Robert Leddy
Leader of the Alberta Party
In office 2009 – present
Preceded by	Bruce Stubbs
Political party	Alberta Party

Robert Leddy is a minor provincial politician from Alberta, Canada. He is the current interim leader of the Alberta Party he was elected in Red Deer, Alberta on August 29, 2009.

[edit] Political career

Robert Leddy became interim president of the Conservative Party of Canada Edmonton--Mill Woods--Beaumont Electoral District Association in September 2004. At the October 2004 Annual General Meeting in Beaumont, Alberta, Robert was elected Vice President of the CPC Edmonton-Mill Woods-Beaumont EDA. In 2005 Robert Leddy left the Conservative Party of Canada to pursue provincial politics.

Leddy founded the Alberta Alliance Party constituency associations of Edmonton Ellerslie in June 2006 and Edmonton-Mill Woods in October of 2006 where he became the official candidate for the riding. Robert served as President of the Alberta Alliance Party Edmonton Region from 2007 until the merger with the Wildrose Party of Alberta and the Alberta Alliance Party in January 2008.

Robert served the Wildrose Alliance Party of Alberta as a Northern Zone Director and as Elections Organizer for the Edmonton Region during the 2008 Alberta Provincial Election.

Leddy ran for a seat to the Alberta Legislature in the 2008 Alberta general election in the electoral district of Edmonton-Mill Woods he finished a distant fourth place out of fifth taking almost 3% of the popular vote. The election would see Liberal incumbent Weslyn Mather defeated by Progressive Conservative Carl Benito.

On August 29, 2009 Leddy was elected as the new interim leader of the Alberta Party a minor right wing provincial party. He replaced long time leader Bruce Stubbs.^[1]

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• the Alberta Party website

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