Fri Oct 7, 2022 – 1:07 pm EDTFri Oct 7, 2022 – 2:43 pm EDT
CALGARY, Alberta (LifeSiteNews) – Danielle Smith was elected as the United Conservative Party (UCP) leader on Thursday, which de facto made her the premier of the Western Canadian province due to the fact that the UCP is in power.
Today we start putting Alberta First!!!
Alberta, thank you for the trust you have placed in me. I am incredibly honoured to be your Premier and will work hard everyday to serve you.
Our best days are ahead.#cdnpoli #abpoli #ableg pic.twitter.com/QCDFwfj4F1
— Danielle Smith (@ABDanielleSmith) October 7, 2022
Smith received 54 per cent of the vote, beating out numerous other candidates and replacing Jason Kenney.
After her victory was made official, she said to supporters at the BMO Centre in Calgary: “I’m back!… I am grateful to have earned this second chance from you. I will never forget it and I pledge to you tonight I will not let you down.”
Smith was previously the leader of the Wildrose party, an alternative conservative party in Alberta that was dissolved when it merged with the old Progressive Conservative Party in 2017 to
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