’Support Ed!’ says Alberta Tory bigwig

In the mythology of recent Alberta Tory power bids, particularly in Calgary, Ed Stelmach and Ted Morton stole the Progressive Conservative leadership from Jim Dinning, a Calgary business community insider and a former MLA who for a time served as Ralph Klein’s provincial treasurer. Now Dinning, who went to ground after losing that race in 2006, has publicly declared his support for embattled Premier Stelmach ahead of a leadership review vote at the party’s AGM on Nov. 7 that some disgruntled party members see as a chance to bump the chief. Dinning was rumoured to be open to a draft should Stelmach stumble; that rumour now appears to have been put to rest.

Calgary Herald