Delegates lineup to register at the United Conservative Party annual general meeting in Calgary, Friday, Nov. 3, 2023.
A strikingly large crowd streamed into Calgary's BMO Centre on Friday afternoon for the first day of the United Conservative Party's annual general meeting, expected to be a crucial weekend to gauge party unity in light of the involvement of the social conservative group Take Back Alberta.
Crews ready the venue of the United Conservative Party annual general meeting in Calgary. Alberta's United Conservatives are holding their second annual general meeting under Premier Danielle Smith on Friday and Saturday. As the doors opened to the event centre, members filed into the meeting hall along stanchions divided by black curtains.
First-time annual general meeting attendee Verlin Rau said he has been impressed with Alberta Premier Danielle Smith so far, though he said he recognizes she has been under pressure. "There's a lot of talk about party unity. How do we build unity? By building trust," read one printed on yellow paper.
But where the crowd really came alive was during the question-and-answer sessions with Jean and Schulz, and with Minister of Justice Mickey Amery and Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Services Mike Ellis.
Delegate Scott Payne of Medicine Hat arrives at the United Conservative Party annual general meeting in Calgary on Nov. 3.
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