Voters in Quebec, Manitoba, and Ontario are heading to the polls in four byelections on June 19 to pick four new MPs.
The byelections are being held in the ridings of Notre-Dame-de-Grâce–Westmount in Quebec, Oxford in Ontario, Winnipeg South Centre in Manitoba, and Portage–Lisgar in Manitoba. In recent elections, all four ridings were relative strongholds for the incumbent parties.
In the Manitoba riding of Portage–Lisgar, Branden Leslie—the campaign manager of former MP for the riding Candice Bergen—is attempting to retain the party’s near two-decade hold on the riding, from 2008 to 2023. Challenging him is Maxime Bernier, leader of the People’s Party of Canada (PPC), who is vying to gain a seat for his party in Parliament….