UCP retains seats, wins two byelections
RED DEER – The voters of Innisfail – Sylvan Lake have elected UCP candidate Devin Dreeshen as their new MLA.
Unofficial results show Dreeshen garnering 8,033 votes in the July 12 byelection, nearly 82 per cent of eligible voters who cast a ballot.
Other candidates included the NDP’s Nicole Mooney who picked up 907 votes with just over nine per cent of eligible voter support in the riding, the Alberta Party’s Abigail Douglass with 729 votes for over seven per cent of the vote count percentage. The Liberal’s Nick Jansen picked up 93 votes for just under one per cent of eligible voter support while Independent candidate David Inscho collected 63 votes for 0.64 per cent of the vote.
UCP Leader Jason Kenney joined Dreeshen for a celebration at the Hideout in Gasoline Alley Thursday evening and greeted a supportive crowd chanting “Devin, Devin, Devin…”