2008 Alberta Liberal Party leadership election

September 2023 January 2023 2008 Alberta Liberal Party leadership election Alberta presidential no 2004 Alberta Liberal Party leadership election 2004 2011 Alberta Liberal Party leadership election 2011 December 12, 2008 150x150px AB Liberal nohash David Swann Liberal 2,468 54.0% 150x150px AB Liberal nohash Dave Taylor Liberal 1,616 35.3% AB Liberal nohash Mo Elsalhy Liberal 491 10.7% Leader Kevin Taft David Swann Alberta Liberal Party AB Liberal 2008 December 12, 2008 David Swann 1 Kevin Taft 3 The 2008 Alberta Liberal leadership election was held on December 12, 2008, to select a leader of the Alberta Liberal Party.http://www.canada.com/calgaryherald/news/story.html?id=f6d78d11-c1e4-4c38-bfd1-d69edf76527c Swann dives into Grit race Calgary Herald August 21, 2008 Jason Fekete 2008-09-11 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20121105025600/http://www.canada.com/calgaryherald/news/story.html?id=f6d78d11-c1e4-4c38-bfd1-d69edf76527c November 5, 2012 Incumbent leader Kevin Taft announced his resignation June 2008, in the wake of the March provincial election in which the Liberals lost seven of their sixteen seats.Liberal candidate's plane problems scuttles McMurray trip http://www.fortmcmurraytoday.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1153774 https://archive.today/20130124074001/http://www.fortmcmurraytoday.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1153774 dead January 24, 2013 Kristy Nease Fort McMurray Today August 12, 2008 2008-09-11 Candidates Candidates had until September 30 to file nomination papers. Three candidates announced their intentions to run: Mo Elsalhy was the MLA for Edmonton McClung from 2004 until 2008, when he was defeated in his re-election attempt by David Xiao. David Swann has been the MLA for Calgary Mountain View since 2004. Dave Taylor has been the MLA for Calgary Currie since 2004. Declined Hugh MacDonald, Edmonton-Gold Bar MLA since 1997, was at one time considering a candidacy. Laurie Blakeman, MLA for Edmonton Centre since 1997 and Liberal House Leader, had been widely expected to run but in August announced that she would not do so, citing the financial cost of a candidacy. She said that she would not be endorsing a candidate.http://www.canada.com/edmontonjournal/news/story.html?id=d00deec9-73c6-4c30-ac73-fb6443b2e0ab Blakeman decides not to run for Liberal leadership Edmonton Journal August 19, 2008 2008-09-11 Erika Beauchesne dead https://web.archive.org/web/20080827120545/http://www.canada.com/edmontonjournal/news/story.html?id=d00deec9-73c6-4c30-ac73-fb6443b2e0ab August 27, 2008 Other Liberals to publicly decline to run included Calgary mayor Dave Bronconnier and former Deputy Prime Minister Anne McLellan, both of whom announced their intentions immediately following Taft's resignation,http://www.canada.com/calgaryherald/news/story.html?id=10cd2240-4592-4354-9a16-5a36c7f697e6 Four MLAs throw hats in Liberal ring June 27, 2008 Archie McLean Calgary Herald 2008-09-11 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20121104135527/http://www.canada.com/calgaryherald/news/story.html?id=10cd2240-4592-4354-9a16-5a36c7f697e6 November 4, 2012 and former Edmonton-Rutherford MLA Rick Miller, who expressed concern that, with the next provincial election presumably so far off, he wouldn't have a seat in the legislature for three and a half years after being elected leader.http://www.canada.com/calgaryherald/news/story.html?id=487741ad-4101-4691-a3d1-18043a55bc0a Liberals to reveal leadership intentions Calgary Herald Jason Fekete August 19, 2008 2008-09-11 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20121105025610/http://www.canada.com/calgaryherald/news/story.html?id=487741ad-4101-4691-a3d1-18043a55bc0a November 5, 2012 Results David Swann was elected leader of the Alberta Liberal Party on the first ballot, receiving more than half of the total votes cast.https://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5ghuW5lumkFvWMen_atsAmADHOUgQ New Alberta Liberal leader promises change to rescue ailing party The Canadian Press December 13, 2008 2008-12-13June 2024 medicmedic Candidate Votes Percentage Swann 2,468 54.0% Taylor 1,616 35.3% Elsalhy 491 10.7% Total 4,575 100.0% References 2008 Liberal Party leadership election Alberta Liberal Party leadership election Category:2008 political party leadership elections in Canada