Federal byelections to be held in Manitoba, Quebec, Ontario next month
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Voters will be heading to the polls for federal byelections next month in four electoral districts in Manitoba, Quebec and Ontario.
Voters will be heading to the polls for federal byelections next month in four electoral districts in Manitoba, Quebec and Ontario.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced the byelections for Notre-Dame-de-Grâce–Westmount, Quebec; Oxford, Ontario; Portage–Lisgar, Manitoba; and Winnipeg South Centre, Manitoba will be held on June 19.
One race comes after the recent death of the incumbent MP, while others are to fill seats left vacant after the incumbent MPs stepped down.
They include the former seat of Candice Bergen, former interim leader for the Conservative Party, a seat the People’s Party of Canada (PPC) leader Maxime Bernier is hoping to snag.
Bergen stepped down from her position as MP in February after 14 years. She had represented the riding of Portage-Lisgar since 2008, and served as interim party leader for the Conservatives in 2022 after Erin O’Toole was ousted as leader.
Bernier announced his desire to run for the seat earlier this week, prior to the byelection being called. The former Conservative cabinet minister, who quit the Conservative party in 2018 after losing its 2017 leadership contest to Andrew Scheer, has since run for office twice after forming his own party. He was unsuccessful in both of his attempts to gain a seat in 2019 and 2021.
Branden Leslie is the Conservative party candidate for the riding, winning the nomination in April.
