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Alberta Election 2019

new era begins
Jason Kenney officially sworn in as Alberta's 18th premier
EDMONTON - Former federal cabinet minister Jason Kenney has been officially sworn in as Alberta's premier.The United Conservative leader becomes the 18th person to head the province's government.He is expected to hold his first cabinet meeting immediately after his ministers are sworn in.The ceremony at Government Hous...
Apr 30, 2019
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big numbers
Record voter turnout for provincial election
A new record was set, but it looks like voter turnout in the recent provincial election was slightly lower than initially thought.Elections Alberta made it official Friday that 64.0 per cent of eligible voters cast a ballot on April 16. That represents an all-time high 1,894,985 votes, including nearly 700,000 cast in ...
Apr 26, 2019
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huge turnout
Elections Alberta releases unofficial results
EDMONTON, AB - Unofficial results of the 2019 Alberta provincial election were released Friday evening.The results concluded that the United Conservative Party ended with 63 seats, while Alberta's NDP finished with 24 seats.Although a lot of Alberta's 87 ridings were declared on Tuesday night, some remained too close t...
Apr 20, 2019
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BIG TURNOUT
Nearly 70 per cent of eligible Albertans voted in provincial election
EDMONTON - The unofficial turnout shows nearly 70 per cent of Albertans voted in the provincial election - the highest in decades.Elections Alberta says about 2,615,000 people in Alberta were registered to vote.Deputy chief electoral officer Drew Westwater says the unofficial turnout was 69.9 per cent based on the numb...
Apr 17, 2019
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Alberta Election 2019

changing landscape
Kenney's premiership poses challenges, opportunity for Trudeau, Scheer
OTTAWA - Attention is now turning to how Jason Kenney's win in Alberta could impact the fall federal election. Political observers say Kenney, an outspoken and articulate former Stephen Harper cabinet minister, creates threats and opportunities for Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer ahe...
Apr 17, 2019
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KIDS HAVE THEIR SAY
Student vote gives Kenney, UCP majority
High school and elementary students in Alberta have elected a majority United Conservative government in the mock Student Vote program run by CIVIX.More than 165,000 students at 1,229 participated in the Student Vote this year.Kenney and the UCP were granted 49 out of 87 seats by students and 36.1 per cent of the vote....
Apr 17, 2019
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notley staying on
'The NDP is here to stay:' Outgoing Alberta government to serve as Opposition
EDMONTON - Some of Alberta's NDP members say the party has changed the province for the better and believe it will be an effective Opposition. On Tuesday, Albertans elected Jason Kenney and his United Conservative Party to a majority government after taking back many of the breakthrough NDP wins in the 2015 election. O...
Apr 17, 2019
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three seats lost
Alberta Party voted out of legislature
The Alberta Party has been shut out of the provincial legislature.The party, which was hoping to make inroads in the 2019 election, lost all three seats it previously held in the legislature on Tuesday night despite gaining nearly 10 per cent of the popular vote.Party Leader Stephen Mandel, who was aiming to win a seat...
Apr 17, 2019
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Innisfail-Sylvan Lake
Innisfail-Sylvan Lake remains UCP blue with Dreeshen
Devin Dreeshen has been re-elected as MLA for Innisfail-Sylvan Lake.The UCP candidate first elected in a 2018 by-election garnered well over 17,000 votes in the riding, far beyond second place finisher Robyn O'Brien of the NDP. Dreeshen feels the UCP's positive campaign really resonated with voters."Its overwhelmi...
Apr 17, 2019
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Rimbey-Rocky Mountain House-Sundre
Nixon easily wins second term as MLA
United Conservative Party candidate Jason Nixon has been re-elected as MLA for the Rimbey-Rocky Mountain House-Sundre riding. This will be Nixon's second term in office after being elected Wildrose MLA for the riding in 2015.Rimbey-Rocky Mountain House-Sundre (80 of 83 polls reporting, 23,235 total votes) X-18,985 Jaso...
Apr 17, 2019
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Alberta Election 2019

ALBERTA VOTES
Cooper re-elected in Olds-Didsbury-Three Hills
United Conservative Party candidate Nathan Cooper has been re-elected as MLA for the Olds-Didsbury-Three Hills riding. Cooper was elected Wildrose MLA for the riding in 2015. He served as interim leader of the UCP following the Wildrose-PC merger and leading up to Jason Kenney's election as Leader in October 2017.Olds-...
Apr 17, 2019
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ALBERTA VOTES
Smith re-elected in Drayton Valley-Devon
United Conservative Party candidate Mark Smith has been re-elected as MLA for the Drayton Valley-Devon riding. Smith was first elected as Wildrose MLA in 2015. The former high school teacher and UCP education critic faced controversy during his re-election bid with opponents calling for him to be fired over offensive r...
Apr 17, 2019
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ALBERTA VOTES
Orr re-elected in Lacombe-Ponoka
United Conservative Party candidate Ron Orr has been re-elected as MLA for the Lacombe-Ponoka riding. This will be Orr's second term in office after being elected as Wildrose MLA in 2015.Lacombe-Ponoka (81 of 83 polls reporting 23,259 total votes) X- 16,545 Ron Orr - UCP 3,491 Doug Hart - NDP 2,418 Myles Chykerda - AP ...
Apr 17, 2019
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LaGrange, Stephan elected
United Conservatives sweep Red Deer
After being part of the NDP Orange Crush in 2015, Red Deer was part of the Blue Wave that swept across Alberta on Tuesday. United Conservative Party candidates Adriana LaGrange in Red Deer-North and Jason Stephan in Red Deer-South cruised to victory on a night where their party won a majority government in the provinci...
Apr 17, 2019
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BLUE WAVE
Kenney's United Conservatives win majority in Alberta
9:01 p.m. MT The United Conservative Party under leader Jason Kenney has won a majority government in the Alberta election. --- 8:56 p.m. MT Alberta Party Leader Stephen Mandel has been defeated in the constituency of Edmonton-McClung in the Alberta provincial election. NDP candidate Lorne Dach beat Mandel, who came in...
Apr 17, 2019
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ALBERTA VOTES
Horner elected in Drumheller-Stettler
United Conservative Party candidate Nate Horner has been elected MLA for the Drumheller-Stettler riding. Horner is a farmer and rancher who lives with his wife and two young children in Pollockville, near Hanna. He's part of a family with deep Conservative roots, with relatives including former senator R.B. Horner, for...
Apr 17, 2019
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Alberta Election 2019

