Alberta Premier Smith Faces Crucial Leadership Vote at Party Convention

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith and her cabinet take questions from the audience at the Alberta UCP 2024 annual general meeting at Westerner Park in Red Deer, Alta., on Nov. 1, 2024. Omid Ghoreishi/The Epoch Times

RED DEER, Alta.—Alberta Premier and UCP Leader Danielle Smith will face an important leadership vote on Nov. 2 as her party holds its annual general meeting.

Around 6,000 members have registered to attend this year’s two-day event in Red Deer, which started on Nov. 1. Party organizers say the number of attendees is a record not only for the UCP, but for any party in the country holding a convention of this kind.