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Calgary Centre post-mortem
Colby Cosh looks at the Green Party surge and how Trudeau’s remarks affected the Liberals
Let’s all freak out about Calgary Centre
It’s just one poll and the sample is small and the margin of error is high and the riding has never been anything other than Conservative… but for the sake of finding some excitement in this fall’s by-elections, you could imagine that Calgary Centre might be a race.
Mitchel Raphael on Elizabeth May’s fear of flying and NDP tank tops
Elizabeth May’s fear factor
Picking sides in Calgary Centre
Joe Soares has the endorsements of Rod Bruinooge and Doug Finley, while Greg McLean has the endorsement of Lee Richardson, Calgary Centre’s last MP. Now, Joan Crockatt announces the endorsement of Mike Duffy.
Could someone other than a Conservative win Calgary Centre?
If electoral history is any judge, the answer to that question is “no.” Since 1966, Calgary Centre has gone Progressive Conservative to Reform to Canadian Alliance to Progressive Conservative to Conservative. All-but-one of the province’s ridings are held by Conservatives. All of the neighbouring Calgary ridings are held by Conservatives. And it’s been 70 years since any of the Calgary ridings elected anyone other than a Conservatives (Liberal George Henry Ross in Calgary West and Liberal Manley Justin Edwards in Calgary West, both elected in 1940).*
‘We are all Canadians and we all love our country’
The Conservative MP for Calgary Centre rose after QP today to announce his resignation. Mr. Richardson was first elected as a Progressive Conservative in 1988—here is his maiden speech—but he first worked on the Hill as an executive assistant to John Diefenbaker and later served in the Prime Minister’s Office of Brian Mulroney.
Why Lisa Raitt went shoeless in the House of Commons
A shoeless MP, the Senatrix Martini, and a meeting with Celine Dion
Party politics is dragged into the ring
Will Trudeau go blue?
He’ll have the cold cut combo
The NDP apparently rejected a deal that would’ve made Lee Richardson the new Speaker. As a result, we now have a Speaker who will give you the business card off his back.
Who will be the next Speaker of the House?
LIVE BLOG: Aaron Wherry reports from the Speaker’s election
For your consideration: Barry Devolin
Next in our series on the prospective speakers, Barry Devolin, the MP for Haliburton-Kawartha Lakes-Brock. His answers are after the jump.
For your consideration: Lee Richardson
Yesterday, I emailed the offices of the seven MPs confirmed to be seeking the Speaker’s post. I sent each candidate the same set of questions with the promise that I would reprint here any and all responses in their entirety. Those questions were as follows.