Wildrose Party

Wildrose Party of Alberta

The Wildrose Party of alberta is a new grassroots political movement. The party's main emphasis will be:

~ Reducing by constitutional means the enormous net outflow of wealth from Albertans to the federal government ~ Ensuring that provincial decisions better reflect the mainstream values and priorities of most Albertans ~Ensuring that the party's Leader and MLAs honour their election promises and commitments

On Saturday, June 23, seventy-six Albertans gathered in Red Deer and launched a political party.

They chose the name Wildrose Party of Alberta, after the province's floral symbol of sovereignty within Confederation.

The Wildrose group must now register as a nonprofit society, and then collect 6004 Alberta signatures to gain party status. It will soon launch an aggressive sign-up campaign to complete party registration by September, in time for an October founding convention in Edmonton.

The Wildrose society/party also elected an executive on Saturday and adopted a constitution.

The initiative began with an earlier Red Deer meeting (May 26) where fifty people from diverse political backgrounds mostly agreed that existing political parties can't or won't challenge the federal system and restrain provincial spending.

The initiative was bolstered by two recent by-elections in which support for conservative parties plunged overall, while liberal support did not increase.

A province-wide poll conducted for the group by proCall Marketing of Calgary found widespread desire across all of Alberta for a political option of this sort.

Wildrose Party of Alberta Suite 203, 10441 - 178 Street Edmonton, AB T5S 1R5 Phone: 780-481-7184 Fax: 780-481-9983 info@wildroseparty.ca www.wildroseparty.ca