Alberta UCp Leadership

• Southern Alberta MLA resigns, encourages Danielle Smith to run in the seat

  An Alberta legislature member has resigned and is encouraging the freshly chosen United Conservative Party leader — and next premier — to run for her seat in a byelection.

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  Oct 7, 2022
  
• How Alberta’s UCP leadership race works

  Alberta's United Conservative Party leadership race comes to a close on Thursday, when the province will have a new premier-designate. So how does the vote work?

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  Oct 5, 2022
  
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• Alberta UCP leadership candidate Danielle Smith says if elected, she won’t call early election

  Danielle Smith, the perceived front-runner in the UCP leadership race, says the public tends to punish leaders who call an early election.

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  Oct 3, 2022
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• Calgary MLA Rebecca Schulz enters UCP leadership race

  Calgary-Shaw MLA Rebecca Schulz is entering the race for leadership of Alberta's United Conservative Party. Schulz announced her intention to run on Tuesday afternoon.

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  Jun 14, 2022
• Rajan Sawhney announces bid for UCP leadership

  Rajan Sawhney said Monday morning she is running to be the leader of the UCP to move Alberta forward. 

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  Jun 13, 2022
• Travis Toews steps down as finance minister, throws hat into UCP leadership race

  There is officially one person in the race to replace Jason Kenney as the leader of Alberta's United Conservative Party.

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  May 31, 2022
• 13,700 UCP members have registered for upcoming leadership review

  The premier will need more than 50 per cent of the vote in order to remain as the UCP party leader.

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  Mar 21, 2022
• Voting in Alberta UCP leadership race to continue despite PIN security concerns

  Voting in the Alberta United Conservative Party leadership race will go ahead as normal, despite concerns raised about the voting process by two of the candidates vying for the party's top spot.

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  Oct 27, 2017
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• United Conservative leadership candidates could fork out up to $100K to run

  Candidates in Alberta's conservative leadership race could face fees of up to $100,000 to get on the ballot.

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  Aug 31, 2017