Incumbent UCP candidate Dale Nally is leading the race with 10,402 votes, with 15 of 20 polls reporting results.
Four-term Sturgeon County councillor Karen Shaw has 8,987 votes counted so far, giving Nally 52 per cent of the vote and leaving Shaw with 42 per cent of the vote.
The Alberta Party's Wayne Rufiange and the Green Party of Alberta's Kurt Klingbeil take up the remaining votes.
The Gazette will have more to come.
