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The Alberta Party has pushed back the date of its leadership vote.

The party announced Monday it would announce the winner of the leadership election on Feb. 27, 2018, rather than the originally planned date of Feb. 7.

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No candidates have declared they will run for the Alberta Party’s top job since Calgary-Elbow MLA Greg Clark announced almost a month ago he would step down as leader in order to drum up interest in the party through a leadership race.

But Robbie Kreger-Smith, the party’s vice-president of communications, said the date was changed because constituency associations and party members wanted a longer window for the contest, not because of a lack of candidates.

He said it’s not surprising there are no candidates yet, since details of the contest weren’t finalized.

“Now that the rules are out, we’ll start to see people step forward,” said Kreger-Smith.

Kreger-Smith anticipates that a couple of contenders will throw their hat in the ring before Christmas, with two more expected in the new year.

The party said Monday the cutoff to enter the race will be Jan. 15. Approved candidates will be required to pay a $10,000 entry fee, with half that amount a refundable good behaviour bond.