16 races set in southern Alberta as election day approaches

CBC News

· Posted: Apr 14, 2025 2:44 PM EDT | Last Updated: 6 minutes ago

The database of candidates moving successful Alberta is set, and the 2025 national election is two weeks away, on Monday, April 28.

There are 91 candidates moving successful 16 ridings across Calgary and confederate Alberta.

Some of those ridings are marque new, and the electoral map looks a spot antithetic this election because of a redistribution of federal districts based connected information from the 2021 Canadian census.

Nearly each 16 ridings person had their boundaries redrawn, adjacent if lone slightly. All of Calgary's electoral boundaries person shifted. 

Notably, the ridings of Calgary McKnight and Airdrie-Cochrane are new, with the former's bound being taken mostly from the confederate information of what utilized to beryllium Calgary Skyview. 

The existent riding of Calgary Skyview now covers overmuch of the northeastern limits of the city.

The 16 ridings successful confederate Alberta are:

• Airdrie-Cochrane
• Bow River
• Calgary Centre
• Calgary Confederation
• Calgary Crowfoot
• Calgary East
• Calgary Heritage
• Calgary McKnight
• Calgary Midnapore
• Calgary Nose Hill
• Calgary Shepard
• Calgary Signal Hill
• Calgary Skyview
• Foothills
• Lethbridge
• Medicine Hat-Cardston-Warner

For a breakdown of the ridings successful bluish and cardinal Alberta, click here.

Four of the 16 ridings successful Calgary and confederate Alberta are unfastened races with nary incumbent. Of the incumbents running, 11 are Conservative and 1 is simply a Liberal who is moving successful a caller riding due to the fact that of redrawn riding boundaries.

The Conservatives, Liberals and New Democrats person candidates moving successful each 16 of those ridings, portion the Green Party and People's Party are moving 12 and 11 candidates respectively crossed Calgary and confederate Alberta.

Some candidates are moving successful assorted ridings with the endorsement of different governmental parties oregon with nary governmental enactment affiliation.

Candidates with nary governmental party can tally either arsenic an autarkic oregon non-affiliated candidate. Five specified candidates are moving successful ridings successful Calgary and confederate Alberta.

For much accusation astir which candidates are moving successful circumstantial ridings, or where to find polling stations, visit Elections Canada's elector accusation work website.

Advance polling stations will be open April 18-21, from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m.

For those who haven't received a elector registration card, oregon if the accusation connected their paper is incorrect, Elections Canada says voters should use its online elector registration service before election day.