Tara Sawyer of the United Conservative Party is the MLA elect for the Olds-Didsbury-Three Hills constituency.
She garnered more that 60 per cent support from local voters and finished with more than 6,000 votes than the next closest candidate in this riding’s by-election on June 23rd.
The Olds-Didsbury-Three Hills constituency by-election saw more than 15,000 voters head to the polls while the two other by-elections in the Edmonton area both had less than 10,000 total votes cast. Sawyer was pleased with the voter turnout numbers for Olds-Didsbury-Three Hills. She says “it tells you how engaged everybody is in our riding and they recognized the importance (of the by-election). Again, I will go back to we worked really hard to get to the doors to make sure that there wouldn’t be voter apathy. To express to everyone the importance of them having their voice heard. So I was really pleased to see everyone came out and again I just want to thank them all for their support and their trust and I can’t wait to fight for them.”
While campaigning, Sawyer heard a couple of main topics from residents in the riding including the concerns about the separation discussion. She says “some were concerned about it, many frustrated which I completely agree with them. So we had that shared frustration of the way Alberta has been treated from the federal government. I mean that was definitely a headliner at the doors and then, you know, some people had some questions about health care or a little bit on education but I would just say primarily they had the question about where I stood on that or else they just really wanted to just know who I am?”
Sawyer adds, remaining a strong united conservative party in this province to put Alberta first was a message that resonated with the majority of the people she talked to during the by-election campaign. According to Elections Alberta, the announcement of official results will be made on Thursday, July 3rd.
Her family has been farming at Acme since 1903 and Sawyer says their children are fifth generation on their family farm.
