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Former Progressive Conservative MLA Rick Fraser will run for the Alberta Party leadership.

Fraser, member for Calgary-South East, is expected to announce his plans this week. He is already registered as a leadership contestant on the Elections Alberta website.

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Fraser has yet to return requests for comment.

Fraser left the United Conservative Party caucus in September to sit as an Independent, two months after the PC and Wildrose parties voted to merge. At the time, he cited the divisive nature of Alberta politics and the UCP leadership race.

In an open letter, he pleaded for “common-sense policies” that “don’t divide Albertans, but rather bring them closer together.”

That has been somewhat of a mantra for the Alberta Party, which doubled in size last year when Karen McPherson — the former NDP member for Calgary-Mackay-Nose Hill — crossed the floor to join the ranks.

Fraser’s addition to the party will bring it to three MLAs.