Cory Morgan (blogger)
Cory Morgan (born 1971 in Red Deer, Alberta) is a blogger in Alberta, Canada. He was one of the founders of the Alberta Independence Party in 2000. In 2001, he ran as an independent candidate in the riding of Banff-Cochrane.[1] Following the dissolution of the AIP at the end of 2000, Morgan joined the Separation Party of Alberta. He was the SPA's candidate in Highwood in the provincial election of 2004.
He later joined the Alberta Alliance in 2006. He was a candidate for the Wildrose Alliance Party of Alberta, in the constituency of Calgary Mountain View in the Alberta general election of 2008, finishing in third-place with 887 votes.
On November 6, 2011, Morgan drove his pickup truck into the Occupy Calgary camp at Olympic Plaza park. Morgan refused to leave his truck until police removed him, was fined $200 and towed.[2] His purpose was part of a counter-protest against Occupy Calgary and a bid to highlight what he felt was unequal enforcement of city bylaws with respect to the Occupy camp and the public at large.[3]
Electoral history
| Alberta general election, 2001: Banff-Cochrane | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Janis Tarchuk | 9,418 | 70.21% | 9.08% | ||||
| Liberal | Norman Kent | 2,147 | 16.01% | −10.81% | ||||
| New Democratic | Cathy Harrop | 1,311 | 9.77% | 3.35% | ||||
| Independent | Cory Morgan | 538 | 4.01% | |||||
| Total | 13,414 | |||||||
| Rejected, Spoiled and Declined | 55 | |||||||
| Eligible Electors / Turnout | 27,228 | 49.47% | ||||||
| Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | 9.95% | ||||||
| Source: "Banff-Cochrane Official Results 2001 Alberta general election" (PDF). Elections Alberta. Retrieved March 18, 2010. | ||||||||
| Alberta general election, 2004: Highwood | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | George Groeneveld | 6,737 | 63.59% | −16.30% | ||||
| Liberal | Lori Czerwinski | 1,846 | 17.43% | 5.44% | ||||
| Alberta Alliance | Brian Wickhorst | 731 | 6.90% | |||||
| Green | Sheelagh Matthews | 547 | 5.16% | 1.68% | ||||
| New Democratic | Catherine Costen | 433 | 4.09% | −0.55% | ||||
| Separation | Cory Morgan | 300 | 2.83% | |||||
| Total | 10,594 | |||||||
| Rejected, Spoiled and Declined | 81 | |||||||
| Eligible Electors / Turnout | 23,519 | 45.39% | ||||||
| Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | −10.87% | ||||||
| Source: "Highwood Statement of Official Results 2004 Alberta general election" (PDF). Elections Alberta. Retrieved March 30, 2010. | ||||||||
| Alberta general election, 2008: Calgary-Mountain View | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||||
| Liberal | David Swann | 7,086 | 51.51% | −1.80% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Leah Lawrence | 4,252 | 30.91% | 0.48% | ||||
| Wildrose Alliance | Cory Morgan | 892 | 6.48% | 2.10% | ||||
| Green | Juliet Burgess | 865 | 6.29% | −0.29% | ||||
| New Democratic | John Donovan | 661 | 4.81% | 0.49% | ||||
| Total | 13,756 | |||||||
| Rejected, Spoiled and Declined | 86 | |||||||
| Eligible Electors / Turnout | 35,819 | 38.64% | ||||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | −1.14% | ||||||
| Source: The Report on the March 3, 2008 Provincial General Election of the Twenty-seventh Legislative Assembly. Elections Alberta. July 28, 2008. pp. 238–241. | ||||||||
References
- ↑ 2001 Alberta Elections summary
- ↑ Schneider, Katie. "Bylaw ticket issued to Occupy Calgary opponent". Sun News. Retrieved 4 December 2011.
- ↑ Markusoff, Jason; Myers, Sean. "Counter-protester Cory Morgan and his truck last just hours before getting ticketed, towed". Calgary Herald. Retrieved 4 December 2011.