— Alberta’s Wildrose party has voted overwhelmingly to end a decade of bitter feuding with Progressive Conservatives and join forces to defeat the governing NDP. What a day for conservatives and what a day for Wildrose members!” Wildrose Leader Brian Jean told more than 300 cheering supporters who jammed a room at a hotel in Red Deer on Saturday. “Today is not the end of Wildrose,” Jean told the crowd. The new boss will be picked Oct. 28, and there are already three candidates in the race: Jean, Progressive Conservative Leader Jason Kenney, and Calgary lawyer and PC organizer Doug Schweitzer. If both sides approve the deal, it will also spell the end of the Progressive Conservative party that governed Alberta for almost 44 years — a dynasty that was defeated by Notley’s NDP.

Source: National Post July 22, 2017 22:19 UTC