A Calgary energy lawyer is the first candidate to step up to run for the leadership of the Alberta Party.
Kara Levis announced her leadership bid Monday at the legislature in Edmonton.
A news release from her campaign describes Levis as a community organizer, wife and mother of three daughters.
She is a lawyer with 10 years of experience. She practises within the Energy Law group at TransCanada Corporation.
Levis co-founded the Calgary-based non-profit Ask Her, which worked to encourage more female candidates to run in the 2017 Calgary municipal election.
Levis says she wants to engage with Albertans who aren’t active in the political process but who are looking for “a pragmatic, positive vision to vote for, instead of being driven by fear or anger in their voting choices,” Monday’s news release said.
The Alberta Party leadership race began when former leader Greg Clark resigned his position Nov. 8.
A winner was supposed to be announced on Feb. 7 but was pushed back to Feb. 27 because no candidates had stepped forward.