Jason Kenney to be sworn-in as Alberta MLA Monday afternoon
United Conservative Party Leader Jason Kenney will officially become a member of the Alberta legislative assembly for Calgary-Lougheed Monday afternoon.
Kenney, a former federal Conservative cabinet minister and long-time Calgary MP, will be sworn-in by Lieut.-Gov. Lois Mitchell in the chamber of the legislative assembly building in Edmonton.
The ceremony is scheduled to start at 2:30 p.m. and will be live-streamed on the Alberta legislature website.
Kenney won the Dec. 14 byelection in Calgary-Lougheed with 71.5 per cent of the vote.
The byelection was triggered when Dave Rodney stepped down as the MLA for Calgary-Lougheed to allow Kenney to run for a seat in the legislature.
Now that he has a seat, Kenney will be able to take his spot as leader of the Official Opposition when the spring session starts on March 8.