James Albers

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James Albers is a former provincial level politician from Alberta, Canada.

[edit] Political career

Albers ran for the Progressive Conservatives in the 1989 Alberta general election. He ran in the electoral district of Edmonton Avonmore but was defeated finishing second out of three candidates to New Democrat Marie Laing. He finished about 300 votes ahead of future Liberal MLA Don Massey.

Albers ran for the leadership of Social Credit in 1999. He defeated two other candidates to win a hotly contested leadership race. Just prior to the 2001 Alberta general election he negotiated a coalition with the Alberta Party to jointly run candidates under the Social Credit banner.[1]

Despite the coalition with the Alberta Party, Albers led the Social Credit party into the 2001 election fielding a slate of only 12 candidates. Support for the party was decimated after a large portion of its members bled off to the Alberta First Party and unprecedented popularity of Premier Ralph Klein. Albers resigned shortly after the election and was replaced by Lavern Ahlstrom as leader.

Albers most recently endorsed Craig Chandler in his attempt to win Calgary Egmont as an Independent candidate.[2]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Political parties to merge. CBC News (February 7, 2000). Retrieved on 2008-03-17.
  2. ^ Craig Chandler (February 5, 2008). James Albers Endorsement. Retrieved on 2008-03-17.
Party political offices
Preceded by
Randy Thorsteinson		 Social Credit Party of Alberta Leader
1999-2001		 Succeeded by
Lavern Ahlstrom
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