Alberta
Mason has a point (or at least the start of one)
NDP leader Brian Mason is proposing an end to corporate and union donations to political parties in Alberta. Mason is pitching this as something that would eliminate (or at least reduce) corruption in Alberta. Read More »
Rocky Election Start for Ed Stelmach
Ed Stelmach's first week during the campaign has been rocky, if the media coverage is any indication.
The start of the Alberta election should have been an opportunity to showcase the government's accomplishments in the last 12 months. Instead, Ed Stelmach got questions about the coinciding election date with the third anniversary of the Maythorpe killing of four RCMP officers. What was reported were speculations about insensitivity or incompetence. Read More »
2008 Alberta General Election
On March 3, 2008, Alberta voters returned the Progressive Conservative Party to power for the eleventh consecutive time. The election was a landslide win for the PC Party, whom improved both their seat total in the legislature and their share of the popular vote from the 2004 general election. Read More »
Almanac: Prime Minister Stephen Harper
The Right Honourable Stephen Harper is Canada’s 22nd Prime Minister. He is also leader of the Conservative Party of Canada, and represents the riding of Calgary—Southwest. Read More »
Almanac: Alberta Election Info
2002 Mazankowski Report on Health Care in Alberta
In 2002, several key reports on the future of health care were released, each of which outlined visions for reforming the Canadian health care system. Read More »
2006 Alberta Progressive Conservative Leadership Race
On December 2, 2006, Alberta Progressive Conservative Party members selected Ed Stelmach as their new party leader and as the new Premier of Alberta. Read More »
2004 Alberta General Election
On November 22, 2004, Albertans elected the Alberta Progressive Conservative Party to a majority government, returning Ralph Klein as the province’s premier. The election represented the tenth consecutive Progressive Conservative government in Alberta; the last time another party held power was in 1971, when the Social Credit Party was in government. Read More »
