This weekend, I attended the Progressive Conservative Party’s leadership convention.
The convention took place at the Aitken Centre in Fredericton. It was my first convention, and I have to say that it was quite an experience.
Walking into an arena full of people in yellow and orange both cheering on their leadership candidates was very exciting.
I was there cheering on Robert MacLeod in a yellow shirt with yellow thunder-sticks. I was able to be a part of the group walking around the arena with Robert when he finished his speech. I also was a scrutineer for one of the polls at the arena. Seeing the process from start to finish was very interesting.
While the vote didn’t go the way I had hoped, at the end of the day our party does have a new leader – David Alward. David has been an MLA since 1999, and he has cabinet experience in the past government.
I strongly believe that if the party can unite and organize behind him, we stand a very good chance of winning the next election and making the Liberal’s the first one-term government in the history of New Brunswick.
2010 is only two years away, and for Shawn Graham, the clock is now ticking.
It’s time for “Shawn Dion” to be gone.
