As we get closer to the spring election as well as the MLA pay and perks review this winter, the CTF will be releasing the Transition Allowance (severance pay) calculations for the retiring or defeated MLAs.
However, we had a media request yesterday for a handful of the calculations. The two stories can be found HERE and HERE.
Just to recap, based on a theoretical April 1, 2012 election, and based on the best publicly available information, the CTF has run some estimates (I would call them rough, but I'm pretty confident I'm pretty accurate here...)
updated: Ken Kowalski: $1,189,900
(I've also tracked down this old story from 1998 from the Edmonton Journal that suggests Kowalski could take home a $54,000 annual pension too.)
Ed Stelmach: $1,008,100
Barry McFarland: $709,500
Iris Evans: $698,700
Janice Tarchuk: $645,400
Richard Marz: $544,200
Lloyd Snelgrove: $513,000
Mel Knight: $513,000
Hugh MacDonald: $491,800
Kevin Taft: $405,500
Ron Liepert: $348,700
George Groeneveld: $312,200
Dave Taylor: $231,600
Harry Chase: $229,100
Broyce Jacobs: $147,200
If you sign our petition on the MLA pay review, we'll let you know when it's time to let the MLA pay and perks committee hear it.
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