A by-election is scheduled to be held in the federal riding of Winnipeg South Centre in Manitoba on June 19, 2023, following the death of Liberal MP and former cabinet minister Jim Carr. The by-election will be held on the same day as three others;

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, Oxford and Portage—Lisgar.

Background

Constituency

The district is an urban constituency based in the city of Winnipeg.

Representation

Winnipeg South Centre has been a reliable Liberal seat since 1988, apart from 2011 to 2015 when it was held by Conservative

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. The riding of Winnipeg South Centre was vacated on December 12, 2022 following the death of Liberal MP and former cabinet minister Jim Carr. Carr had represented the riding since

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, when he defeated Conservative incumbent

, and had been battling

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and kidney failure since 2019. Carr also defeated Bateman in rematches in

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and

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Campaign

Candidates

Running for the Liberals is Carr's son Ben Carr, an educator and former staffer to Mélanie Joly. Winnipeg city councillor Sherri Rollins briefly ran for the nomination before withdrawing and throwing her support behind Carr. The Conservatives have nominated Damir Stipanovic, an air traffic controller and member of the Royal Canadian Air Force Reserve. Running again after previously running in

are NDP candidate Julia Riddell, a clinical psychologist, and Green candidate Doug Hemmerling, a local educator. The People's Party of Canada chose former DJ Tylor Baer to be their candidate. He contested Brandon—Souris for the party in the 2021 election. The Rhinoceros Party chose party leader Sébastien CoRhino to be their candidate. The Longest Ballot Committee chose Winnipeg South Centre as its target for this group of byelections; the group protests the first-past-the-post election method by registering large numbers of independents in one riding in an election or group of byelections.

Polling

Results

2021 result

References

2023 elections in Canada 2023 in Manitoba 2020s in Winnipeg Federal by-elections in Manitoba June 2023 events in Canada Politics of Winnipeg {{By-elections to the 44th Canadian Parliament