Content courtesy of 99.5 Drum FM: 

We have asked the same five questions to all of the candidates of the Drumheller-Stettler riding to provide a profile for voters in our area. 

Please provide background about yourself:  I grew up in Fort Saskatchewan.  I've lived in our riding for over 20 years now.  Lived in Stettler for a year and I've been in Hanna ever since, after finishing school.  I've been from the area for quite some time.

What is something that you stand for?  I really want to see politics get better.  I think it needs to get back to where it is serving the people and listening to what the issues are and not about just politics going back and forth.  Especially in our small communities, we really need to solve problems and that is what I am here to do.  

What do you feel is important for our constituency?  Jobs and the economy are obviously on the top of everyone's mind but out here in rural Alberta, sustainability is probably our number one issue on top of that.  Just getting services back out here, healthcare and education properly funded.  We need to start bringing people back out here so our communities can thrive. I think out in rural Alberta, that is one of the big ones.

How do you plan on helping your constituency?   Along those same lines, besides working to get jobs and the economy on track, out here we want to work on things like value-added services.  Agriculture is a huge one out here that we can capitalize on.  For me personally, I want to get our communities to be more sustainable.  I think we need to bring healthcare services back to our hospitals and make sure our education system is well funded and I think that would help draw people back out to our constituency.  

What inspired you to become interested in provincial politics?  I was the Mayor of Hanna for a term so I got involved in politics at a local level.  You build a good connection with our MLA and MP's.  I really enjoyed my time as Mayor.  You got to meet lots of people and do lots of great things and help the community and what I really want to do is bring that to our whole riding.  I just want to get out there and make things better and help people.