Agboola tapped to take second crack at winning St. Boniface-St. Vital back for Conservatives

Bartley Kives · CBC News

· Posted: Mar 14, 2025 2:00 PM EDT | Last Updated: 6 minutes ago

The national Conservative Party has nominated a campaigner for the Winnipeg riding of St. Boniface-St. Vital.

Shola Agboola will effort to triumph backmost a riding the Conservatives past held from 2008-15, erstwhile Shelly Glover served arsenic MP. The Conservative Party website was updated this week to database Agboola arsenic a candidate.

Agboola has spent 17 years moving with provincial corrections, according to his LinkedIn account. In a Facebook post, Agboola said helium won a contested information connected Wednesday, defeating chap St. Boniface-St. Vital electoral territory relation committee member Nicholas Tenszen.

Agboola finished 2nd to Liberal Dan Vandal successful St. Boniface-St. Vital successful the 2021 national election, attracting 28 per cent of the vote.

Vandal is not moving for re-election. The Liberals person nominated Ginette Lavack, the erstwhile manager of the Franco-Manitoban Cultural Centre and Festival du Voyageur.

The New Democratic Party campaigner is Thomas Linner, who served arsenic a spokesperson for the Manitoba Health Coalition during the COVID-19 pandemic.

A wide predetermination indispensable beryllium held successful Canada this twelvemonth and whitethorn instrumentality spot arsenic soon arsenic this spring. Prime Minister Mark Carney, who was sworn successful Friday, is expected to telephone an predetermination wrong days oregon weeks.

Since its enactment successful 1925, what is present called St. Boniface-St. Vital has lone been represented by MPs from the Liberal Party and blimpish parties. The Liberals person won 27 of 32 elections implicit the past century.