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Four men in the race to become PC Party leader

PC Party president Katherine ONeill says the party plans to find a third-party to investigate harassment allegations made by former candidate Sandra Jansen.
Progressive Conservative candidates Jason Kenney and Sandra Jansen sat next to each other on the stage last weekend during the Alberta Progressive Conservative Party leadership forum in Red Deer, Alta. (Canadian Press)

With the deadline now passed, four men are inthe race to become leader of the Progressive Conservative Party of Alberta, which was rocked earlier this week by the exit of the only two female candidates.

Former St. Albert MLA and cabinet minister Stephen Khan was the latest candidate to pay the $50,000 entrance fee and submit 500 signatures from party members across the province.

PC party president Katherine O'Neill said Khan submitted his paperwork Wednesday. He was officially confirmed as a candidate Thursday afternoon.

Khan joins former Conservative MP and cabinet minister JasonKenney,Vermilion-LloydminsterMLA RichardStarkeand Calgary lawyer Byron Nelson.Kenney,Starkeand Nelsonhad already met the requirements to become official candidates.

Candidates had until noon Thursday to submit their paperwork. There were no last-minute entrants into the race.

Earlier this week, PC MLA SandraJansenwithdrew from the race and alleged she had been harassed by another candidate's volunteers during last weekend's PC policy convention in Red Deer.

DonnaKennedy-Glansalso ended her leadership bid on Tuesday, leaving the race with no female contenders.

O'Neill said the party takes Jansen's allegations seriously and plans to find a third-party to investigate.

The party will choose a new leader in a delegated convention in March 2017.