Voters in Calgary head to the polls Monday in a provincial byelection.
A longtime Tory stronghold, the riding of Calgary-Shaw has been without a legislature member since May, when former cabinet minister Rebecca Schulz resigned her seat.
Five candidates are in the running, including Mike Derry for Premier Danielle Smith’s United Conservative Party and Kyle Campbell for Naheed Nenshi’s NDP.
Derry’s campaign has focused on affordability, education, health care and government transparency, while Campbell has made promises on health care.
Other candidates include teacher Kyle Joseph for the Progressive Tory Party of Alberta, lawyer John Roggeveen for the Liberal Party of Alberta, and Independent candidate Rolly Ashdown.
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The election comes as the province prepares to vote Oct. 19 on whether to stay in Canada or hold a second, binding referendum on quitting the country.
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Polls open at 9 a.m. and close at 8 p.m.
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Typical certain group intelligence demonstrated just below.
Lamo
only way this happened is either rigged or the punjabs went out and go their relatives to vote ,if Alberta separated no more free ride
Congratulations to the NDP. FCUKthe UCP hillbillies. Hahahaha.
What campaign? The candidates are damned to the party’s brand. “Affordability”? Not one candidate can alter the direction of provincial politics. How is one person capable of making change when a party itself can’t or won’t?
A raised certain finger solute to all the Nenshi thrashers courtesy of Calgary-Shaw.
Add one more thing to the long list below…year round DST which was voted against on a previous referendum.
DOWN WITH THE UCP
Naheed Nenshi isn’t a narcissist. Wrong leader, and wrong party. That would be Danielle Smith and the UCP. We (as in numerous Albertans), don’t like the UCP’s horrible governance. Public healthcare being privatized. Hospitals are having problems. Extra costs being handed down to senior citizens. Our water being filled with toxins from coal mines on the Eastern Slopes, while the mountains get defaced in the process. Corporate welfare that has been known to squander billions of dollars. AISH recipients made to suffer in horrible poverty, and are being forced to work, when they are incapable of doing so, due to very harsh health issues, and other barriers. A referendum on Alberta separation, which was never even campaigned on. Public education being grossly underfunded, while private education is given more support. Letting separatists have voter information, that they weren’t entitled to be in possession of. An ID card that is so bad that even the Alberta Privacy Commissioner doesn’t like it. MH Care (Corrupt Care), which exceeds half a billion dollars, or more, and still lacks a public inquiry. Not even listening to what the majority of Albertans want, while supporting minority, special interest groups, like private education advocates. The erosion of our democracy, and weakening the organization that helps protect it, which is Elections Alberta. It goes on and on. If the UCP and Danielle Smith were the answer, it had to be a very foolish question.
Went to vote and seemed like a very low turnout which is not good for time when everyone seems to be talking politics.
Also wondering if it is ok that the NDP were still out door knocking on the day of the election a hour before the polls closed?
Hopefully Calgary-Shaw will send a strong message the crabby patty smithers by awarding NDP the win.
on smith’s orders, schultz went to bc’s coastal FNs with shallow flattery and shiny beads, hoping to convince them to get behind dropping the tanker ban.
the FNs didn’t fall for this bribery and smith showed her disappointment and displeasure with schultz , resulting in first schultz’s resignation from cabinet and then her resigning her seat in the legislature..
the tanker ban remains in place and smith was forced by carney (not trudeau) to settle for the southern route of a possible pipeline.
My prediction is NDP to win by a narrow margin and UPC second with the Torie party third. But in reality the UPC will win with a narrow margin over the NDP with the Torie party third.
Just get out and vote though and get to at least 80% of the registered voters out today. Most likely it will be at best 60 to 65% that vote.
Not much to chose from as the Narcissist Nenshi group would be worse and Smith needs a wake up call and hopefully the people vote with a thought first before they vote. A good time for the people to stand up and demand more from the political parties we have to choose from.
NDP not good due to the leader that is so narcissistic that he had to put his purple on the Signs. UCP support of separation is not good at all for any one. Other parties are small and not well known so that makes the decisions harder.
Cheers and have a positive day and get out and vote for whoever you want and let’s see at least 80% of the voters get out there and vote.