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Originally Posted by SportsJunky
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The reason why is that at the MLA level candidates tend to be of lower quality. In most ridings in Alberta I'd venture a guess that over 50% of the voters in the riding are at least as well educated and/or more accomplished in life than pretty much anyone willing to throw their name in the ring to run for MLA. Therefore the last thing I'd want to see is some Joe Everyman trying to use his brain cells and going against his own constituents wishes.
It used to be politics was a realm where our elites ran to gave back to the community out of a sense of duty after they retired from a prominent position in business or in the community. Now it seems people make it out to be a career to further their ambitions. Running for Alderman/MLA is like an entry-level position. Count how many people running that don't have a grey hair on their head. How much experience do these candidates have in life to be able to make cognitive decisions about legislation governing your life?