CORRECTION: Since this story was published, the Western Standard has determined that a restraining order, while requested, was never granted and the reference to a Justice of the Peace was also inaccurate and should have been a reference to a Commissioner of Oaths. The article and headline has been corrected and has been reposted..Former CBC journalist and Alberta Edmonton NDP candidate John Archer filed for a restraining order against current Alberta NDP candidate Julia Hayter, the Western Standard has learned..In court documents filed Sept. 3, 2019, Archer's statement of claim alleges that Hayter came to his house and threatened to commit suicide in her car in the driveway in St. Albert.."The defendant (Hayter) is threatening to subject my children to severe mental distress and crisis," Archer wrote in the statement of claim filed with the Court of the Queen's Bench of Alberta..When the court document asked Archer how he knew Hayter, he wrote: "We had an extra marital affair that ended, but she continues to harass me and my family."."I need a restraining order to get the defendant to stop harassing me and my family. She is calling and texting me constantly and is calling my wife at her workplace," Archer wrote in the court documents filed.."I am incredibly concerned she is going to traumatize my family. The defendant previously threatened to commit suicide in her car while in the driveway of my house. This would clearly cause long lasting trauma to my children.".Archer then stated the reason why he needed the restraining order.."I am trying to protect my children. If she follows through on her threat, it will cause unspeakable trauma.".The document was then stamped by Commissioner of Oaths Cheryl Serool..While the restraining order was requested, it was never granted..The Western Standard has tried to contact Hayter but the NDP has refused to answer questions from the Western Standard for months..Archer was acclaimed as the NDP candidate in the Edmonton-Southwest riding in 2019, eventually losing to Kaycee Madu. He also worked with the prior NDP government and was a press secretary to former Alberta Transportation minister Brian Mason..Hayter is the current Alberta NDP candidate for Calgary-Edgemont in the northwest quadrant of Calgary. Hayter was the NDP candidate there in the 2019 election, where she earned 34% of the vote to United Conservative Party candidate Prasad Panda’s 52%.
