2022 Kirkfield Park provincial by-election

The 2022 Kirkfield Park provincial by-election was held on December 13, 2022.

2022 Kirkfield Park provincial by-election

← 2019 December 13, 2022
Riding of Kirkfield Park
Turnout	36.48%
First party Second party Third party   Candidate Kevin Klein Logan Oxenham Rhonda Nichol Party Progressive Conservative New Democratic Liberal Popular vote 2,356 2,196 1,741 Percentage 37.03% 34.51% 27.36% Swing 13.33% 8.83% 11.69%
A map of Winnipeg's provincial ridings, showing Kirkfield Park highlighted in red.
MLA before election Scott Fielding Progressive Conservative Elected MLA Kevin Klein^[1] Progressive Conservative

Background

The by-election was triggered after MLA Scott Fielding resigned from the Legislative Assembly and Executive Council of Manitoba.^[2] The election date was set on November 23, 2022.^[3]

Kevin Klein was declared the winner of the election.^[1]

Candidates

Four candidates registered:^[4]

• Logan Oxenham – New Democratic Party of Manitoba
• Kevin Klein – Progressive Conservative Party of Manitoba^[5]
• Rhonda Nichol – Manitoba Liberal Party
• Dennis Bayomi – Green Party of Manitoba

Results

Advance voting began on December 3.^[6]

Manitoba provincial by-election, December 13, 2022: Kirkfield Park Resignation of Scott Fielding
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Progressive Conservative	Kevin Klein	2,357	37.04	–13.32
	New Democratic	Logan Oxenham	2,196	34.51	+8.82
	Liberal	Rhonda Nichol	1,741	27.36	+11.68
	Green	Dennis Bayomi	70	1.10	–7.19
Total valid votes			6,364	99.86
Total rejected ballots			11	0.17	–0.58
Turnout			6,375	36.50	–24.75
Eligible voters			17,468
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		–11.07
Source: Elections Manitoba^[7]

Previous results

2019 Manitoba general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Progressive Conservative	Scott Fielding	5,445	50.36	–1.8	$48,691.89
	New Democratic	Kurt Morton	2,777	25.68	–4.5	$2,920.83
	Liberal	Ernie Nathaniel	1,695	15.68	+6.2	$4,443.68
	Green	Dennis Bayomi	896	8.29	+0.4	$0.00
Total valid votes			10,813	99.25
Total rejected ballots			82	0.75
Turnout			10,895	61.25
Eligible voters			17,789
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		+1.3

^ Change is from redistributed results

References

1. "Kevin Klein elected in Kirkfield Park; keeps seat for PCS". December 14, 2022.
2. Scott Fielding [@MinFielding] (June 6, 2022). "After 15 years of public service at both the provincial & municipal level of government, I've made the decision to not seek re-election & retire from politics" (Tweet). Retrieved June 6, 2022 – via Twitter.
3. Posted, Cody Sellar. "Premier calls by-election in Kirkfield Park". Our Communities. Retrieved December 1, 2022.
4. Posted, Danielle Da Silva. "Kirkfield Park a challenge for Tories". Brandon Sun. Retrieved December 1, 2022.
5. "Kevin Klein to seek Manitoba PC nod for Kirkfield Park byelection following mayoral loss – Winnipeg | Globalnews.ca". Global News. Retrieved December 1, 2022.
6. "How Kirkfield Park's byelection could preview next year's provincial election". Winnipeg. November 18, 2022. Retrieved December 1, 2022.
7. "2022 KIRKFIELD PARK BYELECTION RESULTS". Elections Manitoba. Retrieved December 21, 2022.