Don’t gloat. Don’t lose that smile. Don’t get distracted. The real goal is the election in 2015. The NDP have been pushed aside. In the 2012 byelection in Calgary-Centre the NDP went down to 2%, and in Labrador they were moved aside in today’s byelection. The Conservatives have been somewhat humbled — taking illegal donations [...]
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Either after the upcoming federal election, or the one after, the Green Party of Canada will fade away from existence. Firstly, its fundamental reason for existence has been taken on by other parties. Preston Manning, arch-conservative of the Conservative Party of Canada and head of the Manning Centre for Democracy, has called for a green [...] 
 Calgary-Centre, conservative party of canada, De Registration, Dione, District Associations, Electoral District, Endangered Wildlife, Environmental Cause, Environmental Vision, federal election, Fundamental Reason, Green Party of Canada, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Greens Party, Gulf Islands, Important Point, NDP, Political Debate, politics, Preston Manning, Protecting The Environment The Alberta Liberals are under attack. The Liberals are being assailed from every party from every corner of this province. The march to the middle has been of pronounced presence by almost every political faction in Alberta. The NDP have made open moves toward Liberal voters, campaigning hard in long held seats like Edmonton-Gold Bar and [...] Harvey Locke ran a great campaign in Calgary-Centre taking a strong second place. and keeping the Conservatives under 40% in the so-called “Conservative heartland” is nothing to sneeze at. I am proud of the campaign the Liberals ran in all … Continue reading → It has been a wonder of a campaign. For the Harvey Locke campaign the Liberals doubled their support from 2011 (going from 17% to 32%) and sent a message that Calgarians were willing to give the Liberals a crack at representing them. It was a 4% spread… . . . → Read More: calgaryliberal.com: Calgary-Centre: The Day After The media love a good narrative, and once they decide on a narrative they’ll do anything to force events into their box, whether the events fit inside that box. Right now, one of their favourite narratives is that the Liberal Party is dying. Sadly for them, we refuse to go. They said our fundraising would dry up; it hasn’t. They said we’d stay down in the polls; not lately we haven’t. They said no one would run for our leadership; there’s more potential contenders than you can shake a good-sized stick at. They said it will be a coronation; the (Read more…) In all my years blogging about Calgary politics, I never thought “Liberals blow by-election” is a story I’d have to write. “Liberals lose” is a common headline for a party that hasn’t won a seat in Calgary since 1968, during the height of Trudeaumania (the first round of Trudeaumania that is). But while some Liberals have come down with “candidate’s disease” over the years (symptoms include house hunting in Ottawa), the reality is the Liberal Party is never even in … → . . . → Read More: Calgary Grit: Old Habits Die Hard Alice offers up the definitive analysis of last night’s federal by-elections, and I won’t go over too much of the same territory. But I’ll quickly add a few observations for each party – as everybody looks to have some reason for concern.And yes, I inc… . . . → Read More: Accidental Deliberations: On post-mortems Voters in Durham, Victoria, and Calgary Centre head to the polls tonight in what were originally pegged as three “safe” by-elections. The story appears to be following the script in Durham and Victoria but, unexpectedly, Calgary Centre has become the riding to watch. When Lee Richardson resigned from Parliament last spring, no one could have fathomed the type of bizarro world we’d find ourselves in, with the Tories on the ropes, the Greens attacking the Liberals, and two-year old comments … → . . . → Read More: Calgary Grit: Battleground Calgary Centre A lot of talk has been made of strategic voting in the last week. While Harvey Locke does have the best chance (see this poll for the latest information and Locke’s appeal here) there is something to be said about him as a candidate. There is no… . . . → Read More: calgaryliberal.com: Three Reasons You Should Vote for Harvey Locke
Brainchild, Calgary-Centre, Campaigner, Deep Roots, Elbow Park, Environment And Nature, Fourteen Years, Harvey Locke, Immense Character, Knowledgeable Man, Liberals, Litigator, Meeting People, oil and gas, old school, politics, Progressive Man, Single Room, Vote Tomorrow, Yellowstone To Yukon, Yukon Conservation Initiative It’s close. Yesterday the Harvey Locke team in Calgary-Centre ID untold numbers of voters and knocked on 10,000 doors. The race is close in Calgary-Centre and, for the first time in almost 40 years, a Liberal might be sent to Ottawa from Calgary…. . . . → Read More: calgaryliberal.com: 10,000 Doors in One Day — Calgary-Centre: It’s Close. If Harvey Locke is elected in Calgary-Centre the portfolio of energy critic for the Liberals is wide open. This may be a plus for the Liberal campaign in Calgary-Centre after all. Anyway, properly tarred and feathered for his comments the member who … . . . → Read More: calgaryliberal.com: Taking Calgary Seriously: David McGuinty Resigns Over Alberta Comments
