Trudeau calls for Riding of Calgary Heritage by-elections for July 24

Voters in Calgary Heritage’s federal riding will head to the polls late next month.

Prime Minister Justus Trudeau announced that a by-election will be held in Alberta on July 24, after Conservative MP Bob Benzen resigned his Calgary Heritage seat late last year.

Benzen easily won reelection in 2021, with New Democrat Kathleen Johnson second and Liberal Scott Forsyth third.

The latest call comes as Elections Canada says it will open an office in Calgary Heritage soon and as voters cast their ballots Monday in four other by-elections across the country.

In a statement from the Office of the Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs, the federal government also says that measures taken to protect the four midterm elections from potential foreign interference will be applied to the Calgary Heritage constituency.

The statement adds that a security and intelligence task force will monitor and assess foreign interference threats during the midterm elections.