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UCP won’t release report on vote dust-up, cites privacy

Jul 17, 2018 | 6:59 AM

EDMONTON – The United Conservatives say they will not release an internal report on voting irregularities that led to the resignation of a Calgary legislature member.

The caucus also says it will reimburse the treasury more than $7,000 after Prab Gill charged taxpayers for what turned out to be a party event in February.

Gill resigned on the weekend following an investigation into allegations of ballot-box stuffing and other voting irregularities at a constituency meeting in Calgary North East, where Gill had been trying to win the party’s nomination.

Jeff Henwood, speaking for the party, said in a statement the United Conservatives won’t release the report to protect the privacy of people who were interviewed during the investigation but are not public figures.