2024 Alberta New Democratic Party leadership election

2024 Alberta New Democratic Party leadership election
← 2014 June 22, 2024
Turnout85.6%
 
Candidate Naheed Nenshi Kathleen Ganley
Popular vote 62,746 5,899
Percentage 86.04% 8.09%
 
Candidate Sarah Hoffman Jodi Calahoo Stonehouse
Popular vote 3,063 1,222
Percentage 4.19% 1.67%
Leader before election

Rachel Notley

 Elected Leader

Naheed Nenshi

2024 Alberta New Democratic Party leadership election
DateJune 22, 2024
ConventionTBD
Resigning leaderRachel Notley
Entrance Fee$60,000[1]
Spending limit$500,000[1]

An Alberta New Democratic Party leadership election was held on June 22, 2024, due to leader Rachel Notley's announcement on January 16, 2024, that she would be resigning as leader of the New Democratic Party of Alberta, after a decade in the position, as soon as her successor is chosen. Notley served as Premier of Alberta from 2015 to 2019 and was Leader of the Opposition at the time of her announcement, which was made almost eight months after the NDP lost the May 2023 Alberta general election.[2]

Naheed Nenshi won the leadership election on the first ballot with 86% support and 62,746 votes, which the Alberta NDP claims is the most individual votes cast for a leadership candidate in any provincial party leadership race in Canadian history.[3]

  1. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference :1 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ "Notley says she'll step down from Alberta NDP helm to make way for fresh voices". CTV News. January 16, 2024. Retrieved January 16, 2024.
  3. ^ Rodriguez, Michael (June 24, 2024). "Alberta NDP names new caucus leadership; Nenshi in 'no rush' to claim a spot in the legislature". Edmonton Journal. Retrieved 2024-08-12.