He won the electoral district of Rocky Mountain House with a near landslide victory defeating three other candidates including future Alberta MLA John Younie and Social Credit leader Lavern Ahlstrom.
He finished a distant third place out of four candidates behind future Social Credit leader Lavern Ahlstrom and John Murray Campbell who won the district.
He was elected at a leadership convention held on November 3, 2007 in Red Deer to replace Lavern Ahlstrom who resigned.
LaVern Baker | Lavern Ahlstrom | LaVern W. Parmley | Lavern Baker |
In early November 2007, Len Skowronski replaced Lavern Ahlstrom as leader of the party.