Ahead of Monday’s federal election, Elections Canada says there was a large turnout for advance voting across the country, including Whitecourt and surrounding areas.
In Peace River-Westlock, 17,655 voters cast their advance ballot between April 18 and 21.
There was a similarly strong turnout in neighboring ridings, including Parkland (26,172), St. Albert – Sturgeon River (30,250), and Yellowhead (27,666).
Province-wide, 815,131 Albertans cast their votes early.
Across the country, Elections Canada says a record number of Canadians cast their ballots early in advance polls this year.
The agency says that, over four days of polling between Friday and Monday, 7.3 million people voted.
That’s up 25 per cent from early voting figures in the 2021 federal election.
Elections Canada says it made adjustments to deal with long lineups at polling stations in the early part of the long weekend.
Federal leaders are making their final pitches to voters across the country with less than a week to go until election day on April 28.
You can see advance voting totals in every riding across the country here.
~ with files from The Canadian Press
