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Four NDP MLAs, three of them cabinet veterans, announce plans to retire after next election

Four high-profile New Democrat MLAs, two from Edmonton and two from Calgary, will not seek re-election, the Opposition party in the Alberta Legislature said yesterday. Three of them – Calgary-Buffalo MLA Joe Ceci, Edmonton-Riverview MLA Lori Sigurdson, and Edmonton-Gold Bar MLA Marlin Schmidt – were first elected in the NDP sweep of 2015 and served…

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