2014 Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta leadership election

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2014 Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta leadership election
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Candidate Jim Prentice Ric McIver Thomas Lukaszuk
Party Progressive Conservative Progressive Conservative Progressive Conservative
Popular vote17,9632,7422,681
Percentage76.81%11.72%11.46%
Leader before election

Dave Hancock

Elected Leader

Jim Prentice

2014 Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta leadership election
DateSeptember 6, 2014
Convention Edmonton Expo Centre
Resigning leader Alison Redford
Won by Jim Prentice
Ballots1
Candidates3
Entrance Fee$50,000 (non refundable) [1]
Spending limitnone, $30,000 donation limit [1]
Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta leadership elections

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.

Contents

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 Thomas Lukaszuk, MLA Deputy Premier.jpg
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

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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 Jim Prentice.jpg
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.

CandidateVotesPercentage
Jim Prentice 17,96376.81
Ric McIver 2,74211.72
Thomas Lukaszuk 2,68111.46
Total23,386100.00

(Source: CBC News [39] )

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