Members of Alberta's United Conservative Party have chosen Danielle Smith to replace Jason Kenney as leader and premier.
Smith, a former leader of the Wildrose Party, captured nearly 54 per cent of the vote on the sixth round of the preferential ballot, defeating second-place candidate Travis Toews and five rivals.There were almost 85,000 votes cast out of 124,000 eligible voters.
Rebecca Schulz was fourth, Todd Loewen was fifth, Rajan Sawhney sixth and Leela Aheer came in seventh. The race was called after Jason Kenney announced in May he was stepping down as premier after receiving just 51 per cent support in a party leadership review.
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