![]() ![]() The most recent was her decision to name Kelley Charlebois the interim leader of the Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta. That would certainly explain many of her strange, controversial and politically risky appointments so far. ![]() One by one she’s been calling up her old Joe Clark allies to join her, evidently to turn Alberta-once the heartland of Reform-into the Progressive Tory wonderland she’d always imagined for the country. And things appear to be turning around for them now that Redford is premier. These were dark years for the Calgary Clarkistes, but they held together. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. One of her priorities was to replace a troop surge in Afghanistan with “a surge in rejuvenating maternal forces.” Anders said she wanted to “hug jihadis.” Once again, with some help from the party, Anders prevailed. Kennedy-Glans had been an active supporter of Jim Hawkes when he was trying to fight off the Reform party wave. Last year, Donna Kennedy-Glans, from the same circle of PC loyalists, tried taking the Conservative nomination away from Anders again. Anders predicted voters in Calgary–West wouldn’t be so easily wooed by a “feminist lawyer.” He was right he took her down in the nomination race.īut Redford and her Joe Clark fan club didn’t give up on trying to bring Clarkian Progressiveness back to Calgary–West. Jim’s son, Robert, a prominent Calgary lawyer, was married to Alison Redford for a time. (Harper privately referred to Hawkes, who he once worked for, as a “Liberal”). She was backed by a cadre of Joe Clark loyalists, including Clark’s former aide, Jim Hawkes, who served 14 years as the Red Tory MP for the riding till he was defeated by a certain Reform candidate named Stephen Harper. She then made a prominent name for herself trying to take the party nomination away from Tory incumbent Rob Anders in Calgary–West, trying to give the old PCs the voice the Reformers had taken away. Redford got her start in politics working for Joe Clark. Activate your Online Access Now Article content If you are a Home delivery print subscriber, unlimited online access is included in your subscription. ![]()
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