Brian Jean wins UCP nomination in Fort McMurray-Lac La Biche
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Former Wildrose leader Brian Jean won the United Conservative Party nomination for an upcoming byelection in the northern Alberta riding of Fort McMurray-Lac La Biche.
Former Wildrose leader Brian Jean won the United Conservative Party nomination for an upcoming byelection in the northern Alberta riding of Fort McMurray-Lac La Biche.
“I’m very excited. I’m absolutely humbled,” Jean said Sunday night following the win.
Jean said he received a call Sunday from the UCP president notifying him of the victory. He said he is going to use this opportunity to travel all across Alberta to push for change and a renewal of the UCP.
“I am coming back to Alberta politics to make sure that we solve the issues that we have with this party,” Jean said.
“There’s a lot of people that sacrificed a lot to build this party. It doesn’t belong to Jason Kenney. It doesn’t belong to Brian Jean. It doesn’t belong to any one individual, it belongs to all of us. This is our party,” he continued.
“Albertans are looking for hope and for change and I’m the person, I believe, that can bring that to the. And the UCP members in Fort McMurray voted for renewal this weekend. Lots of work is ahead of us but we can do it if we start now and if we work together to bring that renewal back to the party that we had such high expectations for.”
The seat in Fort McMurray-Lac La Biche has been vacant since August, when Laila Goodridge resigned to run for the federal Conservatives.
Jean ran in the 2017 UCP leadership campaign but lost to Premier Jason Kenney. Jean has previously called on the premier to resign and said Sunday he hasn’t changed his mind on that front.
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