11 Ted Morton, Ken Allred, David Xiao, Doug Elniski, Carl Benito, Tony Vandermeer, Peter Sandhu, Jonathan Denis, Dave Rodney, Evan Berger, George Groeneveld. Support from outside caucus: Date campaign launched: January 25, 2011 Rick Orman MLA for Calgary Montrose from 1986 to 1993. Minister of Career Development and Employment from 1986 to 1988. Minister of Labour from 1988 to 1989. Minister of Energy from 1989 to 1992. Support from caucus members: Support from outside caucus: Rick Orman Date campaign launched: May 11, 2011 Alison Redford MLA for Calgary-Elbow since 2008 and minister of justice from 2008 to 2011. Support from caucus members: 2 Alison Redford, Art Johnston Additional support from caucus after first ballot: Doug Elniski, Dave Rodney, David Xiao, Kyle Fawcett Support from outside caucus: Date campaign launched: February 16, 2011 Results First ballot The first ballot was on September 17, 2011. Two days following the first ballot, Morton and Orman decided to endorse Mar. Griffiths followed the next day. Second ballot A preferential ballot was cast on October 1, 2011. Because no candidate received more than 50% of the vote on the first count, the third-place finisher was dropped, and the second preference votes cast on Horner's ballots were counted and added to the remaining candidate's totals. Mar led after the first round, and Horner was eliminated. After second preferences were applied, Redford was declared the winner. See also 2011 Alberta Liberal Party leadership election Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta leadership elections Works cited References Bibliography Further reading External links Doug Griffiths Leadership Website Doug Horner Leadership Website Gary Mar Leadership Website Ted Morton Leadership Website Rick Orman Leadership Website Alison Redford Leadership Website 2011 2011 elections in Canada 2011 in Alberta Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta leadership election