Alberta Liberal leadership election, 2008

Alberta Liberal leadership election, 2008

The 2008 Alberta Liberal leadership election will be held December 12, 2008 to select a leader of the Alberta Liberal Party.cite news |url=http://www.canada.com/calgaryherald/news/story.html?id=f6d78d11-c1e4-4c38-bfd1-d69edf76527c |title=Swann dives into Grit race |work=Calgary Herald |date=August 21, 2008 |first=Jason |last=Fekete |accessdate=2008-09-11] Incumbent leader Kevin Taft announced his resignation June 2008, in the wake of the March provincial election in which the Liberals lost seven of their sixteen seats.cite news |title=Liberal candidate’s plane problems scuttles McMurray trip |url=http://www.fortmcmurraytoday.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1153774 |first=Kristy |last=Nease |work=Fort McMurray Today |date=August 12, 2008 |accessdate=2008-09-11]

Candidates

Candidates have until September 30 to file nomination papers. As yet, three candidates have announced their intentions to run:
*Mo Elsalhy was the MLA for Edmonton McClung from 2004 until 2008, when he was defeated in his re-election attempt by David Xiao.
*David Swann has been the MLA for Calgary Mountain View since 2004.
*Dave Taylor has been the MLA since 2004.

Hugh MacDonald, Edmonton Gold Bar MLA since 1997, is also considering a candidacy.

Laurie Blakeman, MLA for Edmonton Centre since 1997 and Liberal House Leader, had been widely expected to run but in August announced that she would not do so, citing the financial cost of a candidacy. She said that she would not be endorsing a candidate. [cite news |url=http://www.canada.com/edmontonjournal/news/story.html?id=d00deec9-73c6-4c30-ac73-fb6443b2e0ab |title=Blakeman decides not to run for Liberal leadership |work=Edmonton Journal |date=August 19, 2008 |accessdate=2008-09-11 |first=Erika |last=Beauchesne] Other Liberals to publicly decline to run included Calgary mayor Dave Bronconnier and former Deputy Prime Minister Anne McLellan, both of whom announced their intentions immediately following Taft's resignation, [cite news |url=http://www.canada.com/calgaryherald/news/story.html?id=10cd2240-4592-4354-9a16-5a36c7f697e6 |title=Four MLAs throw hats in Liberal ring |date=June 27, 2008 |first=Archie |last=McLean |publisher=Calgary Herald |accessdate=2008-09-11] and former Edmonton Rutherford MLA Rick Miller, who expressed concern that, with the next provincial election presumably so far off, he wouldn't have a seat in the legislature for three and a half years after being elected leader.cite news |url=http://www.canada.com/calgaryherald/news/story.html?id=487741ad-4101-4691-a3d1-18043a55bc0a |title=Liberals to reveal leadership intentions |work=Calgary Herald |first=Jason |last=Fekete |date=August 19, 2008 |accessdate=2008-09-11]

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