Global News projects UCP candidate Garth Rowswell has won the seat in Vermilion-Lloydminster-Wainwright results.
Below is a full list of the candidates in the riding of Vermilion-Lloydminster-Wainwright. This riding is located in eastern Alberta, from Irma, Wainwright and Vermillion, east to the Saskatchewan border.
Quick take
This is a riding with new electoral boundaries for the 2019 election.
Richard Starke held the seat for the PCs for the former Vermilion-Lloydminster riding but announced in November 2018 he would not seek re-election.
Candidates
United Conservative Party: Garth Rowswell
NDP: Ryan Clarke
Alberta Party: Craig G. Peterson
Freedom Conservative Party: Jim McKinnon
Independent: Robert McFadzean
Alberta Advantage Party: Kelly Zeleny
History
Stark has represented the riding since the 2012 election. He rejected the 2017 merger of the two conservative parties and said he would not join the UCP.
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The riding has exclusively elected PC MLAs since it was created ahead of the 1993 election.