Derek Fildebrandt

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On 23 October 2019 Fildebrandt bought and relaunched the Western Standard online newspaper, a right wing publication that had ceased operations in 2007. [37]

In May 2022, Fildebrandt announced that Western Standard New Media Corp. had acquired the Alberta Report and was relaunching it.[ citation needed ]

Controversies

On 27 May 2016, Wildrose leader Brian Jean suspended Fildebrandt for an indefinite period of time after he wrote "Proud to have constituents like you!" in response to a comment referring to Ontario premier Kathleen Wynne as "Mr. Wynne, or whatever the hell she identifies as" which Jean called "unacceptable." [38] This came on the heels of an incident where Fildebrandt criticised Premier Wynne in the Alberta Legislature as Wynne sat in the gallery as a guest. Fildebrandt said he "entirely misread" the original comment. [38] On Tuesday, 31 May, he was reinstated into the Wildrose Caucus and as the Opposition Shadow Minister of Finance. [39]

Also in 2016, Fildebrandt was accused of hitting his neighbour's parked vehicle with his truck, causing an estimated $2000 in damage. [40] He appeared in court to plea not guilty and denied it happened, saying "I would've left a note on the front windshield. It's the decent thing to do." [41] On 4 December 2017, Fildebrandt was found guilty leaving the scene and failing to notify the owner of a damaged vehicle. [42]

On 9 August 2017, it was reported that Fildebrandt was renting out his Edmonton apartment on Airbnb while claiming a housing allowance from the Legislature of Alberta to pay for the apartment. [43] He initially defended himself, calling the act "reasonable and a part of the modern sharing economy." [44] Later, Fildebrandt apologized and claimed that he returned the income made from the property. [45]

On 14 August 2017 Alberta Party leader Greg Clark revealed that Fildebrandt had been charging meals to his MLA expense account while simultaneously claiming his MLA per-diem for meals. The potential total of which was $192.60 over a period of two years and Fildebrandt stated that it was a result of administrative errors. [46] Clark claimed that Fildebrandt was effectively "double-claiming" his meals, a practice Clark claimed was in violation of the Legislative Member Service Committee Order. [47] Fildebrandt responded to the claims by saying "I should have been more careful in reviewing them before signing off. I will fully reimburse any discrepancy and take immediate action to ensure that errors like this do not happen again." [46]

On 13 December 2017, Fildebrandt was charged with trespassing onto private property and hunting a white-tailed deer in violation of the Wildlife Act . Fildebrandt apologized, claiming that he didn't know he was on private property and that he donated the deer to a food bank. [48] [49]

On May 23 2024, Fildebrandt was charged with four counts of uttering threats after an incident in front of his home involving four 13 and 14 year olds. [50] The incident occurred on April 13 2024, and Fildebrandt is alleged to have chased the teenagers with his vehicle while threatening them. In a June 3 2024 statement on Fildebrant's Western Standard website, Fildebrandt claims "I found vandals damaging my property. I confronted them and told them — loudly — to stay off of my property." and that "To avoid the consequences of vandalizing my property, these people concocted a story to the police that I had threatened them" [51]

Electoral history

2019 general election

Derek Fildebrandt
Derek Fildebrandt-Headshot.png
Leader of the
Freedom Conservative Party of Alberta
In office
20 October 2018 [n 1]  –30 April 2019
2019 Alberta general election : Chestermere-Strathmore
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
United Conservative Leela Sharon Aheer 15,61268.48-3.57
New Democratic Melissa Langmaid3,55815.61-2.69
Freedom Conservative Derek Fildebrandt 1,6837.38–
Alberta Party Jason Avramenko1,4606.40+5.49
Liberal Sharon L. Howe2381.04+0.46
Alberta Independence Roger Dean Walker1360.60–
Independent Terry Nicholls1120.49–
Total22,79999.25–
Rejected, spoiled and declined1730.75
Turnout22,97267.12
Eligible voters 34,226
United Conservative notional hold Swing -0.44
Source(s)
Source: "56 - Chestermere-Strathmore, 2019 Alberta general election". officialresults.elections.ab.ca. Elections Alberta . Retrieved 21 May 2020.
Alberta. Chief Electoral Officer (2019). 2019 General Election. A Report of the Chief Electoral Officer. Volume II (PDF) (Report). Vol. 2. Edmonton, Alta.: Elections Alberta. pp. 243–248. ISBN   978-1-988620-12-1 . Retrieved 7 April 2021.

2015 general election

2015 Alberta general election : Strathmore-Brooks
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Wildrose Derek Fildebrandt 8,65252.55-3.03
Progressive Conservative Molly Douglass4,45227.04-12.09
New Democratic Lynn MacWilliam2,46314.96+12.17
Green Mike Worthington3221.96–
Alberta Party Einar Davison3041.85–
Liberal Ali Abdulbaki2001.21-0.82
Alberta First Glen Dundas720.44-0.03
Total16,46599.49–
Rejected, spoiled and declined850.51-0.18
Turnout16,55049.83-2.96
Eligible electors33,215
Wildrose hold Swing 4.53
Source(s)
Source: "83 - Strathmore-Brooks Official Results 2015 Alberta general election". officialresults.elections.ab.ca. Elections Alberta . Retrieved 21 May 2020.

Notes

  1. ↑ Fildebrandt served as Interim Leader from 20 July 2018 to 20 October 2018.

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