and served in the provincial cabinet as Minister of Energy (2012-2013) and Minister of Municipal Affairs (2012-2014) until resigning to contest the leadership. Hughes had declared his intention to run but withdrew prior to the official opening of nominations in order to support Jim Prentice's prospective candidacy.[10]

Date candidacy declared: April 11, 2014[7]
Date withdrawn: May 12, 2014[10]
Support from caucus members: Ron Casey (Banff-Cochrane), Jason Luan (Calgary-Hawkwood),[7]

Declined

Results

The first and only ballot was held on September 6, 2014.

Candidate Votes Percentage
Jim Prentice 17,963 76.81
Ric McIver 2,742 11.72
Thomas Lukaszuk 2,681 11.46
Total 23,386 100.00

(Source: CBC News[38])

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Alberta PCs lay down ground rules for leadership campaign". Calgary Herald. April 15, 2014. Retrieved April 20, 2014.
  2. ↑ "Tory caucus to meet; could select interim leader". Edmonton Journal. March 20, 2014. Retrieved March 20, 2014.
  3. 1 2 "First vote for Alberta Progressive Conservative leader set for Sept. 6". Edmonton Journal. March 25, 2014. Retrieved March 25, 2014.
  4. ↑ "New fundraising rules for leadership campaigns called ‘awkward’". Calgary Herald. Retrieved 17 May 2014.
  5. 1 2 3 "Prentice first official PC leadership candidate after gathering signatures, paying $50,000 deposit". Calgary Herald. May 16, 2014. Retrieved May 16, 2014.
  6. ↑ "Ken Hughes resigns cabinet post ahead of expected leadership bid". CBC News. April 7, 2014. Retrieved April 10, 2014.
  7. 1 2 3 4 "Ken Hughes 1st candidate for Alberta PC leadership". CBC News. April 11, 2014. Retrieved April 11, 2014.
  8. 1 2 "McIver resigns cabinet post, likely to enter Alberta PC leadership race". Globe and Mail. May 6, 2014. Retrieved May 6, 2014.
  9. 1 2 "Another former Tory cabinet member puts in bid for party leadership". CTV News. May 7, 2014. Retrieved May 7, 2014.
  10. 1 2 3 Ramsay, Melissa (May 12, 2014). "Ken Hughes no longer running in Alberta PC leadership race". Global News. Retrieved May 13, 2014.
  11. 1 2 3 4 5 6 PCAA Announces Rules For Leadership Selection, PC Association of Alberta website (April 15, 2014)
  12. ↑ Geddes, Lisa (May 15, 2014). "UPDATE: Jim Prentice an official candidate in PC leadership race". Global News. Retrieved May 17, 2014.
  13. ↑ Cryderman, Kelly (May 21, 2014). "Jim Prentice launches PC leadership campaign, stresses oil sands exports". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved May 24, 2014.
  14. 1 2 "Thomas Lukaszuk to run for leader of Alberta's Progressive Conservatives". CTV News. May 22, 2014. Retrieved May 23, 2014.
  15. 1 2 "McIver officially joins Tory leadership race in Alberta". Sun News. May 26, 2014. Retrieved May 26, 2014.
  16. 1 2 "Electronic Voting FAQs". PCAA. Retrieved August 8, 2014.
  17. ↑ Ibrahim, Mariam (September 15, 2014). "Prentice promises ‘new way of doing things’ as smaller cabinet sworn in". Edmonton Journal. Retrieved September 17, 2014.
  18. ↑ "Thomas Lukaszuk enters race to be PC party leader". CBC News. May 30, 2014. Retrieved May 30, 2014.
  19. ↑ "Prentice enters Alberta PC Party Leadership race". CTV News. May 15, 2014. Retrieved May 15, 2014.
  20. ↑ http://jimprentice.ca/latest/news/mlas-supporting-jim
  21. 1 2 3 "Prentice recruits campaign chairs in Alberta PC leadership race". Globe and Mail. May 15, 2014. Retrieved May 15, 2014.
  22. ↑ http://jimprentice.ca/latest/news/stephen-mandel-endorses-jim-prentice-for-leader-of-pc-alberta
  23. 1 2 3 "Alberta Tories face money woes, leadership vacuum". CBC News. April 2, 2014. Retrieved April 2, 2014.
  24. ↑ "Provincial minister Bhullar backs Jim Prentice for Alberta Tory leadership run". Global News. April 24, 2014. Retrieved May 6, 2014.
  25. ↑ "Former Harper cabinet minister considers bid for Alberta PC leadership". Globe and Mail. April 17, 2014. Retrieved April 17, 2014.
  26. ↑ http://globalnews.ca/news/1324877/jonathan-denis-wont-run-in-alberta-pc-leadership-race/
  27. 1 2 "Former Edmonton mayor, Stephen Mandel, opts out of Tory leadership race". Edmonton Journal. April 16, 2014. Retrieved April 16, 2014.
  28. ↑ "More support for Jim Prentice as Alberta PC leader". Edmonton Sun. May 13, 2014. Retrieved May 14, 2014.
  29. 1 2 "Dave Hancock to be next Alberta premier". CBC News. March 20, 2014. Retrieved March 20, 2014.
  30. ↑ "Alberta Finance Minister Doug Horner passes on Tory leadership run". Calgary Herald. May 8, 2014. Retrieved May 8, 2014.
  31. ↑ "Jim Prentice forming team for Alberta Tory leadership race". CBC News. April 28, 2014. Retrieved May 6, 2014.
  32. 1 2 "Kennedy-Glans, Webber not seeking return to PC fold". Calgary Herald. April 22, 2014. Retrieved May 6, 2014.
  33. 1 2 "Federal Tories approached about Alberta PC leadership". Toronto Star. March 20, 2014. Retrieved May 8, 2014.
  34. ↑ "Prentice tells Tories ‘it’s just the beginning’". Calgary Herald. May 8, 2014. Retrieved May 9, 2014.
  35. ↑ "Long time MP confirms he will not seek leadership of Alberta PC Party". 660 News. April 30, 2014. Retrieved May 6, 2014.
  36. 1 2 3 "Potential candidates rule out Tory leadership bids". Calgary Herald. April 1, 2014. Retrieved May 15, 2014.
  37. ↑ "Potential candidates to replace Redford". Calgary Herald. March 20, 2014. Retrieved March 20, 2014.
  38. ↑ "Alberta PC leadership vote: Jim Prentice wins on 1st ballot". CBC News. September 6, 2014. Retrieved September 6, 2014.
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