Alberta NDP Leader Nenshi wins seat in one of three byelections
Alberta NDP Leader Naheed Nenshi has held Edmonton-Strathcona for the New Democrats in one of three provincial byelections.
Unofficial results from Elections Alberta put him well ahead of the nearest competitor, United Conservative Party candidate Darby Crouch.
Nenshi is running in one of three provincial byelections Monday as a candidate in Edmonton-Strathcona, where his predecessor, former premier Rachel Notley, last won 80 per cent of the vote.
With 48 of 52 polls reporting at 10 p.m. Monday night, Nenshi had captured 6,036 votes while Crouch had garnered 1,068.
In Edmonton-Ellerslie, NDP candidate Gurtej Singh Brar led United Conservative Party candidate Naresh Bhardwaj 2,421 votes to 1,754 with 50 of 55 polls reporting.
In Olds-Didsbury-Three Hills with 46 of 60 polls reporting, the UCP's Tara Sawyer had claimed 7,320 votes by 10 p.m. while the NDP's Bev Toews had collected 2,445 and separatist Republican Party of Alberta Leader Cameron Davies had scored 2,029. Bill Tufts of the Wildrose Loyalty Coalition, with 146 votes, is also running in the rural central Alberta riding.
The seat became vacant after former legislature speaker and longtime UCP legislature member Nathan Cooper resigned to take a post as Alberta's representative in Washington, D.C.
Also running in Edmonton-Strathcona seat are Republican Ravina Chand, Samuel Petrov of the Alberta Party, Liberal Don Slater and Wildrose Loyalty Coalition candidate Jesse Stretch.
Other candidates in Edmonton-Ellerslie include Caroline Currie of the Alberta Party, Pamela Henson from the Wildrose Loyalty Coalition, Fred Munn of the Republican Party and Liberal Manpreet Tiwana.
The south-Edmonton riding had been represented by Rod Loyola under the NDP banner until he resigned to run in the federal election.
With files from Lisa Johnson, The Canadian Press
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