By Canadian Press

CP NewsAlert: Former premier Rachel Notley stepping down as leader of Alberta NDP

Jan 16, 2024 | 10:50 AM

EDMONTON — Rachel Notley, the former premier of Alberta, is stepping down as leader of the province’s Opposition NDP.

Notley says there will now be a race to replace her, and she plans to stay in the job until a new leader is picked.

Notley says she may or may not remain as the member for Edmonton-Strathcona until her term ends in 2027.

And she hasn’t ruled out running again for the NDP.

Notley has been the party’s leader for almost a decade.

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In 2015, she led the NDP to its first-ever majority government in Alberta, defeating the Progressive Conservatives and ending their 44-year dynasty.

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