Overview
- Elections Canada records show 108 candidates have registered for the Aug. 18 byelection, including 103 with the same agent from the Longest Ballot Committee
- Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre will run in the rural Alberta riding after MP Damien Kurek formally resigned in mid-June
- The mass candidacy is being used as a protest against perceived flaws in Canada’s electoral system and by-election rules
- The Longest Ballot Committee has deployed similar mass-nomination tactics in Ontario, Quebec and Manitoba byelections since 2022
- Battle River-Crowfoot delivered over 82% Conservative support in April’s general election, making it one of the party’s safest federal ridings