Election candidates in the East edition coverage area

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Manitoba’s 43rd general provincial election will be held on Tuesday, Oct. 3. Advance voting will run from Saturday, Sept. 23 until Saturday, Sept. 30.

Electoral districts and nominated candidates in the coverage area of the Free Press Community Review East edition are as follows (incumbents in bold type):

• Concordia — Trish Rawsthorne (Lib.); Alex Rogers (PC); Matt Wiebe (NDP)

• Elmwood — Donovan DeBattista (Lib.); Nicolas Geddert (Green); German Lombana (Comm.); Jim Maloway (NDP); Josh Okello (PC)

• Kildonan-River East — Ian MacIntyre (Lib.); Rachelle Schott (NDP); Alana Vannahme (PC)

• Lagimodière — Tyler Blashko (NDP); Walt Nilsson (Lib.); Andrew Smith (PC)

• Radisson — Jean Luc Bouché (Lib.); Jelynn Dela Cruz (NDP); James Teitsma (PC)

• Red River North — Alicia Hill (NDP); Jeff Wharton (PC)

• Riel — LéAmber Kensley (Lib.); Mike Moyes (NDP); Rochelle Squires (PC)

• Rossmere — Mike Chapin (Lib.); Devlin Hinchey (Green); Andrew Micklefield (PC); Tracy Schmidt (NDP)

• Seine River — James Bloomfield (Lib.); Billie Cross (NDP); Janice Morley-Lecomte (PC); Martin J. Stadler (Ind.)

• Southdale — Renée Cable (NDP); Audrey Gordon (PC); Robert-Falcon Ouellette (Lib.)

• St. Boniface — Damon Bath (Comm.); Kirt Hayer (PC); Dougald Lamont (Lib.); Robert Loiselle (NDP)

• St. Vital — Saima Aziz (PC); Peter Bastians (Lib.); Jamie Moses (NDP)

• Transcona — Nello Altomare (NDP); Arthur Bloomfield (Lib.); Titi Tijani (PC)

Deadline for nominations was 1 p.m. on Monday, Sept. 11. Both the governing Progressive Conservative Party of Manitoba and the opposition New Democratic Party of Manitoba will field full slates of 57 candidates, while the Manitoba Liberal Party nominated candidates in 49 electoral districts. The Green Party of Manitoba is running 13 candidates, the Communist Party of Canada – Manitoba has nominated five candidates and the Keystone Party is running five candidates in rural districts. Three independent candidates are also up for election.

Registered voters will receive voter information cards in the mail and can vote at any advance poll in the province when the time comes.

More information on advance voting and available options is available online at www.electionsmanitoba.ca/en/Voting/MyVotingInfo

For general information on the election and candidates as they are nominated, visit www.electionsmanitoba.ca

— Staff