edmonton –
The United Conservative Party of Alberta confirmed three candidates for its leadership race as the clock ticked down on the application deadline.
Travis Toews, Danielle Smith and Brian Jean have been confirmed as candidates ahead of today’s 5pm deadline.
Toews stepped down as finance minister at the end of May to run, while Jean is currently the UCP member of the legislature for Fort McMurray-Lac la Biche and Smith is a former leader of Alberta’s Wildrose Party.
Rajan Sawhney, Rebecca Schulz, Todd Loewen and Leela Aheer say they have submitted the required number of signatures and are waiting to be confirmed as candidates.
Both Sawney and Schultz came out of Premier Jason Kenney’s office to run, while Ahir is on the UCP caucus and Lowen is a party member but sits in the house as an independent.
Two other candidates — former Legislature member Raj Sherman and former investment banker John Horsman — are still struggling to gather the required minimum of 1,000 signatures from supporters.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published on July 20, 2022.
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