‘Closest Race in 50 Years’: Alberta Voters Flock to Early Polls

Historic election could set new records in Prairie province

NDP Leader Rachel Notley and United Conservative Party Leader Danielle Smith are shown on the 2023 Alberta election campaign trail. The Canadian Press/Jeff McIntosh

Advance polls opened in Alberta on May 23, and by 8 p.m. local time, over 161,000 voters had marked their ballots in what one political analyst says is the closest race the province has seen in 50 years.

“It’s extremely competitive and it’s a close race,” Michael Solberg, a partner at Calgary-based New West Public Affairs, a national public affairs firm, told The Epoch Times.