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By Dori Modney with files from The Canadian Press

Winners and Losers

Lethbridge area ridings go UCP while some NDP cabinet ministers are defeated

Apr 16, 2019 | 11:24 PM

The UCP election wash includes three ridings surrounding Lethbridge. United Conservative Party Leader Jason Kenney retained his seat of Calgary-Lougheed in the Alberta election – a first provincial election for Kenney, a former federal cabinet minister in Stephen Harper’s government.

In Taber-Warner, incumbent Grant Hunter retained his seat with more than 9000 votes ahead of his nearest challenger, NDP candidate, Laura Ross-Giroux.

The redistributed riding of Livingstone-Macleod taken by UCP candidate Roger Reid, who was ahead of NDP candidate Cam Gardner, who ran in second place.

The newly formed Cardston-Siksika riding went to UCP candidate Joseph Schow, who garnered 7000 votes ahead of Kirby Smith of the NDP.

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Alberta NDP Leader Rachel Notley retained her seat and says she will stay on to lead her party in Opposition.
Notley says she accepts the decision of voters and wishes Kenney well. Several of her former NDP cabinet ministers have been defeated.

Shaye Anderson, who served as municipal affairs minister in Rachel Notley’s cabinet, lost his seat in Leduc-Beaumont to the United Conservatives.

The NDP’s former culture minister, Ricardo Miranda in Calgary-Cross, as well as Danielle Larivee, the former children’s services minister, in Lesser Slave Lake, both lost to UCP candidates.

Also, Marg McCuaig-Boyd, the province’s former energy minister, lost her seat in Central Peace-Notley.

As for two different party leaders, there were major losses.

Alberta Party Leader Stephen Mandel not only lost to NDP candidate Lorne Dach, but the Alberta Party leader came in fourth in his riding. However, Mandel is still optimistic about the future of his party.

Mandel says the party managed to increase its popular vote percentage fivefold in the election, even though it did not win a seat.
He says his party’s centrist polices struggled to find a place in a polarized campaign.

Liberal Leader David Khan says the party’s showing in the election does not mean the end of his party in Alberta.

Khan says while the party will not have a member in the legislature for the first time in 30 years, the Liberals will rebuild and be back.