Voters in the area are at the polls today for the Fort McMurray-Lac La Biche byelection.
There are eight candidates on the list vying for the seat that was left vacant by former UCP MLA Laila Goodridge after being appointed as the region’s federal Conservative MP last fall.
UCP candidate Brian Jean
NDP candidate Ariana Mancini
Alberta Liberal Party candidate Hussien Abdulhakim
Alberta Party Candidate Michelle Landsiedel
Wildrose Independence Party candidate Paul Hinman
Alberta Advantage Party candidate Marilyn Burns
Independent candidate Brian Deheer
Independence Party of Alberta candidate Steven Mellott
Lower advanced voting
From March 8-12, Elections Aberta says 1,996 advance poll voters cast their ballots, representing just 8.3 per cent of the 24,048 eligible electors in the constituency. The by-election advance vote tallies are a big reduction from the 2019 general provincial election that saw 21 per cent of the voters at the advance poll ballot boxes.
Voting today
Voters in Lac La Biche will have the opportunity to vote today until 8 pm. at the Bold Center polling station.
The Lac La Biche Post / Lakeland Today will have by-election results as soon as information rolls out. See www.lakelandtoday.ca for updates.
