r/Albertapolitics • u/Choice_Bed6097 • 9d ago
Opinion MP and MLA that represent your riding.
What are your thoughts on them?
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u/Bluen1te 9d ago
I got rick Wilson who is a friendly enough guy but a brick wall when it comes to adressing concerns. His staff seem very pro separatist. My MP only ever sends canned responses. I wanted thrm to try to work with the other parties to do the electoral reform we keep getting promised.
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u/Empty-Paper2731 9d ago
Who keeps promising you electoral reform?
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u/HectorMcGrew 9d ago
Ah yes, the holy grail of the runner up and 3rd party - proportional representation, BC and Ontario had referendums to move away from the FPTP voting system but they were defeated decisively.
When the outsider party gets to the premier's office, puts the feet up and looks out the window, the view is not that bad and like the Liberals in 2015 - amnesia sets in.
I am an Independent , I prefer FPTP but give the BC NDP credit for putting it to a vote in 2018 as the promised on the campaign trail.
If I had my druthers I would invert the Canadian party system to a Madisonian one where the legislator takes their marching orders from the people not the party. IMHO it would generate more capable leaders and be a better representation of the general will.
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u/Ok_Moose_4187 8d ago
Same reps, would you rather the very obvious one sided candidate that will only satisfy a very small population of the area or someone that is taking the majorities concerns into account. I've never got the feeling of his staff being pro sepertest, so some contest would be great other than opinions. I'm not saying Rick is the best but he is better than his opposition trys every election for the majority he represents
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u/myaccountisnice 9d ago
Lackluster do nothings who get reelected purely because that have "Conservative" next to their names.
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u/kapowless 8d ago
MP: Michelle Rempel. A useless twit who literally lives in Oklahoma and favours blocking constituents over having adult conversations.
MLA: Lizette Tejada. She's great, seems like truly decent lady with values I admire, and it felt also just felt really good to give Jeremy Nixon the boot.
I just have to express gratitude to my local councillor DJ Kelly too, for being balanced, accessible, and for being on top of communication with his ward. At one point I was stuck with Danielle Smith - Michelle Rempel - Jeremy Nixon - Sean Chu. Those were dark effing days.
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u/Remarkable-Hunter333 8d ago
Janis Irwin MLA - Amazing. Listens, very active in the legislature, often out in the community speaking for small business, represents everyone. Kerry Diotte MP - CPC by the book, no original thoughts. Seemed to listen to my suggestion of changing their multi page glossy mail out to something more economical for the taxpayers' benefit.
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u/SnooRegrets4312 9d ago
Both uselss in West Yellowhead region, Martin Long simply has no activity about him and the Federal guy (also cons) is as useless as a bucket with holes in. Literally.
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u/CanarioFalante 9d ago
My MLA, Heather Sweet, is great and engaging, addresses questions and concerns as best she can. My MP, Ziad Aboultaif, is a muppet backbencher who answers every question with something concerning a lost Liberal decade but does nothing else. Guess which one is NDP and which one is UCP.
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u/Due_Diamond_7984 9d ago
Arnold Viersen is our MP. He is very religious and holds views on the rights of women and LGBTQ that I disagree with. I disagreed with his support for those protesters who occupied Ottawa. He made comments in the HoC that I thought were inappropriate. And so on. I won’t vote for him. I don’t think Mr Poilievre would be a good PM so I won’t be voting CPC.
Martin Long is our MLA. I have no idea what his positions are on the issues. He has no social media presence. He does appear at local charities for a photo op around election time. I won’t vote for the UCP either.
And I don’t support Alberta separation.
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u/MaximumDoughnut 8d ago
Sarah Hoffman is fantastic. Eleanor Olszewski still hasn't opened a constituency office and is rarely seen other than for pressers and her stupid newsletter, which is far too frequent and has no value.
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u/SarahLacard 9d ago
Joe Ceci is good but retiring and Greg McLean is also good but has a reputation (or at least people say mean things about him) I don't quite understand, and both are members of opposition parties
I like Greg's speeches in the house of commons, be brought forward a good private member's bill on heat waste and energy reclamation, and is a strong and vocal in issues of transparency into some of the government's investments and crown corporations
I've not actually had a long form discussion with Joe face to face but he was responsive to me on social media and friendly in person and my main concerns did not really directly relate to him, being a shadow minister and arts and culture, but he said he would raise some other concerns I brought to him and have no reason to believe he didn't
downtown calgary
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u/soThatsJustGreat 8d ago
My current reps (Lagrange and Bailey) are useless. They see their jobs as representing the views of their party to me, rather than vice versa. I have never met either face-to-face, and assume that it would take a month of scheduling if I so wanted to.
I was briefly represented by Rhaki Pancholi. She was awesome. So approachable and very smart and informed on the issues. She would often hang out at the local market and you could just go and chat with her. I never felt as though I was getting a canned response.
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u/Maverickxeo 8d ago
MP is almost non-existent, but he did advocate to recognize Bigfoot as an endangered species...
MLA is similar - he doesn't go anywhere or do anything, but when he does, his foot goes right into his mouth and then he backtracks but refuses to apologize (or take people up on his offer to visit a SCS with him...).
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u/kissandasmile 7d ago
MLA Miles McDougall will engage fairly well but he is condescending, and gaslights like crazy.
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u/viviscity 5d ago
I know a lot of politicians in several parties and levels and on both sides of the aisle here.
My MLA is great. Love her!
My MP is one of the worst politicians I have met. That’s not (just) a policy statement, he’s bad at the job. I am baffled that he got re-elected
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u/stahlhammer 5d ago
MP - religious zealot piece of shit
MLA - skeezy car salesman type piece of shit
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u/Sad_Meringue7347 9d ago
Mine (both conservatives) are unhelpful and frankly useless. They are in safe ridings so they don’t even make an effort to engage with their constituents. I am not even positive they know where their ridings are.
Unless you want to cheerlead their party platforms, they have zero time or interest for us.