Drumheller–Stettler MLA Rick Strankman may have a bit of competition as Drumheller’s Lisa Hansen-Zacharuk is attempting to seek the nominations to be a candidate to run in the next election for the Wildrose Party in the Drumheller-Stettler Riding.
The Drumheller Town Councillor and business owner is in her second term, and has been involved with the Wildrose Party since 2010, only recently stepping down as president of the constituency association. She has deep roots in the valley. She has watched the party grow and develop its policies and directions.
“I want to be able to help meld the future for our next generations,” she said. “Being a fifth generation Albertan myself, I strongly believe in bringing back the Alberta Advantage. I feel with the right person in the position with the drive to succeed, we can see Alberta making history and getting us back on the right track.”
At this point, her name is not yet on the ballot. She says she has filed her papers and is awaiting the “official ok.”
Some of her main areas of concerns are rural economic development, proper funding models for municipalities and freedom of speech. She also feels strongly about keeping ridings static, rather than adjusting their borders after each election and would call for vicennial adjustments.
“I’m prepared to give the people of this riding the most productive years of my life and do it with integrity, honesty and a will to put the constituent’s views ahead of my own,” she said.
Right now, she is collecting Wildrose member signatures to become eligible to challenge the current nominations.
Nominations open on June 4 for nine days. If she is successful in gaining the nominations, there is a period of 21 days for the campaign, and Election Day would be on July 4.
To get involved or to learn more, Hansen-Zacharuk can be reached at lcand-a@hotmail.com, or through her Facebook page.
