CHQR Newsroom
11/7/2009
Premier Ed Stelmach received 77.4 per cent support in a leadership review vote by Tory delegates meeting in Red Deer Saturday.
Stelmach has faced division within the Tory ranks in recent months because of the recession and nagging controversies, including the troubled rollout of the province's H1N1 vaccine program.
He's also facing a challenge from the upstart Wildrose Alliance, a right-wing party that has been energized by a recent byelection win and leadership race.
Alberta's Progressive Conservatives require a leadership review after every general election.
Stelmach delivered a landslide victory for the party in 2008, winning 72 of 83 seats in the legislature.
Former premier Ralph Klein was forced to resign when the Tories held their last leadership review vote in 2006 and he got only 55 per cent support.
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