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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.
“I’m truly humbled and honoured by the overwhelming support of our party members in my leadership,” Smith said as thousands roared their approval and gave her a standing ovation almost a minute long.
“I want to thank all of you for everything that you’ve done to grow our movement and to make it stronger.
“Our party is more united than it has ever been.”
About 6,000 members signed up for the meeting, and …
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