The UCP has removed Randy Kerr as its candidate for the riding of Calgary-Beddington, saying Kerr wasn’t “forthcoming” about his financial contribution to former UCP leadership candidate Jeff Callaway’s campaign.
“To be clear, the Party is not making any allegation against Mr. Kerr regarding the legitimacy of his contribution to the Callaway Leadership, nor against Mr. Callaway or his Campaign. This is not the Party’s role to judge, and the Party does not in any way oversee financial contributions to leadership campaigns,” said UCP executive director Janice Harrington in an emailed statement.
“However, it is our conclusion that Mr. Kerr was not sufficiently forthcoming with the Party’s earlier inquiries, and for that, he has been removed as a candidate.”
Alberta’s election commissioner is investigating allegations of irregular financial contributions made to Callaway’s campaign during the 2017 UCP leadership contest.
CBC News has reached out to Kerr for his response.
More to come…