2011 Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta leadership election

Declared candidates

;Doug Griffiths MLA for Battle River-Wainwright since 2002. :Support from caucus members: 2 Doug Griffiths, Kyle Fawcett :Support from outside caucus: :Date campaign launched: February 16, 2011

;Doug Horner MLA for Spruce Grove-Sturgeon-St. Albert since 2001. Served in the cabinet from 2004 to 2011. :Support from caucus members: 14 Doug Horner, Ray Danyluk, Hector Goudreau, Jack Hayden, Frank Oberle, Jr., Luke Ouellette, Lindsay Blackett, Jeff Johnson, Wayne Drysdale, Dave Quest, Diana McQueen, Ken Kowalski, Len Mitzel, Pearl Calahasen :Additional supporters from caucus after first ballot: Carl Benito, Don Getty :Date campaign launched: February 4, 2011

;Gary Mar MLA from 1993 to 2007. Served in the cabinet from 1993 to 2006. Alberta representative in Washington, D.C. from 2007 to 2011. :Support from caucus members: 27 Iris Evans, Cindy Ady, Lloyd Snelgrove, Thomas Lukaszuk, Ron Liepert, Heather Klimchuk, Rob Renner, Mary Anne Jablonski, Verlyn Olson, George Rogers, Yvonne Fritz, Moe Amery, Len Webber, Teresa Woo-Paw, Neil Brown, Broyce Jacobs, Naresh Bhardwaj, Fred Horne, Dave Hancock, Mel Knight, Ray Prins, Barry McFarland, Richard Marz, Ty Lund, Arno Doerksen, George VanderBurg, Alana DeLong :Additional supporters from caucus after first ballot: Ted Morton, Doug Griffiths, Jonathan Denis, Ken Allred, Evan Berger, Manmeet Bhullar, George Groeneveld :Support from outside caucus: Gary Mar, Lorne Taylor, Ralph Klein, Danny Williams, Steve West, Rick Orman :Date campaign launched: March 16, 2011

;Ted Morton MLA for Foothills-Rocky View since 2004. Served in the cabinet from 2006 to 2011. Third place finisher in the 2006 leadership race. :Support from caucus members: 11 Ted Morton, Ken Allred, David Xiao, Doug Elniski, Carl Benito, Tony Vandermeer, Peter Sandhu, Jonathan Denis, Dave Rodney, Evan Berger, George Groeneveld. :Support from outside caucus: :Date campaign launched: January 25, 2011

;Rick Orman MLA for Calgary Montrose from 1986 to 1993. Minister of Career Development and Employment from 1986 to 1988. Minister of Labour from 1988 to 1989. Minister of Energy from 1989 to 1992. :Support from caucus members: :Support from outside caucus: Rick Orman :Date campaign launched: May 11, 2011

;Alison Redford MLA for Calgary-Elbow since 2008 and minister of justice from 2008 to 2011. :Support from caucus members: 2 Alison Redford, Art Johnston :Additional support from caucus after first ballot: Doug Elniski, Dave Rodney, David Xiao, Kyle Fawcett :Support from outside caucus: :Date campaign launched: February 16, 2011

Results

First ballot

The first ballot was on September 17, 2011.

Two days following the first ballot, Morton and Orman decided to endorse Mar. Griffiths followed the next day.

Second ballot

A preferential ballot was cast on October 1, 2011. Because no candidate received more than 50% of the vote on the first count, the third-place finisher was dropped, and the second preference votes cast on Horner's ballots were counted and added to the remaining candidate's totals. Mar led after the first round, and Horner was eliminated. After second preferences were applied, Redford was declared the winner.

Works cited

References

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