VOTING DAY!
WATCH: Red Deerians head to the polls
Polling stations across the city were busy on Tuesday as Red Deerians cast their ballot for the 2019 Alberta Election. With 174 of 179 polls reporting as of Wednesday morning, 65.4 per cent of eligible electors in Red Deer voted in the election (42,926 votes out of 65,604 eligible).In Red Deer-North, with 87 of 89 poll...
Apr 16, 2019
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Decision day in Alberta: Voters head to polls in provincial election
EDMONTON - Voters are heading to the polls in the Alberta election today and advance turnouts suggest it could be busy at the ballot boxes. Almost 700,000 people voted early in malls, airports, recreation centres, public buildings and even an Ikea store. That was well ahead of the 235,000 who came out early in the 2015...
Apr 16, 2019
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Alberta leaders renew attacks on final full day of election campaign
SHERWOOD PARK, Alta. - A day before Alberta voters go to the polls, United Conservative Leader Jason Kenney and the NDP's Rachel Notley traded attacks over the pipeline issue that has come to define the campaign. "Just one more sleep, one more day before Albertans have an opportunity to vote for change that gets o...
Apr 16, 2019
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ALBERTA VOTES 2019
LIVE ELECTION RESULTS
Tuesday is decision day as Albertans head to the polls for the 2019 provincial election. After the polls close at 8 p.m. MT, follow along on our live election tracker below, powered by The Canadian Press, for the very latest results...LIVE results from the 2019 Alberta ElectionrdnewsNOW will also have live updates on 1...
Apr 15, 2019
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STUDENT VOTE
Students make their voices heard ahead of provincial election
While Albertans have flocked to advanced polls in record numbers and will make the decision final on Tuesday, elementary and high school students are also making their voices heard during this provincial election.Student Vote, a program run by CIVIX, has been offered across the country since 2003.At Red Deer's É...
Apr 15, 2019
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last day of campaigning
Alberta's Notley talks pipelines, energy on last day of election campaign
CALGARY - Alberta's NDP leader spent the final day of the provincial election campaign casting herself as the best person to get the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion past the finish line. Rachel Notley donned a hard hat and work boots as she toured a pipe fabrication yard in Calgary, a key battleground in Tuesday's el...
Apr 15, 2019
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Alberta Election 2019

ADVANCE POLL RECORD
Advance polls voting record smashed
EDMONTON- A whopping 696,000 people have voted in advance polls ahead of tomorrow's provincial election.That shatters the previous record of 235,000 in 2015.A rule change allowed early voters to cast ballots anywhere, not just in the constituencies where they live.NDP Leader Rachel Notley is headed to campaign in Calga...
Apr 15, 2019
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mandel miffed
Alberta Party wants robocall investigated
EDMONTON- The Alberta Party is calling for the province's election commissioner to investigate after a man says he received a robocall that impersonated the party's leader and said he supports the United Conservatives.Bob Wispinski of Ardrossan, east of Edmonton, says he picked up his landline Saturday afternoon and th...
Apr 15, 2019
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Top down or grassroots? NDP, UCP take differing approaches to gender balance
When Rakhi Pancholi was asked to run in the Alberta election, she was well versed in the reasons women give for avoiding politics. Through her work with ParityYEG, an Edmonton group aimed at getting more women to run for office, Pancholi has heard concerns over career setbacks, financial strain, sexist vitriol and bala...
Apr 14, 2019
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high stakes
Albertans at the polls: Ten constituencies to watch in the provincial election
From a dog fight between two sitting MLAs in northern Alberta to a conservative grudge match near Calgary, hear are 10 constituencies to watch in Tuesday's Alberta election: Chestermere-Strathmore This redrawn constituency on Calgary's eastern boundary is a grudge match between Freedom Conservative Party Leader Derek F...
Apr 14, 2019
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'People need to know:' Notley urges Albertans to look at risks with Kenney
CALGARY - With the Alberta election campaign in its final days, NDP Leader Rachel Notley launched another attack on the integrity of the United Conservative's Jason Kenney at a raucous rally in Calgary. Kenney, a former federal Conservative cabinet minister, is Notley's main rival in Tuesday's vote. "We've made su...
Apr 14, 2019
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LACOMBE-PONOKA
Alberta Advantage candidate Shawn Tylke wants to give citizens more say in running of province
The former Wildrose Party has been reborn as the Alberta Advantage Party and its offering up 28 candidates throughout the province, including in Lacombe-Ponoka.The candidate there, Shawn Tylke, says the party's platform is virtually the same as the old Wildrose's, but their biggest concern is ensuring Albertans have mo...
Apr 13, 2019
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