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Conservative staffer Keller not ruling out run in Ambrose’s riding
By Abbas Rana June 26, 2017
Sturgeon River-Parkland is one of the safest Conservative ridings in the country, with Ambrose winning by more than 50 percentage points there in the last four elections.
Garry Keller, chief of staff to Conservative Party Leader Andrew Scheer, could seek the Conservative Party nomination in the riding of Sturgeon River-Parkland, Alta. The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright
Garry Keller, chief of staff to Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer, is not ruling out seeking the Conservative Party nomination in the coveted Alberta riding of Sturgeon River-Parkland, which will become vacant after his former boss, Rona Ambrose, resigns from her seat in the coming weeks.
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