Tofield mayor throws hat in the ring for P.C. nomination

By Patricia Harcourt
Tofield Mercury Editor

He’s our mayor now, but that may all change in a couple of short months. After successfully capturing three terms in the mayor’s chair, Tofield’s Nabil Chehayeb has set his sights even higher politically. He is the second local candidate to throw his hat in the ring for the Fort Saskatchewan-Vegreville P.C. nomination.

Mayor Chehayeb said he was inspired by the man he would, if successful, be replacing – former premier and current MLA for the riding Ed Stelmach.

Chehayeb said he has also been encouraged by other P.C. party members, Tofield Council and “many residents in the constituency.”

Chehayeb said he believes he has “firm support in my aspirations to be the next MLA for the constituency of Fort Saskatchewan-Vegreville.”

He joins former Beaver county councillor Gene Hrabec, another local candidate from the Ryley-Holden area, and three others including Strathcona county councillor Jacquie Fenske, Vegreville Mayor Richard Coleman and former Fort Saskatchewan mayor Jim Sheasgreen, all vying for the P.C. riding nomination.

More see the Nov. 29/11 Tofield Mercury