2007 By-elections
The Alberta Alliance began its campaign for the Calgary Elbow and Drumheller-Stettler by-elections at the Annual General Meeting held on March 24, 2007. The same meeting also saw former party leader Randy Thorsteinson return to the executive as the President of the party.
The Alberta Alliance party pinned its best hopes in picking up Drumheller-Stettler, a rural riding in central Alberta. The Alliance nominated Dave France who had finish second as the candidate in the previous general election. In Calgary Elbow the party nominated its chief financial officer Jane Greydanus to stand as the candidate.
When the returns came back on June 12, 2007 the results showed Dave France finishing a distant fifth place and a significant re-alignment of votes among the opposition parties. The Drumheller-Stettler seat was retained by the Progressive Conservatives. In Calgary Elbow the party managed a slight increase in its popular vote percent but failing to make a breakthrough. The party retained its previous fourth place standing in the riding.
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