Provincial Election Roundup – Day 8

Campaign Roundup – Day 8:

Danielle Smith had a phone call with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to discuss the wildfire situation in the province. Her campaign is on hold as she continues to deal with the emergency and meet with the Emergency Management Cabinet Committee.
Smith also held a press conference announcing financial support for wildfire evacuees. Eligible evacuees will receive $1,250 per adult and $500 per child. Information on applying for the benefit can be found online.
Mike Ellis, acting in his capacity as Alberta’s Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Services, sent a letter to his federal counterparts outlining the assistance being requested by the Province. Asks included water purification resources, military personnel to provide security for evacuated communities, engineering support, and heavy equipment resources.
Alberta Health Services clarified that there was no gap in surgical coverage in the Calgary Zone over the weekend, despite yesterday’s claims from the NDP.
The NDP continued campaigning and held a press conference regarding pension plans. Marie Renaud, NDP Candidate for St. Albert, accused the UCP of not answering questions regarding taking Alberta out of the Canada Pension Plan.
At the same press conference, Karen Shaw, NDP Candidate for Morinville-St. Albert, outlined her party’s plan for seniors. She promised to make the shingles vaccine free, eliminate fees for seniors’ driver license medical exams, provide homecare, and increase the Seniors’ Benefit.
The UCP’s Calgary-Klein candidate, Jeremy Nixon, rebutted both claims, stating that, with regards to Pensions – as has always been promised – no change will be made to any pensions without a full public debate and, ultimately, a referendum – as has always been promised – and that, with regards to seniors, the UCP has raised the Alberta Seniors Benefit, provided $2 billion for drug and health benefits, and more.
The NDP announced a commitment to build the Red Deer Hospital and a standalone Stollery Children’s Hospital, as well as accelerate construction of the South Edmonton Hospital.
New polling has the UCP leading the NDP by 50% to 43%. Digging into the details, the poll also showed that 48% of voters have a favourable opinion of Danielle Smith versus 45% who see Rachel Notley in a favourable light, and that more voters think Rachel Notley is too far left than think Danielle Smith is too far right.

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2023 Election

Elections Alberta releases official list of electors, and information on recalls and petitions

Published on April 2, 2024

Government of Alberta

Elections Alberta releases post election day list of electors

Following a Provincial General Election, Elections Alberta releases an updated List of Electors to registered political parties and Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLAs).

The number of names on the Post Election Day List of Electors is also used to determine the number of signatures required for petitions relating to citizen initiatives, recall of MLAs, or forming a new political party. These thresholds will be in place until a new list is generated after the next Provincial General Election.

The total number of names on the Post Election Day List of Electors is 2,939,762.

Citizen Initiative Petitions

Electors can use the citizen initiative process to have a legislative or policy proposal introduced in the Legislative Assembly or have a constitutional referendum conducted.

Petitions for a legislative or policy proposal require signatures from 10 per cent of provincial electors, or 293,976 signatures.
Petitions for a constitutional referendum require signatures from 20 per cent of provincial electors (587,952 signatures), with the 20 per cent threshold reached in at least 2/3 of electoral divisions.

Threshold numbers for successful petitions are available at https://www.elections.ab.ca/recall-initiative/initiative/number-of-signatures-required-for-initiative.

Recall Petitions

A recall petition for a Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) requires signatures from 40 per cent of the electors in the electoral division on the Post Election Day List of Electors. The number of signatures required in each electoral division for a successful recall petition is available at https://www.elections.ab.ca/recall-initiative/recall/number-of-signatures-required-for-recall.

The threshold numbers are only applicable for recall petitions relating to MLAs and do not impact recall petitions for municipal officials.

Petitions to Form a New Political Party

One of the methods to register a new political party is submitting a petition containing signatures from at least 0.3 per cent of the total number of electors that were eligible to vote in the last general election. Based on the Post Election Day List of Electors, the number of signatures required for a petition is 8,819. For more details on registering a new political party visit: https://www.elections.ab.ca/political-participants/parties/how-to-register-a-party.

Additional Details

List of Elector counts by electoral division and historical List of Elector counts are available at https://www.elections.ab.ca/resources/statistics-research/elector-counts.

The Chief Electoral Officer’s Report on the 2023 Provincial General Election will be released in May 2024. The report will include additional information on processes used to update the List of Electors and current demographics of the Register of Electors.

Elections Alberta is an independent, non-partisan office of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta responsible for administering provincial elections, by-elections, and referenda.

2023 Election

Campaign Update – Alberta Election 2023

Published on May 25, 2023

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From the Alberta Institute

Campaign Roundup – Day 25:

Pierre Poilieve, leader of the Conservative Party of Canada, endorsed Danielle Smith. “[Notley] will help Trudeau attack the energy sector, putting you out of a job,” said Poilieve in a video message, adding that Smith would stand up for Alberta and fight the carbon tax.
Adriana LaGrange, UCP Candidate for Red Deer-North, noted that the NDP removed the Red Deer Hospital expansion from their capital plan in 2018 while the UCP has invested $1.8 million into the project.
NDP Candidates Sarah Hoffman (Edmonton-Glenora) and Jaelene Tweedle (Red Deer-North) promised to immediately increase funding by $100 million for children with complex needs. They also promised to modernize or build 125 schools.
Rachel Notley announced Bill 1, 2, and 3 of an NDP government. Bill 1 will be the “Save Albertans Money Act” and will include capping power bills and auto insurance, freezing tuition, and implementing $10/day childcare. Bill 2 would repeal the Sovereignty Act, and Bill 3 is designed to prevent any future government from leaving the Canada Pension Plan.
Shaun Fluker, the NDP Candidate for Airdrie-Cochrane, said yesterday that when he argued in favour of the No More Pipelines bill, that he was simply representing a client. More information has since come to light though, and it turns out that Fluker intentionally sought out that client.
The UCP promised to dedicate $80 million over four years to a fund that would build recreation facilities in growing communities.
UCP Candidates Brian Jean (Fort McMurray-Lac La Biche) and Rebecca Schulz (Calgary-Shaw) held a press conference in Calgary to highlight the NDP’s poor record on the economy and how the UCP will continue to move the province forward.