After a night of delays, vote counts came hard and fast, resulting in Danielle Smith being named the UCP leader and Alberta's new premier.
Smith won on the sixth and final ballot of the night, defeating her closest challenger Travis Toews, a former minister under outgoing UCP leader and premier, Jason Kenney.Brian Jean, Rebecca Schulz, Todd Loewen, Rajan Sawhney and Leela Aheer were all eliminated on earlier rounds.
"There were a lot of Albertans that felt they were unheard the last three year," he told CTV News on Thursday. He says he is still proud of his campaign and good to see so many Albertans buying memberships in the party.Originally, the UCP event and leadership results were expected to begin at 6 p.m. MT but were delayed.
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