United Conservative Party

Rule Changes

Smith told members on Oct. 21 the party is 'not an independence party' and invited separatists to leave. Independence advocates are running for provincial board seats at the late-November annual meeting. At least five constituency associations have voted for a leadership review; 22 are needed to trigger one.

Elections Alberta released official results on Oct. 29 showing 74.9 per cent voted to stay in Canada, with 2.2 million ballots cast on the separation question and turnout of 70.4 per cent. The agency had finished hand-counting 20,574,612 ballots across all 10 questions on Oct. 24, three days past its 48-hour deadline.

Updated Nov 2