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Manitoba byelection to be held to fill seat of NDP stronghold of Thompson

Residents of Thompson, will elect a new member of the legislative assembly Tuesday. Global News / File

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.

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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.

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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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