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An all-party committee charged with rejigging Alberta’s election finance rules moved Monday to limit spending on party leadership races.

The ethics committee Monday recommended leadership campaign spending be limited to 15 per cent — about $330,000 — of a party’s campaign spending limits.

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It’s part of the NDP’s 2015 election pledge to get big money out of Alberta politics.

The one leadership race underway in Alberta is for the Progressive Conservatives. Only federal MP Jason Kenney has publicly announced his intention to run.

Kenney is currently driving around Alberta to try to shore up support before the PC convention in May. Although there’s a chance changes will pass through the legislative assembly before then, the new rules won’t be retroactive, so are unlikely to apply to Kenney’s campaign.

Alberta currently has no limits on leadership campaign spending.

In the NDP’s 2014 leadership contest, Rachel Notley spent $117,841, David Eggen $33,768 and Rod Loyola $9,774. The next year, in the Wildrose leadership race, Brian Jean spent $194,476, Drew Barnes $99,597 and Linda Osinchuk $20,000.