Edmontons mayor hopes to return to federal politics by winning seat for Liberals [Video]

Edmonton’s mayor says he hopes to return to federal politics by winning a seat for the Liberals in a new riding in the city’s southeast.

Amarjeet Sohi, who said last week the party had asked him to run, announced Sunday he will represent the Liberals in the Edmonton-Southeast constituency.

Sohi was a Liberal MP from 2015 to 2019 in Edmonton Mill Woods and served as a cabinet minister during former prime minister Justin Trudeau’s first term.

He became mayor in 2021, two years after losing his seat in 2019 to Conservative candidate Tim Uppal.

City spokesperson Justin Draper says that while Sohi will officially remain mayor, he will take an unpaid leave of absence during the federal campaign and will resign if he wins the April 28 vote.

Sohi says in his announcement that Canada is facing “unprecedented times” with U.S. President Donald Trump attacking our sovereignty, jobs, economy and …