ST. ALBERT
Held by: Progressive Conservatives
Incumbent: Ken Allred (not seeking re-election)
Population: 42,451 Eligible voters in 2008: 32,550 Voter turnout in 2008: 47.9% 2008 election results: Ken Allred PC 8,403; Katy Campbell NDP 959; Jack Flaherty LIB 5,598; Ross Vincent GRN 576
THE CANDIDATES
Nicole Bownes, NDP
Age: 39 Occupation: Registered nurse Reason for running: “As a registered nurse, I want to see Alberta’s prosperity used to ensure all Albertans receive quality health care and education.”
Top three priorities: Ensure all Albertans benefit from Alberta’s prosperity; Make life more affordable for Albertans, including affordable post-secondary education, reduced electricity costs, and affordable quality long-term care for seniors; Advocate for raw oil (bitumen) from our oilsands to be upgraded in Alberta, to ensure a prosperous future for our province. Website: albertandp.ca/ nicolebownes/ Kim Bugeaud, Alberta Liberals
Age: 50 Occupation: Social worker Reason for running: “I am excited by the Liberal platform — straightforward common-sense strategies — health and wellness, vision, better governance and a balanced budget.”
Top three priorities: “Government that is citizen centred;” Realistic and reliable funding to enable local school boards to do the work of increasing literacy and lowering dropout rates; “My work in health care has given me first-hand exposure to the drastic effects of the province’s underfunding of services for seniors, the mentally disabled and the addicted.” Website: kimbugeaud.ca
James Burrows, Wildrose Age: 48 Occupation: Commercial sales specialist Reason for running: “I am committed to improving our province by restoring a government with transparency, accountability and a voice for Albertans. I consider it a great opportunity to be the voice of our community to ensure that our shared values and visions are realized. I will work tirelessly to seek this change.”
Top three priorities: Improve health care to develop a patientdriven system with increased capacity centred on direct needs, within a better, faster, more costeffective health-care system; Provide stable and predictable long-term education funding; “Concerns of our seniors such as increased cost of living, lack of seniors’ accommodations, inadequate health care must not be ignored and are a high priority for me, especially considering the impending demographic shift.”
Website: jamesburrows.ca Stephen Khan, Progressive Conservative Occupation: Businessman and
software developer Reason for running: “St. Albert is the community where I grew up, went to school, owned a business and am raising my family. I feel deeply connected to the community and I believe I have been truly blessed on a personal level to have been a part of this wonderful city. The reason I am seeking this position is because I believe that I have an obligation to give back to a community that has blessed me with so much.”
Top three priorities: Healthcare access, wait times in emergency and continuing care for seniors; Three-year budget cycles for proper planning in education and a renewed commitment to ensure optimum classroom sizes; Diversifying our energy markets for energy and building trade partnerships for agri-food, forestry and technology industries. Website: stephenkhan.ca
Tim Osborne, Alberta Party
Age: 35 Occupation: Management consultant Reason for running: “I believe that politics in Alberta can be so much better. We need to get back to focusing on good ideas, wherever they may come from.”
Top three priorities: Ensure all Albertans have a voice in our democracy and that MLAS represent their constituents rather than just their party; A worldclass education system which includes quality early learning programs and affordable postsecondary education; Ensure that Albertans have access to quality health care services in a timely fashion. Website: timosborne.ca
Legend: Com-communist; Grn-green; Ind-independent; Lib-liberal; NDP-NEW Democratic Party; PCProgressive Conservative; Sc-social Credit; Sep-separate Party; Wap-wildrose Alliance Party