UCP Prepares for Critical Leadership Vote at Party Convention

November 1, 2024 TruthUSA

RED DEER, Alta.—Alberta Premier and UCP Leader Danielle Smith will face an important leadership vote on Nov. 2 as her party holds its annual general meeting.

Around 6,000 members have registered to attend this year’s two-day event in Red Deer, which started on Nov. 1. Party organizers say the number of attendees is a record not only for the UCP, but for any party in the country holding a convention of its kind.

“Nobody has held a paid political convention this big,” says Dave Prisco, a spokesperson for the party.

The bigger turnout this year could be related to the leadership vote, as some groups who want to see Smith gone have mobilized supporters to get a larger representation, while many have also registered to counter those votes.

“I think that there’s a lot of excitement here in support of Premier Smith,” Mike Ellis, Alberta’s minister of public safety and emergency services, told The Epoch Times.

Among those posing opposition to her leadership are former Smith ally Take Back Alberta founder David Parker and 1905 Committee organizer Nadine Wellwood.

“Excited to see the fruit of my labour. The largest AGM [annual general meeting] for a political party in Canadian History,” Parker wrote on Nov. 1.

“We have created a movement that forces accountability.”

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