UCP membership has soared to almost 14,000 ahead of key April 9 vote of confidence
UCP executive director Dustin van Vugt, in a Sunday email to constituency presidents, said the number of people who are signed up for the April 9 vote of confidence has reached almost 14,000.“Our membership has more than doubled,” wrote van Vugt in the email obtained by The Canadian Press.
Sources told The Canadian Press that the UCP committee in charge of the vote was to meet Monday to consider whether to allow voting over three days, each day in a different city: Edmonton, Red Deer and Calgary.Dave Prisco, UCP communications director, said in a statement that there was no executive meeting Monday, but declined to comment on a possible move to expanded voting.This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below.
The rules require Kenney to receive 50 per cent, plus one, of the vote. Otherwise a leadership race is triggered. Forces seeking to oust Kenney received a high-profile boost last week when UCP co-founder Brian Jean won a northern Alberta byelection for the party.
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