Advance polling up significantly across the country

Sep 17, 2021 | 10:35 AM

Elections Canada has released numbers showing the amount of people who voted in the upcoming election’s advance polls.

Advance voting took place Sept. 10-13.

Below are the numbers for ridings covered by rdnewsNOW and our affiliates in Rocky Mountain House, Drayton Valley and Whitecourt, as well as Medicine Hat and Lethbridge.

Red Deer-Mountain View

2021: 22,754 (1.49% increase and 25.7% of all electors)
2019: 22,419

February 2027 Trial

Trial date set for man charged in organized auto theft and re-vinning operation in central Alberta

17h ago

multi-month long investigation

Red Deer RCMP charge four with drug trafficking and firearm offences

Jun 30, 2026

Summer heat approaches

The Mustard Seed Red Deer in need of water bottle donations

Jun 30, 2026

Red Deer-Lacombe

2021: 22,883 (3.99% increase and 24.6% of all electors)
2019: 22,004

Yellowhead

2021: 18,404 (0.62% increase and 25.3% of all electors)
2019: 18,291

Battle River-Crowfoot

2021: 16,818 (7.03% increase and 20.1% of all electors)
2019: 15,714

Medicine Hat-Cardston-Warner

2021: 13,956 (16.72% increase and 17.7% of all electors)
2019: 11,957

Lethbridge

2021: 18,248 (10.05% increase and 20.5% of all electors)
2019: 16,581

According to preliminary figures, around 5.78 million people voted in advance polls across the country, an 18.46 per cent increase from 2019.

*These are estimates as some polls may not have reported yet.

More federal election coverage is here, with candidate profiles coming very soon.

A complete list of advance polling numbers is at elections.ca.

by Josh Hall (Twitter: @Vancan19)

Advance polling up significantly across the country

What's Trending