AlbertaNDP
Sometime this afternoon the new party leader of the Alberta NDP will be officially announced and with that announcement will come the end of Rachel Notley's role as leader of the Alberta NDP. Rachel Notley has been in provincial politics since 2006 when she campaigned to succeed retiring Edmonton-Strathcona MLA Raj Pannu and she won the seat in 2008. In 2014 she was elected as leader of the Alberta NDP, which she will remain until later today.
No matter your party/unparty affiliations or leanings 22 years in politics is a long, long time. She has served her constituency, her party, Alberta and Canada and well be remembered for that. She states that Federal politics is out of the picture and doing nothing is probably out of the picture too, whatever future endeavours she chooses to give herself to remains to be seen.
Best wishes Rachel Notley!
Alberta's NDP will choose a new leader this weekend and the outcome could have huge effects on Edmonton if one of the candidates from Calgary is elected party leader. Edmonton has been an NDP bastion for years. Not only have the party leaders lived in Edmonton for years but the NDP has swept the city seats the last few elections. The leadership race has two Edmonton MLAs, Jodi Calahoo Stonehouse and Sarah Hoffman, 1 Calgary MLA, , Kathleen Ganley and former Calgary mayor Naheed Nenshi who is favored to become. If the leader is not chosen on the first ballot the leadership process could make things very interesting. The leader is expected to be chosen and announced tomorrow afternoon.
The leadership race for the Alberta NDP will begin February 5th and conclude 12:00 P.M. on June 22nd. An application and disclosure form for wanting to enter the leadership race will available from the party beginning today. Those who want to participate in the voting process must be NDP members in good standing as of April 22. Voting will be by online, mail-in and phone and results will be announced June 22nd at which time Rachel Notley’s legacy will be celebrated and the new leader's vision made public.
It seems every political party has internal conflicts so its not surprising that at a news conference yesterday NDP leader Rachel Notley was asked about a letter alleging disrespect and mistreatment of party volunteers as well as other issues. Rachel Notley responded that the executive is looking into it but would not commit to making the results of the investigation public.