Global News projects NDP Rakhi Pancholi win in Edmonton-Whitemud.
Below is a full list of candidates in the riding of Edmonton-Whitemud, which includes the Riverbend and Terwillegar areas. It is bordered by the North Saskatchewan River along the north and western edge of the riding, Whitemud Creek and Rabbit Hill Road on the east side and Anthony Henday Drive in the south.
Quick take
Current NDP MLA Bob Turner, who defeated Progressive Conservative MLA Stephen Mandel in 2015, is not running again in the riding and therefore there is no incumbent.
Candidates
NDP: Rakhi Pancholi
United Conservative Party: Elisabeth Hughes
Alberta Party: Jonathan Dai
Freedom Conservative Party: Jason Norris
History
Edmonton-Whitemud has traditionally been a right-leaning riding, electing mainly Progressive Conservative candidates since its creation in 1971.
It was held by Liberals for eight years in the 1990s. The riding was part of the 2015 orange crush, which saw the Alberta NDP stomp out a 44-year PC dynasty in the province.
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