Canada

Alberta NDP Leader Naheed Nenshi has won a byelection in Edmonton-Strathcona, according to unofficial results posted online by Elections Alberta.

With all polls reporting, Nenshi's party colleague Gurtej Singh Brar was also leading in the Edmonton-Ellerslie race. And in central Alberta, the United Conservative Party hung onto a seat in Olds-Didsbury-Three Hills.

With all polls in Edmonton-Strathcona reporting, Nenshi had 7,952 of the 9,665 votes counted, or about 82 per cent of the ballots. The UCP candidate Darby Crouch earned 14 per cent of the vote.