With a provincial election looming large on the horizon, in the area, much of the talk has been about a two horse race. In Strathmore-Brooks, a candidate is looking to shake that up.
Hussar man, Einar Davison, has announced he will be running under the Alberta Party banner.
“I believe every Albertan has an idea of what Alberta should be like, but the other parties haven’t bothered to ask them. I’m asking you and I hope you will take the time to tell me,” he said in a letter to constituents.
Davison grew up on the family homestead near Hussar. He served as member of the King’s Own Calgary Regiment from 1984 to 1991, and he spent two years as an English educator in Poland after the communist lost power. After that, he became partner in the family farm.
Politically he ran against Shirley McClellan in the 1997 election in the Drumheller-Chinook riding and served as the South Central Regional Chair of the party for three years.
He wants to work toward a growing and sustainable economy that recognizes the importance of the energy industry, but is not overly reliant on resources. A key to that is education.
“Education should be seen as an investment in the economy and not an expense,” he said. “Where we educate our young people to create the innovations and start the businesses that build prosperity for all Albertans.”
He also believes in a living wage and a health care system that works again with an emphasis on prevention and diagnostics.
“With a growing economy the government will always have sufficient revenue to pay for the programs we want. However taxes will still be reasonable and fair,” he said.
In Strathmore-Brooks, the Wildrose Party has selected Former Canadian Taxpayer Federation director Derek Fildebrandt as its candidate in the upcoming provincial election and the Progressive Conservative have selected Newell County Reeve Molly Douglass.
According to Daveberta, a provincial political blog, the NDP have selected Lynn MacWilliam as its candidate in the riding.