Thank You and Alberta Party's Growing Strength

I would like to thank everyone who had helped out on my campaign.  Without your support I would not have been able to put a campaign together.  I also want to thank the 57% of voters who came out to vote last night and I would like to see that number greatly increase next election.   I would like to say thank you to all the candidates who ran in Edmonton - Mill Woods, it was a pleasure to meet all of you.  You all ran excellent campaigns and I look forward to seeing you again next election.

My oldest daughter asked me this morning "why would Albertans who wanted change vote in a party they have had for 41 years?"  My answer to her was that Albertans did not want change for the sake of change but what they wanted was a positive viable alternative to vote for which was not there.  I told her that we cannot sit back and complain for the next four years but instead we have to get involved, be heard and build that alternative that Albertans want.

As you know, the Alberta Party was not able to win any seats this election but we ran a positive campaign, all 38 candidates did an outstanding job during the election representing our party and support for the Alberta Party has grown.  Before this election not many people have heard of the Alberta Party but after four weeks of meeting people on their door steps, presenting our platform at all the forums and getting our message of Dream Bigger out to voters has made us stronger then ever.

When I was out collecting my campaign signs, I had a constituent ask me for one of my signs.  People were stopping me to ask me about the Alberta Party and the results from the election.  People were impressed to see that we captured over 17,000 votes when votes splitting was evident in last nights election results.  I have had offers from people, who are not Alberta Party members to help set up Big Listen meetings as they want to be more involved with the Alberta Party.  The biggest complaint about the Alberta Party this election was that we were not able to run a full slate of candidates and people wanted to vote for the Alberta Party.

The Alberta Party is growing.  Get involved and be heard!