Election 2021

Banff-Airdrie MP Blake Richards will be facing at least three opponents in the Sept. 20 federal election.

Liberal David Gamble, Maverick Tariq Elnaga, and Cochranite Nadine Wellwood of the People's Party of Canada (PPC) will all be attempting to unseat the long-time Conservative MP. Richards is seeking his fifth term.

Neither the Green Party nor NDP have named candidates at this point but were represented in the 2019 federal election.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau pulled the plug Sunday on his minority Liberal government, arguing that Canadians deserve a say on how to finish the fight against COVID-19 and build back the shattered economy.

But opposition leaders blasted Trudeau for putting his quest for a majority ahead of the health and safety of Canadians, plunging the country into what they called an unnecessary and reckless election just as a fourth wave of the deadly coronavirus is gathering steam across the country.

Canadians are heading back to the polls.

After months of speculation, on Sunday (Aug.15), Prime Minister Justin Trudeau officially called for a 2021 federal election in the fall.

“We believe a government’s most important responsibility is to keep Canadians safe and thriving,” he said. "After making it through 17 months of nothing we've experienced before, Canadians deserve to choose what the next 17 months - what the next 17 years and beyond - will look like."

This campaign will be a short one, only about five weeks long. Election Day will be on Sept.20.

It's official, voters will be going to the polls this fall as Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has called an election.

Earlier this morning Trudeau visited Rideau Hall to meet with Governor-General Mary Simon to ask her to dissolve the 43rd Parliament, therefore triggering a federal election. Simon agreed and now Canada will be launched into a federal election.