LAC STE. ANNE-PARKLAND - UCP incumbent Shane Getson scored a decisive win over a crowded field in the Lac Ste. Anne-Parkland riding, which includes the Hamlet of Busby, as well as the towns of Mayerthorpe and Onoway, along with the Alexander First Nation and Rich Valley.
With votes counted in all 34 polling stations May 30, Getson, who sat as the deputy chair on the Standing Committee on the Alberta Heritage Savings Trust Fund and is a Member of the Standing Committees on Resource Stewardship, claimed 14,917 votes to win the riding. His closest challenger was former NDP MLA Oneil Carlier, who served as ag minister from 2015 to 2019, who garnered 5,868 votes.
Rounding out the field were Marilyn Burns, of the Advantage Party of Alberta, with 182 votes, Vanessa Diehl, of the Green Party of Alberta with 205 votes, and Janet Jabush, of the Alberta Party, who claimed 463 votes.
Locally, Busby-area residents voted overwhelmingly for Getson, who won his seat initially in 2019, casting 356 ballots his way, while Carlier picked up 95.
