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Wildrose floor-crossers to sit far away from old mates in house

Alberta Premier Jim Prentice (centre) announces Monday, Nov.24, 2014 at legislature in Edmonton that opposition Wildrose members Ian Donovan, left, and Kerry Towle, right, have crossed the floor to join his Progressive Conservative caucus.
Alberta Premier Jim Prentice (centre) announces Monday, Nov.24, 2014 at legislature in Edmonton that opposition Wildrose members Ian Donovan, left, and Kerry Towle, right, have crossed the floor to join his Progressive Conservative caucus. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Dean Bennett

EDMONTON – Alberta’s newest Progressive Conservative members will sit in the legislature as far away as possible from their old Wildrose colleagues.

A seating chart shows that Kerry Towle and Ian Donovan are to sit in the back row on the government side of the house.

Because there are so many PC members, some of the governing party’s backbenchers sit on the opposition side of the house. If Towle and Donovan had been put there, they would have been just a few feet away from their old boss Danielle Smith.

READ MORE: Wildrose MLAs leave party to join PCs 

Towle and Donovan crossed the floor on Monday, saying they like what Premier Jim Prentice has to offer and that the Wildrose party has organizational and leadership problems.

Tory backbenchers Doug Griffiths and Pearl Calahasen have been moved to the opposition side of the house to make room for the newcomers.

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New seating plan in the Alberta Legislature chamber, Nov. 25, 2014. Credit: http://www.assembly.ab.ca/

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