Calgary lawyer to seek United Conservative Party leadership

EDMONTON – Alberta’s two right-centre parties have yet to complete a merger, but a third candidate has already announced he wants to be leader.

Calgary lawyer Doug Schweitzer says he will seek the leadership of the new United Conservative Party if it is created after a vote in July.

Schweitzer says Premier Rachel Notley’s policies are making a bad economy worse for Alberta families.

Schweitzer once ran the Manitoba Progressive Conservative race and helped in the leadership race for former Alberta PC premier Jim Prentice.