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3. Ken Chapman January 16, 2018 at 1:08 am

   The next election could happen on, before or even AFTER May 31, 2019. Fixed election dates are not binding given the abuses of the past.

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4. NewsHound January 16, 2018 at 6:48 pm

   Stephen Mandel has said he will seek the AB Party nomination in Edmonton-McClung, whether he wins the leadership or not.

   “Mandel says even if he loses the leadership race, he will run for the Alberta Party in the 2019 election in his home riding of Edmonton-McClung, which is currently held by NDP backbencher Lorne Dach.”

   http://www.metronews.ca/news/edmonton/2018/01/10/former-edmonton-mayor-and-pc-cabinet-minister-runs-for-alberta-party-leadership.html

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5. Rick Smith March 13, 2018 at 12:32 pm

   Sharon Smith will be seeking the UCP nomination in Leduc/Beaumont. She ran in this riding as a Wildrose Candidate last provincial election, finishing second to the NDP candidate

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6. Tauras Pawluk March 18, 2018 at 1:21 pm

   I will running as a independent in edmonton ellerslie

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7. Richard May 7, 2018 at 4:15 pm

   Calgary – Peigan
   Spelling correction of (Piegan). Assuming that the word Peigan came from the Peigan Nation which is now known as the Piikani Nation of the Blackfoot confederacy. This would be one of those I before E except after C, or, or, or, or exceptions.

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8. Ken Ferris May 14, 2018 at 12:00 am

   Correction for Edmonton Northwest. The UCP Candidate is Ali Eltayeb (his last name is spelled incorrectly on your post.) Here is his Facebook link https://www.facebook.com/alieltayebYeg/?hc_ref=ARR8zbKMCXP3RnRSdE4cMPTWyjvLcEnDCM5tkOLScrDg5Oe9kCqbiFN9UYAkMT2n1pc&fref=nf .

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9. Kate Potter May 19, 2018 at 6:31 pm

   Hi there. Here is the link to Kate Potter’s fb page (Grande Prairie-Wapiti). Thanks for doing this! facebook.com/katepotter.ucp

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10. Amanda June 6, 2018 at 5:57 pm

    HAHAHA Cheryl Durkee for Calgary Bow UCP! She even says in this facebook video that she will be the next MLA for Bow, while trying to crash Drever’s press conference over two years ago. https://www.facebook.com/wagonswest/videos/795008017297655/

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    1. Foon Der October 28, 2018 at 3:53 pm

       Demetrios Nicolaides wins UCP nomination in Calgary Bow

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11. Alex June 6, 2018 at 8:36 pm

    David Dorward is recycling himself as a UCP nominee after being defeated in 2015 by Marlin Schmidt, now a Minister in the Notley government. I hope someone else runs against Dorward as he cannot win with his record.

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    1. Janet July 12, 2018 at 5:30 pm

       Well, Dorward got nominated so Alex got that wrong. Remember he had pink hair! What a goon. Marlin Schmidt will be tough to beat and Dorward did such a crap job with Premier Build-my-Penthouse 2011-2015 that Marlin is a shoe-in!

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       1. K Foon Der October 29, 2018 at 10:59 pm

          Not to nitpick at all but the error is too gross to let pass. Marlin Schmidt is a “shoo-in”. Dorward might not be a great candidate but when Notley was elected she had about 6 bonafide cabinet ministers so maybe the tide will raise all boats and the Kenney effect will resonate even though individual nomination candidates aren’t that great.

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12. Michael Decker June 8, 2018 at 11:41 am

    New addition for Calgary- Shaw is LEISHMAN, BRAD under UCP

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13. FAHAD MUGHAL June 9, 2018 at 6:17 am

    Dave,
    I don’t know how you keep up with this political website.
    You have done a great job in compiling this data.

    Thank you.

    Fahad.

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14. Chris June 9, 2018 at 6:12 pm

    I noticed Edmonton Strathcona is missing from this list. Are there any candidates for this riding yet?

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15. Lisa Wardley June 11, 2018 at 11:45 am

    An addition to the Peace River riding information. Lisa Wardley website http://www.lisawardley.ca
    Thank you Dave for putting this together.

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16. Karen McPherson June 13, 2018 at 9:52 am

    I noticed you aren’t including links to my social media accounts. My Twitter profile is @MLA_Karen and my Facebook page is https://www.facebook.com/mlakarenmcpherson/

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17. Vaughn June 14, 2018 at 10:48 pm

    FortMMurray – Wood Buffalo

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18. Brianne June 28, 2018 at 10:17 pm

    Steve Thompson for Edmonton Mcclung’s social media links are missing so here they are:
    Website https://www.thompsonalberta.ca/
    Twitter
    @ThompsonAlberta
    Facebook
    https://m.facebook.com/profile.php?id=550016555
    Thanks!

