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The Alberta Alliance Party a conservative political party in Alberta, Canada, will be holding its second leadership convention on November 18 and 19, 2005, in Red Deer, Alberta. The leadership position was vacated by party founder and leader Randy Thorsteinson in March 2005. Image File history File links free clipart image of ballot box and ballot File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Jump to: navigation, search An election is a decision making process whereby people vote for preferred political candidates or parties to act as representatives in government. ... The contents of this page have been moved to http://en. ... Image File history File links Alberta Alliance Party Logo File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... The Alberta Alliance is a right wing political party in Alberta, Canada. ... Jump to: navigation, search Motto: Fortis et Liber (Strong and free) Other Canadian provinces and territories Capital Edmonton Largest city Calgary Lieutenant-Governor Norman Kwong Premier Ralph Klein (PC) Area 661,848 km² (6th) • Land 642,317 km² • Water 19,531 km² (2. ... Jump to: navigation, search {{Hide = {{{Disable Motto Link}}}}} Motto: {{Unhide = {{{Disable Motto Link}}}}} Education, Industry, Progress City of Red Deer, Alberta, Canada location. ... Randy Thorsteinson (born November 8, 1956) is a politician in Alberta, Canada. ...

Marilyn Burns, Paul Hinman, David Crutcher and Ed Klop are the candidates running for leader. On September 12 Paul became the first candidate to be officially nominated by the party for leader.

The Alliance leadership convention will determine who leads the party into the next Alberta provincial election.

Election results

The election will be cast on a preferential ballot. Members have the option of mailing in their ballots or taking them to the Leadership Convention in Red Deer. All members who register or renew before October 6, 2005 will be mailed a ballot. Members who take their ballot with them to the convention will vote for one choice at a time, after each round the bottom candidate will be stricken from the ballot. Jump to: navigation, search October 6 is the 279th day of the year (280th in Leap years). ... Jump to: navigation, search 2005 (MMV) is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Marilyn Burns Marilyn Burns (b. ... David Crutcher is a politician and small buisness man from Calgary, Alberta. ... Paul Hinman (born 1959 in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada) was elected to his first term as a Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, representing the constituency of Cardston-Taber-Warner, on November 22, 2004. ... Ed Klop is a politician and buisness man from Red Deer, Alberta Canada born in 1967. ...

Candidates and platforms

Four candidates are officially nominated. Candidates needed 100 party member signatures and a $5000.00 deposit to run for leader.

Marilyn Burns

Campaign Slogan: "A Brighter Future, A Better Way" Image File history File links Marilyn. ...

• Marilyn Burns: Marilyn Burns is the Alberta Alliance justice critic and Candidate for Stony Plain in the 2004 election. Marilyn was the first candidate to get her campaign off the ground. She is a lawyer, politican and mother of four from Edmonton Alberta.

Marilyn Burns is a politician and Injury Lawyer from Edmonton Alberta Canada. ... Stony Plain is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, Canada. ... Jump to: navigation, search Alberta riding map showing the winning parties and their vote percentage in each won riding. ...

David Crutcher

• David Crutcher: member of the Progressive Group for Independent business, backed by Craig Chandler, ran in Calgary Egmont, and achived the best percent of Alliance candidates in Calgary in the 2004 election.

• Supports a single rate of tax
• Supports publicly funded alternative medicine in order to save money and resources
• Supports traditional marriage and is pro-life
• Supports Alberta separation if the Conservative Party of Canada does not win in the upcoming federal election

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Paul Hinman

Paul Hinman: deputy leader of the Alberta Alliance and the party's only current Member of the Legislative Assembly, representing Cardston-Taber-Warner. Jump to: navigation, search Image File history File links Paul-nice-pose-colour. ... Paul Hinman (born 1959 in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada) was elected to his first term as a Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, representing the constituency of Cardston-Taber-Warner, on November 22, 2004. ... A Member of the Legislative Assembly, or MLA, is a representative elected by the voters of an electoral district to the Legislature or legislative assembly of a subnational jurisdiction. ... Cardston-Taber-Warner is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, Canada. ...

