UCP candidate who compared trans children to feces wins riding

Lacombe-Ponoka United Conservative Party (UCP) candidate Jennifer Johnson, who compared trans children to feces, wins her riding.

Johnson won her seat with over 4,000 votes, compared to a little over 1,000 with the NDP, about 70 per cent of the vote as of 11 p.m. Monday.

She also said Alberta has a first-rate education system but is against transgender children as young as 14 getting double mastectomies and chemical castrations to help them transition.

“This is more than a teaspoon of poop in the cookie pouch,” Johnson said.

“It does not matter that we’re in the top three per cent in the world. Who cares if they got an 89 in Chemistry 30? Who cares that they are entering post-secondary if they are chemically castrated?”

UCP leader Danielle Smith was asked at a news conference in Calgary and confirmed her initial comments that Johnson would not sit in caucus, despite also saying she believed in “redemption and second chances.”

“I’ve made it very clear,” said Smith. “I’ve made a decision. She will not be sitting with the UCP caucus.”

“And that is final.”

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The audio surfaced during the election campaign from September 2022, before Johnson won the UCP nomination in Lacombe-Ponoka, with several homophobic and transphobic comments.

Johnson has apologized for the remarks, saying she’s embarrassed she caused hurt.

-With files from The Canadian Press and Lauryn Heintz