Edmonton-West Henday MLA Brooks Arcand-Paul was voted the MLA to Watch in 2026.
The first-term NDP MLA, who was voted as the Candidate to Watch in the 2022 Best of Alberta Politics Survey, has excelled as a strong voice for First Nations in the Legislature and a fierce critic of the government’s use of the notwithstanding clause to limit access to health care for transgender people in Alberta.
Arcand-Paul studied law at the University of Ottawa and was the in-house legal counsel for the Alexander First Nation before he was first elected to represent his west Edmonton riding in 2023. He currently serves as the NDP shadow minister for Indigenous Relations and in November 2024 introduced Bill 209: Reconciliation Implementation Act into the Legislature.
