The Alberta 2023 Election is underway and so are the UCP candidates as the door-knocking, events, speeches, photo ops and baby-holding begin..The next 29 days will determine which party will hold the reins of the Alberta government..According to MyMLA.ca here are your 2023 Calgary UCP candidates:.Tyler Shandro CALGARY– ACADIAJosephine Pon CALGARY – BEDDINGTONDemetrios Nicolaides CALGARY – BOWAstrid Kuhn CALGARY – BUFFALOMickery Amery CALGARY – CROSSNicholas Milliken CALGARY – CURRIEPeter Singh CALGARY – EASTPrasad Panda CALGARY – EDGEMONTChris Davis Calgary-ElbowDevinder Toor CALGARY – FALCONRIDGEMyles McDougall CALGARY – FISH CREEKJason Luan CALGARY – FOOTHILLSWhitney Issik CALGARY – GLENMORERic McIver CALGARY – HAYSJeremy Nixon CALGARY – KLEINEric Bouchard CALGARY – LOUGHEEDAmanpreet Singh Gill CALGARY – MCCALLPamela Rath CALGARY – MOUNTAIN VIEWMuhammad Yaseen CALGARY – NORTHInderjit Grewal CALGARY – NORTH EASTRajan Sawhney CALGARY – NORTH WESTTanya Fir CALGARY – PEIGANRebecca Schulz CALGARY-SHAWMatt Jones CALGARY – SOUTH EASTJason Copping CALGARY – VARSITYMike Ellis CALGARY – WEST.The 26 candidates in Calgary will focus on a range of issues from affordability, health care, and education to public safety, just to name a few..Former premier Jason Kenney's seat in Calgary – Lougheed is up for grabs as Bouchard plans to secure a UCP victory in the riding..READ MORE: UCP MLA demands Kenney resign as premier.Kenney’s leadership was dealt a serious blow when an MLA in his caucus called for him to step down..Todd Loewen, UCP MLA for Central Peace-Notley in northwest Alberta, published a scathing letter around midnight on May 13, 2022, saying Kenney refused to listen to the public and caucus members, that his leadership has failed, and UCP supports have abandoned Kenney specifically..Loewen used the letter to inform Kenney he was immediately stepping down as chairman of the UCP caucus..Growing caucus tension also bubbled to the surface when 17 UCP MLAs signed an open letter condemning Kenney for putting Alberta back under a third lockdown..Kenney’s dismissal of the letter led to a series of leaks from the UCP caucus, with several MLAs telling the Western Standard the former premier threatened them with an early election if they did not have confidence in his leadership..Battle for Edmonton.The "City of Champions" is also up for grabs in the Alberta Election 2023..The UCP has 20 seats which they are trying to secure in Edmonton..Over the past several months the downtown portion of the city appears to have been overrun by the homeless and criminals..City transit safety, although some will argue it is a municipal issue, remains a top priority for Edmonton voters, while others try to block the setup of tents on the streets and safe injection sites being set up in their communities..According to MyMLA.ca here is your list of UCP Edmonton candidates:.Luke Suvanto EDMONTON – BEVERLY – CLAREVIEWJon Dziadyk EDMONTON – CASTLE DOWNSRichard Wong EDMONTON – CITY CENTRESayid Ahmed EDMONTON – DECORERanjit Bath EDMONTON – ELLERSLIEMelissa Crane EDMONTON – GLENORAMiles Berry EDMONTON – GOLD BARNicholas Kalynchuk EDMONTON – HIGHLANDS – NORWOODAlbert Mazzocca EDMONTON – MANNINGDaniel Heikkinen EDMONTON – MCCLUNGAmrit Matharu EDMONTON – MEADOWSRaman Athwal EDMONTON – MILL WOODSAli Haymour EDMONTON – NORTH WESTTerence Vankka EDMONTON – RIVERVIEWLaine Larson EDMONTON – RUTHERFORDJoseph Angeles EDMONTON – SOUTHKaycee Madu EDMONTON – SOUTH WESTEmad El-Zein EDMONTON – STRATHCONASlava Cravcenco EDMONTON – WEST HENDAYRaj Sherman EDMONTON – WHITEMUD.Of the 20 seats, one of the main battles to pay attention to will be in Edmonton-Strathcona as El-Zein will look to win the seat from Alberta NDP leader Rachel Notley..Old Strathcona residents in south-central Edmonton started a petition to stop a safe consumption and injection site in their community..“Boyle Street Community Services recently identified a potential space in Edmonton’s Strathcona neighbourhood to help serve an unmet need south of the river," Minister of Mental Health and Addiction Nicholas Milliken said in an email.."Community engagement is an essential part of this process, and Boyle Street has been engaging community members to gather their feedback.".Milliken told the Western Standard what’s been notably absent throughout this process is "the position of the local MLA and the NDP caucus."."They (NDP) have almost exclusively supported supervised consumption sites as their 'solution' to the addiction crisis," Milliken said..Rural Alberta.Roads, health care, affordability, and jobs appear to be the main issues facing rural Albertans..Every rural Albertan community has a unique set of needs as the cost of living continues to rise in Canada..According to MyMLA.ca here is your list of UCP Edmonton candidates:.Peter Guthrie AIRDRIE – COCHRANEAngela Pitt AIRDRIE – EASTGlenn van Dijken ATHABASCA – BARRHEAD – WESTLOCKMiranda Rosin BANFF – KANANASKISScott Cyr BONNYVILLE – COLD LAKE – ST.PAULDanielle Smith BROOKS – MEDICINE HATJackie Lovely CAMROSEJoseph Schow CARDSTON – SIKSIKATodd Loewen CENTRAL PEACE – NOTLEYChantelle de Jonge CHESTERMERE – STRATHMOREJustin Wright CYPRESS – MEDICINE HATAndrew Boitchenko DRAYTON VALLEY – DEVONNate Horner DRUMHELLER – STETTLERBrian Jean FORT MCMURRAY – LAC LA BICHETany Yao FORT MCMURRAY – WOOD BUFFALOJackie Armstrong-Homeniuk FORT SASKATCHEWANNolan Dyck GRANDE PRAIRIERon Wiebe GRANDE PRAIRIE – WAPITIR.J. Sigurdson HIGHWOODDevin Dreeshen INNISFAIL – SYLVAN LAKEShane Getson LAC ST. ANNE – PARKLANDJennifer Johnson LACOMBE – PONOKABrandon Lunty LEDUC – BEAUMONTScott Sinclair LESSER SLAVE LAKENathan Neudorf LETHBRIDGE – EASTCheryl Seaborn LETHBRIDGE – WESTChelsae Petrovic LIVINGSTONE – MACLEODRick Wilson MASKWACIS – WETASKIWINDale Nally MORINVILLE – ST. ALBERTNathan Cooper OLDS – DIDSBURY – THREE HILLSDan Williams PEACE RIVERAdriana LaGrange RED DEER – NORTHJason Stephan RED DEER – SOUTHJason Nixon RIMBEY – ROCKY MOUNTAIN HOUSE – SUNDREJordan Walker SHERWOOD PARKSearle Turton SPRUCE GROVE – STONY PLAINAngela Wood ST. ALBERTNate Glubish STRATHCONA – SHERWOOD PARKGrant Hunter TABER -WARNERGarth Rowswell VERMILLION – LLOYDMINSTER – WAINWRIGHTMartin Long WEST YELLOWHEAD.In total 87 UCP candidates are looking for Albertans votes..The announcement of the official results will not be released until June 8 with advance voting taking place from May 23 –27..Election day will be on May 29 as Albertans will then decide who will take the reins of the province.
