An Alberta judge has officially upheld the ousting of Paul Himan from leadership of the Wildrose Independence Party of Alberta (WIPA)..In August, the WIPA filed a court order against former leader Hinman and the court has made a decision to remove him. .On Monday, the Provincial Board of Governors of the WIPA provided an update to the Western Standard regarding the legal action brought against the board by Hinman. .READ MORE:Court orders filed against Hinman by Wildrose Independence Party of Alberta.Hinman initially filed a court injunction to stop the board from removing him but a court said the case was, "too complicated to proceed with an instant remedy.".After Hinman's failed bid to win a seat in the Alberta legislature a party review determined he was in a “conflict of interest” when he transferred campaign funds to pay himself..According to a report submitted on June 20 to WIPA’s board of governors from Provincial Nomination Committee Chair Gurcharan Garcha, "Hinman did not follow Elections Alberta rules, party rules, and nomination guidelines in the race."."We suspended his membership because of violations of the code of conduct that still kind of fall under confidentiality. His response to that was to deny we had any authority to do so," Board President Rick Northey said.."Hinman and his supporters basically seized control of the AGM, illegally seizing the podium by force. They removed everybody from the room who didn't agree with them and then they illegally elected a new board and reinstalled Paul as the leader. And we've been going to court ever since to put a stop to it.".A Court of King's bench justice reviewed all the submissions and evidence and rendered a judgment on October 21 that upheld the suspension, and subsequent removal from leadership This includes the awarding of all costs for the proceedings to the WIPA.."We will be moving forward with a Leadership Race shortly," a WIPA spokesperson said..The new interim leader of the WIPA will be Jeevan Mangat.
