“(These) people have literally put their blood, sweat and tears into the Progressive Conservative party and I know a lot of these people and they’re heartbroken. That plan came to fruition Saturday night when members of both parties, in separate votes, chose overwhelmingly to join forces as the new United Conservative Party. Dave Quest, a former PC legislature member, said he was cutting up his PC party membership card after three decades. “I don’t believe the UCP will be the party that I joined as a Progressive Conservative,” said Quest in an interview. “Those (Progressive Conservative) values can still be in this new United Conservative Party and I think that they are,” said Schweitzer.

Source: National Post July 23, 2017 21:11 UTC