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19. Sandra Kim July 14, 2018 at 3:29 pm

    Hi Dave,

    Great job on your website. I appreciate how you keep Albertans informed.

    I am running as the nominee candidate for the UCP in the Maskwacis-Wetaskiwin constituency. Can you please change my name into a link for sandrakim.ca.

    Thank you,

    Sandra Kim
    sandrakimucp@gmail.com

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20. Foon Der July 22, 2018 at 10:49 pm

    Tom Olsen wins the nomination in Calgary Buffalo over Megan McCaffery. He will be up against Joe Ceci

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21. Tim Claughton August 15, 2018 at 11:29 pm

    Kathy MacDonald https://twitter.com/ElectKathy
    https://www.facebook.com/electkathy/

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22. Jared Pearman August 19, 2018 at 12:40 am

    This is a great service you’re doing. FYI, the website for Caylan Ford (UCP candidate in Calgary-Mountain View) is http://www.caylanford.com

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23. Tim Claughton September 10, 2018 at 3:11 pm

    Calgary Klein Julie Huston is not running in this contest. She did not file the paperwork.

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24. Ross Yaremchuk September 19, 2018 at 7:53 pm

    When do nominations close for the Vermilion/Lloydminister riding

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    1. Dave Cournoyer Post authorSeptember 19, 2018 at 10:40 pm

       I don’t believe a date has been announced yet.

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25. David Dorward September 22, 2018 at 2:53 pm

    Thanks for your work on the site. It is valuable to a lot of folks.

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26. Doug October 8, 2018 at 2:15 pm

    Can anyone explain why the conservatives were wiped out in 2015? Was it a sudden shift in ideology or corruption?

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    1. Harley Endersby October 11, 2018 at 12:53 am

       I don’t think it was the ideology, mostly greed, arrogance and the history of corruption. They had no plan and no trust.

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       1. Foon Der October 28, 2018 at 4:59 pm

          Redford was a leftist PCA who would have been more at home with the LIberals. Prentice was more centrist but the well had been poisoned by Redford AND with the Wildrose floor crossers. Then Jim made his look in the mirror retort and called an election a year ahead of schedule trying to take advantage of Wildrose disorganization which resulted in the 3 way vote split that was a benefit to at least 20 NDP that were elected when the conservative vote was evenly fractured. RIP Jim Prentice but you miscalculated.

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    2. K Foon Der October 28, 2018 at 12:50 am

       Vote split between PCA and WRP (27% vs 24%) combined it should have been 51% conservative vote. Where the NDP candidate got more than 30% of the vote in a riding it often beat the two conservative parties. A number of voters voted NDP to teach the governing PCA a lesson. Boy did they ever teach them a lesson. That is why Jason Kenney saw the solution as a re-unified conservative party. Those not happy with some of Jason’s decisions and policies may well vote NDP. Alberta Party or Liberal but it takes roughly 40% of the vote to win a majority. The polls have shown the UCP higher than 40% since 2017 when the parties voted to merge and then elect Jason Kenney as leader.

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    3. David l woodruff April 2, 2019 at 10:21 pm

       I’ve heard that a bunch of liberals had infiltrated the PC party and were starting to put legislation forward to take away land owner ship rights etc. (See landowners Council vids on you tube). Some offending bills were #s 19, 24, 36, & 50. “Total communism” or “Soviet Union of 35 years ago”, is what went through my mind when I heard about what they were doing! Stelmach and Redford were some of the offending premiers. Finally Redford’s ‘Sky palace’ being built, hit the news & she was ousted in disgrace. The Wildrose had some inner turmoil, and Prentice (new PC premier ) told Danielle Smith (Wildrose leader) that he wanted to start doing what the wildrosers had been saying so she a a bunch of her fellow Wildrose MLAs decided to cross over to make sure Prentice ‘got it right’. My understanding is that He told everyone in his circle that there was still 2 years before an election had to be called. Then he called the election out of the blue. The constituents of the floor crossers were mad that they hadn’t been consulted and voted in new Wildrose MLAs leaving the former MLAs out of the lej. The voters thought that 10 floor crossers made the Wildrose a suspect party so voted for NDP MLAs. Then everything has gone from bad to way worse. 180,000 jobs lost Unemployment from 4.3 to 7 or 8% (Stats Can figures) alienation of the Ag community & energy sector etc etc

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27. Amanda October 23, 2018 at 5:30 pm

    Roger Reid – Livingstone Macleod

    https://www.facebook.com/Roger4LivMac/

    roger4livingstonemacleod@gmail.com

    Twitter: @roger4LM

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28. Melodie October 26, 2018 at 12:05 pm

    Just noticed you only have 86/87 ridings on the list…. you are missing Innisfail/Sylvan Lake

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29. Foon Der October 28, 2018 at 12:34 am

