Time to have fun with numbers.
Thanks to an attentive friend of daveberta (kind of like the ‘Friends of Seven’) who pointed me in the direction of these lovely numbers…
Top 10 Tory Spenders per-vote in the 2004 Alberta Provincial Election
10. Jon Lord*,
Total Spent: $49,211
Total Votes: 4412 (40%)
Cost per Vote: $16.19
Outcome: DEFEATED
9. Naresh Bhardwaj,
Total Spent: $49,211
Total Votes: 2992 (29%)
Cost per Vote: $16.45
Outcome: DEFEATED
8. Manjit Dhaliwal, Edmonton Gold Bar
Total Spent: $46,467
Total Votes: 2562 (18%)
Cost per Vote: $18.07
Outcome: DEFEATED
7. Mark Hlady*,
Total Spent: $75,411
Total Votes: 4088 (31%)
Cost per Vote: $18.45
Outcome: DEFEATED
6. Pearl Calahasen*,
Total Spent: $73,823
Total Votes: 3903 (65%)
Cost per Vote: $18.91
Outcome: Re-Elected
Total Spent: $87,100
Total Votes: 4433 (63%)
Cost per Vote: $19.95
Outcome: Re-Elected
4. Mark Norris*,
Total Spent: $115,264
Total Votes: 5333 (41%)
Cost per Vote: $21.61
Outcome: DEFEATED
3. Fred Horne,
Total Spent: $86,330
Total Votes: 3575 (23%)
Cost per Vote: $24.15
Outcome: DEFEATED
2. Gurnam Dodd,
Total Spent: $85,609
Total Votes: 3245 (32%)
Cost per Vote: $26.38
Outcome: DEFEATED
1. Drew Hutton*,
Total Spent: $107,822
Total Votes: 3759 (29%)
Cost per Vote: $28.68
Outcome: DEFEATED
More fun with numbers to come…
(*Incumbents)
Wow!
ReplyDeleteLook at those last three. Talk about pissing money into the wind!
Then they turned around and handed Drew Hutton the keys to the family Lexus. Too bad though, he was one of the good ones.
where did you get the election spending info from?
ReplyDeleteYes, yes, kind sir, but relative to what, may I ask?
ReplyDeleteRealtive to the Alberta Agenda/Firewall crowd. Realtive to the Tony Abbotts and the Tedrick Mortons. Relative to the Hung Phams and the Victor Doerksens.
ReplyDeleteHe was an insider; a mandarin of sorts. He grew up in the Lougheed-Elzinga tribe.
I don't know? I was just trying to say something positive.
I should add that Bruce Miller is a very nice man, and probably a good trade.
ReplyDeleteI met him a couple of months back, and I can't say I very often meet such an enthusiastic public representative!
I do not worry about the folks over in Glenora.
rob: I have my sources within the Tory aristocracy ; )
ReplyDeleteAaron: I'll post the relative numbers soon.
Sen: oh, just wait until I post the entire Glenora numbers from Hutton, Booi, and Miller. It'll blow you guys away! (the Meadowlark numbers are even more outrageous!)
Ooops!
ReplyDeleteSorry Aaron: I thought you were typing to me.
Dave: I look forward to it! Then we can muse on the laughable proposition of campaign finance legislation in Alberta.
oh yes. It will be fun.
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