There was a strong turnout for advance voting in the Yellowhead riding with 27,666 voters casting an early vote between April 18 and 21. That represents just over 30 per cent of eligible electors (91,295) in the large area.

The riding not only includes Rocky Mountain House, but also Canmore, Jasper, Edson and Banff.

There was a similarly strong turnout in neighbouring ridings, including Ponoka-Didsbury where 27,715 cast early votes, representing just over 31 per cent of eligible electors (89,097).

Province-wide, 815,131 Albertans cast their ballots early over the four days of advanced voting.

Across the country, Elections Canada says a record number of Canadians voted early this year.

The agency says that, over four days of polling between Friday and Monday, 7.3 million people voted.

That’s up 25 per cent from early voting figures in the 2021 federal election.

Elections Canada says it made adjustments to deal with long lineups at polling stations in the early part of the long weekend.

Federal leaders are making their final pitches to voters across the country with less than a week to go until election day on April 28.

~ with files from The Canadian Press