2022 United Conservative Party leadership election

2022 United Conservative Party leadership election

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Candidate Danielle Smith Travis Toews Brian Jean Final ballot 42,423 (53.77%) 36,480 (46.23%) Eliminated First ballot 34,949 (41.3%) 24,831 (29.4%) 9,301 (11.0%)   Candidate Rebecca Schulz Todd Loewen Rajan Sawhney Final ballot Eliminated Eliminated Eliminated First ballot 5,835 (6.9%) 6,496 (7.7%) 1,787 (2.1%)   Candidate Leela Aheer Final ballot Eliminated First ballot 1,394 (1.6%)

Leader before election Jason Kenney Elected Leader Danielle Smith

The 2022 United Conservative Party leadership election was held on October 6 in Alberta to select a new leader of the United Conservative Party and Premier of Alberta. The leadership election was triggered following the May 18 leadership review in which the United Conservative Party membership voted 51.4 per cent in support of incumbent Premier Jason Kenney's leadership. In Kenney's speech following the announcement of the results, Kenney issued his resignation as leader of the United Conservative Party. Nominations for leadership of the United Conservative Party closed on July 20, with seven candidates meeting the nomination criteria. Party members selected their preference for leader using instant-runoff voting between September 2 and October 3.

On October 6, the result were announced with former Wildrose Party leader Danielle Smith being elected as leader of the United Conservative Party, defeating all other candidates including former Minister of Finance Travis Toews after six ballot counts. A week later on October 11, Smith was sworn in as the 19th Premier of Alberta.