Kenney steps down as leader of Alberta’s Conservatives

Alberta Premier Jason Kenney at the Senate Energy Committee hearing at Dirksen Senate Office Building on May 17, 2022 in Washington, D.C. | Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images for the Government of Alberta

By POLITICO Pro Canada Staff

05/18/2022 10:29 PM EDT

Alberta Premier Jason Kenney scraped out a narrow win in a referendum on his leadership, then surprised almost everyone Wednesday night by stepping down as leader of the United Conservative Party.

He announced the news Wednesday after earning just 51.4 percent support in a leadership review.

“The result is not what I hoped for, or frankly what I expected,”

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