Voters in Conservative-blue Alberta head to polls as Liberals hope to make gains

The Canadian Press

· Posted: Apr 28, 2025 8:45 AM EDT | Last Updated: 5 minutes ago

Conservatives are aiming to support Alberta broadly bluish portion Liberals are hoping for a fewer cardinal breakthroughs erstwhile voters spell to the polls Monday successful the national election.

Albertans, by and large, ballot Conservative federally, and nationalist sentiment surveys during the five-week predetermination run suggest that volition stay the case.

Nevertheless, the Liberals, nether Leader Mark Carney, anticipation rising support, broadly combined with a corresponding driblet successful NDP favourability, could construe into ballot splitting and immoderate reddish municipality islands successful the Tory-blue sea.

The waning days of the run saw Canadian voters crook retired successful grounds numbers. In 4 days of beforehand polling, 7.3 cardinal radical marked their ballots early.

That's up 25 per cent from the 5.8 cardinal radical who took portion successful beforehand voting successful the 2021 national election.

Among the ridings to watch, Edmonton Mayor Amarjeet Sohi, a erstwhile national vigor minister, is looking to instrumentality to the Liberal fold successful Edmonton Southeast. The Conservative campaigner is Jagsharan Singh Mahal and Harpeet Grewal is moving for the NDP.

In Edmonton Centre, one-time Liberal furniture curate Randy Boissonnault is not moving again. The contention is betwixt Conservative Sayid Ahmed, Liberal Eleanor Olszewski and the New Democrats' Trisha Estabrooks.

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The NDP is besides looking to enactment up enactment down Heather McPherson and Blake Desjarlais, the party's 2 Alberta members of Parliament. McPherson handily strode to triumph successful 2021 successful Edmonton Strathcona with 60 per cent of the vote. She is moving against Liberal Ron Thiering and Conservative Miles Berry.

Desjarlais is moving successful Edmonton Griesbach successful a rematch with Conservative Kerry Diotte. Desjarlais narrowly edged retired Diotte successful 2021. The Liberal campaigner is Patrick Lennox.

In Calgary, George Chahal — the city's lone Liberal MP — is looking for a 2nd term, this clip successful the redrawn riding of Calgary McKnight. He is moving against Conservative Dalwinder Gill and Arlington Antonio Santiago of the NDP.

In Calgary Centre, incumbent Conservative Greg McLean is seeking to support his riding for a 3rd consecutive term. He's up against Lindsay Luhnau, a first-time campaigner for the Liberals, and Beau Shaw of the NDP.

The downtown riding flipped Liberal successful 2015, marking the archetypal clip Calgary had sent a Liberal to Ottawa since 1968. It returned to the Conservatives successful 2019.

Across the Bow River, Liberals and Conservatives person locked horns successful Calgary Confederation.

Conservative MP Len Webber retired, and erstwhile Alberta provincial furniture curate Jeremy Nixon is moving for the Conservatives. He's being challenged by Corey Hogan with the Liberals and Keira Gunn of the NDP.