(The Canadian Press)

By Troy Gillard

Who’s on the ballot?

Local candidates for the Oct. 21 federal election

Sep 11, 2019 | 1:42 PM

With the federal election campaign now officially underway, not every party has nominated candidates to run in central Alberta ridings.

Incumbent Conservative MPs Blaine Calkins in Red Deer-Lacombe and Earl Dreeshen in Red Deer-Mountain View are each seeking re-election.

Calkins is being challenged by Green Party candidate Desmond Bull and People’s Party of Canada candidate (PPC) Laura-Lynn Thompson.

Dreeshen is joined on the ballot at this time by Conner Borle of the Green Party and Paul Mitchell with the PPC.

The Liberals and NDP have yet to announce candidates in either riding.

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In the Yellowhead riding, Conservative MP Jim Eglinski (CPC) is not-seeking re-election.

Gerald Sokora is carrying the Conservative banner for this election. Jeremy Hoefsloot is running for the Liberals, Douglas Galavan for the PPC and Cory Lystang is the Libertarian candidate.

The NPD is currently without a candidate in Yellowhead.

The deadline for candidates to register is September 30.

The 43^rd federal general election takes place on Monday, October 21. Advance polling days will take place from Friday, October 11 to Monday, October 14.

Elections Canada offices are now open in each of the 338 federal electoral districts. Electors can visit any Elections Canada office to get information, register, or vote.

All Canadian citizens who are at least 18 years old on election day are eligible to vote. To vote, they must:

– Be registered. Most electors are already registered. To register online or to check or update their voter registration, electors can visit elections.ca/register. They can also visit an Elections Canada office, or call us at 1-800-463-6868 to request a mail-in registration form. Electors can register at any time between now and October 15. If they miss this deadline, they can register at the polls on election day, just before they vote.

– Show proof of their identity and address. There are many different pieces of identification that can be used to prove identity and address. The full list is available online.

More details at elections.ca