Brianne Goertzen enters Winnipeg South race for NDP

Posted: 1:13 PM CDT Wednesday, Sep. 9, 2015

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And then there was one.

The federal NDP, who has lagged behind the other parties in Manitoba for nominating candidates, is only one riding away from running a full slate in Manitoba.

Brianne Goertzen, the former general coordinator of the Canadian Federation of Students Manitoba, was nominated last week as the New Democrat candidate for the open race in Winnipeg South.

She will take on University professor Gordon Giesbrecht, better known as Professor Popsicle who is running for the Conservatives, Liberal candidate Terry Duguid, and Adam Smith who is running for the Greens.

The riding was held by Conservative MP Rod Bruinooge, who is not running for re-election.

That leaves Portage-Lisgar as the only remaining riding in Manitoba without an NDP candidate.

Conservative MP Candice Bergen won in 2011 with over 75 per cent support in the riding, while NDP candidate Mohamed Alli received 9 per cent.

Alli, who is also the Portage-Lisgar riding association president for the NDP, said on Wednesday they are still searching for a candidate and no nomination date has been set.

Parties have until 2 p.m. on Sept. 28 to nominate a candidate. The NDP have just 2 candidates left to nominate to get to a full slate of 338.