    Calgary Varsity UCP candidate is Jason Copping, runners-up John Volponi, Michael Kim, John Huang, Leslie Doell, Grace Lane

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30. K Foon Der October 28, 2018 at 12:38 am

    Laila Goodridge wins UCP nomination Ft. McMurray Lac-La-Biche
    Tyler Shandro wins Calgary Acadia UCP nomination
    Demetrios Nicolaides wins Calgary Bow UCP nomination

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31. Foon Der October 28, 2018 at 4:30 pm

    I believe the revised count of UCP nominations is 55/86 with 31 to be announced. Someone mentioned that one CA was missing – Innisfail/Sylvan Lake currently held by Devin Dreeshan who won the bye-election after Don MacIntyre and Brian Jean both resigned. Goodridge had to re-win the nomination and won while Dreeshan’s status has not been announced. If he has to face a nomination contest he will sit as an MLA for the first time on Oct. 29th not knowing whether he will be able to run in the spring election. At least Goodridge knows she will be around to run in the election. She won 66% of the vote in the bye-election while Dreeshan crushed Nicole Money with 80% of the vote. It was announced that Mooney was elected to the NDP executive even though she is a pro-life Catholic.

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32. K Foon Der October 29, 2018 at 11:00 pm

    Calgary Currie nomination date is November 5, 2018

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33. K. Foon Der November 4, 2018 at 12:59 am

    I printed the whole list to count for myself and have a different total for UCP nominated candidates than Daveberta.ca. The list should be 58 UCP nominated with 28 nominations not yet complete. Calgary Cross nomination is November 3rd. Calgary Currie is November 5th, Morinville-St Albert is November 5&6. That would bring the UCP nominations to 61 with 25 yet to go. [5 in Calgary, 8 in Edmonton city, 3 in greater Edmonton, 2 in Lethbridge]. Innisfail-Sylvan Lake is still not on the list of constituencies.

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34. Foon Der November 8, 2018 at 4:22 pm

    Still missing is the Innisfail-Sylvan Lake CA, UCP nominations are now correct 60 nominated and 26 nominations yet to be held. NDP nominated is correct at 24 with 18 CA nominations yet to be held. There are 44 CAs where the NDP have not listed a nominated candidate or nomination contest.

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35. Shane Getson November 15, 2018 at 10:49 pm

    Update:

    Lac Ste. Anne-Parkland
    UCP: nomination candidate: Shane Getson http://www.shanegetson.org voteshanegetson@gmail.com

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36. Solomon November 21, 2018 at 12:46 am

    Tunde Obasan won the UCP nomination for Edmonton-South today.

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37. RAY November 26, 2018 at 4:44 pm

    Who has the inside scoop to win the Vermillion-Lloyd-Wainwright, there sure are a lot of them running!

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38. Zak November 26, 2018 at 10:01 pm

    Brandon Teixeira is seeking the nomination for Edmonton-North West under the Alberta Liberal Party

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39. Ray November 27, 2018 at 4:23 pm

    UCP nomination tomorrow in Vermillion-Lloyd-Wainwright with a long list of candidates anyone have an edge

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40. Ross November 28, 2018 at 5:05 pm

    Where or when can we see the results of the UCP nomination for Vermilion-Loyd-Wainwright district

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41. John Taekman December 17, 2018 at 12:21 am

    Edmonton-North West – Brandon Teixeira has been officially nominated

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42. Ryan January 3, 2019 at 9:28 am

    Please correct the spelling of Red Deer South Candidate Ryan McDougall.
    Also, Facebook link is http://www.facebook.com/RyanforMLA
    Thanks guys. Great job on the podcasts.

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43. K Foon Der January 5, 2019 at 2:59 am

    Seems odd that the NDP have only nominated 33 at this late date so unlikely to be a March drop of the writ?

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44. Kelly Mandryk January 17, 2019 at 11:24 am

    Hi Dave, Calgary North’s NDP nomination meeting was moved to Feb.4. Thanks

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45. Gurmit Bhachu February 6, 2019 at 11:26 pm

    I’d like to inform you that I’ve withdrawn my nomination for representing the NDP in Calgary Fish Creek. Due to personal circumstances I am unable to commit the time, energy and financial resources needed to run an effective campaign. I will continue to serve on the Constituency Association and I plan to be an active supporter of any future NDP candidate in this riding.
    Thanks,
    Gurmit Bhachu

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    1. Dave Cournoyer Post authorFebruary 7, 2019 at 12:54 am

       Hi Gurmit – Thank you for letting me know.

       Dave

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46. Graham February 10, 2019 at 5:31 pm

    Thanks so much for all you do Dave.
    Edmonton-West Henday
    NDP: Jon Carson [Facebook,
    is dead linking. Should be going to:
    https://www.facebook.com/JonCNDP/

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47. Myles Chykerda February 18, 2019 at 12:31 pm

    Hi Dave! Thanks for maintaining this list.

