Global News projects that Peter Singh will take the riding of Calgary-East for the United Conservative Party (UCP).
Below is a full list of the candidates in the riding of Calgary-East, which covers the eastern edge of the city.
Quick take
The race in Calgary-East should be interesting as the current MLA was removed from the NDP caucus and had been sitting as independent.
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Candidates
United Conservative Party: Peter Singh
NDP: Cesar Cala
Alberta Party: Gar Gar
Liberal Party: Michelle Robinson
Green Party: William Carnegie
Communist Party: Jonathan Trautman
History
- Canadian premiers appear to back Carney’s decision to abandon ‘bad deal’ with United States
- U.S.-Canada trade talks have collapsed. Carney says these 3 issues torpedoed them
- Unifor, General Motors reach tentative deal for thousands of Ontario auto workers
- Carney says Canada ‘walking away from a bad deal’ as 50% tariffs hit
Robyn Luff was elected to the riding as a member of the NDP in 2015.
In November 2018, she was removed from the NDP caucus after she claimed there was a “toxic culture” in the party’s caucus. She has sat as an independent MLA since then.
Moe Amery’s 22-year run as a PC MLA came to an end in 2015.
This riding was part of the 2015 orange crush, which saw the Alberta NDP stomp out a 44-year Progressive Conservative dynasty in the province.
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