Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I’d like, today, to give my thanks for all the people who helped to put me in the position that I am starting with my family and especially my partner, Janice McKenna, my daughter, Tiffany Thrasher, my parents and friends who encouraged me to run for public office. I’d like to thank my campaign team for the many hours that they put in to getting me elected, for the constituents who put their trust in me to represent them in this 18th Assembly. To my new friends and colleagues in the Legislative Assembly, it’s been a pleasure to get to know you and I’m looking forward to working with each and every one of you over the next four years.

My pledge is, today, as I said yesterday, to work hard, to work cooperatively, to be focused on results and consensus. I’m up for the challenge, and I think we all are. Thank you.