Alberta Premier Danielle Smith touted her government’s accomplishments and promised to fight for personal freedoms in a speech to about six thousand party faithful in Red Deer, Alberta Saturday. Smith is facing a leadership vote. (Nov. 2, 2024 / The Canadian Press)
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith touted her government’s accomplishments and promised to fight for personal freedoms in a speech to about six thousand party faithful in Red Deer, Alberta Saturday. Smith is facing a leadership vote. (Nov. 2, 2024 / The Canadian Press)
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith arrives to speak about introducing three new bills to do with transgender issues in Edmonton, on Thursday October 31, 2024. Some 6,000 United Conservative Party members are in Red Deer, Alta., for the party’s annual convention this weekend to cast their votes today on what they think of Alberta Premier Danielle Smith’s leadership so far. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jason Franson
By Jack Farrell The Canadian Press
RED DEER, Alta. – Alberta Premier Danielle Smith received a dominating 91.5 per cent vote of support from her United Conservative Party members in a scheduled leadership review vote on Saturday.
That number is far higher than the 54 per cent Smith got when she won the party leadership in 2022. That same year, her predecessor, Jason Kenney, received 51 per cent and soon after resigned.
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