Alberta Premier Danielle Smith s expected to name her cabinet later this week, but she must navigate the complexities of ruling a party with a rural stronghold and limited urban representation
It took just one day for Alberta Premier Danielle Smith, after winning re-election, to spark controversy in Edmonton.
The day after the election, Ms. Smith appeared on Edmonton talk radio where she was asked how she would make sure the city wasn’t overlooked. The Premier said she planned on building a council of UCP hopefuls who plan to run for office again. Kaycee Madu, the only UCP candidate to be elected in Edmonton in 2019 and deputy premier under Ms. Smith, lost his Edmonton-South West seat by 14 percentage points, or 3,626 votes, according to unofficial results from Elections Alberta.
Rebecca Polak, a spokesperson for the Premier, said that while no decisions have been made on the advisory plan, Ms. Smith will continue to work with city council to address local priorities. “To empower folks who lost elections and disempower folks who won, whether they’re opposition MLAs or the sitting mayor and councillors, should be extremely troubling to every democratically minded person paying attention to what’s going on in Alberta right now,” he said.
Cathy Heron, president of Alberta Municipalities and mayor of St. Albert, northwest of Edmonton, said Ms. Smith should reach across the floor and form a committee of elected NDP MLAs who can serve as a conduit to residents’ needs. She said the unelected UCP candidates, especially as the years go by, could lose sight of community concerns and priorities.
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