Updated on September 12, 2026
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: 32/87
United Conservative Party: 14/87
Progressive Tory Party: 2/87
Alberta Liberal: 1/87
List of candidates running in Alberta’s next provincial election
Airdrie-Cochrane
PTP: Peter Guthrie* (nomination meeting TBA)
UCP: Sunday Adeleye, Mavy Mangat (nomination meeting TBA)
Airdrie-East
UCP: Sunday Adeleye (nomination meeting TBA)
Athabasca-Barrhead-Westlock
PTP: Aaron Connor (nomination meeting TBA)
Banff-Kananaskis
NDP: Sarah Elmeligi*
Bonnyville-Cold Lake-St. Paul
Brooks-Medicine Hat
Calgary-Acadia
NDP: Diana Batten*
UCP: Erin Averbukh , Jeevan Mangat (nomination entry deadline on September 25, 2026)
Calgary-Beddington
NDP: Amanda Chapman*
UCP: Pamela Rath (nomination meeting TBA)
Calgary-Bow
UCP: Demetrios Nicolaides*
Calgary-Buffalo
Calgary-Cross
Calgary-Currie
NDP: Janet Eremenko*
UCP: Wyatt Claypool (nomination meeting TBA)
Calgary-East
Calgary-Edgemont
NDP: Julia Hayter*
UCP: Connor Hall, Prasad Panda (nomination meeting TBA)
Calgary-Elbow
NDP: Samir Kayande*
UCP: Cynthia Moore
Calgary-Falconridge
NDP: Parmeet Singh Boparai*
UCP: Dharminder Singh Premi (nomination meeting TBA)
Calgary-Fish Creek
UCP: Myles McDougall
Calgary-Foothills
NDP: Court Ellingson*
UCP: Francis Aranha, Kerry George (nomination meeting TBA)
Calgary-Glenmore
UCP: Sanjeev Kad, Michelle Mather (nomination entry deadline on September 11, 2026)
Calgary-Hays
Calgary-Klein
NDP: Lizette Tejada*
Calgary-Lougheed
UCP: Eric Bouchard*
Calgary-Bhullar-McCall
NDP: Irfan Sabir*
Calgary-Mountain View
NDP: Kathleen Ganley*
Calgary-North
UCP: Muhammad Yaseen* (nomination entry deadline on September 25, 2026)
Calgary-North East
NDP: Gurinder Brar*
Calgary-North West
UCP: Rajan Sawhney*
Calgary-Peigan
Calgary-Shaw (by-election on September 14, 2026)
Lib: John Roggeveen
Ind: Rolly Ashdown
NDP: Kyle Campbell
PTP: Kyle Joseph
UCP: Mike Derry
Calgary-South East
UCP: Alabi Adenekan, Stephen Burry, Sherrisa Celis, Clarence Molina, Irma Roberts (nomination meeting TBA)
Calgary-Varsity
Calgary-West
UCP: Mike Ellis*
Camrose
PTP: Bonnie Critchley
UCP: Jackie Lovely*
Cardston-Siksika
UCP: Joseph Schow*
Central Peace-Notley
UCP: Todd Loewen*
Chestermere-Strathmore
UCP: Chantelle de Jonge*
Cypress-Medicine Hat
UCP: Justin Wright*
Drayton Valley-Devon
Drumheller-Stettler
UCP: Dusty Myshrall, Isaac Nibourg, Kevin Van Lagen (nomination meeting TBA)
Edmonton-Beverly-Clareview
NDP: Peggy Wright*
Edmonton-Castle Downs
Edmonton-City Centre
NDP: David Shepherd*
Edmonton-Decore
NDP: Sharif Haji*
UCP: Okwuchi Nnani (nomination date TBA)
Edmonton-Ellerslie
NDP: Gurtej Singh Brar*
Edmonton-Glenora
Ind: Callan Wassenaar
NDP: Sarah Hoffman*
Edmonton-Gold Bar
Edmonton-Highlands-Norwood
NDP: Janis Irwin*
UCP: Janice Fleming (nomination meeting TBA)
Edmonton-Manning
Edmonton-McClung
Edmonton-Meadows
Edmonton-Mill Woods
NDP: Christina Gray*
Edmonton-North West
NDP: David Eggen*
UCP: Amit Batra, Iurie Boaghie, Parker Royer (nomination entry deadline on September 25, 2026)
Edmonton-Rutherford
NDP: Jodi Calahoo Stonehouse*
Edmonton-South
NDP: Rhiannon Hoyle*
UCP: Collins Norbert Ugochukwu (nomination meeting TBA)
Edmonton-South West
NDP: Nathan Ip*
UCP: Chidi Iwuchukwu (nominating meeting TBA)
Edmonton-Strathcona
NDP: Trisha Estabrooks (nomination meeting on September 16, 2026)
Edmonton-West Henday
NDP: Brooks Arcand-Paul*
Edmonton-Whitemud
Fort McMurray-Lac La Biche
UCP: Brian Jean* (nomination meeting TBA)
Fort McMurray-Wood Buffalo
UCP: Tany Yao* (nomination meeting TBA)
Fort Saskatchewan-Vegreville
UCP: Jackie Armstrong Homeniuk*, Tina Warawa (nomination meeting TBA)
Grande Prairie
UCP: Nolan Dyck*
Grande Prairie-Wapiti
UCP: Ron Wiebe*
Highwood
UCP: RJ Sigurdson* (nomination meeting TBA)
Innisfail-Sylvan Lake
UCP: Devin Dreeshen* (nomination meeting TBA)
Lac Ste. Anne-Parkland
UCP: Ray Donnelly, Hans Herchen, Nancy Karvellas, Ben Lotery, Matthew McLennan (nomination meeting TBA)
Lacombe-Ponoka
UCP: Jennifer Johnson* (nomination meeting TBA)
Leduc-Beaumont
PTP: Chris Kish (nomination meeting TBA)
UCP: Brandon Lunty* (nomination entry deadline on September 11, 2026)
Lesser Slave Lake
Lethbridge-East
UCP: Nathan Neudorf
Lethbridge-West
NDP: Rob Miyashiro*
Livingstone-Macleod
Maskwacis-Wetaskiwin
UCP: Rick Wilson* (nomination meeting TBA)
Morinville-St. Albert
UCP: Dale Nally* (nomination meeting TBA)
Olds-Didsbury-Three Hills
NDP: Bev Toews
Peace River
UCP: Dan Williams*
Red Deer-North
NDP: Angela Sommers
Red Deer-South
NDP: Michelle Baer
Rimbey-Rocky Mountain House-Sundre
UCP: Jason Nixon* (nomination meeting TBA)
Sherwood Park
NDP: Kyle Kasawski*
PTP: Matthew Bissett (nomination meeting TBA)
UCP: Jordan Walker
Spruce Grove-Stony Plain
NDP: Jarrad Marthaller (nomination meeting TBA)
UCP: Searle Turton* (nomination entry deadline on September 11, 2026)
St. Albert
NDP: Marie Renaud*
Strathcona-Sherwood Park
PTP: Matthew Hicks
UCP: Nate Glubish* (nomination meeting TBA)
Taber-Warner
UCP: Grant Hunter*
Vermilion-Lloydminster-Wainwright
UCP: Dale Aalbers, Paul Conlon, Adam Doyle, Stacy Miskiw, Jackie Tomayer (nomination meeting TBA)
West Yellowhead
NDP: Holly LeFrancois
UCP: Martin Long* (nomination entry deadline on September 11, 2026)
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