Candidates running in Alberta’s next provincial election
Alberta’s next provincial general election is scheduled for October 18, 2027.
Longtime Daveberta readers will be familiar with my lists tracking party nomination and election candidates ahead of elections in Alberta.
I had planned to launch the list of candidates for the next provincial election when the Electoral Boundaries Commission final report was supposed to have been adopted this spring but, with the United Conservative Party tossing out the commission’s final report and appointing its own MLA committee to redraw the new riding map, I’ve decided not to wait.
You can find below a list of prospective, declared and nominated candidates with the current electoral boundaries. I will update the list when we find out what the new riding map looks like later this year.
Italicized names indicate candidates who have announced plans to run but are not officially nominated by their party. Incumbent MLAs are denoted by an asterisk* next to their name.
If you are running for a party nomination or know someone who is and would like a name and website link added to this list, please send me an email at david.cournoyer@gmail.com.
I will be updating this page as I receive new names, so click on the title link and bookmark it to keep up to date.
Total nominated candidates by party
Alberta NDP: 16/87
United Conservative Party: 0/87
Progressive Tory Party: 0/87
List of candidates running in Alberta’s next provincial election (List updated on May 19, 2026)
Airdrie-Cochrane
PT: Peter Guthrie* (nomination meeting TBA)
UCP: Sunday Adeleye, Mavy Mangat (nomination meeting TBA)
Airdrie-East
UCP: Sunday Adeleye (nomination meeting TBA)
Athabasca-Barrhead-Westlock
Banff-Kananaskis
NDP: Sarah Elmeligi*
Bonnyville-Cold Lake-St. Paul
Brooks-Medicine Hat
Calgary-Acadia
NDP: Diana Batten* (nomination meeting on May 29)
UCP: Erin Averbukh , Jeevan Mangat (nomination meeting TBA)
Calgary-Beddington
NDP: Amanda Chapman* (nomination meeting on June 11)
Calgary-Bow
Calgary-Buffalo
Calgary-Cross
Calgary-Currie
NDP: Janet Eremenko*
Calgary-East
Calgary-Edgemont
UCP: Connor Hall (nomination meeting TBA)
Calgary-Elbow
NDP: Samir Kayande*
Calgary-Falconridge
NDP: Parmeet Singh Boparai*
Calgary-Fish Creek
Calgary-Foothills
NDP: Court Ellingson*
Calgary-Glenmore
Calgary-Hays
Calgary-Klein
NDP: Lizette Tejada*
Calgary-Lougheed
Calgary-Bhullar-McCall
NDP: Irfan Sabir*
Calgary-Mountain View
NDP: Kathleen Ganley*
Calgary-North
Calgary-North East
NDP: Gurinder Brar*
Calgary-North West
Calgary-Peigan
Calgary-Shaw (possible by-election in this riding)
UCP: Mike Derry, Stewart Jeanes, Dan McLean (nomination opened on May 15)
Calgary-South East
Calgary-Varsity
Calgary-West
Camrose
Cardston-Siksika
UCP: Joseph Schow* (nomination meeting TBA)
Central Peace-Notley
Chestermere-Strathmore
UCP: Chantelle de Jonge* (nomination meeting TBA)
Cypress-Medicine Hat
UCP: Justin Wright* (nomination meeting TBA)
Drayton Valley-Devon
Drumheller-Stettler
UCP: Isaac Nibourg (nomination meeting TBA)
Edmonton-Beverly-Clareview
NDP: Peggy Wright*
Edmonton-Castle Downs
Edmonton-City Centre
Edmonton-Decore
Edmonton-Ellerslie
Edmonton-Glenora
NDP: Sarah Hoffman*
Edmonton-Gold Bar
Edmonton-Highlands-Norwood
NDP: Janis Irwin*
Edmonton-Manning
Edmonton-McClung
Edmonton-Meadows
Edmonton-Mill Woods
NDP: Christina Gray*
Edmonton-North West
Edmonton-Riverview
Edmonton-Rutherford
NDP: Jodi Calahoo Stonehouse* (Nomination meeting on May 27)
Edmonton-South
NDP: Rhiannon Hoyle*
Edmonton-South West
NDP: Nathan Ip*
Edmonton-Strathcona
Edmonton-West Henday
Edmonton-Whitemud
Fort McMurray-Lac La Biche
UCP: Brian Jean* (nomination meeting TBA)
Fort McMurray-Wood Buffalo
Fort Saskatchewan-Vegreville
Grande Prairie
UCP: Nolan Dyck* (nomination meeting TBA)
Grande Prairie-Wapiti
Highwood
UCP: RJ Sigurdson* (nomination meeting TBA)
Innisfail-Sylvan Lake
UCP: Devin Dreeshen* (nomination meeting TBA)
Lac Ste. Anne-Parkland
UCP: Ray Donnelly, Nancy Karvellas (nomination meeting TBA)
Lacombe-Ponoka
UCP: Jennifer Johnson* (nomination meeting TBA)
Leduc-Beaumont
Lesser Slave Lake
Lethbridge-East
Lethbridge-West
NDP: Rob Miyashiro* (nomination meeting on May 23)
Livingstone-Macleod
Maskwacis-Wetaskiwin
Morinville-St. Albert
UCP: Dale Nally* (nomination meeting TBA)
Olds-Didsbury-Three Hills
NDP: Bev Toews
Peace River
UCP: Dan Williams* (nomination meeting TBA)
Red Deer-North
Red Deer-South
Rimbey-Rocky Mountain House-Sundre
UCP: Jason Nixon* (nomination meeting TBA)
Sherwood Park
NDP: Kyle Kasawski* (nomination meeting on May 23)
UCP: Jordan Walker (nomination meeting TBA)
Spruce Grove-Stony Plain
UCP: Searle Turton* (nomination meeting TBA)
St. Albert
Strathcona-Sherwood Park
UCP: Nate Glubish* (nomination meeting TBA)
Taber-Warner
Vermilion-Lloydminster-Wainwright
UCP: Dale Aalbers, Stacy Miskiw, Jackie Tomayer (nomination meeting TBA)
West Yellowhead
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