A by-election was held in the federal riding of

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in Manitoba on June 19, 2023, following the death of

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MP and former cabinet minister

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. The by-election was held on the same day as three others;

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and

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Background

Constituency

The district is an urban constituency based in the city of

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Representation

Winnipeg South Centre has been a reliable Liberal seat since 1988, apart from 2011 to 2015 when it was held by Conservative Joyce Bateman. The riding of

was vacated on December 12, 2022 following the death of

MP and former cabinet minister

. Carr had represented the riding since

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, when he defeated

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incumbent Joyce Bateman, and had been battling

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and

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since 2019. Carr also defeated Bateman in rematches in

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and

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Campaign

Candidates

Jim Carr's son Ben Carr, an educator and former staffer to

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, won the

nomination for the by-election. Winnipeg city councillor Sherri Rollins briefly ran for the nomination before withdrawing and throwing her support behind Carr. The

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nominated Damir Stipanovic, an air traffic controller and member of the Royal Canadian Air Force Reserve. After previously running in the same riding in the 2021 federal election,

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candidate Julia Riddell, a clinical psychologist, and

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candidate Doug Hemmerling, a local educator, won their respective parties' nominations for the by-election. The

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chose former DJ Tylor Baer to be their candidate. He contested

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for the party in 2021. The

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chose party leader Sébastien CoRhino to be their candidate. The

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chose Winnipeg South Centre as its target for this group of by-elections; the group protests

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by registering large numbers of

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in one riding in an election or group of by-elections. Forty-two people, including the above-mentioned Sébastien CoRhino, ran under its auspices, while Tait Palsson, who was not involved with the group, also ran an independent campaign. The forty-eight candidates in this by-election are the most ever to contest a federal election in Canada.

Polling

Results

2021 result

References

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