{"id":807019,"date":"2026-07-17T03:32:32","date_gmt":"2026-07-17T03:32:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/807019\/"},"modified":"2026-07-17T03:32:32","modified_gmt":"2026-07-17T03:32:32","slug":"alberta-ndp-leader-nenshi-to-run-for-calgary-seat-in-next-election","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/807019\/","title":{"rendered":"Alberta NDP leader Nenshi to run for Calgary seat in next election"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Naheed Nenshi delivers his acceptance speech after being named as the new leader of the Alberta NDP in Calgary, on June 22, 2024.Jeff McIntosh\/The Canadian Press<\/p>\n

Alberta\u2019s NDP leader says he\u2019ll seek a Calgary seat in the next general vote instead of running for re-election in Edmonton.<\/p>\n

Naheed Nenshi, who was mayor of Calgary for 11 years before switching to provincial politics, announced his decision Thursday in an online letter to his constituents in Edmonton-Strathcona.<\/p>\n

He says in the letter that he\u2019s \u201cthrilled every day\u201d to serve as the member of Edmonton-Strathcona, but is making the move to represent the communities where he grew up and made much of his professional and political life.<\/p>\n

He also says the NDP needs to win more seats in Calgary, and that he\u2019s \u201chappy to be part of that battle.\u201d<\/p>\n

Nenshi\u2019s by-election win in Edmonton-Strathcona in June 2025 came almost a year after he won the party\u2019s leadership race to replace former premier Rachel Notley, who also represented the Edmonton constituency.<\/p>\n

He won the by-election with more than 82 per cent of the vote.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs you may know, we are in the midst of an illegitimate and corrupt process to redraw the electoral map. There will be legal challenges. Once we have a finalized (and hopefully fair!) map, I\u2019ll announce which Calgary riding,\u201d Nenshi wrote, referring to an ongoing review of provincial riding maps.<\/p>\n

Alberta\u2019s electoral boundary changes could reshape the political landscape. These maps show where<\/a><\/p>\n

Nenshi has accused Premier Danielle Smith\u2019s United Conservative government of using the review to rig the next election.<\/p>\n

The government has said it\u2019s about ensuring there\u2019s fair representation for rural areas.<\/p>\n

Nenshi says in Thursday\u2019s letter that he will continue to serve as representative of Edmonton-Strathcona until the next general election in October 2027.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis will open up Edmonton-Strathcona for a new representative from this beautiful community,\u201d he wrote. \u201cI am informing you today so that the incredible constituency association in this riding has time for a healthy and robust nomination process to select a candidate and a future MLA worthy of representing you.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Open this photo in gallery: Naheed Nenshi delivers his acceptance speech after being named as the new leader…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":807020,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194293],"tags":[901,888,902,879,877,903,49,2798,48,876,895,896,891,878,875,46,549,295,894,887,914,880,881,893,889,890,884,904,885,909,910,912,907,911,905,908,882,898,899,714,897,906,865,61,900,892,886,883,913],"class_list":["post-807019","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-calgary","tag-alberta","tag-arts-news","tag-bc","tag-breaking-news","tag-breaking-news-video","tag-british-columbia","tag-ca","tag-calgary","tag-canada","tag-canada-news","tag-canada-sports","tag-canada-sports-news","tag-canada-trafficcanada-weather","tag-canadian-breaking-news","tag-canadian-news","tag-economy","tag-education","tag-environment","tag-federal-government","tag-foreign-news","tag-globe-and-mail","tag-globe-and-mail-breaking-news","tag-globe-and-mail-canada-news","tag-government","tag-life-news","tag-lifestyle","tag-local-news","tag-manitoba","tag-national-news","tag-new-brunswick","tag-newfoundland-and-labrador","tag-northwest-territories","tag-nova-scotia","tag-nunavut","tag-ontario","tag-pei","tag-photos","tag-political-news","tag-political-opinion","tag-politics","tag-politics-news","tag-quebec","tag-sports-news","tag-technology","tag-travel","tag-trudeau","tag-us-news","tag-world-news","tag-yukon"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/807019","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=807019"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/807019\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/807020"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=807019"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=807019"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=807019"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}