UCP Leader will be tasked with mending party’s fault lines as she becomes just the third woman to hold the position in Alberta
Danielle Smith will be sworn in as Alberta’s 19th premier Tuesday, making her the third woman to hold the job as she prepares to tap into long-standing grievances in the province and ratchet up the fight against Ottawa.
Proposals such as her sovereignty act, which Ms. Smith claims would give the province the ability to ignore certain federal laws, and legal changes to protect people who aren’t vaccinated against COVID-19 were popular with party members, but she will need to appeal to a broader electorate. At the same time, if she fails to satisfy the UCP base, she risks angering the same contingent of party members who ultimately pushed out Premier Jason Kenney.
Female political leaders “seem to have lost ground” across the country, according to Clare Beckton, an executive in residence at Carleton University and an expert in women’s leadership, equality and inclusion. Only two other jurisdictions in Canada are currently run by women – Manitoba and the Northwest Territories.
Premiers and prime ministers who win the job after a change of party leadership but who don’t have seats in their respective legislatures are expected to run in a by-election at the earliest opportunity.
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