Calgary Liberal Candidates
It
takes a dedicated person to run as a Liberal in Calgary. This group of candidates will try
and attempt to end the 36 year drought and get some red on the election map in
the upcoming federal election, likely to be called this spring.
Julia
Turnbull (Calgary
South Centre)
Website: www.juliaturnbull.com
e-mail: info@juliaturnbull.com
phone: 244-4686
Dear fellow
Liberal members,
I hear you!
Impossibly
high tuitions. Crowded classrooms. Outrageous GPAs. Lack of job opportunities
within Canada.
These are
the very real concerns of post-secondary students in Canada today. I believe they have
become barriers to pursuing education, and if elected, I will work to bring
back the level playing field.
My drive to
do something about your concerns not only comes from hearing you, but from my
own personal story. I came from a working-class family. While neither of my
parents finished high school, they shared my dream of achieving post-secondary
education and getting ahead. At the time, perfect grade point averages weren’t
required, I could pay for tuition if I worked a part time job and worked full
time during the summers, my professors knew my name and there were plenty of
jobs when I graduated.
I know if I
was pursuing post-secondary school today – like my children are – that I would
not have been able to go. I didn’t have the GPA that is expected today. There
is big competition for few seats, and my parents couldn’t help me financially.
Frankly, Canada
would have lost a great lawyer! We need to do something to make sure those who
want to go to school can, and I look forward to working on this issue as the
Member of Parliament for Calgary South Centre.
To win, I
need your help! Please vote for me and get involved. I promise you a great
experience!
Sincerely,
Julia
Turnbull
Liberal
Candidate
Calgary South Centre
Justin
Thompson (Calgary
West)
Website: http://www.justinthompson.ca/
e-mail: campaign@justinthompson.ca
phone: 521-2244
IT'S TIME FOR A VOICE.
More and more Calgarians are realizing the impact of
not having an effective representative in Ottawa.
With the right candidate and campaign we can elect a representative that will
bring Calgary’s voice to Ottawa. Justin Thompson is that person, now the
official federal liberal candidate for Calgary West.
It's time for a voice at the decision making table.
Calgary is one of the most important economic centres in Canada,
yet we have had no voice at the federal decision making table for the last
decade. Paul Martin, however, has made a sincere commitment to work with the
West. The time has come for us to forge a new relationship with Ottawa. It’s also time to
make the federal government more relevant to Calgarians.
To do this, Calgary West needs a credible representative at the table who
understands both Calgary and Canada, and who will work hard for Calgarians.
Jim
Tanner (Calgary
South East)
e-mail: jim@jimtanner.ca
phone: 253-0370
web: www.jimtanner.ca
Jim Tanner has a Ph. D. in Valuation
of Resources from the U of C and has a BA and MA in Economics. Between his
education, background in the oil patch, and extensive readings, Jim has many
ideas for “Makin’ it Work” in Ottawa. Health Care, the Environment and
Democratic Reform are some of his key issues. He believes strongly in public
health care since it has been proven to be the most effective health care
system, but he knows there are ways we can make it work better.
Cathy
McCluskey (Calgary
North Centre)
e-mail:
phone: 245-8746
web: www.cathymcclusky.ca
Calgary Geologist Cathy McClusky announces her intention to seek the nomination for
the Liberal Party of Canada in the new riding of Calgary North Centre in the
upcoming federal election. Ms McClusky filed her
nomination papers with the Federal Liberal offices in Edmonton
and Calgary on
December 19th. The Liberal Party held its founding meeting under the new
boundaries on December 15th.
Ms. McClusky
has worked in the oil patch in Calgary with Petro Canada
and Canadian Hunter. She has also worked in the mining sector in Canada, Mexico,
Africa and Mongolia.
Cathy is currently a management consultant to the oil patch, telecom and health
industries. She is fluent in English, French and Italian.
McClusky understands Calgarians want to be included within the governing party
in Ottawa and
feels that the riding of Calgary North Centre is capable of electing a Liberal
Member of Parliament. She has spent the past several weeks polling people in
the riding and feels she has the support of a significant number of people to
encourage her to make a run to become your Member of Parliament.
Ms. McClusky
received her B Sc at the University of
Toronto and also holds an honours BA in History and an MBA from the University of Calgary.
Cathy is a past president of the Liberal Party of Canada in Alberta (LPCA) and
was the founding president of the Wildrose Riding for
the LPCA.
Avalon
Roberts (Calgary
Southwest)
e-mail: avalonroberts@shaw.ca
phone: 969-7844
web:
Dale
Muti (Calgary
Northeast)
e-mail: dmuti@creb.com
phone: 270-4060
web:
James
Maxim (Calgary
East)
e-mail: liberal@jamesmaxim.ca
phone: 248-8590
web: www.jamesmaxim.ca
James Maxim
is the son of a family of immigrants to Canada
from Hungary,
and worked his way up from jobs that ranged from labour
on a variety of farms and Canada Packers to being an owner and operator of
several businesses involved in the energy sector and government consulting.
His
education includes University of Calgary and Mount Royal College.
For relaxation he likes to read, play golf, played hockey at the community
level and ski.
For political
experience, James has worked at every level. This includes being a Federal
Liberal Candidate in Calgary North in 1993 and Nosehill
1997 as well as being involved in Provincial politics as a Riding Association
President in Calgary East, and convention delegate.
Ted
Haney (Calgary Nose Hill)
e-mail: tedhaney@efirehose.net
phone:
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