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b'Alberta\\u2019s NDP Party: New Leader, Enhanced Perspective?\\n \\nThe new leader of Alberta\\u2019s NDP party, Rachel Notley, received 70 per cent of the votes cast on the first ballot, easily defeating two other candidates in the recent NDP leadership race. In her victory speech, Notley promised a viable alternative to the Progressive Conservative, Liberal and Wildrose parties in the next election. \\n\\nThe speaker will argue that arrogance, entitlement and the narrow minded vision of days gone by is not the \\u201cAlberta Advantage\\u201d. "Let\'s leave the parties of the past behind," she says "This time, let\'s not forget history. Let\'s not repeat history. Let\'s make history." \\n \\nSpeaker: Rachel Notley, MLA and Leader of Alberta\\u2019s NDP Party\\n\\nRachel Notley was elected as the leader of the Alberta New Democrats on October 18, 2014. Since 2008, Rachel has served as the MLA for Edmonton-Strathcona, and is known as a strong, effective voice in the Legislature. She was re-elected in 2012, with the highest share of the vote of any MLA in the province.\\n\\nRaised in Fairview Alberta, Rachel is the oldest child of Grant and Sandra Notley. Her father, Grant, led the Alberta New Democrats from 1968 to 1984. Rachel has said that her father\\u2019s tireless effort to build the party taught her the importance of hard work, and she shares his vision of building a better, fairer province for all Albertans.\\n\\nRachel holds a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from the University of Alberta, and a law degree from Osgoode Hall Law School. Before entering politics, she worked for a variety of labour unions in Alberta and British Columbia and served as a ministerial advisor to British Columbia\\u2019s Attorney General in the 1990s. She currently lives in Edmonton\\u2019s Old Strathcona neighbourhood with her husband and two teenage children.\\nModerator: Keith McLaughlin\\nDate: Thursday, November 13, 2014 \\n Time: Noon - 1:30 PM (30 minutes each for presentation, lunch and Q & A) Location: Country Kitchen Catering (Lower level of The Keg) 1715 Mayor Magrath Dr. S \\nCost: $11.00 (includes lunch) or $2.00 (includes coffee/tea at the presentation only)'