Alberta Party sees membership boom as leadership race continues

The Alberta Party, currently in the midst of a leadership race, has seen a dramatic uptick in membership. 
According to figures released by the party Thursday, it has grown more than 500 per cent in less than 12 months. 
The province’s third party was starting from a low floor, with just 1,024 members in March 2017. 
When the eligibility window to vote in the current leadership race closed this week, that number had grown to 6,543. Close to 2,000 of those memberships we