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5 unusual facts about Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta


Henry B. Atkins

He won the vacant Didsbury electoral district, defeating W.L. Tolton of the Conservative Party by a plurality of 150 votes.

Mary Anne Balsillie

She again defeated Ross Quinn, who represented the Progressive Conservatives, by 98 votes.

Nova Scotia Liberal Party

It is expected, if the current government of the Alberta PCs lasts to the next election, they will break this record.

Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta

If the Alberta PC government is still sitting on September 4, 2014, they will pass the Nova Scotia Liberals as the longest-serving provincial government in Canadian history.

The Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta (often referred to colloquially as Progressive Conservative Party of Alberta) is a provincial centre-right party in the Canadian province of Alberta.


Albert Klapstein

He defeated incumbent Liberal MLA Terry Kirkland in a hotly contested election to pick up the Leduc electoral district for the Progressive Conservatives.

Alberta Alliance Party

In an unorthodox political move, on October 11, 2006, Alliance leader Paul Hinman encouraged his party members to buy memberships in the rival Progressive Conservative Party and vote for candidate Ted Morton in the PC Party's upcoming leadership race, as Morton is considered the candidate that is ideologically most in sync with Alliance philosophies.

Bill Bonko

He was first elected in the 2004 election as a Liberal in Edmonton Decore, but was defeated in his 2008 re-election bid by Progressive Conservative Janice Sarich.

Bob Maskell

He defeated incumbent Liberal MLA Karen Leibovici to pick up Edmonton Meadowlark for the Progressive Conservatives.

Calgary School

Ted Morton's elevation to the cabinet of the Progressive Conservative government of Alberta and later to the position of finance minister in the Ed Stelmach government and energy minister in the first Alison Redford-led government, is another perceived route of influence for the School.

Calgary-Elbow

Its current MLA is Alison Redford, a Progressive Conservative, who defeated incumbent Liberal candidate Craig Cheffins in the 2008 Alberta general election.

Chuck Cook

He also ran for the Progressive Conservative Party of Alberta in the riding of Calgary Centre in the 1967 election but came up a very close second to Fred Colborne of the Alberta Social Credit Party.

Ed Gibbons

In the 2001 provincial election, the runner-up from the previous election, Progressive Conservative Tony Vandermeer, defeated Gibbons.

Edmonton-Riverview

The 2001 election saw Liberal candidate and best-selling author Kevin Taft run against Progressive Conservative candidate and former Edmonton City Councilor Wendy Kinsella.

Elmer Ernest Roper

He tried again in a 1931 by-election resulting from the death of Charles Weaver; he finished second of four candidates as Conservative Frederick C. Jamieson reclaimed the seat for Weaver's party.

Ezra Riley

His brother Harold Riley would end up winning the district for the Conservatives in another by-election almost exactly a year later.

Glen Clegg

He defeated incumbent New Democrat Jim Gurnett in a hotly contested two-way race to win the reconstituted riding of Dunvegan for the Progressive Conservatives.

Harvey Locke

Locke was the Liberal candidate in the provincial district of Calgary-Foothills in the 1989 Alberta provincial election, narrowly losing to Progressive Conservative Pat Black.

Leo Vasseur

He was defeated by Denis Ducharme from the Progressive Conservatives during the 1997 Alberta general election after his district was abolished and he ran in the new Bonnyville-Cold Lake riding.

Martha Bielish

Bielish ran for a seat to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta in the 1959 Alberta general election as a provincial Progressive Conservative candidate in the electoral district of Redwater.

Maurice Tougas

He was first elected in the 2004 election, when he defeated incumbent Progressive Conservative Bob Maskell, but did not seek re-election at the conclusion of his term.

Michael Maccagno

The Liberals became the third party after Peter Lougheed's Progressive Conservatives.

Michelle Mungall

Mungall was not expected to win the race, which was expected to be close between the incumbent Progressive Conservative Mary O'Neill and the Liberal challenger Len Bracko.

Mo Elsalhy

He was defeated in the 2008 election by Progressive Conservative David Xiao.

Peter Sandhu

Parmjit Singh "Peter" Sandhu is a Canadian politician and current Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta representing the constituency of Edmonton-Manning and is currently sitting as an Independent MLA after withdrawing from the Progressive Conservative Caucus due to an ongoing investigation by Alberta's ethics commissioner over business dealings.

Rob Lougheed

He was elected for the Progressive Conservatives, defeating one term incumbent Muriel Abdurahman from the Alberta Liberal Party in a hotly contested election.

Stephen Stiles

Stiles first ran for the Progressive Conservatives in the February 1982 by-election in Olds-Didsbury that saw Gordon Kesler from the Western Canada Concept elected.


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