Smith has defeated four opponents to win a by-election in the Brooks-Medicine Hat constituency in the southeast corner of the province. With all the polls showing NDP candidate Gwendoline Dirk in second with the Alberta Party’s Barry Morishita in third.
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Bob Blayone of the Independence Party and Jeevan Mangat of the Wildrose Independence Party were fourth and fifth respectively. Smith called the by-election shortly after winning the race to replace Jason Kenney as leader of the United Conservative Party and prime minister on 6 October. Current trend
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Story continues below ad With all polls reporting, Smith had about 54.5 percent of the vote. Smith met with supporters after her win and also released a statement in which she said, “I am humbled and will work hard to represent you in the legislature … The people of Brooks-Medicine Hat have made their choice and next year will be the turn for the people of Alberta to make their choice.” Smith pledged “unprecedented and meaningful action” to help the affordability crisis and said her government would put forward solutions to help reduce the cost of living.
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He also promised action on health care and to move quickly to assert Alberta’s sovereignty over provincial jurisdiction. “The Trudeau government’s paternalistic approach has been corrosive to national unity. Our country has never been more divided,” he said. “The Alberta Sovereignty Act works to restore the ultimate purpose of Confederation. This Act will restore Alberta’s position as an equal partner of Confederation, not a child of the federal government.” More to come… — with files from The Canadian Press © 2022 Global News, a division of Corus Entertainment Inc.
