Winnipeg North

Winnipeg North covers the northern portion of Manitoba’s capital city, taking in neighbourhoods such as the Maples, Garden City, Tyndall Park, Jefferson, and portions of the North End. The riding is one of the most linguistically diverse in western Canada, with large communities of Tagalog, Punjabi, and Portuguese speakers alongside English.

Candidates

Kevin Lamoureux (Liberal) — One of the longest-serving Liberal politicians in Manitoba, Lamoureux represented the provincial riding of Inkster in the Manitoba Legislature from 1988 to 1999 and again from 2003 to 2010. He resigned his provincial seat to contest the November 2010 federal by-election in Winnipeg North, winning a seat that the NDP had held since 2004. Before politics, he served three years in the Canadian Armed Forces and worked as a store manager.

Harpreet Turka (Conservative) — Turka brought private-sector experience to the campaign, having worked in the telecommunications and oil and gas industries.

Levy Abad (NDP) — Abad ran as the NDP candidate in a riding that the party had held for six years before Lamoureux’s 2010 by-election victory.

John Redekopp (Green Party) also sought election in the riding.

About the Riding

Winnipeg North is a working-class urban riding with a highly diverse population. The riding has one of the highest concentrations of Filipino-Canadians in the country, alongside significant South Asian and Indigenous communities. Major employers in the area include various manufacturing and food-processing operations in the city’s industrial north end. Retail corridors along McPhillips Street and Main Street serve as commercial hubs. Issues prominent in the 2015 campaign included immigration policy, affordable housing, employment opportunities, and transit infrastructure.