Voters in a part of northern Manitoba are to go to the polls Tuesday in a provincial byelection.
The Thompson seat has been vacant since the death in December of New Democrat Danielle Adams, who was killed in a highway crash.
Read more: Manitoba Liberals decline to run candidate in Thompson byelection out of respect for late MLA
The constituency has long been an NDP stronghold — it has been won by the New Democrats in all but two elections since 1969.
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The NDP candidate this time is Eric Redhead, former chief of the Shamattawa First Nation.
The governing Progressive Conservatives have nominated Charlotte Larocque, a small-business owner.
Elections Manitoba says no other parties have registered candidates.
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