Edmonton Mayor Don Iveson ‘could be persuaded’ to run for federal Liberals in Edmonton Centre, say some Alberta insiders

Former Edmonton Centre Liberal MP Randy Boissonnault is also preparing for the Liberal nomination to try to reclaim his seat.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's Liberals are trying to recruit outgoing Edmonton Mayor Don Iveson, centre, as a star candidate to run in Edmonton Centre. Former Edmonton Centre Liberal MP Randy Boissonnault, right, is also working hard to prepare to carry the party's banner in the next election. It remains to be seen if the party chooses its candidate in a nomination contest, or appoints one.The Hill Times file photographs

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BY ABBAS RANA

June 14, 2021

Justin Trudeau's Liberals are courting outgoing two-term Edmonton Mayor Don Iveson to be their candidate in Edmonton Centre, political insiders say, but former Liberal MP Randy Boissonnault is also preparing a campaign to try to reclaim the party's banner in the riding—if the Liberals will let him...

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