Cusanelli leads the way in Currie
As the Tory dominance in Calgary continued Monday, the party looked poised to pick up a seat in Calgary-currie with school principal Christine Cusanelli holding a solid lead.
After the polls closed, eyes turned to what was pegged as one of the tighter multi-party races in the city, featuring traditionally split allegiances and two nascent party now thrown into the mix.
But within an hour, Cusanelli-opened a widening gap over Wild rose candidate Corrie Adolph, a communication consultant.
“I tried very hard to stay away from looking at the polls, because what I was feeling at the doors was very different than what I was hearing in the polls,” Cusanelli said.
The riding incumbent, Dave Taylor, did no run again, adding another dimension to the battle in a riding that stretches from just west of downtown over to Sarcee Trail.
The former talk-show host was elected as a Liberal in 2008. But his dissatisfaction with then leader David Swann led him to abandon the party and instead set up camp with the new Alberta Party.
Earlier in the evening, Lib-
People are afraid of the Wildrose. Alberta’s quite polarized. NORVAL HORNER
eral candidate Norvalhorner noted the shifting political landscape in Alberta.
He noted the possibility Grit voters cast their ballot for the PCS to avoid a Wildrose government.
“The strategic voting business may have hurt us,” he said at his home, where supporters were preparing an election evening party. “People are afraid of the Wildrose. Alberta’s quite polarized.”
In this election, the Alberta Party candidacy has been passed to Norm Kelly, a 44-year-old lawyer. At press time he was a distant fifth.
Robert Scobel ran for the New Democrats and Dean Halstead for the Evergreens.