UCP leadership race

One political scientist says the United Conservative Party's leadership vote result on Thursday night will come down to how many voting rounds need to occur ...

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Despite vowing to declare a new leader by 7 p.m. Thursday, the UCP now says results will be delayed.

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Results for tonight's UCP leadership race will be announced at 7:30 p.m. from the BMO Centre in Calgary.

In a recent interview with Postmedia, the former finance minister said the party will need to quickly shift focus to beating Rachel Notley and the NDP in next year’s general election and continuing to build on positive aspects of what has been achieved since his party formed government three years ago. Smith has dominated the leadership race by railing against the federal government and COVID-19 rules, buttressing the argument for her flagship platform promise of an Alberta sovereignty act. Schulz, who calls herself a fiscal conservative, has experience working with Ottawa in helping negotiate the $4-billion deal this past year for $10-a-day child care. The Central Peace-Notley MLA hasn’t drawn the attention of the other candidates for the premier’s job, but insists reflecting the views of those who elected him is most important to him. Aheer’s platform focuses on multiple issues she’s heard about from Albertans on the campaign trail: health, education, inflation, seniors care and AISH benefits, topics she said Albertans are concerned about and engaged with. Over the last few weeks and months, some MLAs have been announcing whether or not they will run in the upcoming 2023 provincial election. the stage was set in one of the main halls of BMO Centre on Stampede Park with media and party staffers beginning to mill about and stake their places on the floor. We will share more updates as the day progresses.” Chestermere-Strathmore MLA Leela Aheer has dropped out of the running. The roughly 85,000 votes cast in the race represent about 69 per cent of the party’s 124,000 eligible members. Rick Strankman, one of the Wildrose MLAs who stayed behind in 2014, was furious with her at that time. Nearly 124,000 members of the United Conservative Party will select their new leader tonight from Calgary’s BMO Centre.

The party is hosting an event at the BMO Centre in Calgary Thursday night to announce its new leader. The event broadcast was supposed to begin at 5:30 pm MT.

We will share more updates as the day progresses.” The party said the mail-in ballot count is moving along, but there are over 80,000 ballots. Rachel is a seasoned political reporter who’s covered government institutions from a variety of levels. The party is hosting an event at the BMO Centre in Calgary Thursday night to announce its new leader. A Carleton University journalism graduate, she was a multimedia reporter for three local Niagara newspapers. It will now begin at 7 pm MT and results will be announced 30 minutes later.

Results of the successor of Jason Kenney will be released on Thursday as the ruling United Conservative Party crowns a new leader to unite a fractured ...

In the minutes after the result, at least one of her opponents expressed optimism. But moving from government critic to the top job will come with its own challenges, University of Calgary political scientist Lisa Young said in advance of the result. Smith came close to the premier’s chair a decade ago when her former party, with deep roots in libertarian-leaning rural Alberta, came within spitting distance of victory in the 2012 provincial election. “That would be a lot for anyone.” That party and the Progressive Conservatives merged into the UCP in 2017. (She later deleted the tweet and apologized for “create[ing] confusion.”) In her speech Smith took immediate aim at Ottawa and said it’s time for Alberta to be a “senior” partner in the country. Among them, MLAs Leela Aheer and Rajan Sawhney, who shared a hug and gave each other high fives after both were knocked out of the race. “I’m just doing my job. Over 1,000 party members and a smattering of UCP MLAs mingled while they awaited results Thursday night. Smith won with 54 per cent of the vote. Smith’s victory means Kenney will hand his job to one of his harshest critics, who has repeatedly condemned public health measures.

Voting is wrapping up by members of the United Conservative Party to select a successor to Premier Jason Kenney. Kenney announced in the spring he was leaving ...

The province will soon know who United Conservative Party members have chosen to be the next leader and premie...

Mid-afternoon the party said it was getting additional volunteers to count the more than 80,000 mail-in ballots received. The announcement was to begin at 5:30 p.m. Mail-in and in-person ballots are being counted and results of who will replace Premier Jason Kenney are expected to be revealed around 7:30 p.m.

The biggest issue the new leader of the United Conservative Party will face is unity within the ranks, political scientists say.

And so I am grateful to have worked with a fantastic team and I am really grateful and happy to see this province back firing on just about every cylinder.” “I think there’s a challenge in getting ready for the election next May.” Over the last few weeks and months, some MLAs have been announcing whether or not they will run in the upcoming 2023 provincial election.

