Alberta NDP accuses Premier Smith's UCP of gerrymandering new riding map
The gist
Alberta NDP Leader Naheed Nenshi says a new riding map gerrymanders Lethbridge and Calgary to dilute NDP support.
The report is not public yet; it is due Nov. 2.
How it unfolded
- Aug 13, 2025UCP MLA Nathan Neudorf wants Lethbridge carved into three to four big rural-urban ridings.
- Oct 28, 2026NDP Leader Naheed Nenshi tells reporters a report before an all-party committee gerrymanders ridings in Lethbridge and Calgary to dilute NDP support in favour of the UCP; the report is not public and is expected tabled in the legislature next week.
- Oct 28, 2026Nenshi calls it "Trump-style, MAGA-style gerrymandering" and says it is "probably unconstitutional." Committee chair Brandon Lunty, a UCP backbencher, declines to discuss the report's contents because it hasn't been tabled and says he is confident the independent advisory panel report is independent.