Peter Guthrie

• Former UCP member unveils new ‘Progressive Tory Party of Alberta’ name

  Elections Alberta approved a new name for the Alberta Party, lead by MLA Peter Guthrie, even after the governing UCP banned a list of words it could use, including "conservative."

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  Dec 19, 2025
  
• UCP files lawsuit against former caucus members and Alberta Party president  

  Alberta's United Conservative Party is suing two former caucus members over their attempts to start a new provincial political party under the Progressive Conservative brand.

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  Nov 17, 2025
  
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• Former UCP MLAs trying to resuscitate Alberta’s once-dominant PC Party

  Peter Guthrie and Scott Sinclair announced Wednesday they aim to sign up enough signatures to resurrect the once-dominant Progressive Conservative Party.

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  Jul 2, 2025
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• Former Alberta minister Peter Guthrie tables cabinet notes, calls for transparency

  Peter Guthrie, a former cabinet minister removed from the UCP caucus, says transparency has been missing from the government as it continues to navigate a health contract scandal.

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  Apr 30, 2025
• Former UCP cabinet minister calls Alberta government health contract probe ‘whitewashing’

  Peter Guthrie quit Danielle Smith's cabinet and was later expelled from the governing United Conservative caucus.

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  Apr 24, 2025
• Ousted Alberta MLA details allegation Danielle Smith purposely misled cabinet

  Former infrastructure minister Peter Guthrie is accusing Premier Danielle Smith and Health Minister Adriana LaGrange of deliberately misleading a January cabinet committee meeting.

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  Apr 17, 2025
• Peter Guthrie booted from UCP after calling out government’s health probe process

  After calling out his own party for how it was handing the investigation into multi-million-dollar health contracts, Peter Guthrie has been kicked out of the UCP caucus.

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  Apr 16, 2025
• Peter Guthrie returns to Alberta legislature after quitting cabinet, calling out government

  Peter Guthrie, who represents Airdrie-Cochrane, remains in Premier Danielle Smith's United Conservative caucus but now sits as a backbencher with no cabinet responsibilities.

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  Feb 27, 2025
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• Alberta’s infrastructure minister resigns over procurement concerns

  Alberta Infrastructure Minister Peter Guthrie has resigned his cabinet post amid the growing scandal over the Danielle Smith government's procurement practices.

  Canada

  Feb 25, 2025
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• Alberta government won’t release data on snowpack contamination from coal mines

  The Canadian Press contacted an Alberta scientist not employed by the province who has seen the data and confirms it exists.

  Canada

  Jan 6, 2023