UPDATED September 18, 2024 2:21pmET
The NDP's Daniel Blaikie stepped down in March to take a job with Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew, triggering a Sept. 16 byelection in this Winnipeg riding.
WATCH: Winnipeg Free Press journalist Sheldon Birnie joins CPAC's Michael Serapio to analyze the race in Elmwood--Transcona
Registered Party Candidates
Recent Results (%)
Blaikie and his father, the late Bill Blaikie, represented the area for years in the House of Commons.
The 2015 vote was razor-thin; just 61 votes separated the NDP and the incumbent Conservative candidate (Lawrence Toet).
About Elmwood--Transcona
For the next general election, Elmwood—Transcona's boundaries will move east to include rural territory and the community of Dugald. Former MP Daniel Blaikie opposed the change, but Manitoba's boundary commission was not convinced:
We remain of the view that there are social and economic ties between Elmwood— Transcona and Dugald and its surrounding area. Similarly, we are not persuaded by the argument against ridings comprised of both urban and rural components. The Commission notes that, as a result of the continuing ex-urban sprawl, many developed, concentrated population centres just outside of cities have become semi-urban dormitory communities with much in common with city dwellers. While there may be diverse and sometimes competing interests between such communities, this is also the case within urban communities as well.
(Source: Statistics Canada/2021 Census)
