This mess is in large part due to the party trying to rush through the coronation of Heather Stefanson
The race was fraught with controversy from day one, and with Glover losing by just 363 votes, it was closer than anyone expected. Still, Glover’s response has been hyperbolic and full of innuendo and unsubstantiated rumours of missing ballot boxes and incorrect spreadsheets.James Snell on Tuesday.
This mess is in large part due to the party trying to rush through the coronation of Stefanson, and their desire to out-progressive the NDP by having the first female premier in the 151-year history of the province be a Tory.It began with a truncated candidacy run-up with high bars to hit for memberships sold and entrance fees .
PC backbencher Shannon Martin — the most progressive of the potential candidates and who stood in vocal opposition to Pallister — threw his hat in the ring but came up a couple of hundred memberships short. Former party chief financial officer Ken Lee also stepped forward and is believed to have more than met the parameters for memberships and easily raised the required entrance fee to qualify. However, his last-minute run at candidacy was complicated by, at the time, accusations of a membership scheme, which in the long run bore little fruit.
This left former Pallister cabinet minister Stefanson and former Stephen Harper cabinet minister Glover as the only two approved candidates. Glover saw the opportunity and began courting Lee’s supporters and filled her
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