    Just an update for my info for Lacombe-Ponoka.

    Websites: http://www.chykerda.ca
    Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/myleschykerda
    Twitter: @mchykerda

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48. Edwin Chavez February 18, 2019 at 5:54 pm

    Hi Dave!

    Thanks for keeping the voters informed! great job!
    I am a volunteer of Cesar Cala, NDP candidate for Calgary East and I want to share his contact info:

    Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CesarCalaNDP/
    Website: http://cesarcala.ca
    Twitter : cesarcalaYYC

    Thank you and more power!

    Edwin

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49. Casey Worden February 28, 2019 at 12:53 am

    Hi Dave, I am wondering if either Steve Drover or Jane Stroud faced any opposition in their nominations in Fort McMurray.

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    1. Dave Cournoyer Post authorFebruary 28, 2019 at 12:39 pm

       Hi Casey – Thanks for the note. I don’t believe they faced any opposition in their nominations.

       Dave

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50. Matthew March 6, 2019 at 12:13 pm

    Can we stop pretending like Notley hasn’t been nominated in Edmonton-Strathcona? The party is bringing around her. She’s the candidate whether the party has made it “official” or not.

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51. Matthew March 6, 2019 at 12:21 pm

    Sorry, my last comment meant to say branding. The NDP are branding around Rachel Notley. I think it’s safe to say that she is their nominated candidate for Edmonton-Strathcona.

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52. Bryan Taylor March 6, 2019 at 9:33 pm

    WAYNE RUFIANGE is now the Alberta Party candidate for Athabasca-Barrhead-Westlock. https://www.albertaparty.ca/wrufiange

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53. Ryan Young March 6, 2019 at 10:39 pm

    Glen Tickner’s pages…

    Website: https://edmontonglenora.albertaparty.ca

    Twitter: @GlenTicknerAP

    Facebook: https://m.facebook.com/glen.ticknerap.96

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54. Rianna March 7, 2019 at 4:20 pm

    For Edmonton-Ellerslie, one of the UCP candidates name is misspelled. It’s Tony Bislimi and http://tonybislimi.ca/ is his website

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55. Pam Woodall March 11, 2019 at 5:05 pm

    One correction for Livingstone-Macleod. I believe it should read: Alberta Independence Party, Vern Sparkes

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56. Tanya Herbert March 11, 2019 at 11:02 pm

    Hi Dave, my name is Tanya Herbert and I’ll be running for the Green Party in Edmonton-Gold Bar.

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57. Kathryn Burke March 16, 2019 at 9:19 am

    Dave, is there any way you could identify the incumbent for each riding (if applicable) on your list?
    Thanks.

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58. Marie March 18, 2019 at 1:31 pm

    FCP: Wade Woywitka withdraw according the Alberta Elections website…

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59. Tracey March 19, 2019 at 10:16 pm

    Are we still able to vote for a particular party in this upcoming election if that party has no representative in our riding?

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    1. Dave Cournoyer Post authorMarch 19, 2019 at 11:38 pm

       Nope. You must vote for the candidates running in your riding.

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60. Alex March 20, 2019 at 6:26 pm

    Carol-lynn Darch is running in Calgary-Beddington for ABP
    Craig Peterson is running in Vermillion-Lloydminster-Wainright for ABP

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61. Matthew March 21, 2019 at 8:51 am

    Matthew Morrisey FCP Airdrie-Cochrane

    https://mobile.twitter.com/morrisey_j

    https://m.facebook.com/MatthewJMorrisey/?ref=bookmarks

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62. Marissa March 22, 2019 at 5:23 pm

    Hi there,

    can you please update Kate Andrews info for the following areas?

    https://www.facebook.com/Kate-Andrews-Team-Notley-Calgary-Acadia-349338349028733/

    Website
    https://kateandrews.albertandp.ca/

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63. Bryan Taylor March 25, 2019 at 12:41 pm

    Just spoke to Vera Koziol, the FCP candidate for the Athabasca-Barrhead-Westlock constituency. She has informed me she has dropped out of the race. She is no longer running.

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64. Jennifer March 30, 2019 at 12:20 pm

    Grant Neufeld is on the candidate list for the Green Party for Calgary-Currie.

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65. John T. March 30, 2019 at 4:15 pm

    Can you update for Jason Norris Edmonton-Whitemud

    Twitter is https://www.twitter.com/JasonNorrisYEG

    Facebook is
    https://www.facebook.com/JasonNorrisFCP

    Thanks.

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66. Cameron Stobbe March 31, 2019 at 5:14 pm

    I have a request for the candidate list.
    Add an asterisk or some other icon to indicate which candidates are MLAs running for reelection.

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