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Alberta’s Opposition United Conservatives won two byelections Thursday, maintaining hold of ridings the party represented before the vote was called.

In Innisfail-Sylvan Lake, United Conservative candidate Devin Dreeshen took about 80 per cent of the vote with the NDP’s Nicole Mooney running a distant second.

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The United Conservative margin of victory in Fort McMurray-Conklin was almost as one-sided, with Laila Goodridge winning about 66 per cent of the votes.

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New Democrat Jane Stroud was second with about 30 per cent of the ballots.

Alberta Premier Rachel Notley congratulated the winners and the losing candidates.

“Congratulations to all candidates who put their names forward and to the new MLAs @LailaGoodridge & @DevinDVote,” she wrote in a post on Twitter.