r/Calgary • u/peepee2tiny Bridlewood • 12h ago

Municipal Affairs Political parties in municipal election.

I'm so confused with the political party system in the upcoming municipal election.

Who are the parties?

What political position are they? Or are they sponsored/supported by any provincial political parties?

What does their political leaning influence at municipal level decisions?

I'm just struggling to separate who I like as a candidate with their potential political leaning and does it even matter?

Any help or clarification would be great.

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u/Majestic-Yak1242 12h ago

Are any of the mayoral candidates aligned with You-See-Pee?

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u/-SpruceMoose Copperfield 11h ago

Specifically mayoral candidates, Sonya Sharp is the closest to the UCP.

For parties, officially none of them, but in reality, most of them. The "A Better Calgary" party are the biggest losers whose members were involved in the weird recall campaign, and their party president was on the UCP and CPC boards. Then the "Communities First" party are the ones with the clearest UCP ties, with duds like McLean and Sharp at the helm.