Factbox-Danielle Smith wins Alberta premiership race vowing to table sovereignty bill

(Reuters) - Danielle Smith, 51, was elected leader of Alberta's ruling United Conservative Party on Thursday and will become 19th premier of Canada's main oil-producing province.

She campaigned on an "Alberta First" slogan with a promise to introduce the Alberta Sovereignty Act, which would enable the province to ignore federal laws that it does not like and could reignite a movement to separate Alberta rest of Canada.