Advance voting for a federal byelection in a rural Alberta riding with more than 200 candidates kicks off on Friday.

In a news release on Wednesday, Elections Canada said advance polls for the Battle River-Crowfoot federal byelection will open on Friday and go until Monday, Aug. 11.

The byelection was called after the riding's re-elected MP, Damien Kurek, resigned to let Conservative Party Leader Pierre Poilievre run for a new seat in the House of Commons.

There are 214 candidates registered in the byelection, making it the largest number of candidates on a federal ballot in Canadian history. Those running include Poilievre, Liberal candidate Darcy Spady, NDP candidate Katherine Swampy, Jonathan Bridges of the People's Party of Canada, and Ashley MacDonald of the Green Party.

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