Former Alberta United Conservative MLAs Looking to Revive Provincial PC Party

This composite image shows former United Conservative Party MLA Scott Sinclair (L) at the Alberta legislature building in Edmonton on March 10, 2025, and former UCP infrastructure minister Peter Guthrie, in Edmonton on June 9, 2023. The two are resuscitating the province's once-dominant Progressive Conservative Party. The Canadian Press/Jack Farrell, Jason Franson

Two former United Conservative Party (UCP) MLAs who were removed from caucus are hoping to revive the Progressive Conservative Party of Alberta to challenge Premier Danielle Smith’s UCP.

The PC Party was in power for more than 40 years in the province, losing in 2015 to the NDP under Rachel Notley. The party merged with the Wildrose Party in 2017, forming the United Conservative Party under the leadership of former federal Conservative cabinet minister and Premier Jason Kenney.