Familiar faces return to represent Winnipeg in Parliament

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Following the federal election on April 28, a number of familiar faces will return to Parliament to represent Winnipeggers.

Liberal incumbents Kevin Lamoureux (Winnipeg North), Ben Carr (Winnipeg South Centre), and Terry Duguid (Winnipeg South) have retained their seats and will be a part of the newly formed government, as did New Democratic Party MP Leah Gazan (Winnipeg Centre) and Conservative MP Raquel Dancho (Kildonan-St. Paul).

Nationally, the Liberals will form a minority government, with 169 seats at press time, while the Conservatives won 144 seats.

“There’s a great deal of relief and a lot of happy Liberals,” said Lamoureux, who has represented Winnipeg North since 2010. Previously, he was a Liberal MLA from 1988 to 1999 and 2003 to 2010. According to Elections Canada, Lamoureux earned 18,210 votes, over 57 per cent of the vote, this time around.

Duguid, who has been representing Winnipeg South since 2015, easily beat former MLA Janice Morley-Lecomte (Conservative) to retain the riding for the Liberals, earning 28,123 votes while Morley-Lecomte had 16,776 with all 166 polls reporting at press time.

Carr, who was first elected to represent Winnipg South Centre in a byelection in 2023 following the death of his father, the late MP Jim Carr, earned a commanding 33,834 votes with all 188 polls reporting at press time, more than double Conservative challenger Royden Brousseau’s total.

“I’m very proud of the campaign we ran,” Carr said. “It was positive. It was substantive. And it was fuelled by purpose.”

Gazan, who has represented Winnipeg Centre since 2019, is the lone remaining NDP MP from Manitoba. Gazan earned 13,524 votes with all 167 polls reporting at press time, or 39.5 per cent of the vote, while Liberal challenger Rahul Wahlia had 12,108.

“We believe that we need people holding the Liberal government to account to fight against corporate greed,” Gazan said, while acknowledging it was a “hard night” for the NDP, that earned only seven seats across the country.

Dancho, who has represented Kildonan-St. Paul since 2019, also fought a tight race to retain her seat, earning 26,366 votes with all 208 polls reporting at press time, while Liberal challenger Thomas Naaykens had 24,818 and NDP candidate Emily Clark finished with 3,853.

“You’re sending a fighter back to Ottawa,” Dancho said. “Don’t give up hope”

Doug Eyolfson (Liberal) unseated Conservative incumbent Marty Mortanz to earn a second term representing the riding now known as Winnipeg West, while Conservative Colin Reynolds edged out NDP incumbent Leila Dance, who was elected in Elmwood-Transcona in a byelection in September 2024. Ginette Lavack (Liberal) won the seat in St. Boniface-St. Vital, after Liberal incumbent Dan Vandal chose not to run for re-election.