Final Cost of 2015 Alberta Election Almost $19M
Apr 11, 2016 | 4:54 PM
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ALBERTA – Alberta’s chief electoral officer says the final cost of the 2015 provincial election was almost $19 million.
Glen Resler says that’s about a third more than the 2012 campaign.
Resler says in a report that costs went up in part due to Alberta’s 10 per cent population increase and because then-premier Jim Prentice decided to drop the writ a year early.
Resler says that meant he had to find election staff out of province and was forced to pay premium prices to rent spaces for voting, because schools and community halls were already booked.
