By EverythingGP staff

Provincial Election

Outgoing Grande Prairie MLA praises those who ran, reflects on time in legislature

May 31, 2023 | 6:00 AM

Outgoing Grande Prairie MLA Tracy Allard says she is “beyond thrilled” that Nolan Dyck held onto the constituency for the United Conservative Party in Monday’s election.

“I think Nolan is going to do a fantastic job. He’s worked incredibly hard. I think that’s an indicator, from my perspective, of a successful MLA; somebody who’s humble, that’s going to work hard. That’s totally Nolan Dyck.”

“As far as the province goes, I think Alberta made a great decision that’s going to secure our future, so I’m very, very happy.”

Allard decided not to run again after serving one term in the legislature. She uses words like tumultuous and rewarding to describe her one term as the MLA for Grande Prairie.

Even with some controversy, Allard says she would not change a thing.

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“I’m really proud of the record. There were a lot of mistakes and missteps. There was a lot of craziness with COVID but I’m grateful for the opportunity, for the faith the people invested in me here in Grande Prairie and I’m so grateful that I got to serve.”

Allard became embroiled in controversy, and resigned as the Minister of Municipal Affairs, after travelling to Hawaii during the 2020 holiday season – a time when governments were recommending against non-essential travel due to the global pandemic.

She adds she wants to salute all the candidates that ran in Monday’s election.

“I think it’s important in a democracy to have people from different perspectives come together and debate and so I just want to commend those people.”

“I will tell you that I think this was a hard-fought battle right across the province, including in Grande Prairie. I’m proud of everybody who put themselves out there to articulate their perspective. I think it’s important.”

The UCP has unofficially won 49 seats to 38 for the NDP. The UCP held 60 seats at dissolution, the NDP 23. There were also two vacancies and two MLAs that had been sitting as Independents.