Global News projects UCP Devin Dreeshen win in Innisfail-Sylvan Lake.
Below is a full list of the candidates in the riding of Innisfail-Sylvan Lake, an area located in rural central Alberta.
Quick take
The United Conservative Party’s Devin Dreeshen is running to become the MLA for Innisfail-Sylvan Lake for the second time in less than a year. Dreeshen first gained a seat in the Alberta legislature when he won a 2018 byelection in the riding.
Candidates
NDP: Robyn O’Brien
United Conservative Party: Devin Dreeshen (Incumbent)
Alberta Party: Danielle Klooster
Freedom Conservative Party: Chad Miller
Alberta Advantage Party: Brian Vanderkley
Reform Party: Lauren Thorsteinson
Independent: Ed Wychopen
History
The United Conservative incumbent in Innisfail-Sylvan Lake, Devin Dreeshen, was first elected as the legislative member for the riding in a byelection in 2018.
Don MacIntyre won the seat in the 2015 election as a member of the Wildrose Party. He later became a member of the United Conservatives when the Wildrose Party merged with the Progressive Conservative Party.
MacIntyre stepped down from his seat in February when he was charged with sexual assault and sexual interference. He pleaded guilty to sexual interference in 2019 and the sexual assault charge was withdrawn.
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