Jason Kenney resigns after narrowly winning his vote of confidence

Jason Kenney has previously claimed he has no intention of quitting if he gets more than 50% of the vote, however slim his margin of victory may be.

The results are not what I hoped for or, frankly, what I expectedadmitted Jason Kenney immediately after the announcement of the result, adding that this one is not adequate for me to continue as a leader.

He hopes that his resignation will put an end to the internal war which has been tearing the party apart for over a year.

A record 34,298 members voted. Of these, 17,638 voted in support of Jason Kenney and 16,660 voted against him.

Jason Kenney will officially cease to be the leader of the PCUUnited Conservative Party when an interim leader is appointed and a leadership contest is launched. He did not say when he will step down as prime minister.

The vote of confidence was originally scheduled to be held in person on April 9. Given the excessive number of registrations, the party finally choose to do it by mail.

Members had until May 11 to return their completed ballot to the party. The count was made this Wednesday in Calgary.

A real popular resolution

Fort McMurray-Lac La Biche MP and Jason Kenney rival Brian Jean called on the leader of the PCUUnited Conservative Party to resign if he did not get a strong majority of votes in his favour.

I want to thank Jason Kenney for his honorable and decent concessionhe reacted after the announcement.

According to him, the members have spoken and rejected the leadership divider and autocrat which was in place.

Danielle Smith, who served as leader of the late party Wildrose and who has also openly spoken of his desire to replace Jason Kenney at the head of the PCUUnited Conservative Partyalso reacted immediately.

Today’s result is a real people’s resolution. Members of the United Conservative Party want a leader who will fight for Alberta’s interestsshe wrote.

However, she thanked the Prime Minister for his historic contribution to the unification of the Alberta right.

The Leader of the Official Opposition, Rachel Notleyalso thanked Jason Kenney for his service public on Twitter.

This job is never easy. The days are long and difficult and I’m sure today is too. I wish Jason all the bestshe wrote.

On social networks, thanks and support for Jason Kenney have multiplied.

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For his part, Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe thanked Jason Kenney for defeating a destructive NDP government and leading Alberta through a difficult period.

The caucus of PCUUnited Conservative Party is scheduled to meet Thursday at the McDougall Center in Calgary.