The 44th Manitoba general election will be held on or before October 5, 2027, to elect 57 members to the

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Background

Under Manitoba's ''Elections Act'', a general election must be held no later than the first Tuesday of October in the fourth calendar year following the previous election. As the previous election was held in 2023, the latest possible date for the election is October 5, 2027. The election will be held under

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Current standings

Timeline

2023

*October 3: The

2023 Manitoba general election The 2023 Manitoba general election was held on October 3, 2023, to elect 57 members to the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba. The New Democratic Party of Manitoba, led by Wab Kinew, formed a majority government, defeating the two-term Progressive ...

is held, resulting in a majority for the

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. The Progressive Conservative Party becomes the

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, and the

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is reduced to one seat. PC leader

Heather Stefanson Heather Dorothy Stefanson (born May 11, 1970) is a Canadian former politician who served as the 24th premier of Manitoba from 2021 to 2023; the first woman in the province's history to hold that role. She is the former leader of the Progressiv ...

announced her intent to resign once her successor is chosen, while she will remain as MLA for

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. Dougald Lamont resigns as Liberal leader on election night after he loses his seat of

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. *October 17:

Cindy Lamoureux Cindy Lamoureux (born November 13, 1991) is a Canadians, Canadian provincial politician, who was elected as the Member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba for the riding of Burrows (electoral district), Burrows in the 2016 Manitoba general el ...

, MLA for

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, is selected as interim leader of the Manitoba Liberal Party. *October 18: The NDP Cabinet is sworn in.

2024

*January 18: Wayne Ewasko is chosen as the interim leader of the Progressive Conservative Party, replacing outgoing leader

. *April 25: Heather Stefanson announces her intention to vacate her seat on May 6. A

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will be held to fill the seat on June 18. *June 18: New Democrat

Carla Compton Carla Compton is a Canadian registered nurse and politician from the New Democratic Party of Manitoba, New Democratic Party who was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba in the 2024 Tuxedo provincial by-election. In the 2019 Manitoba g ...

wins the

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, gaining the seat from the Progressive Conservatives. *September 16: Mark Wasyliw, MLA for

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, is removed from the NDP caucus and will sit as an independent.

2025

*January 14: Education and Early Childhood Learning Minister and MLA for

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dies in office. *March 18: New Democrat

Shannon Corbett Shannon Corbett is a Canadian politician, who was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba in a provincial by-election. She represents the district of Transcona as a member of the Manitoba New Democratic Party. Until her election she was ...

wins the Transcona by-election, holding the seat for the NDP. *March 24: Progressive Conservative MLA for Spruce Woods, Grant Jackson resigns his seat to run for the federal Conservatives in

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. *April 26:

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is elected as leader of the Progressive Conservative Party.

Opinion polling

References

Opinion poll sources

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