Ed Klop

• Ed Klop: Ed Klop is 38 years old from Red Deer, he ran for the Alberta Alliance in Lacombe-Ponoka. Ed achived second place taking 18% of the vote.

Ed Klop has focused his platform around party building. His platform includes building constituency associations and the provincial council committies. Ed wants to increase communication through the various organizations in the party, as well as more communication with the membership at large. Ed Klop is a politician and buisness man from Red Deer, Alberta Canada born in 1967. ... Lacombe-Ponoka is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, Canada. ...

Ed belives in building a solid base of conservative policies through regional policy development sessions all over the province, as well as working to increase fundraising and party membership.

Alberta Alliance leadership debates

During the leadership election two debates took place. The debate was hosted by The Freedom Radio Network. A radio show that was broadcast on AM 1140 in southern Alberta.

The entire audio of the debate was broken down into two parts to be rebroadcast later. The debate itself was taped before a live studio audience whom purchased tickets before hand.

Candidate Ed Klop joined the race after the debate and is not featured.

Debate part 1

Debate part 2

The second debate was held on October 18, 2005 in Edmonton. All four candidates particiapated. The second debate was held specifically by the Alberta Alliance party and morderated by Eleanor Maroes File links The following pages link to this file: Apollo 8 Accordion Antonio Vivaldi Aramaic language Symphony No. ... File links The following pages link to this file: Apollo 8 Accordion Antonio Vivaldi Aramaic language Symphony No. ... Jump to: navigation, search October 18 is the 291st day of the year (292nd in Leap years). ... Jump to: navigation, search 2005 (MMV) is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Jump to: navigation, search {{Hide = {{{Disable Motto Link}}}}} Motto: {{Unhide = {{{Disable Motto Link}}}}} Industry Integrity Progress City of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada location. ... Eleanor Maroes is the interim leader of the Alberta Alliance Party. ...

Recent Controversies

The election race's major developments in October 2005 centered around Craig Chandler and David Crutcher, whom many Alberta Alliance members began increasingly attacking for what they viewed as undesirable spin and campaign tactics. These tactics included attacking leadership candidates, former election candidates, some party policies and the provincial council. The Crutcher team believes many on the council, including Eleanor Maroes, the interim leader, are actively campaigning for other candidates against party rules. Jump to: navigation, search Craig B. Chandler (born 1970) is a Canadian politician. ... David Crutcher is a politician and small buisness man from Calgary, Alberta. ... Eleanor Maroes is the interim leader of the Alberta Alliance Party. ...

On October 25, 2005 former party leader Randy Thorsteinson broke his silence and endorsed Ed Klop, as well as attacking the Chandler campaign.^[1] The response from the Crutcher camp was a deamon dialer phone message dismissing the statements as campaign propaganda. Jump to: navigation, search October 25 is the 298th day of the year (299th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 67 days remaining. ... Jump to: navigation, search 2005 (MMV) is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Randy Thorsteinson (born November 8, 1956) is a politician in Alberta, Canada. ... Ed Klop is a politician and buisness man from Red Deer, Alberta Canada born in 1967. ...

David Crutcher attempts to dismiss recent statements as campaign propaganda

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Non-candidates

The following people had been mentioned as possible choices to run for leader.

• Gary Horan: Senator-in-waiting candidate, had contemplated running, but is now backing Marilyn Burns.
• Preston Manning: the former Reform Party of Canada leader. Manning had been helping out Paul Hinman in the Legislative Assembly of Alberta. This caused the rumour mill to circulate his name as a possible leadership candidate.

• Deborah Grey: was also mentioned as a possible leadership candidate.

• Ted Morton: some Alberta Alliance members held the belief that Randy Thorsteinson should have waited until after the Progressive Conservative Party chooses a successor to Ralph Klein, so that Ted Morton could have run for leader of the Alliance if he does not win the leadership of the PC party. Randy Thorsteinson felt that the Alberta Alliance should never be a fall back position for anyone. He has stated "The Alberta Aliance is the home of principled conservatives. Those that truly believe in reforming the Alberta Government realize that trying to change the Progressive Conservatives from within is a lost cause. It has never happened and never will. We must ensure that pricipled conservatives have a home led by people of character and integrity not opportunists. I chose to step down early to allow the new Leader as much time as possible to prepare for the next election and to make leadership aspirants choose between the Progressive Conservative or the Alberta Alliance leadership races. You will be able to determine their committment to principle by the leadership race they choose to enter".