Alberta's United Conservative Party is announcing a new leader Thursday night to replace Jason Kenney. The winner will become premier-designate until they ...

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Danielle Smith, who spent years in the political wilderness, must now do what her predecessor could not: unite a party that has become increasingly divided.

Ms. While Ms. He outlined a number of demands, such as Alberta gaining a permanent seat on the Supreme Court of Canada and changes to the federal equalization system. Smith promised to give every resident a $300 spending account to use on services ranging from dentistry to naturopathy. Aheer has said she would not vote in support of such a bill; Mr. Smith, however, argued that the proposal would give Alberta real power to stand up to Ottawa, insisting that the province would merely be asserting its existing powers under the Constitution. Kenney, who co-founded the UCP with Mr. The party sold roughly 1,600 tickets to the event and the room at the convention centre was full. As her momentum grew during the campaign, some MLAs who previously endorsed other candidates defected to her, indicating a willingness to unite behind the new face of the party. She said she would do all this without calling a snap election, waiting instead until the next general election, currently scheduled for the spring. [Danielle Smith is the new leader of the United Conservative Party. Smith, who spent years as a political outcast after a tumultuous period a decade ago leading the now-defunct Wildrose Party, said she will travel to Edmonton to be sworn in as premier on Tuesday.

The United Conservative Party announced Danielle Smith is Jason Kenney's successor, after ranked ballots were tallied.

On Monday, said she had a “number” of MLAs who offered to give up their seat in a byelection. Prior to re-entering politics, Smith hosted a radio talk show on Corus Radio in Alberta. In-person voting locations were also opened on Thursday in Slave Lake, Edmonton, Red Deer, Calgary and Taber, Alta. She later apologized for the move. Corus Entertainment is the parent company of Global News. “No longer will Alberta ask for permission from Ottawa to be prosperous and free.” 21 on Enoch Cree Nation. Smith is Alberta’s eighth premier in 16 years. Smith has also spoken out against pandemic public health measures, like mask mandates and vaccinations. Brian Jean was knocked out in the fifth ballot. She invited MLAs and UCP members to govern with “strength and compassion” and to lead the party to an election victory in spring 2023. Danielle Smith is the new premier-designate of Alberta and leader of the United Conservative Party.

After a night of delays, vote counts came hard and fast, resulting in Danielle Smith being named the UCP leader and Alberta's new premier.

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Voting wrapped up Thursday night as roughly 85000 members of the United Conservatives got ready to choose a leader, who will become premier.

In the minutes after the result, at least one of her opponents expressed optimism. But moving from government critic to the top job will come with its own challenges, University of Calgary political scientist Lisa Young said in advance of the result. Smith came close to the premier’s chair a decade ago when her former party, with deep roots in libertarian-leaning rural Alberta, came within spitting distance of victory in the 2012 provincial election. “That would be a lot for anyone.” That party and the Progressive Conservatives merged into the UCP in 2017. (She later deleted the tweet and apologized for “create[ing] confusion.”) In her speech Smith took immediate aim at Ottawa and said it’s time for Alberta to be a “senior” partner in the country. Among them, MLAs Leela Aheer and Rajan Sawhney, who shared a hug and gave each other high fives after both were knocked out of the race. “I’m just doing my job. Over 1,000 party members and a smattering of UCP MLAs mingled while they awaited results Thursday night. Smith won with 54 per cent of the vote. Smith’s victory means Kenney will hand his job to one of his harshest critics, who has repeatedly condemned public health measures.

And it all came down to the final ballot after six rounds of tallying votes. As five of the seven candidates dropped off, as a leader can only be chosen once ...

"No longer will Alberta ask for permission from Ottawa to be prosperous and free." Smith also thanked fellow party members as she wrapped up her acceptance speech pledging "I will not let you down". With what Smith referred to as "a new chapter in the Alberta story" she said "It's time for Alberta to take its place as a senior partner to build a strong and united Canada."

And it all came down to the final ballot after six rounds of tallying votes. As five of the seven candidates dropped off, as a leader can only be chosen once ...

"No longer will Alberta ask for permission from Ottawa to be prosperous and free." Smith also thanked fellow party members as she wrapped up her acceptance speech pledging "I will not let you down". With what Smith referred to as "a new chapter in the Alberta story" she said "It's time for Alberta to take its place as a senior partner to build a strong and united Canada."