Judge reserves decision on Alberta Party leader’s election fate

EDMONTON – Alberta Party Leader Stephen Mandel must wait until next week to learn whether he can run in the upcoming provincial election.

The former Edmonton mayor and Progressive Conservative cabinet minister was disqualified three weeks ago from running for failing to file nomination expense documents on time.

Mandel is challenging the Elections Alberta decision in Edmonton Court of Queen’s Bench.

He has argued that the deadline rules surrounding his nomination finances were unclear, and that he missed the deadline because his chief financial officer was ill.