Alberta's blue wave has Conservatives projected to win nearly every seat in Edmonton
A blue wave is set to nearly sweep Edmonton, as the Conservatives are projected to win almost every seat in the region, as well as central and northern Alberta.
Conservative candidate Kerry Diotte is projected to win Edmonton Griesbach, a seat he held from 2015 to 2021 then narrowly lost to NDP candidate Blake Desjarlais last election.
Desjarlais's campaign was distributing anti-vote-splitting material just days before the election. As of 10 p.m. Monday night, Diotte was winning about 46.4 per cent of the vote Desjarlais had 32.3 per cent and Liberal candidate Patrick Lennox had 19.1 per cent.
Conservatives won all but four of Alberta's 34 ridings in the 2021 election, with three of the four non-Conservative ridings in Edmonton.
Heather McPherson cruised to victory in 2021 in Edmonton Strathcona, with 60 per cent of the vote, and CBC is projecting that she will win her riding once again. At 10 p.m., McPherson had about 45 per cent of the vote.
McPherson told CBC Monday night that Canadians were voting this election out of a sense of fear, and New Democrats succeed when Canadians are voting out of a sense of hope.
There has not yet been a call in Edmonton Centre, where former Liberal cabinet minister Randy Boissonnault is not running again. The race is between Conservative Sayid Ahmed, Liberal Eleanor Olszewski and the NDP's Trisha Estabrooks. Olszewski has a narrow lead over Ahmed as of 10:45 p.m.
Edmonton Mayor Amarjeet Sohi is projected to lose his bid for a Liberal seat in Edmonton Southeast. Conservative candidate Jagsharan Singh Mahal is projected to win there.
Conservatives have been projected to win in all the other Edmonton ridings:
Billy Morin is projected to win in Edmonton Northwest.
Zaid Aboultaif in Edmonton Manning.
Matt Jeneroux in Edmonton Riverbend.
Tim Uppal in Edmonton Gateway.
Kelly McCauley in Edmonton West.
Northern and central Alberta ridings results
The CBC decision desk has also projected the winning candidate in these central and northern Alberta ridings:
Ponoka-Didsbury: Conservative Blaine Calkins.
Red Deer: Conservative Burton Bailey.
Battle River-Crowfoot: Conservative Damien Kurek.
Leduc-Wetaskiwin: Conservative Mike Lake.
Parkland: Conservative Dane Lloyd.
St. Albert-Sturgeon River: Conservative Michael Cooper.
Peace River-Westlock: Conservative Arnold Viersen.
Lakeland: Conservative Shannon Stubbs.
Fort McMurray-Cold Lake: Conservative Laila Goodridge.
Grande Prairie: Conservative Chris Warkentin.
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