UCP Leadership Update: What’s New in Alberta’s Next Prime Minister

peterpressmanMay 19, 2022

Jason Kenny will speak at an event held on Wednesday, May 18, 2022 at Spruce Meadows, Calgary. Jim Wells / Post Media

Breaking news is expected to continue all day as competitors line up in leadership races with Prime Minister Jason Kenny announcing his resignation as UCP leader last night.

We also provide an analysis of Kenny’s premiership and how he lost control of the two factions that successfully united three years ago.

Here’s what we know so far:

Herald journalists report live that reaction will be poured

Daniel Smith press conference set at 11:00 am

Daniel Smith told reporters last night that he would speak at 11am today. Stay tuned for updates as they become available.

Colby Kosh: The end of Jason Kenny as Alberta’s Premier was inevitable

File: Thursday, March 24, 2022, President of the American Conservative Party (UCP) Membership Association and several MLAs will discuss their dissatisfaction with the change in voting rules for the UCP Special Session. Photo: David Bloom

Columnist Colby Kosh considers how Jason Kenny once evenly divided the people who united under the UCP flag.

He writes: He did everything he could to act under favorable conditions. “

Read his column here.

Who can replace Jason Kenny as a UCP leader?Some possible candidates

Brian Jean speaks to the media after being sworn in as an MLA at the Alberta Parliament in Edmonton on April 7, 2022. Photo by Ed Kaiser / /Post media

In just one year before the next election, the UCP party must now embark on a leadership competition to bring the party back to a solid foundation and secure a second term.

Who is probably a contestant and possibly a successor?

Dave Breakenridge talks to some experts and provides a list.

Blade: Kenny will eventually resign from leadership, but will not leave

Jason Kenny will speak at an event held on Wednesday, May 18, 2022 at Spruce Meadows, Calgary. Jim Wells / Post Media

There was only one way to stage the battle of hockey Alberta. Prime Minister Jason Kenny found it sadly, saying he would eventually get off the stage.

Despite a solid victory prediction, only 51.4 percent of the more than 34,000 UCP members who voted in the Leadership Review said they approved him.

Kenny previously said that “50 percent plus one” is the majority of democracy. This means that he is enough to continue.

To many observers, he seemed to quit cold. However, at the end of Wednesday, it was confirmed that he would stay as a leader and premier until the next leader was selected.

Kenny resigned as UCP party leader after winning only 51% of leadership votes

Alberta Prime Minister Jason Kenny will resign as the leader of the US Conservative Party after receiving only 51% of the party’s vote on his leadership.

Despite the slight win margin, Kenny said it wasn’t what he wanted, or frankly, what I expected. Of the 34,298 votes cast, 51.4% voted “yes” to keep Kenny as leader.

“51% of the votes exceed the majority of constitutional standards, but continuing as a leader is clearly not enough support,” Kenny told the crowd in Spruce Meadows, Calgary.

“That’s why I want to tell the leader tonight that he intends to resign as leader of the Unified Conservative Party.”