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The second showdown between Education Minister Gordon Dirks and Alberta Party Leader Greg Clark in Calgary-Elbow is a dead heat, according to a new poll.

The Sunday phone poll by Mainstreet Technologies found the race too close to call with Dirks — the PC candidate — with 32 per cent support among decided voters and Clark at 31 per cent.

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“Dirks is leading by one per cent but it’s a statistical tie,” said David Valentin, Mainstreet Technologies vice-president. “We won’t know the outcome until the election. In this particular case it’s very, very tight.”

The high profile candidates squared off against each other in the October byelection, which Dirks won by 802 votes.

The pair have a significant lead over all others in the riding previously held by former premier Alison Redford.

NDP candidate Catherine Weyburn is running third with 22 per cent support followed by the Wildrose’s Megan Brown at 12 per cent, Liberal John Roggeveen at three per cent and Social Credit’s Larry Heather at one per cent. Only seven per cent said they were undecided.