4 federal byelections set for June in Quebec, Ontario and Manitoba | 24CA News

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Published 14.05.2023
4 federal byelections set for June in Quebec, Ontario and Manitoba  | 24CA News

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau introduced Sunday that 4 byelections will occur in June.

The byelections can be held on June 19 in 4 districts:

  • Notre-Dame-de-Grâce—Westmount, Quebec
  • Oxford, Ontario
  • Portage—Lisgar, Manitoba
  • Winnipeg South Centre, Manitoba

Of word, People’s Party of Canada Leader Maxime Bernier has mentioned he can be operating in Portage-Lisgar, Man., in an try and turn out to be an MP once more. The seat was given up by Conservative Candice Bergen, who stepped down in February after a stint because the Conservative interim chief.

Bernier ran in his outdated using of Beauce, Que., in 2019 and 2021 however misplaced each occasions.


Click to play video: 'Maxime Bernier appears to eye Manitoba byelection in bid to return as MP'

Maxime Bernier seems to eye Manitoba byelection in bid to return as MP


“This byelection is the starting of a major turning point in Canadian politics,” he mentioned Friday in Portage la Prairie, Man.

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In Winnipeg South Centre, Liberal Ben Carr is seeking to win the seat held by his father, longtime MP and former cupboard minister Jim Carr, who died in December.

Marc Garneau, the previous Liberal cupboard minister and astronaut, resigned in March from the Quebec using Notre-Dame-de-Grace-Westmount after 15 years in politics, whereas Dave MacKenzie, Conservative MP for the using of Oxford, stepped down in January.

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