CALGARY – Alberta Premier Ed Stelmach says he’s sure one of his backbenchers is "remorseful" for tweets that criticize Calgarians for voting in a new mayor.
Kyle Fawcett, the Tory legislature member for Calgary North Hill, sent a tweet Monday night that said the election of Naheed Nenshi in the municipal vote was "a big mistake."
He also said that Nenshi wasn’t one of the top five candidates in the race that included about a dozen contenders.
Stelmach says the wishes of the electorate must always be respected because that’s what democracy is all about.
Nenshi, a 38-year-old business professor, came out on top with about 40 per cent of the vote in a tight three-way race.
Fawcett is a first-term member of the legislature.
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