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Originally Posted by Starfishy
I agree that CPC candidates in Alberta are a lock. But when I look at the list of CPC candidates in Alberta I don't see any 19 year old bar tenders. Even though they were a lock the party looks to have put some effort into picking the candidates. Even when I look at the list of Liberal candidates riding in Alberta (with next to no chance of being elected) I don't see any teenagers.
I understand that the NDP didn't expect them to win, but you would think they could prepare for the unexpected by at least picking some people that spoke french? It just seems crazy to me that they couldn't find some french speaking adults that had respectable jobs and a sense of responsibility.
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True not teenagers, but I recall last election there was one guy named Mohamed El-Rafih who ran for the Liberals in the Yellowhead riding in Alberta. I remember this guy from University, he was the guy who constantly ran for SU President and failed because he rarely spoke to the student newspaper, did not campaign, and had terrible hand drawn signs that looked literally like someone just wrote in marker in illegible handwriting. I think after two Presidential bids he ran for VP of something and lost yet again.
So fast forward two years after University and he pops up as a Liberal candidate in the 2008 Federal Election in a riding three hours away from Calgary (He came in 4th place securing 4% of the vote). He also tried to run for Ward 5 this past municipal election. So in conclusion the Liberals also run placeholder candidates in much the same way as the Dippers who won in Quebec. Formally this wasn't an issue for the Liberals as when they were in power many people wanted to be sacrificial lambs in Alberta so they could earn favor and get patronage jobs, or senate appointments. Obviously those days are long gone.