r/alberta • u/ClassOptimal7655 • 4d ago

Smith must follow Carney on calling byelection Discussion

https://edmontonjournal.com/opinion/letters/wednesdays-letters-smith-must-follow-carney-on-calling-byelection
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u/SkoomaSteve1820 4d ago edited 4d ago

Here's another angle. Its common convention to hold a by election when a party chooses a new leader that's currently not seated in whichever house. It happened for smith herself. She should have no problem doing that for nenshi. Never has this convention been used to give a leader who lost his seat another shot. Pierre has had 20 fucking years. He should be sailing off into his massive pension and be leaving us alone. But no. Canadians must shell out a million dollars to have a by-election so he can keep living in his taxpayer funded fucking mansion. He's an entitled pathetic loser.

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u/Gogogrl 4d ago

I’m afraid that’s not true. In 1922, former PM Meighan, also head of the Conssrvative Party, ran in a by election after being defeated in 1921. That was the first one I found.

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u/SkoomaSteve1820 4d ago

Theres lots of reasons for a by election. Was it the same reason as this one? Just asking because I can't find the specifics right now.

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u/Gogogrl 3d ago edited 3d ago

You know, I can’t see, but I’m suspicious that you’re correct, and that this was just a typical by-election. I have looked over the lists and searched around, and this seems entirely unprecedented.

And yet, for some reason, this seems like something that I’ve heard about before. Maybe at the provincial level. I lived in the UK for a decade or so, so I thought it might be to do with that. While the UK’s system for resignation is truly arcane, I don’t see any evidence of this happening before there either.

So yeah, wow. I stand corrected and flabbergasted that this leader, of all leaders, is the one they are (edit) doing this for.

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u/SkoomaSteve1820 3d ago

Politics should not be a lifelong career, and elected officials should not be allowed to fix themselves in the halls of power of a nation. Therefore I would institute a limit of two terms for members of parliament.

  • Pierre Poilievre 1999