Alberta Senate nominee election, 1998
The
2nd Alberta Senate nominee election was held in
Alberta,
Canada, on
October 19 1998 in conjunction with the Alberta Municipal Elections. It was held to elect Albertas's candidates for appointemnt to the
Canadian Senate.
In the first
senate election held in 1989,
Prime Minister Brian Mulroney had promised to appoint the winner of the election. In 1998, Prime Minister
Jean Chrétien appointed two senators for Alberta shortly before the vote.
Despite these appointments, two senator nominees were selected in a block vote, that was broken down along municipal electoral districts instead of provincial electoral districts. It was conducted by
Elections Alberta, and candidates were registered with provincial parties.
Bert Brown and
Ted Morton, both nominated by the
Reform Party, won the election, but were never appointed to the Senate. No other party nominated candidates.
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Alberta Senate nominee election, 1989*
Alberta Senate nominee election, 2004*
List of Alberta senators
