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WTF?

Global now reporting

Dinning 46000
Morton 40000
Stelmach 32000

They must have Morton and Stelmach flipped around. (I hope not)

Looks like the two most disappointed people in Alberta tonight are Dinning and Taft.

Latest.

Dinning - 47357
Morton - 33677
Stelmach - 43121

75/83 reporting:

Dinning - 48543
Morton - 36071
Stelmach - 44046

According to Edmonton Journal writer Larry Johnsrude - Now we’re into the anxious part of the night. There is a crush of well over 1,000 people here, heavy on the Stelmach supporters, who feel victory is so close they can taste it. Although there are still another 10 or so polls to report, the standings aren’t likely to change.

But because frontrunner Dinning doesn’t have — and won’t get — a clear majority, the Morton supporters’ second choices become vital. Intuitively, one would think Morton supporters would make Stelmach their second pick because their campaign was so anti-Dinning. But Morton’s people can vote however they want. Who says it has to involve logic?

And who says they’re going to vote at all? They didn’t have to. There was no requirement in the preferrential balloting system that voters had to pick a second choice. Their ballots wouldn’t be spoiled if they didn’t.

This is what has the Stelmach people worried. If Morton’s supporters didn’t mark second choices — and a lot of them may not have, considering the attitude was it was their guy or no guy — Dinning will win by default.

That could happen

I picked Stelmach as my number 2 as did my wife. My oldest daughters only went with Morton. I'll be satisified with a Stelmach win though I'd have preferred Morton. What now? Does Morton get a cabinet post or does he pull a Nancy and run the Alliance? How about Dinning? Will he now Nancy the NDP or Liberal party or will they find him too far to the left?

82/83 reporting

Total ballots - 133497

Dinning - 49440
Morton - 38167
Stelmach - 45890

No official coronation of Stelmach yet.

2nd Ballot results trickling in.

Ft. Saskatchewan - Sherwood park

Dinning - 170
Morton - 316
Stelmach - 4156

Is there any doubt which way this is going to go?

Edmonton, Alberta - November 27, 2006

In a recent informal poll run in the Edmonton Sun, Ed Stelmach came out on top as a clear leader - another sign of the campaign's increasing momentum leading to the final vote this Saturday.

Who will wear King Ralph's Crown on Saturday?

Jim Dinning: 31%

Ted Morton: 21%

Ed Stelmach: 49%

Total Votes for this question: 1456

Good choice Alberta![BB]

I present Premier Ed Stelmach.



GFPB signing off and heading to the party.

grainfedprairieboy grainfedprairieboy:

Dinning is a corporate man and a liberal like Klein. He is generally thought to desire the top job out of prestige.

Morton is an immigrant and a deeply political guy having influenced Harper, Manning and Day; helped author the Alberta Agenda and was a democratically elected Senator in waiting rejected by the Liberals. He is generally thought to desire the top job in order to invoke change.

Stelmach is a rural Conservative who is quiet, likable and right thinking but nobody is going to waste a vote on him in the second ballot.

For a little more on Ted I found this Editorial Board change of opinion from Dinning to Morton interesting.

Why Ted Morton Gets My Vote

grainfedprairieboy grainfedprairieboy:

I picked Stelmach as my number 2 as did my wife.

heh.

Good choice Alberta![BB]

I present Premier Ed Stelmach.



GFPB signing off and heading to the party.

Yay Ed wins. Only if British Columbia could have good premiers.

The guy in the middle gets in. Not much flash, but a reasonable fella. I'm ok with that.

i think it's better than dinning or morton........

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