Gary Horan is a long time politician and small buisness man from Edmonton, Alberta. ... Image:Preston manning. ... The Reform Party of Canada was a Canadian federal political party in the 1980s and 1990s. ... The Legislative Assembly of Alberta meets in the provincial capital, Edmonton. ... Deborah Cleland Grey (born July 1, 1952) is a former Canadian Member of Parliament, who represented the Alberta riding of Edmonton North for the Conservative Party of Canada. ... Dr. Frederick Lee (Ted) Morton (born 1949, Los Angeles, California) is a Canadian politician and currently sitting Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta. ... The Alberta Progressive Conservative Association is a provincial right-of-centre party in the Canadian province of Alberta. ... Goo Goo GahGah The Honourable Ralph Phillip Klein (born November 1, 1942), leader of the Alberta Progressive Conservatives, is current premier of the Canadian province of Alberta. ...

Time line of campaign developments

• April 15, 2005 Randy Thorsteinson steps down as leader of the Alberta Alliance
• May 27, 2005 Alberta Alliance convention held in Calgary, four candidates make their intentions known
• May 28, 2005 Day 2 of Alberta Alliance convention
• July 20, 2005 Marilyn Burns launches her campaign with backing of Gary Horan
• July 26, 2005 Marilyn Burns gains momentum after Paul Jackson publishes a column on her in the Calgary Sun
• August 1, 2005 Convention registration opened
• August 11, 2005 David Crutcher announces leadership bid.
• August 29, 2005 Paul Hinman announces leadership bid.
• September 12, 2005 Paul Hinman becomes the first candidate to officially be nominated.
• September 16, 2005 David Crutcher becomes the second candidate to officially be nominated.
• September 20, 2005 Marilyn Burns becomes the third candidate to officially be nominated.
• September 20, 2005 Nominations close
• September 22, 2005 Alberta Alliance leadership debate to be taped before a live audience
• September 24, 2005 Alberta Alliance leadership debate part 1 on AM 1140 at 6:30 pm MST
• September 28, 2005 Ed Klop officially announces leadership bid.
• October 1, 2005 Alberta Alliance leadership debate part 2 on AM 1140 at 6:30 pm MST
• October 6, 2005 Closing date for new members to vote for Leader.
• October 17, 2005 2nd Leadership debate, old timers cabin in Edmonton.
• October 23, 2005 Randy Thorstienson endorses Ed Klop
• November 18, 2005 Day 1 of Leadership Convention
• November 19, 2005 Day 2 of Leadership Convention

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Schedule of campaign stops

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See also

• Alberta Alliance Party
• leadership convention
• Alberta Progressive Conservative Party leadership election, 2007

The Alberta Alliance is a right wing political party in Alberta, Canada. ... In Canadian politics, a leadership convention is held by a political party when the party needs to choose a leader due to a vacancy or a challenge to the incumbent leader. ...

References

1. ^ Randy Thorsteinson endorses Ed Klop and condemns the Chandler campaign

External links

Campaign websites

• Paul Hinman
• David Crutcher
• Marilyn Burns
• Ed Klop

News Articles on the Alberta Alliance leadership campaign

• Lawyer may have what it takes to rejuvenate the right Calgary Sun July 26, 2005
• Paul Hinman announces Leadership Bid Peace River Gazette August 30, 2005
• David Crutchers visit Nanton September 21, 2005
• Tenacious new Alliance leader would make Klein regime blink Calgary Sun September 27, 2005
• Fledgling Alliance hosts leadership elections November 19 Edmonton Sun October 25, 2005

Online Fourms covering the Alberta Alliance Leadership election

• Free Dominion.ca
• Project Alberta

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