Premier Danielle Smith, who was officially sworn in on Tuesday, is expecting to seal the deal with a byelection in the rural Alberta riding of Brooks-Medicine Hat next month.
The provincial government announced that a returning officer and an election clerk have been appointed in the riding for a vote on Nov. 8.While no candidates have registered so far, Danielle Smith, the newly minted leader of the UCP and Alberta's premier, will be in the running.
On Saturday, Smith said the decision was to avoid a "rolling series of byelections" and instead have an MLA from a neighbouring riding look after the constituents until a new representative can be elected. She says Drew Barnes will be overseeing Brooks-Medicine Hat up until the point the byelection has been decided.
"I've received some indication that the amount of traffic on that highway is equivalent to the kind of traffic that we saw on Highway 63 up to Fort McMurray.
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