It's byelection day in three Alberta provincial electoral districts

Janet French · CBC News

· Posted: Jun 23, 2025 8:00 AM EDT | Last Updated: 4 hours ago

Voters successful 3 Alberta electoral districts volition person a accidental to formed a ballot in byelections today.

Electors are choosing caller MLAs for the ridings of Olds-Didsbury-Three Hills, Edmonton-Ellerslie, and Edmonton Strathcona.

Mount Royal University governmental idiosyncratic Duane Bratt said byelections typically person a weaker turnout than a wide predetermination due to the fact that the stakes are lower.

He said the result of the votes won't decide the stripe of the provincial government, and the races thin to get little nationalist attention.

There are 46 UCP MLAs, 36 from the NDP, and 2 independents successful the legislature.

Dave Cournoyer, an Edmonton-based governmental writer, said the contests springiness voters an outlet to nonstop messages to the authorities and opposing parties.

He reviewed Alberta byelections held successful the past decennary and recovered they seldom resulted successful a alteration successful party.

Several candidates are apt hoping to interruption that signifier today. Here's a rundown of the races successful each riding:

Edmonton-Ellerslie

There are six candidates connected the ballot to regenerate Rod Loyola, who stepped down arsenic an NDP MLA successful March to tally successful the national election:

• Naresh Bhardwaj, UCP
• Gurtej Singh Brar, NDP
• Caroline Currie, Alberta Party
• Pamela Henson, Wildrose Loyalty Coalition
• Fred Munn, Republican Party of Alberta
• Manpreet Tiwana, Alberta Liberal Party

The divers and fast-growing suburban riding successful southeast Edmonton includes parts of Mill Woods, Ellerslie, Summerside, and agrarian properties northbound of Beaumont. The country has a ample southbound Asian population, and a provincial authorities riding illustration says the second-most spoken connection successful the territory is Punjabi.

Edmonton-Strathcona

This core-area riding connected Edmonton's southbound broadside has been the location turf of 2 Alberta NDP leaders — Raj Pannu and Rachel Notley.

Past-premier Notley resigned the spot six months agone aft stepping down arsenic enactment person past year.

Naheed Nenshi, who was politician of Calgary for 11 years, is hoping to beryllium the adjacent enactment person to correspond the riding. He is 1 of six candidates:

• Ravina Chand, Republican Party
• Darby-Rae Crouch, UCP (currently the agriculture property secretary)
• Naheed Nenshi, NDP
• Samuel Petrov, Alberta Party
• Don Slater, Alberta Liberal Party
• Jesse Stretch, Wildrose Loyalty Coalition

Olds-Didsbury-Three Hills

A provincial riding illustration of the mostly agrarian district, which straddles Highway 2, says somewhat much than 50,000 radical unrecorded wrong its boundaries. With a lengthy past of MLAs from conservative-leaning parties, the riding besides includes Carstairs, Crossfield, Trochu and Irricana, on with the communities successful its name.

After a decennary representing the riding arsenic a Wildrose, past UCP MLA, legislature Speaker Nathan Cooper resigned past period to go Alberta's typical successful Washington, D.C.

There are 4 candidates hoping to regenerate him:

• Cameron Davies, Republican Party of Alberta leader
• Tara Sawyer, UCP
• Beverley Toews, NDP
• Bill Tufts, Wildrose Loyalty Coalition

Byelection time polling stations volition beryllium unfastened from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. connected Monday.

Canadian citizens who are astatine slightest 18 years of property oregon older connected the day of the predetermination are eligible to ballot if they are a nonmigratory of 1 of the 3 electoral divisions. Elections Alberta does not program to usage ballot tabulation machines for counting, a spokesperson said.

Elections Alberta is expected to merchandise unofficial ballot results connected Monday night. Official results volition beryllium published connected July 3.