2017 United Conservative Party leadership election

2017 United Conservative Party leadership election
October 28, 2017 2022 →
 
Candidate Jason Kenney Brian Jean Doug Schweitzer
Votes 35,623 18,336 4,273
Percentage 61.2% 31.5% 7.3%
Leader before election

Nathan Cooper (interim)

 Leader

Jason Kenney

2017 United Conservative Party leadership election
DateOctober 28, 2017
ConventionBMO Centre
Calgary, Alberta
Won byJason Kenney
Ballots1
Candidates3
Entrance FeeC$95,000 ($20,000 of which is a refundable compliance bond)[1]
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A United Conservative Party leadership election was held in Alberta on October 28, 2017 following votes on July 22, 2017 by memberships of both the Wildrose Party and the Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta to merge and form the United Conservative Party. The Unity Agreement between the parties states the leadership election will be held on a One Member One Vote basis.[2]

Both Jason Kenney, leader of the PC Party, and Wildrose leader Brian Jean were expected to stand for leader of the new party, with Jean saying at the press conference that announced the merger agreement: "Clearly we're both running for the leadership of this new party."[3] Former Conservative Party of Canada interim leader Rona Ambrose ruled herself out of consideration.[4]

  1. ^ United Conservative Party (September 1, 2017). "Rules and Procedures for the 2017 Leadership" (PDF). unitedconservative.ca. United Conservative Party. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 5, 2017.
  2. ^ Jean, Brian; Kenney, Jason (May 18, 2017). "Agreement in principle on the establishment of the United Conservative Party" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on May 19, 2017. Retrieved May 19, 2017.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference doug was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ "Rona Ambrose says proposed PC-Wildrose merger what Alberta needs". CBC News. May 18, 2017. Archived from the original on November 12, 2020. Retrieved May 19, 2017.