Former area MLA Joe Anglin has announced plans to run in the Rimbey-Rocky Mountain House-Sundre riding in the 2019 provincial election as a Freedom Conservative Party (FCP) candidate.
“The 2019 election is looming, and the current candidates who want to represent Rimbey-RMH-Sundre do not reflect the principles and values of the people who live our communities,” Anglin said in a news release.
Anglin was elected as the Wildrose MLA in 2012. He ran as an independent in 2015 but was not re-elected.
“The Freedom Conservative Party has now picked up the torch that the former Wildrose surrendered when they sold their souls to the Tories,” he said.
“I am convinced the Freedom Conservative Party shares the same core values as I do. Why? Because I made it clear I will never be told how to vote, and they encourage free votes.
“My commitment to property rights is unmatched, and where the Wildrose once tried to silence me, the Freedom Conservative Party wants me to shout loud and clear in support of property rights.”
Anglin said he is “committed to the values of free votes, recall, property rights, fiscal conservatism, and most of all the democratic process.”
Jason Nixon is the current United Conservative Party MLA for the riding, having been elected in 2015.
