US EditionCandidates vying for seat in Alberta byelection featuring Poilievre to debate tonight
BATTLE RIVER-CROWFOOT, ALBERTA, JUL 29 – The byelection features a record 210 candidates with a unique handwritten ballot system, as Pierre Poilievre seeks to regain a seat after his April loss, organizers said.
- Tuesday evening in July, ten candidates debated at the Camrose & District Chamber of Commerce ahead of the Battle River-Crowfoot byelection.
- Last month, the writ was dropped after Conservative Damien Kurek, who won the seat in April, resigned so Pierre Poilievre could run in the Battle River-Crowfoot byelection.
- More than 200 candidates are on the ballot, the longest in federal election history, with adapted ballots requiring handwritten names, according to Elections Canada.
- During the candidate forum, hundreds of attendees watched ten candidates debate, and voters must write their chosen candidate's name by hand.
- In the past year, the record of 90 candidates was set twice during byelections in LaSalle-Emard-Verdun and Carleton, as the Longest Ballot Committee organized dozens of protest candidates.
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Poilievre pitches himself as rural Alberta’s fighter in Ottawa at byelection debate
Source: True North Wire (Isaac Lamoureux)Author: Clayton DeMaineConservative Leader Pierre Poilievre told voters in Battle River–Crowfoot that sending him to Parliament would give their local concerns a national voice, as he faced off against nine other candidates during a candidate forum in Camrose, Alta., on Wednesday night.Poilievre and nine other candidates made their case to Battle River–Crowfoot residents on August 18, 2025, during a live-…
‘Pierre’s Riding to Lose’: Candidates in Alberta Byelection Get Together for Debate
Pierre Poilievre was greeted with cheers and applause by the hundreds of Albertans who showed up to watch a two-and-a-half-hour political debate on a sunny Tuesday evening in July. The Camrose and District Chamber of Commerce hosted a candidates’ forum featuring 10 of the people who are vying to represent Battle River—Crowfoot in the Aug. 18 byelection. “My mission here is to give national leadership to the issues that are of local importance,” …
He participated in the first candidate debate in Battle River-Crowfoot, Alberta
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