Edmonton mayor to run in 2025 federal election, Liberals say

Nicholas Frew · CBC News

· Posted: Mar 23, 2025 1:41 PM EDT | Last Updated: 10 minutes ago

Edmonton Mayor Amarjeet Sohi will beryllium moving for the Liberal Party of Canada successful the national election, which was called Sunday.

Sohi was expected to run, and issued a connection saying helium had been asked. But helium had not confirmed that helium would beryllium doing so.

On Sunday, the Liberal Party issued a information announcement stating Sohi would beryllium moving successful the Edmonton Southeast constituency.

CBC News has contacted Sohi for an interview.

Sohi antecedently served arsenic a Liberal MP for Edmonton Mill Woods from 2015 to 2019. That constituency has since been divided into 2 caller ridings: Edmonton Southeast and Edmonton Gateway.

Liberal Leader Mark Carney announced Sunday greeting the predetermination volition hap on April 28.

A metropolis spokesperson told CBC News earlier this week that a subordinate of metropolis assembly tin tally for national oregon provincial office, without having to instrumentality a permission of absence.

If they're elected, however, past they volition person to resign from council, the city said. Council would past name a councillor to service arsenic main elected authoritative until the extremity of the term, to marque definite the mayoral bureau is not vacant.