Four current Calgary councillors make up latest municipal political party
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Calgary has another political party at the municipal level, with four sitting councillors already signed up under its banner ahead of next year's election.
Calgary has another political party at the municipal level, with four sitting councillors already signed up under its banner ahead of next year's election.
The group is called "Communities First" and councillors Sonya Sharp, Dan McLean, Terry Wong and Andre Chabot are among the first candidates to take part, alongside former Ward 8 representative John Mar.
"If you ask the average person, they're not looking for a municipal party to be under a banner. They just want their potholes filled, the roads fixed, taxes low and just be sensible," said Sharp, who is currently the councillor in Ward 1.
The group "seeks to restore confidence in Calgary city hall" and plans to run a full slate of 15 candidates next October. The party of "like-minded Calgarians" will seek to repair what the group refers to as a dysfunctional city hall by listening and speaking to residents.
"You can get a pretty good feel for what your community wants, and I know the councillors that I'm working with in this party do the same. And we're not always going to agree, but generally we do already vote pretty consistently together, and I expect that to keep happening," said McLean.
So far, two other political parties have launched in Calgary.
"A Better Calgary" and "The Calgary Party" each plan to run candidates in the next election.
