Breaking: Danielle Smith wins close UCP race to replace Jason Kenney as Alberta premier
CALGARY—Media personality Danielle Smith, one of the fiercest critics of Jason Kenney’s pandemic restrictions, will replace him as premier of Alberta.
The result came after 85,000 members of the province’s United Conservative Party cast a ballot for a new leader who, in the coming weeks, will be sworn in as premier. Smith came close to the premier’s chair a decade ago when her former party, with deep roots in libertarian-leaning rural Alberta, came within spitting distance of victory in the 2012 provincial election. But a series of missteps — including a homophobic comment by a candidate that is still known in the province as the “lake of fire” incident and a controversial floor crossing sent her into political exile.
Thursday night also represents the end of Kenney’s time in political leadership, at least for now, though he has suggested he will stay on as an MLA.
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