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This article was published 10/9/2019 (496 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
Dougald Lamont will enter his first full term as the MLA for St. Boniface after being re-elected in the provincial election Sept. 10.
Lamont, who is also the leader of the Manitoba Liberals, swept aside challenges from the NDP candidate Laurissa Sims, who finished in second, and the PC candidate Megan Hoskins, who finished in third. Green Party candidate Jaclyn Jeanson finished in fourth, and Manitoba Forward candidate Simone Fortier finished in fifth.
Manitoba Liberal leader Dougald Lamont, pictured on election night at the Norwood Hotel, retained his St. Boniface seat.
According to unofficial election results from Elections Manitoba, Lamont won 4,077 votes; Sims won 2,939; Hoskins won 1,889; Jeanson won 840; and Fortier won 76.
Talking to The Lance at the party’s election headquarters at the Norwood Hotel after the results were announced, Lamont said his victory was still sinking in. He said he was thankful for the attendance of the many people that visited the HQ to show their support.
"We all know we did the best we could, and we ran a campaign to be proud of," said Lamont, who was first elected in a July 2018 byelection following the resignation of former St. Boniface MLA and premier Greg Selinger.
And after the learning curve of his first 14 months at the Manitoba legislature, the married father of four is looking forward to continuing to serve the constituents of St. Boniface, as well as continue to lead the provincial party.
"The most important thing I can do is be the best MLA I can be for St. Boniface, which in many ways is a microcosm for all of Manitoba," he said, adding that that the cuts made by Brian Pallister’s Progressive Conservative government, including those to education and health care, continue to be a concern for his party, and many Manitobans.
Simon Fuller
The Lance community journalist
Simon Fuller is the community journalist for The Lance. Canstar’s senior reporter, he joined the team in June 2009 to write for The Sou’wester, which was then the new paper in the Canstar family. In June 2012, Fuller crossed the Red River to write for the Lance, and has spent the best part of the last decade getting to know the people and places that make southeast Winnipeg such a diverse, eclectic and culturally enriching place to live. A patriotic Brit and supporter of Southampton Football Club, he hopes to see England win a soccer world cup in his lifetime. Twenty years after immigrating to Winnipeg, Fuller — a graduate of the University of North London and Red River College’s creative communications program — now prefers coffee and doughnuts to tea and crumpets. His journalism journey started with an internship at the Winnipeg Free Press in January 2008, which was soon followed by a nine-month stint as a general assignment reporter at the Winnipeg Sun. Despite his allergies, he’s the proud father of his girlfriend’s four cats. Email him at simon.fuller@canstarnews.com Call him at 204-697-7111. . Email him at simon.fuller@canstarnews.com Call him at 204-697-7111