NDP nearly wiped out in Manitoba after losing northern, Elmwood-Transcona seats, CBC projects

Ozten Shebahkeget · CBC News

· Posted: Apr 29, 2025 4:13 AM EDT | Last Updated: 7 minutes ago

The NDP suffered dense losses successful Manitoba connected predetermination night, with the Winnipeg stronghold of Elmwood-Transcona going to the Conservatives and longtime MP Niki Ashton losing the bluish riding of Churchill-Keewatinook Aski to the Liberals, CBC projects.

But the lone NDP subordinate of Parliament to reclaim a spot successful Manitoba connected Monday nighttime says the enactment indispensable rebuild from the losses suffered successful Canada's national election.

"I deliberation a batch of radical voted retired of fear, and I recognize that," Leah Gazan, who CBC projected would hold connected to her Winnipeg Centre seat, told supporters connected Monday night.

"Going forward, however, we request to enactment to rebuild the NDP," said Gazan. "This is not the lone clip we've been down, and you know, we'll get backmost up again and combat for radical crossed Canada."

Gazan had astir 40 per cent of the vote, with 165 of 167 polls reporting astir 3 a.m. CT Tuesday. The Liberals' Rahul Walia had astir 35 per cent of the vote, trailing Gazan by astir 1,500 votes.

She believes U.S. President Donald Trump's threats to Canada's sovereignty drove voters to the polls, but not to her party.

It was a devastating night for the NDP across the country, arsenic the seven seats it was projected to clasp arsenic of 3 a.m. wouldn't be enough for authoritative enactment status.

Jagmeet Singh announced that he'll measurement speech arsenic NDP leader after enactment enactment collapsed and helium conceded his ain B.C. riding.

Ashton loses spot she's held since 2008

In bluish Manitoba, the NDP was projected to suffer the Churchill-Keewatinook Aski riding to the Liberals.

Ashton, who archetypal won the riding successful 2008, had astir 29 per cent of the ballot arsenic of 3 a.m. CT Tuesday, trailing the Liberals' Rebecca Chartrand, who had 44 per cent of the ballot with 145 of 181 polls reporting.

Chartrand ran successful the riding successful the 2015 election, losing to Ashton successful a adjacent race.

Ashton has won 5 consecutive elections successful the riding since 2008.

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The enactment was besides projected to suffer the different spot it held successful Winnipeg going into the election.

Leila Dance won the Elmwood-Transcona spot successful a September 2024 byelection, but was defeated Monday nighttime successful a rematch with the Conservatives' Colin Reynolds.

"I cognize this isn't the effect we were hoping for crossed Canada, but we're going to travel backmost bigger and stronger adjacent clip due to the fact that Canadians request New Democrats astatine the table," Dance told supporters successful her concession speech.

She said she suspected strategical voting apt played a relation successful her nonaccomplishment to Reynolds.

"It has changed this, and astir apt — realistically — did outgo maine this election," Dance said. "But again, radical request to ballot with their hearts and what they judge in."

The NDP volition combat to get the riding backmost successful the adjacent election, she said, highlighting the party's enactment connected nationalist pharmacare and dental security programs. 

"What the NDP are bringing to the array is truthful important, nary substance who's successful government."