The race is on.
Five candidates have been confirmed to be running in Foothills in the April 28 federal election, with a finalized list published by Elections Canada on April 9.
Conservative incumbent is running for the seat he has held since winning a 2014 byelection when the riding was called Macleod, before it was renamed Foothills in 2015. Polls indicate that Barlow of winning re-election.
, a political newcomer, was as the Liberal candidate for Foothills on Feb. 20, over a month before Prime Minister Mark Carney's . Bruinsma lives in Crowsnest Pass and is a retired engineering technologist with a background in industrial automation and controls.
People's Party of Canada candidate , whose candidacy was announced on March 20, replaced Diego Machado, who was initially the party's candidate but decided against running, according to a social media announcement on Feb. 20. A Diamond Valley resident, O'Halloran has been a member of the People's Party since its inception in 2018.
, born and raised in Okotoks, currently serves as the Green Party's western organizer and is working on campaigns across Western Canada alongside her own in Foothills.
New Democrat is a Lethbridge-based activist and community leader with a background in space systems engineering.
Unlike the previous election, no other parties have thrown their hats in the ring. The Maverick Party, which nominated a Foothills candidate in the 2021 federal election and won 3.6 per cent of the vote, was deregistered by Elections Canada as a recognized party and is not running any candidates.
Stretching from Foothills County to the Canada-U.S. border, the Foothills electoral district is home to 114,930 residents according to 2021 census data, with a total of 64,467 ballots cast in the 2021 federal election.
The Conservatives, Liberals and New Democratic Party have nominated a full slate of candidates across the nation's 343 ridings.
Advance polling stations are open from April 18 to 21.
