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Originally Posted by fotze
Wasn't that riding ususally pretty tight when Klein was there. Some Swann guy used to run against him and do pretty well IIRC.
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In the last election the liberal candidate was Stephen Brown, who received 4934 votes, as compared to Klein's 6968. Without a high profile candidate like Klein running, I can see the liberals winning this by-election.
I'm in Shirley McClellan's consituency, and the by-elecion here should be interesting too. I'm not so sure the PCs will win, even though this is the heart of Tory country. I think the Alberta Alliance will do quite well in this by-election because that's where the majority of the fed up PC voters will turn. As goofy as it may sound, the Social Credit dinosaurs are going to steal some votes from the Tory's too. Personally, I'm going to vote for the best local candidate, and he happens to be a liberal. Voting for a liberal will be a virgin experience for me, but he's the best candidate and I can't find a a reason to vote for any of the other parties or candidates. Normally I vote Green when I want to register a protest vote, but the Green candidate here is the manager of a Wal-Mart store. How seriously can you take a Green candidate who is a manager for Wal-Mart? There's a fair amount of hate going around right now for Stelmach and the PCs, so this by-election might be closer than people think. If they lose this one to the Alliance, and Calgary-Elbow to the liberals, it sets the stage for the first meaningful provincial election in decades.