Alberta remained solidly Conservative blue in Monday’s federal election, dominating in all but a handful of ridings while bucking the national trend that saw Mark Carney’s Liberals returned for a fourth term.
In smaller centres and rural areas, Conservatives were elected and re-elected, many in landslide numbers, including Garnett Genuis in Sherwood Park-Fort Saskatchewan, Shannon Stubbs in Lakeland, Michelle Rempel Garner in Calgary Nose Hill, Rachael Thomas in Lethbridge and John Barlow in Foothills.
As of 12 a.m. Tuesday, Global News was projecting Conservative wins in 32 of the province’s 37 ridings.
In Calgary, George Chahal made history in 2021, becoming the first Liberal to win a seat in Parliament from the southern Alberta city since 1968. Early Tuesday however, he was trailing to Conservative challenger Dalwinder Gill in the redrawn riding of Calgary McKnight.
Chahal was scheduled to speak from his campaign office in northeast Calgary at 8:45 p.m.
He didn’t emerge until about 11 p.m.
“Tonight, we’re still waiting for the results,” Chahal told a crowd of teary-eyed supporters. “This election was much tighter than anticipated. Once all the polls are in, I will make a formal statement.”
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In Calgary Confederation, Liberal Corey Hogan was leading Conservative Jeremy Nixon, a former Alberta cabinet minister, in a nail-biter race as of 12 a.m. on Tuesday.
Conservative incumbent Greg McLean appeared to be fending off a stiff challenge in Calgary Centre early Tuesday from Liberal Lindsay Luhnau.
In Edmonton, the Liberals and NDP failed to consolidate or build on earlier gains.
The Liberals were leading in Edmonton Centre early Tuesday, with candidate Eleanor Olszewski ahead of…
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