None of the three major parties will have a full slate in the April 28 election, according to a list of candidates from Elections Canada, with two of those absences being attributed to paperwork errors.

The deadline for nominations in each of the country’s 343 ridings closed on Monday afternoon, and Elections Canada released a list of more than 1,900 candidates on Wednesday. The Liberals, Conservatives and NDP each have 342 candidates on the list.

The Liberal Party will not have a candidate in the Alberta riding of Ponoka-Didsbury, where the previous candidate, Zarnab Zafar, is now running with no affiliation.

Liberal spokesperson Jenna Ghassabeh said in a statement that this was “due to a clerical error with Elections Canada.” While Ms. Zafar is no longer listed on the party website, Ms. Ghassabeh’s statement said the Liberals endorse her.

The riding covers the rural areas to the north and west of Red Deer in a reliable Conservative area of the province. It’s a new riding that includes parts of two previous ridings where the Conservative candidates each had more than 60 per cent of the vote in the 2021 election, including MP Blaine Calkins.

The Conservatives don’t have a registered candidate in Québec Centre, located in Quebec City, which has been held by former Liberal cabinet minister Jean-Yves Duclos since 2015.

Party spokeswoman Audrey Lepage said in a statement that Elections Canada rejected the Conservative candidate, Chanie Thériault, due to an issue with paperwork, though she did not elaborate. The agency confirmed that the party would not be able to put forward another candidate because the nomination period has closed.

The NDP is without a candidate in the Nova Scotia riding of South Shore-St. Margarets, located southwest of Halifax. Brendan Mosher had been nominated, but then had to drop out for personal reasons, said NDP spokesperson Aaron Zerfas in a statement. Mr. Zerfas said Hayden Henderson, who is registered as an Independent candidate, will run as a New Democrat.

“Unfortunately, because the original candidate had already been officially endorsed, Elections Canada rules don’t allow us to endorse a new candidate after the deadline,” Mr. Zerfas said. “We’ve asked Elections Canada to fix this, but for now, Hayden will appear on the ballot without a party label.”

South Shore-St. Margarets is currently held by Conservative Rick Perkins, who won the riding with 41 per cent of the vote in 2021 and is running for re-election. The Liberals had 37 per cent of the vote in 2021 and the New Democrats 19 per cent.

The Elections Canada list shows that the Bloc Québécois will be running a candidate in each of Quebec’s 78 ridings, while the People’s Party of Canada has 247 candidates across the country and the Greens have 232, according to the list.

The Greens’ total puts the party below the 90-per-cent threshold required to participate in the debates, but the Leaders’ Debates Commission confirmed that the Green Party will be invited. The commission said in a statement that the party provided a list of “endorsed candidates” that met that threshold.

Meanwhile, the final list details how the Liberals and Conservatives filled vacancies left by candidates who were dropped or resigned amid controversy.

Liberal incumbent Paul Chiang resigned his candidacy in the Ontario riding of Markham-Unionville after he suggested that a Conservative candidate in another riding could be turned into the Chinese consulate for a bounty. Former deputy police chief Peter Yuen is now running for the Liberals in that riding, according to the list.

Corey Hogan will be the Liberal candidate in Calgary Confederation. The original candidate, Thomas Keeper, was removed because he did not disclose information to the party, according to Ms. Ghassabeh.

Jeremy Hoefsloot will be carrying the Liberal banner in Edmonton Gateway. Former Alberta NDP MLA Rod Loyola was kicked out after a 2009 video surfaced of him expressing support for Hamas and Hezbollah at a protest. He recently said he condemns the killings, terrorism and abduction, and stands with Palestinians. He’s now running independently in the riding.

Kathy Borrelli is running for the Conservatives in Windsor-Tecumseh-Lakeshore, after Mark McKenzie was dropped because of controversial comments he made on a podcast that were uncovered by CTV News.

The Conservatives will run Mathieu Fournier in the Quebec riding of Laurier–Sainte-Marie, according to the list. Former candidate Stefan Marquis said on X, that he could no longer run after the party had reviewed his X posts.

Indy Panchi will carry the Conservative banner in the B.C. riding of New Westminster-Burnaby-Maillardville,, according to the list. The original candidate, Lourence Singh, was dropped by the party without explanation.

Natalie Weed will be the candidate for the Conservatives in the Toronto riding of Etobicoke North. It comes after Don Patel was dropped over endorsing a controversial social-media post.

With reports from The Canadian Press