George Flake is a former politician from Alberta

Alberta

Alberta is a province of Canada. It had an estimated population of 3.7 million in 2010 making it the most populous of Canada's three prairie provinces...

, Canada

Canada

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. He twice served as leader of the minor provincially registered Alberta Party

Alberta Party

The Alberta Party Political Association, more commonly known as the Alberta Party, is a political party in the province of Alberta, Canada...

 from 1997 to 1999 and again from 2001 to 2004.

Political career

Flake ran for a seat to the Alberta Legislature under the Alberta Political Alliance banner, the former name of the Alberta Party in the 1993 Alberta general election

Alberta general election, 1993

The Alberta general election of 1993 was the twenty-third general election for the Province of Alberta, Canada. It was held on June 15, 1993 to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta...

. He finished a respectable third place out of six candidates losing to Progressive Conservative candidate Gary Severtson

Gary Severtson

Gary Severtson is a former farmer, and provincial level politician from Alberta, Canada. He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1989 to 2001.-Early life:Severtson had been working as a farmer since the 1960s...

 in the Innisfail-Sylvan Lake

Innisfail-Sylvan Lake

Innisfail-Sylvan Lake is a provincial electoral district in Alberta, Canada. It is one of 83 current districts mandated to return a single member to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta using the first past the post method of voting....

 electoral district.

Flake would remain with the party after the election. He took over the leadership in 1997 from Mark Waters

Mark Waters

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. The party decided against running any candidates in the 1997 Alberta general election

Alberta general election, 1997

The Alberta general election of 1997 was the twenty-fourth general election for the Province of Alberta, Canada. It was held on March 11, 1997 to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta....

.

Under the direction of Flake the party strongly advocated for Senate Reform in the late 90's. The party was actively advocating on behalf of Reform

Reform Party of Alberta

The Reform Party of Alberta is a defunct provincial political party in Alberta, Canada, that was registered with Elections Alberta. Its leader was David Salmon.-Early history:...

 Senators-in-waiting Ted Morton

Ted Morton

Frederick Lee Morton , known commonly as Ted Morton, is a Canadian politician and Minister of Energy for the Province of Alberta. As a Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta he represents the constituency of Foothills-Rocky View as a Progressive Conservative...

 and Bert Brown

Bert Brown

For the English footballer Bert Brown, see Sailor BrownBert Brown is a Canadian Senator and retired farmer and development consultant currently residing in Balzac, Alberta.-Early life:...

 who had won their positions in the 1998 Senate election

Alberta Senate nominee election, 1998

The 2nd Alberta Senate nominee election was held in Alberta, Canada, on October 19, 1998 in conjunction with the Alberta Municipal Elections. It was held to elect Alberta's candidates for appointment to the Canadian Senate....

. The party also changed its name to the Alberta Party Political Association in late 1998. He resigned the leadership for Fred Schorning in 1999.

Flake took over as party leader a second time after Schorning stepped down in 2001. He held the leadership until Bruce Stubbs

Bruce Stubbs

Bruce Stubbs is a farmer and political figure in Alberta, Canada. He first came to public attention as a leading member of G.U.A.R.D. , a group opposed to the United Alternative process which formed the Canadian Alliance from the Reform Party of Canada.He is a former leader of the Alberta Party, a...

became leader in 2004.