2024 Tuxedo provincial by-election

The 2024 Tuxedo provincial by-election was held on June 18.

In an historic result, the NDP won the election with 49% to the PC's 42%, the first time the party has ever won the seat since its creation in 1981, and the first time a centre-left party won the area since 1945 when the NDP's predecessor, the CCF, won the Assiniboia constituency. The third-place Liberal Party's 7% vote share was the worst result the party ever received in the constituency.

Background
The riding was vacant after former Premier Heather Stefanson resigned from the Legislative Assembly on May 6, 2024.

On May 20, Premier Wab Kinew announced that a by-election would be held in Tuxedo on June 18.

Constituency
Tuxedo is an affluent, traditionally safe Tory seat in southwest Winnipeg. In addition to Stefanson, it was the riding of former premier Gary Filmon. The riding has voted for the Progressive Conservatives in every election since its creation in 1981. Despite the riding being considered safe, the NDP came within 268 votes of picking it up in the 2023 general election.

Progressive Conservative
A nomination meeting to determine the PC candidate was held on May 23 with family lawyer, Lawrence Pinsky winning the contested race. The other candidates seeking the nomination were Shannon Martin (MLA for McPhillips, 2019–2023 and Morris, 2014–2019) and Lori Shenkarow (real estate agent).

Kevin Klein (MLA for Kirkfield Park, 2022–2023 and Winnipeg City Councillor for Charleswood-Tuxedo-Westwood, 2018–2022) was also considered a potential candidate, however, he ended up not running.

New Democratic
On May 20, the NDP announced that they had nominated Carla Compton as the candidate for the by-election. She works as a registered nurse and was the Tuxedo candidate for the party in the 2019 election.

Liberal
On May 21, The Liberals announced that their candidate would be Jamie Pfau, president of the Manitoba Foster Parent Association.

Deputy leader of the party, Willard Reaves, who ran for the party in Fort Whyte in 2022 and 2023 sought the nomination before bowing out of the race and supporting Pfau.

Green
On May 20, it was announced that the leader of the Green Party, Janine Gibson would be the candidate for the by-election.