Voters in Calgary-Shaw head to the polls on Sept. 14 to choose a new provincial representative. Alberta’s chief electoral officer Gordon McClure announces the byelection date. The seat has been vacant since May, when former United Conservative Party (UCP) cabinet minister Rebecca Schulz resigns her legislative seat, leaving constituents without a representative.
Both outlets describe the resignation as the cause of the vacancy, following Schulz’s departure from government in May. The Calgary Herald also provides additional background that Schulz resigned from cabinet five months after leaving the seat, and that the vacancy has continued since then. Global News focuses more directly on residents’ lack of representation since the resignation and the timing of the Sept. 14 vote.
While the reporting broadly aligns on the cause and date, it differs slightly in emphasis: one outlet adds more detail about the timeline from resignation from cabinet and includes information about contenders, while the other centers on the fact of the vacancy and the call for the byelection.
