ALP Leadership Candidate Profiles: Laurie 4 Leader
Today, the fourth part of a series profiling the candidates. (Previously: Bruce Payne, Raj Sherman, Hugh MacDonald)

Background: Like Hugh MacDonald, Blakeman has sat as a Liberal MLA since 1997, holding an impressive collection of portfolios. She has been a strong critic of the Tories, gaining prominence in 2004 when she asked Ralph Klein to provide travel receipts from recent trips and Ralph went off the rails, asking her over a dozen times if she was calling him a liar.
The former actress is still quite involved with arts and culture groups in Edmonton, and is married to city councillor Ben Henderson. She has been a strong proponent of encouraging women to get involved in politics.
Video: Clips from my interview with Laurie in May.
Online: Blakeman has gone as purple as can be on her website, trying to capitalize on Nenshi-mania. Although she only signed up for Twitter at the start of the contest (like most of the candidates), Blakeman has made an effort to engage Albertans online in the past, with a fairly active Facebook account and over 400 videos on her constituency YouTube channel.

My Take: I do like Laurie - she's a great MLA, and she fights passionately for issues that myself, and all Liberals, care deeply about. She is experienced, having served as Deputy Leader under both Kevin Taft and David Swann, and is the most polished candidate in this field.

For more on Laurie, you can read her answers to CalgaryLiberal's candidate questionnaire here.
Labels: ALP leadership race, Laurie Blakeman
8 Comments:
Dan, it's a maximum of 500 points per riding, not 400.
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Vincent, at 6:47 p.m.
Fixed - thanks.
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calgarygrit, at 9:49 a.m.
I'm not so convinced Laurie is hurt most by the cap. The breakdown by constituency doesn't exactly show Edmonton Centre as a hotbed of liberalism. In fact, by my count Edmonton Centre would rank 13 on the list of constituencies by liberal supporters.
http://www.leadership2011.ca/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/ALP-Voters-August-19-Breakdown-by-Constituency.pdf
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