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UCP sees support drop in Calgary by 10 points since the spring. New polling suggests both impressions of Premier Danielle Smith personally and support for her party are slipping in Alberta, with the UCP now essentially neck-and-neck with the opposition NDP. The Janet Brown Opinion Research Poll for CBC News suggests 41 per cent of respondents would vote for the...
First of 22 associations needed to force vote on premier's party leadership. A UCP riding association in southern Alberta has formally urged a party vote to review Premier Danielle Smith’s leadership, in the latest sign of simmering frustrations surrounding the Oct. 19 referendum on the province’s future within Canada. The Highwood UCP association cannot trigger a leadership review on its...
Leader's dinner held in Calgary Friday night was largest in party's history. Alberta Premier Danielle Smith spoke to a sold-out crowd of more than 2,000 United Conservative Party (UCP) supporters Friday night, where she made her pitch on why Alberta should remain in Canada. "I still believe Canada can work. I believe it's working better every day, and it can...
Edmonton driving the numbers, according to Abacus Data. The Conservative Party continues to hold the majority favour in what tends to be reliably-blue Alberta, but it has lost some support to the gain of the Liberals, according to a new poll. The Abacus Data poll suggests the Conservatives boast a 51-per-cent share of the intended vote in the province. That...