Members of the Freedom Conservative Party and the Wexit Alberta group will vote June 29 on whether to unite into one political party.

The Freedom Conservative Party has announced it is seeking to unify right-leaning independence parties in the province with the goal of making separation a credible consequence as Alberta negotiates a "fair deal" with Ottawa.

The United Conservative Party has raised more than any political party in Alberta in 2019, with the NDP in second.

David White has been announced as the interim leader of Alberta's Freedom Conservative Party, after running for the party in last month's provincial election.

Derek Fildebrandt of Alberta's Freedom Conservative Party is stepping aside as leader of the party he helped create out of a desire to leave politics.

In 2015, the NDP captured a significant portion of the urban vote and, while the party gained seats in rural Alberta, the majority still went to the conservative Wildrose.

The Freedom Conservative Party released its full election platform on Saturday, Day 19 on the Alberta election campaign trail.

A spokesperson for Alberta's Freedom Conservative Party says while a Facebook post a candidate shared which jokes about dousing the prime minister in gasoline and setting him on fire was "silly," he won't be removed by the party.

Alberta's upstart libertarian conservative party, led by former UCP MLA Derek Fildebrandt, says it has replaced two candidates in the upcoming election — one over anti-Islamic social media posts, the other for "controversial posts."

Although it is early days in the road to the 2019 provincial election, social issues have already made many headlines among party leaders