Eighteen months of steady campaigning paid off for Chantelle de Jong, who will represent Chestermere-Strathmore under the UCP banner in May’s provincial election..The public policy researcher received 1,118 votes (63%) at Saturday’s nomination meeting. Her opponent Dharminder Premi, president of SoftForward Technologies Inc., received 663 votes..“We earned a decisive mandate for true conservative representation in Chestermere-Strathmore,” said de Jong, former president of the Calgary Dental Assistants Association, who has a bachelor’s degree with distinction in economics and philosophy from the University of Calgary..“I’m humbled and overwhelmed to have earned the trust and support of UCP members in Chestermere-Strathmore.”.The constituency was represented by Leela Aheer who opted not to seek re-election. Aheer ran unsuccessfully in October’s UCP leadership race..De Jong thanked Premi, his team, and supporters for a “hard-fought” campaign..“Saturday was a major victory, but we’re not done. I’m excited to get to work to keep Chestermere-Strathmore blue and form a strong conservative majority government with our party in next spring’s election.”.So far, de Jong only faces the NDP’s Raj Jessel in the general election. Jessel, a transit operator, has served as an executive board member with the local ATU 583, and president of the Calgary School of Drama and Arts.
Eighteen months of steady campaigning paid off for Chantelle de Jong, who will represent Chestermere-Strathmore under the UCP banner in May’s provincial election..The public policy researcher received 1,118 votes (63%) at Saturday’s nomination meeting. Her opponent Dharminder Premi, president of SoftForward Technologies Inc., received 663 votes..“We earned a decisive mandate for true conservative representation in Chestermere-Strathmore,” said de Jong, former president of the Calgary Dental Assistants Association, who has a bachelor’s degree with distinction in economics and philosophy from the University of Calgary..“I’m humbled and overwhelmed to have earned the trust and support of UCP members in Chestermere-Strathmore.”.The constituency was represented by Leela Aheer who opted not to seek re-election. Aheer ran unsuccessfully in October’s UCP leadership race..De Jong thanked Premi, his team, and supporters for a “hard-fought” campaign..“Saturday was a major victory, but we’re not done. I’m excited to get to work to keep Chestermere-Strathmore blue and form a strong conservative majority government with our party in next spring’s election.”.So far, de Jong only faces the NDP’s Raj Jessel in the general election. Jessel, a transit operator, has served as an executive board member with the local ATU 583, and president of the Calgary School of Drama and Arts.