Apology, Calgary Alberta, Calgary-Centre, Choice Of Words, Constituents, David McGuinty, Harvey Locke, House of Commons, Liberal Campaign, Liberals, Member of Parliament, Natural Resources, Offence, Ottawa South, parliament, Parliamentarians, Parliamentary Colleagues, politics, Province of Alberta, Resignation Letter, Tories There’s been plenty of talk in recent weeks about how the Calgary Centre by-election might serve as either the time for an inter-party pact to limit voters’ options opposing the Harper Cons, or a spur to future movement on the same front. But before we… . . . → Read More: Accidental Deliberations: On competitive questions New Globe and Mail Poll Liberal Harvey Locke is within the margin of error of Tory Joan Crockatt. It’s close. Just as close as last week’s poll. Harvey Locke, who has been consistently talking about having progressive values — of bein… . . . → Read More: calgaryliberal.com: Liberals still in hairs breadth from Tories in Calgary-Centre — MoE has them in statistical heat Jack Layton’s stunning success in the May 2011 election broke the grip of the do-nothing Bloc in Quebec, and made it legitimate for voters across Canada to consider the unthinkable.Now along comes the by election of Calgary Centre, and the polls have t… . . . → Read More: CuriosityCat: Calgary Center by-election: Move over, Peek a Boo Tories, here comes the Red Tide! With a week to go Harvey Locke is 2% short of taking on the Tories and winning in Calgary-Centre. It’s that close. That’s some 100 votes. This is a once in 40 years chance to upset the Tories, send them a message, and show that Calgarians w… . . . → Read More: calgaryliberal.com: 2%. Wednesday was not a typical day for Calgary Grits. While leadership candidates must all fly into town, knowing the party’s weighted-by-riding leadership system makes a vote there far more valuable than a vote in Toronto, I have never seen a serious candidate launch their leadership campaign from the heart of Conservative country. But there was Martha Hall Findlay at the Stampede grounds, declaring her intentions to run for Liberal leader. It’s tempting to write off the Calgary launch as a … → . . . → Read More: Calgary Grit: Liberal Heartland Calgary … of 376 randomly selected residents puts Ms. Crockatt in first place – but pegs her support at just 32 per cent, down from 48 per cent in a similar poll held two weeks earlier. Liberal candidate Harvey Locke had the backing of 30 per cent of t… . . . → Read More: calgaryliberal.com: Libs are 2% behind the Tory in Calgary-Centre. Huh. There’s a split in Calgary in the conservatives. And it’s about principles. Calgary Herald: Provincial rift spreads to federal realm Calgary Herald: “Pat Moore says she doesn’t like the way the Conservative nomination was controlle… . . . → Read More: calgaryliberal.com: By-Election Update: Tories Flipping to Liberals in Calgary-Centre
Ardent Support, Calgary Herald, Calgary-Centre, conservative politics, Constituency, Election Update, Harvey Locke, Harvie, Joe Clark, Lee Richardson, Liberal Candidate, Mcbeath, Moores, Nasty Divorce, Pat Moore, politics, Progressive Conservatives, Progressive Values, Ralph Klein, Soundness, Type Pcs Harvey Locke was on Don Martin’s Power Play last night talking about his campaign in Calgary-Centre. Click here to watch the clip! Forum Research released a poll of the Calgary-Centre byelection to gauge the support of each candidate in the riding. Conservative candidate Joan Crockatt sits at almost half of the support of the riding, with Harvey Locke some 20 points behind her at 28%. Since the previous poll (in August) the Harvey Locke team has increased [...] It’s about absolute radio silence. The Conservative candidate will not speak to the public without speaking points… if she even does try to speak to the public. There will be no debate or town hall. It’s all about a level of radio silence. And let me tell you why. Because the conservative candidate isn’t interested in [...]
Calgary-Centre, Campaigning, Conservative Candidate, Conservatives, Exclusivity, Fount, Free Public Forum, Isolation, Media Opportunity, Members of Parliament, Mishaps, parliament, Petronas, politics, Radio Silence, referendum, Representative Democracy, streams, Tenet, Tick, Town Hall, Variables Miscellaneous material for your Monday reading. - The Toronto Star’s Public Editor Kathy English discusses the wall being built around information by the Harper Cons. But at least as interesting to me is the Cons’ determination to put up roadblocks in the way of information which can obviously be obtained through other means – such as this example from a report on their axing of Harold Leduc from the Veterans Review and Appeal Board after he exposed their breaches of privacy: An outspoken member of a veterans appeal board, who said his privacy was violated and that the federal agency . . . → Read More: Accidental Deliberations: Monday Morning Links With membership tripling in the month and a half of campaigning, four strong candidates, and a positive campaign to win the nomination for the Liberal Party of Canada in Calgary-Centre, the race for the nomination has come to a close with Harvey Locke as the Liberal nominee. Pulling it in a landslide of 58% [...] On the 22nd of September Liberals from across downtown Calgary will vote from 9:00 am and 5:00 pm at the Kahanoff Conference Centre, and vote for one of three (or a rumored four, with the final one being a possible star candidate) candidates vying for the chance to contest the upcoming byelection under the Liberal banner. Three candidates are raring [...]
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