Calgary Grit: Riding Talk
The electoral commission could have saved us a lot of time by painting this map blue The new riding maps are out! The new riding maps are out! It’s Christmas in July for political geeks! As you may be...
View Articledaveberta.ca - Alberta politics: Ron Liepert versus Rob Anders: the next...
TweetWill former provincial cabinet minister Ron Liepert make the jump into federal politics? With the launch of the TimeToDoBetter.ca website today, rumours began to spread that the former two-term...
View ArticleAlberta Diary: Fear & Loathing in Calgary Signal Hill: rumble on the right...
Your blogger in 2011 with Ron Liepert, Alberta’s former Worst Provincial Cabinet Minister. Below: Calgary West Member of Parliament Rob Anders, Canada’s worst MP, with his friend and supporter, Prime...
View ArticleAlberta Diary: NDP-Grit coalition to defeat Rob Anders? Unlikely! This is a...
Alberta Premier Alison Redford, left, glares at Rob Anders, far right (as it were), Canada’s Worst MP, as challenger Ron Liepert, centre, with an unidentified vole who is not authorized to speak on the...
View Articledaveberta.ca - Alberta politics: He’s in: Ron Liepert challenges Rob Anders...
TweetFormer provincial cabinet minister and MLA Ron Liepert officially announced in a statement this morning his intentions to seek the Conservative Party of Canada nomination in the newly...
View Articledaveberta.ca - Alberta politics: Harper endorses Rob Anders and more...
TweetWith Dave Hancock being sworn-in as the 15th Premier of Alberta and speculation running rampant about who will replace him in four to six months, I thought now would be a good opportunity to...
View ArticleThe Cracked Crystal Ball II: Democracy, As Rob Anders Would Write It
Rob “Sleepy” Anders must be feeling the heat from having competition running against him for the nomination in Calgary Signal Hill. Yesterday, he threatened to sue Ron Liepert over claims that...
View Articledaveberta.ca - Alberta politics: Conservatives race to the bottom in...
TweetWith the race for the Conservative Party nomination in Calgary-Signal Hill in less than 10 days, the Rob Anders campaign has broadcast a new robocall praising the incumbent MP for decreasing the...
View Articledaveberta.ca - Alberta politics: Good riddance, Rob Anders
TweetIt finally happened. The man who called Nelson Mandela a terrorist, insulted Canada’s veterans, and called for war against Russia, has suffered his first major defeat since he was first elected in...
View Articledaveberta.ca - Alberta politics: Conservatives spar for safe Alberta ridings
TweetWhile the epic battle between Rob Anders and Ron Liepert in Calgary-Signal Hill was entertaining to watch, preparation for the next federal election has sparked nomination contests in ridings...
View ArticleAlberta Diary: With friends like these… How much did gun lovers’ aid hurt Rob...
Soon-to-be-former MP Rob Anders with would-be MP Melissa Mathieson. Did this photo help, or hurt, his unsuccessful candidacy? Below: Ron Liepert, the Conservative who beat Mr. Anders in the Calgary...
View Articledaveberta.ca - Alberta politics: Rob Anders to run in new Bow River riding?
TweetSources say that controversial Member of Parliament Rob Anders is preparing to run for the federal Conservative nomination in new rural Bow River riding south east of Calgary. The six-term MP has...
View Articledaveberta.ca - Alberta politics: Nomination update: Yellowhead by-election,...
TweetPremier Jim Prentice announced this week that five-term Conservative Member of Parliament Rob Merrifield would be appointed as Alberta’s representative in Washington D.C. Mr. Merrifield’s...
View Articledaveberta.ca - Alberta politics: Dear Rob Anders, Take a Hint and Take a Hike.
TweetMany Canadians hoped to have bid a final farewell to offensive conservative Member of Parliament Rob Anders when he lost the Conservative Party nomination in Calgary-Signal Hill to Ron Liepert...
View Articledaveberta.ca - Alberta politics: Conservatives approach a full-slate of...
TweetWith the next federal election less than one year away, the Conservative Party of Canada is close to nominating a full slate of candidates in Alberta’s 34 newly redrawn ridings. By my count,...
View Articledaveberta.ca - Alberta Politics: Can Wildrose survive Rob Anders? Can floor...
Initially turned away by Wildrose Party officials, controversial Conservative Member of Parliament Rob Anders has asked the Wildrose Party for a “waiver” to run for the party’s leadership. Having lost...
View Articledaveberta.ca – Alberta Politics: Tom Olsen beats Megan McCaffrey in...
Photo: Tom Olsen and Ric McIver (source: Facebook) Lobbyist Tom Olsen surprised many political watchers last weekend when he defeated Megan McCaffery in the United Conservative Party nomination contest...
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