Liberals add new name to Calgary-Confederation ballot after candidate controversy

A voter casts their ballot in on Friday, September 10, 2021 in Chambly, Que. (THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ryan Remiorz) (Ryan Remiorz)

The Liberal Party of Canada has tapped Corey Hogan to run in Calgary-Confederation after its previous candidate was quietly removed from the ballot last week.

Up until Friday, Thomas Keeper was running for the Liberals in the riding of Calgary-Confederation, but his name has now been removed as a candidate amid reports of an old domestic assault charge that was stayed but not disclosed to the party.

While the party did not offer comment to CTV News, a spokesperson pointed to its current slate of candidates, which does not include Keeper.

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The riding has no incumbent with the retirement of longtime Conservative MP Len Webber.

The Liberals announced Hogan, a podcaster and vice-president at the University of Calgary, as the new candidate for the riding on Tuesday.

He joins former Alberta MLA Jeremy Nixon, who is running for the Conservatives; Keira Gunn, a mathematics instructor at the University of Calgary, who is running for the NDP; Richard Willott, a retired geophysicist, who is running for the Green Party; and Artyom Ovsepyan with the People’s Party of Canada, who has two computer information system degrees and another in mathematical modeling.

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