Rowswell helps paint Alberta blue

A majority of area voters are happy feeling Conservative blue in the wake of the Alberta general election.

The United Conservative

Party (UCP), headed by Premier Danielle Smith, will form a majority government winning 49 seats to 38 for the NDP on Monday night. No other party elected a member.

UCP incumbent Garth Rowswell is rolling up his sleeves being re-elected by a landslide in VermilionLloydminster-Wainwright with 13,071 votes with New Democratic Party candidate,

Dawn Flaata, a distant second at 3,097.

“It’s nice. Now I get to continue some of the work I was working on and go on from here,” said an elated Rowswell on Tuesday morning.

“Today, the biggest thing is awareness. Being aware of other people on bikes and traffic is a big one. I’m also talking about lock safety awareness today as we’ve had a lot of bikes stolen. I want kids to talk about where their bikes are.”

He says the results don’t surprise him despite capturing a whopping 74.3 per cent of the 17,602 votes reported in the riding.

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