September 18, 2009

Paul Hinman “Lets Make it Happen”

Monday September 14th, 2009.

Carriage House Inn

Every sign, every phone call, and every vote cast for the Wildrose Alliance Party was a message to Premier Ed Stelmach.

As your MLA I will push the Stelmach government to reform health care, and I will demand that our provinces finances be managed responsibly, and our seniors, families, and children treated with the dignity and respect that they deserve. I pledge to you to represent the interests of our community above partisan interests.

I am thankful to the voters of Calgary Glenmore for all of their support and feedback in this By Election and we will use this momentum to continue to build the party and promote common sense solutions. I am very thankful to the voters of Calgary Glenmore.

It has been a pleasure getting to meet and talk with you and I look forward to meeting the ones I have missed. I must thank our volunteers and supporters as they have been instrumental in our campaign and they have my utmost thanks. Also thank you to Danielle Smith and Mark Dyrholm, two of our party’s leadership candidates for their efforts in this campaign.

The results of this election show we are gaining support as, what I like to call, the “TC party”: True Conservatives, not “PC” or Phony Conservatives.

My promise to the residents of Calgary Glenmore and to all Albertans is to continue to fight for common sense policies and to bring back the Alberta Advantage

The Leadership Selection process is one way for all Albertans to participate in the shaping of the party and we encourage Albertans to join us.

As we move forward let us reflect on the tremendous growth that we’ve experienced.

There is a feeling in our party that reminds me of my time working for the Reform Party in its early days.

In 1989 a by-election was held to fill an opening in the riding of Beaver River, Alberta….

At the time the federal Progressive Conservatives held all of the seats in Alberta, but there was underlying discontent with the leadership of the party.

The by-election pitted a PC insider against the upstart Reform Party and its candidate Deborah Grey.

It’s all history after that.

Deborah Grey went on to win the by-election, and in the next federal election the Reform Party of Canada won almost all the seats in Alberta.

Now…let’s make it happen.