Alberta NDP candidate Samir Kayande (Calgary-Elbow) would win the riding with 49% of the vote if an election were held now, according to a poll conducted by Sovereign North Research and provided to the Western Standard. .Alberta United Conservative Party candidate Chris Davis would come in second place (31%), according to the Monday poll. .Subsequent to the Alberta UCP was undecided voters (12%). This was followed by the Alberta Party (6%) and the Alberta Greens and other (1%). .Former Alberta jobs, economy and innovation minister Doug Schweitzer said in 2022 he would not run for the Alberta UCP leadership or for re-election in Calgary-Elbow in 2023..READ MORE: Schweitzer won’t run for UCP leadership, or for reelection in 2023.Schweitzer said he was honoured by the support he had received for potential candidacy to run for the UCP leadership. .“After eight years, I am looking forward to spending more time with my family,” he said. .UCP MLA Prasad Panda (Calgary-Edgemont) pointed out on April 13 Kayande said the oil and gas industry “must go away.” .READ MORE: Alberta NDP candidate said hydrocarbons ‘must go away’."This is how the NDP really feels about our energy industry," said Panda. .Kayande said in an op-ed published in CBC Opinion in 2021 there is no alternative to hydrocarbons..The poll was conducted through landlines and cellphones with 231 Calgary-Elbow residents from May 5 to 7. It has a margin of error of +/- 5.7 percentage points, 19 times out of 20.
