On October first we come down to the wire for the election of the leader of the Alberta PC party and the new Premier of Alberta. The candidates for the upcoming election are Doug Horner who has had an extensive career in politics including Minister of Agriculture and Deputy Premier of Alberta. Alison Redford who entered politics in 1980 and has held many positions, including Secretary of State of External affairs. Gary Mar was appointed MLA for the Calgary Mackay district in 1993 and in December of 2007 he became Minister-Counsellor of the Province of Alberta working in the United States at the Canadian Embassy in Washington DC. While in Olds recently Premier Ed Stelmach gave his thoughts on the PC party leadership race.