By Canadian Press

UCP

UCP membership soars as intraparty fight over Alberta premier’s leadership escalates

Mar 21, 2022 | 3:17 PM

An upcoming vote to decide the fate of Jason Kenney as United Conservative Party leader and Alberta premier is driving up membership numbers.

The UCP says in a weekend email to constituency presidents that the number of people who are signed up for the April 9 vote of confidence has reached almost 14,000.

About 2,800 showed up at the party’s founding convention in 2018.

Saturday was the cutoff day for new members to sign up to vote, but existing members have another three weeks to do so.

There has been open discontent by a segment of Kenney’s caucus and party over his leadership and COVID-19 policies.

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Several polls have indicated that a Kenney-led UCP would lose to the Opposition NDP in next spring’s provincial election.

Kenney, in an attempt to quell growing dissatisfaction, agreed months ago to move up the leadership vote from this fall to April.

(The Canadian Press)