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daveberta.ca - Alberta Politics: 12 races I’m watching on Election Night in...

With all the polls showing the 43-year long governing Progressive Conservatives trailing the NDP and Wildrose across the province, there could be a race to watch in every constituency in Alberta when...

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daveberta.ca – Alberta Politics: Can we not go a week without someone...

“I’ve been beating this drum for 10,11 years. I will continue to beat it, I promise. But it’s against the law to beat Rachel Notley…” – Wildrose leader Brian Jean Speaking at a town hall forum in Fort...

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daveberta.ca – Alberta Politics: Ten Alberta MLAs to watch in 2017

Despite its past reputation, Alberta politics has become extraordinarily unpredictable over the past decade. This makes forecasting the future a very tricky business for political pundits. As is...

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daveberta.ca – Alberta Politics: Former Tory MLAs jumping into municipal...

As the October 16, 2017 municipal elections approach, we are starting to see a number of candidates from the 2015 provincial and federal elections putting their names forward to run for municipal...

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daveberta.ca – Alberta Politics: Get ready for a by-election in Calgary-Lougheed

Photo: A map of the Calgary-Lougheed constituency. With Calgary-Lougheed MLA Dave Rodney expected to resign tomorrow in order to provide new United Conservative Party leader Jason Kenney an opportunity...

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daveberta.ca – Alberta Politics: Notley NDP set to roll out their next...

With the next provincial election expected to be a little more than one year away, Alberta’s MLAs will return to the Legislative Assembly for the new session on Thursday. This session will mark the...

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daveberta.ca – Alberta Politics: Candidate Nomination Update:...

Photo: Central Calgary, with Calgary-Buffalo located south of the Bow River and Calgary-Mountain View located to the north. It has been a while since I have posted a nomination update, so here are a...

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daveberta.ca – Alberta Politics: Innisfail-Sylvan Lake and Fort...

The United Conservative Party has announced the nomination period to choose a candidate for the upcoming Innisfail-Sylvan Lake by-election. The deadline for candidates to enter the nomination contest...

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daveberta.ca – Alberta Politics: Sunday Night Candidate Nomination Update

Photo: Shelly Shannon, Kathleen Ganley, Christina Gray, and Beth Barberree The New Democratic Party has scheduled its nomination meeting in Fort McMurray-Conklin for May 10, 2018. A by-election is...

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daveberta.ca – Alberta Politics: Alberta Candidate Nomination Updates: 2 NDP...

Photo: Oneil Carlier, Shannon Phillips, Sonya Savage, and Tyler Shandro. Nominations are picking up speed. Three more United Conservative Party MLAs have announced their plans to retire when the next...

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daveberta.ca – Alberta Politics: Laila Goodridge wins UCP nomination to run...

Laila Goodridge has been chosen as the United Conservative Party candidate in the upcoming Fort McMurray-Conklin by-election. The yet to be called by-election is required following the resignation of...

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daveberta.ca – Alberta Politics: Alberta Candidate Nomination Updates: 3 NDP...

New Democratic Party MLAs nominated: Three NDP MLAs were chosen as their party’s candidates for the next election at meetings held on May 6 and May 12, 2018. MLA Maria Fitzpatrick was nominated in...

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daveberta.ca – Alberta Politics: Alberta Candidate Nomination Update: NDPer...

The big nomination news since my last update was the announcement by Stephanie McLean that she was withdrawing from the New Democratic Party nomination contest in Calgary-Varsity.

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daveberta.ca – Alberta Politics: July by-elections called in two UCP-friendly...

Photo: Laila Goodridge, Jane Stroud, Nicole Mooney, and Abigail Douglass By-elections were called today and will be held in the provincial districts of Innisfail-Sylvan Lake

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daveberta.ca – Alberta Politics: Green Party candidate drops out and endorses...

Green Party of Alberta candidate Marco Reid has dropped out of the Innisfail-Sylvan Lake by-election and tweeted his endorsement of Liberal Party candidate Nick Jansen.

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daveberta.ca – Alberta Politics: UCP candidate’s ties to Trump campaign caps...

Photo: Sid Fayad, Laila Goodridge, Jane Stroud, Nicole Mooney, Abigail Douglass, Devin Dreeshen. Voters will head to the polls tomorrow to elect new MLAs in two

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daveberta.ca – Alberta Politics: No surprises as UCP wins big in Fort...

United Conservative Party candidates were elected in by-elections held in two traditionally strong conservative voting districts on July 12, 2018. Both districts were held by the

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daveberta.ca – Alberta Politics: Sixth MLA leaves the UCP. Prab Gill resigns...

The polls suggest the United Conservative Party is poised to form government in 2019, but how united the caucus actually is remains questionable. Calgary-Greenway UCP

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daveberta.ca – Alberta Politics: Three candidates jump into Green Party of...

Photo: Matt Leviki, Brian Deheer, and Cheryle Chagnon-Greyeyes. Four months after party leader Romy Tittel resigned, the Green Party of Alberta has announced that three candidates

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daveberta.ca – Alberta Politics: Rick Strankman ousted by Nate Horner in...

Photo: Rick Strankman and Jason Kenney (source: Facebook) Rick Strankman is the first incumbent MLA to lose his party’s nomination in this election cycle as

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