election The party's first convention under the Freedom Party name was held in Chestermere and first leadership race since 1999 was held on October 20, 2018. Interim leader Derek Fildebrandt was the only leadership candidate, and therefore was acclaimed as leader. After the 2019 Alberta General Election and resignation of Derek Fildebrandt, David White was elected on the second ballot as Interim Leader of the Freedom Conservative Party at a party meeting in Calgary on May 4, 2019. Three candidates were on the ballot. Election results The 30th Alberta general election which will be held in 2019 is the Freedom Conservative Parties first contested election in its current form. In the Alberta 2019 election, the party is so far confirmed to be running the following candidates in the following ridings: Derek Fildebrandt (Leader) in Chestermere-Strathmore Matthew Morrisey in Airdrie-Cochrane Rick Northey in Airdrie-East Regina Shakirova in Calgary-Bow Kari Pomerleau in Calgary-Foothills Dejan Ristic in Calgary-Glenmore Sheyne Espey in Calgary-Peigan Cam Khan in Calgary-North West Rio Aiello in Calgary-West Wesley Caldwell in Camrose Steve Goodman in Drayton Valley-Devon Jason Norris in Edmonton-Whitemud Malcolm Stinson in Fort Saskatchewan-Vegreville Bernard Hancock in Grande Prairie (provincial electoral district) Chad Miller in Innisfail-Sylvan Lake Jeff Rout in Leduc-Beaumont Keith Parrill in Lacombe-Ponoka David White in Maskwacis-Wetaskiwin Allen Maclennan in Olds-Didsbury-Three Hills Connie Russell in Peace River (provincial electoral district) Matt Chapin in Red Deer North Teah-Jay Cartwright in Red Deer South Dawn Berard in Rimbey-Rocky Mountain House-Sundre Jim McKinnon in Vermilion-Lloydminster-Wainwright Leadership history See also Alberta separatism Western alienation References External links Freedom Conservative Party of Alberta website Provincial political parties in Alberta Autonomy Conservative parties in Canada Libertarian conservative parties Political parties established in 1999 1999 establishments in Alberta Right-libertarianism