Voters in the federal Alberta riding of Battle River-Crowfoot can head to the polls in byelection advance voting as early as Friday, Elections Canada says.

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is eyeing a return to Parliament after he lost his previous riding of Carleton in April’s federal election.

Poilievre will be up against more than 200 people who are registered to run in the byelection, which is being held on Aug. 18.

The list of candidates include Poilievre, Liberal candidate Darcy Spady, the NDP’s Katherine Swampy, independent candidate Bonnie Critchley and dozens more sponsored by the Longest Ballot Committee, a protest group bringing attention to the issue of electoral reform.

Advance polls will be open from Friday, Aug. 8, to Monday, Aug. 10., the election body said in a p

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