If successful in UCP leadership bid, Danielle Smith will find a seat as soon as possible

Danielle Smith is the only UCP leadership hopeful without a seat in the legislature but she hopes to change that. “If I'm successful Oct. 6, I would look for an early opportunity to get into the legislature,” said Smith. Smith says she wants to run in a rural riding and not the current vacant one of Calgary-Elbow, vacated by Doug Schweitzer. She also said she would not call a snap election if she wins the leadership race, something one political scientist believes would hurt her chan