Alberta Tories to Choose Permanent Leader Before April 30, 2017

CALGARY – Alberta’s Progressive Conservatives will pick a new leader next spring.

Party president Katherine O’Neill says in a post on the party’s Facebook page that the board of directors met in Calgary on Saturday to discuss the process for selecting a new leader.

O’Neill says they agreed the election of a permanent leader will be held next spring, before April 30, 2017.

Calgary-Hayes MLA Ric McIver has served as the PC’s interim leader after former premier Jim Prentice resigned following the party’s election loss to the NDP just over a year ago.