United Conservative Party

• Third recall petition against Alberta politicians comes up short, another withdrawn

  A recall petition against Alberta UCP backbencher Nolan Dyck has failed after organizers failed to gather enough signatures and a fourth has been withdrawn.

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  Feb 18
  
• Alberta Tory Party prepping for possible spring election against Smith’s UCP

  Peter Guthrie, the head of Alberta’s new Progressive Tory Party, said there's no time to lose in creating a centrist conservative alternative to the UCP and the NDP.

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  Jan 2
  
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• Pipeline deal with Ottawa met with boos at Alberta UCP convention

  Delegates at the UCP AGM reacted with boos when Alberta Premier Danielle Smith asked if they were more confident in Canada following this week's pipeline MOU signing with Ottawa.

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  Nov 28, 2025
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• Province denies Elections Alberta’s request for $13.5 million to handle recall petitions

  Chief electoral officer Gordon McClure says without the more funding, it's likely Elections Alberta will be 'unable to execute our mandate and duties prescribed in legislation.'

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  Nov 4, 2025
• Alberta to search for a new auditor general even as Wylie offers two-year extension

  The Alberta NDP is accusing the governing UCP of getting rid of the provincial Auditor General before he can complete his investigation into a government health care scandal.

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  Nov 4, 2025
• Ousted MLAs partner with Alberta Party after UCP threatens legal action over PC name

  'This is a brand new movement that we're starting. We're going back to the roots of Lougheed," Peter Guthrie said of banding with the Alberta Party to resurrect the PC name.

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  Jul 25, 2025
• Alberta judge finds 6 people in contempt in probe of irregular political donations

  An Alberta judge has found six people in contempt for not attending interviews as part of an investigation into alleged irregular political donations made to the UCP in 2023.

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  Jul 24, 2025
• 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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• Premier Danielle Smith visits rural Alberta to lend voice to local byelection candidate

  Smith has long held that she wants to see Alberta remain in Canada, but recently passed legislation to lower the threshold for citizens to spark a referendum on leaving.

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  Jun 10, 2025
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• Separatist Alberta Republican Party cries foul after byelection debate is cancelled

  'When you have nothing to offer Albertans at the ballot box, maybe that's their idea - avoid accountability and dodge democracy,' said party leader Cameron Davies.

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  Jun 4, 2025