Derek Fildebrandt is running for the Wildrose nomination in the Strathmore-Brooks Constituency. He made the announcement in front of current MLA Jason Hale's office.
A high profile candidate has put his name forward to run for the nomination from the Wildrose Party in the Strathmore Brooks Constituency.
Derek Fildebrandt, former Alberta Director and National Research Director for the Canadian Taxpayers Federation (CTF) expressed his interest on Monday morning. He highlighted this experience, and says he provides the public with a “principled alternative to the PC Party’s position of more taxes, more debt and fewer services.”
“The PC’s spent the cupboards bare and they could not balance the budget in good times despite record revenues. With a drop in oil prices and a belief that he faces no opposition, Jim Prentice thinks that he can make hard working Albertans pay the price for his party’s poor fiscal management,” said Fildebrandt.
Fildebrandt made his announcement in front of MLA Jason Hale’s Constituency office in Strathmore. Hale is one of the MLAs who crossed the floor last December to the Progressive Conservatives.
“I’m a country boy with rural and small town roots. I have had tremendous support from CTF members here,” he said in a press release. “People here feel betrayed by what their MLA has done to them. I feel betrayed by what their MLA has done to them, and that is why I want to be the MLA for Strathmore-Brooks.”
While he takes aim at Hale, there is a chance the two may not face-off in an election. Barry Morishita, member of the Strathmore-Brooks PC Constituency Association expressed in a piece in the Globe and Mail, that he doesn’t expect any of the floor crossing MLAs to get a free ride.
At this time the PC Constituency Association in Strathmore-Brooks have not opened up their nominations.
The Wildrose Constituency Association’s nominations opened last Friday and closes January 30. If Fildebrandt is not challenged, he will be the candidate for the Party.
