Former UCP member announces new Progressive Tory Party of Alberta (Canadian Press)

A former member of Premier Danielle Smith's government caucus says Elections Alberta has approved the name for a new political party, after the province banned a list of monikers it could use, including "conservative."

Airdrie-Cochrane legislature member Peter Guthrie announced in a social media post on Thursday evening that the new party will be known as the Progressive Tory Party of Alberta.

"That's right. There will be another conservative option on the ballot in the next election — one that's socially reliable, fiscally responsible and answers to all of you," Guthrie said in a video with the post ...

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