US EditionFormer United Conservative MLAs Resuscitating Alberta's Once-Dominant PC Party
- On Wednesday, independent MLAs Peter Guthrie and Scott Sinclair announced on the Real Talk podcast their effort to revive the Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta as a UCP alternative by collecting signatures for re-registration.
- After their expulsion from the UCP for opposing a $5.2 billion deficit budget, Sinclair and Guthrie have sought to revive the PCs as an alternative party.
- Records from Elections Alberta show an unnamed Albertan reserved the PC name, which Guthrie and Sinclair must gather 8,900 signatures to re-register the party.
- Reviving the PCs could split conservative votes, risking an NDP victory without a new centre-right option, as Guthrie warns.
- Over the longer term, reviving the PC party aims to reshape Alberta politics, with a 2015 end to the 44-year dynasty and a November signature deadline illustrating the long-term stakes.
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The Hamilton SpectatorFormer United Conservative MLAs resuscitating Alberta’s once-dominant PC Party
EDMONTON - Two former members of Alberta's governing United Conservative Party are resuscitating the province's once-dominant Progressive Conservative Party.
·Toronto, Canada
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Former UCP MLAs plan to revive Alberta's Progressive Conservative Party
What’s old can be new in Alberta politics. Two former UCP MLAs are hoping to bring back the party that governed the province for more than four decades. Peter Guthrie and Scott Sinclair say they are petitioning to re-register the Progressive Conservative Party brand in Alberta. The two independent MLAs, who were kicked out of […]
·Toronto, Canada
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