2025 Alberta provincial by-elections
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3 of the 87 seats in the Legislative Assembly of Alberta | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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87 seats in the Legislative Assembly of Alberta 44 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Three provincial by-elections were held in the Canadian province of Alberta on June 23, 2025, to fill vacancies in the Legislative Assembly of Alberta.
The by-elections are considered to be important regarding the government of Danielle Smith as well as Alberta separatism.[1]
Background
[edit]On May 26, 2025, by-elections were scheduled for the ridings of Edmonton-Ellerslie, Edmonton-Strathcona, and Olds-Didsbury-Three Hills whose MLA's had resigned after taking their seats in the 2023 Alberta general election. The three elections were scheduled for the same day. The elections were scheduled just two months after the 2025 Canadian federal election which brought about an increased interest in Alberta separatism following the Liberal Party of Canada's fourth consecutive electoral victory. The elections also allowed the new Alberta NDP leader Naheed Nenshi an opportunity to take a seat in the Legislative Assembly, after his decision to not stand for election in the previous December 2024 by-election in Lethbridge-West. Nenshi opted to run in Edmonton-Strathcona, the riding of his predecessor Rachel Notley.
In May 2025, the Independence Party of Alberta and the Republican Party of Alberta signed a memorandum of understanding, which sought to advance and unify the independence movement in Alberta. The parties worked together to select candidates who ran under the Republican banner in the 2025 Alberta provincial by-elections.[2]
| Seat | Previous MLA | Previous party | Vacant since | |
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| Edmonton-Strathcona | Rachel Notley | New Democratic | December 30, 2024 | |
| Edmonton-Ellerslie | Rod Loyola | New Democratic | March 25, 2025 | |
| Olds-Didsbury-Three Hills | Nathan Cooper | United Conservative | May 22, 2025 | |
Results by riding
[edit]| Electoral district | Candidates | Incumbent | ||||||||||
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| NDP | UCP | Republican | WLC | Other | ||||||||
| Edmonton-Ellerslie (details) |
Gurtej Singh Brar 4,327 50.84% |
Naresh Bhardwaj 3,239 38.06% |
Fred Munn 291 3.42% |
Pamela Henson 41 0.48% |
Manpreet Tiwana (Liberal) 410 4.82% Caroline Currie (Alberta) 203 2.39% |
Rod Loyola | ||||||
| Edmonton-Strathcona (details) |
Naheed Nenshi 7,952 82.28% |
Darby-Rae Crouch 1,314 13.60% |
Ravina Chand 65 0.67% |
Jesse Stretch 24 0.25% |
Don Slater (Liberal) 195 2.02% Samuel Petrov (Alberta) 115 1.19% |
Rachel Notley | ||||||
| Olds-Didsbury-Three Hills (details) |
Beverley Toews 3,061 19.98% |
Tara Sawyer 9,363 61.12% |
Cameron Davies 2,705 17.66% |
Bill Tufts 189 1.23% |
– | Nathan Cooper | ||||||
Note: Bold indicates party leader.
See also
[edit]Notes
[edit]- ^ Percentage of votes cast in the ridings of Edmonton-Ellerslie, Edmonton-Strathcona, and Olds-Didsbury-Three Hills in the 2023 Alberta general election (when the party was known as the Buffalo Party).
- ^ a b Percentage of votes cast in the ridings of Edmonton-Ellerslie, Edmonton-Strathcona, and Olds-Didsbury-Three Hills in the 2023 Alberta general election.
References
[edit]- ^ "Alberta Premier, Danielle Smith, calls 3 byelections where NDP leader and separatist leader to run | Globalnews.ca". Global News. Retrieved May 27, 2025.
- ^ "Alberta's Republican and Independence parties join forces, react to Smith and separatism". rdnewsNOW. Pattison Media. May 6, 2025. Retrieved July 12, 2025.
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