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Originally Posted by Drury18
When I exercised that right, I was aware of who the Party leader was and could make my decision accordingly. Throwing in a new leader because the other one wanted to retire shows the lack of planning by the PC's as they had several months to elect a new leader and have a new election. This sort of behaviour is rare in other countries. And completely unnecessary. The PC's could have voted on their new candidate, called the election for October 1st or shortly before so that when Stelmach left on October 1st, there was a fairly decided new Premier in place. Not just who the PC's decided to put in.
And yes, to an extent, obviously the government would change slightly as all PC candidates have said they would be making changes to the way Stelmach did things. We will wake up to a slightly different PC government, perhaps one that if we had another vote and let Albertans decide, they would not vote for. Again, we are a democratic country and having someone assigned to lead by private vote because that party was already in place is a poor excuse. Some people vote by party, some by leader. And this is not like a death where you couldn't plan. The PC's had plenty of time to do this in the fairest possible manner. Sadly, they opted not to. Speaks volume of the Party.
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When are you going to understand that when you vote in the provincial election you are not voting for the leader of the party you are voting for the candidate in your constituency. The leader of the party can change anytime, that doesn't mean a new provincial election should be called.