Alberta election: Danielle Smith’s UCP to form next government after tight race
Global News
Danielle Smith has been leader of the UCP since succeeding Jason Kenney in October 2022.
Danielle Smith will continue as premier of Alberta after a United Conservative Party win in the provincial election.
Global News is projecting a UCP majority government.
Smith was also re-elected in Brooks-Medicine Hat, where she’s been MLA since the November 2022 byelection.
Smith has been leader of the UCP since succeeding Jason Kenney in October 2022.
The United Conservatives ran on a campaign of public safety and affordability measures like a new tax bracket and extending the existing fuel tax savings.
Both the UCP and its opponent Alberta NDP tried to position themselves as the more trustworthy party.
Bill 1 for a second UCP term, dubbed the “Taxpayer Protection Act,” would ensure no provincial government can increase personal or business taxes without a referendum.
This becomes the second term of a UCP government in Alberta.