Alberta is set to return a platoon of Conservative candidates to Ottawa in Monday’s federal election, although a handful of city ridings hosted tight races, underlining the province’s rural-urban divide.
The Liberals, under Mark Carney, are projected to win enough seats to form government for the fourth consecutive time with the Conservatives expected to return to Opposition benches.
The Conservative Party won all but three of Alberta’s 37 ridings, according to the preliminary results Monday evening. The Liberals held Edmonton Centre and picked up Calgary Centre, while the New Democratic Party won Edmonton Strathcona, which it has controlled since 2008.
Alberta Premier Danielle Smithput the question of sovereignty on the ballot this spring when she declared that Canada would face an “unprecedented national unity crisis” if the next prime minister did not acquiesce to a list of her demands related to energy policy within six months. It was a shot at Mr. …