Category: UCP

Former Wildrose Leader Danielle Smith Returning to Alberta Politics

April 1, 2022
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Former Wildrose leader Danielle Smith says she is coming back to Alberta politics with her sights set on becoming the next leader of the United Conservative Party (UCP). Smith said in an interview with Postmedia on March 30 that she will run for the UCP nomination in the riding of Livingston-Macleod for next year’s general…

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UCP Membership Soars as Intraparty Fight Over Alberta Premier’s Leadership Escalates

March 21, 2022
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An upcoming vote to decide the fate of Jason Kenney as United Conservative Party leader and Alberta premier is driving up membership numbers and igniting concerns about possible rule changes and ballot box shenanigans. UCP executive director Dustin van Vugt, in a Sunday email to constituency presidents, said the number of people who are signed…

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Conservatives Need a New Formula for Leadership to Maintain Party Unity, Win Elections

November 21, 2021
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Commentary The worst trait among Conservative parties in Canada has to be their propensity to eat their own. If Conservative parties weren’t dedicating so much time to quelling strife within their own ranks, they could probably win more elections. Progressive leaders provincially and federally must smile when stories break about Conservative parties openly fighting among…

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