The Member of Parliament for Provencher says the Conservative interim Leader has proven herself to be an effective communicator and decision maker.

Ted Falk is commenting on Thursday's secret ballot vote that resulted in the election of Rona Ambrose. Falk says the former Health Minister has held several different portfolios during her time on Parliament Hill.

"In her speech to us she certainly indicated that she would be very inclusive of the entire caucus, as far as making sure we had an effective and strong voice as the official opposition," says Falk. "I think in her words we are the government in waiting and so she expects to fully utilize all of our caucus members in different roles during her term as interim Leader."

Falk says while assigning critic roles will probably be one of the first tasks for Ambrose, he has yet to hear what sort of role he might have.

Meanwhile, the Provencher MP says even though there were seven candidates that didn't win Thursday, there are no sour grapes and they will continue to be unified.

"All of the candidates during their introductory speech to caucus where they presented themselves as a candidate indicated to the entire caucus that win or lose they expect to fully support whomever the interim Leader would be," reports Falk. "And they all reiterated that we're going to be a strong caucus."

Falk says one of the things they talked about as a caucus was the Reform Act, as it changes how a caucus elects leaders. The caucus had to decide whether they would conduct their procedures in keeping with the Reform Act, which was one of the last private members bill that was passed in the last session of parliament. Falk says they opted to stick with the constitution of the Conservative Party of Canada, meaning the entire caucus voted on the interim Leader, including Senators.

With 33 new Conservative MP's, Falk says Thursday was about welcoming new colleagues and saying goodbye to those who didn't get re-elected.