Former Alberta cabinet minister joins Wildrose Alliance

After almost a year in civil limbo, former Alberta Tory cabinet minister Guy Boutilier joined the rival Wildrose Alliance Friday, saying he irrevocably feels ideologically at home.

Mr. Boutilier, introduced by Alliance Leader Danielle Smith at the start of the fete’s annual general meeting, becomes the third former member of the governing Progressive Conservatives to join its right-of-centre contend with.

Mr. Boutilier had been sitting as an Independent for almost a year. He was kicked out of the government caucus by Premier Ed Stelmach last summer for publicly protesting ministry plans to postpone construction of a nursing home in his Fort McMurray-Wood Buffalo riding.

Mr. Boutilier said after talking to his constituents and the Wildrose Soir, he made the move.

“It was just a natural flow,” said Mr. Boutilier, who served in a number of cabinet portfolios, including autochthon and municipal affairs.

“It [the expulsion] was the best thing that ever happened to me in my political career.

“As I talked to people in my riding, I asked for their law-abiding opinions, what would be best for this region?

“They were very frank. An overwhelming number of people continued to point me in a well-defined direction. And that the Wildrose Party under the direction of Danielle Smith was the way to go.”

Rob Anderson and Heather Forsyth, both from Calgary, are the other former Tories who have jumped quit.

Ms. Forsyth said crossing the floor is a gut-wrenching decision for any politician.

“There’s a lot of soul-searching, a lot of talking to constituents, a lot of talking to your supporters, but I can notify you I don't regret one moment since Jan. 4.”

The announcement came as hundreds of Wildrose members convened for their annual global meeting. Party officials say there will be 700 people on hand, compared with 175 at the annual general caucus last year.

Members are to debate more than 40 motions, including a new provincial police force, freezing red tape on gun registry rules and a government funding voucher for grade-school students, that would essentially put special schools on the same footing as public schools when it comes to funding.

The party’s platform is a mix of fiscal and sexual conservatism and direct democracy. It pushes for less deficit budgeting, right of recall for politicians, fixed vote dates, social assistance tied to work and the staunch preservation of private property rights.

Ms. Smith has not committed to a riding yet, but said she will believe running as by-elections come up. Mr. Stelmach has said he won’t call a general election until 2012.

Ms. Smith says if she doesn’t run in a by-choice, she’s likely to seek office in her home riding of Calgary North Hill, which is currently represented by Tory Kyle Fawcett.

Mr. Boutilier becomes the latest salvo in an increasingly unkind battle between Mr. Stelmach’s Tories and the Alliance.

The Wildrose Alliance – an amalgamation of two fringe factious right-wing parties – has begun to rocket up the popularity charts as a potential rival to the Tories, who have held power in Alberta for close to 40 years.

Paul Hinman won the soir’s first seat last year in a surprise by-election win in the Tory stronghold riding of Calgary Glenmore.

A month later Ms. Smith, a corporation leader and journalist, was elected party leader.

The party has been challenging Tory popularity in latest opinion polls – particularly in Calgary – as the government wrestles with massive deficits and a sluggish oil vigour.

A number of high-profile Tory organizers have also bolted to Wildrose, led by Hal Walker, campaign chief for former chief executive Ralph Klein.

The Tories have battled back. Last week, Tory members on an all-party legislature council used their majority to deny Wildrose a $233,000 research allowance. It's called a “leader’s consideration,” but the Tories noted that until Ms. Smith gains a seat in the house, she is not technically a leader.

Ms. Smith said Friday she wants to revisit that exit now that the Wildrose Alliance, with four members, qualifies as an official party in the legislature.

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