Advance voting for the Manitoba provincial election starts today.
There are 18 candidates for the 5 ridings in the area. The ridings include Agassiz, Dauphin, Interlake-Gimli, Riding Mountain, and Swan River. The candidates are as follows:
Dauphin:
Brad Michaleski for the Progressive Conservative Party of Manitoba
Darcy Scheller for the Manitoba NDP
Cathy Scofield- Singh for the Manitoba Liberal Party
Swan River:
David Teffaine for the Manitoba Liberal Party
Shelley Wiggins for the Manitoba NDP
Rick Wowchuk for the Progressive Conservative Party of Manitoba
Agassiz:
Hector Swanson for the Manitoba Liberal Party
Kelly Lagaspi for the Manitoba NDP
Eileen Clarke for the Progressive Conservative Party of Manitoba
Liz Clayton for the Green Party of Manitoba
Riding Mountain
Jordan Fleury for the Manitoba Liberal Party
Wayne Chacun for the Manitoba NDP
Greg Nesbitt for the Progressive Conservative Party of Manitoba
Mary Lowe for the Manitoba Green Party
Interlake-Gimli
Mary Lou Bourgeois for the Manitoba Liberal Party
Sarah Pinsent for the Manitoba NDP
Derek Johnson for the Progressive Conservative Party of Manitoba
Dwight Harfield for the Manitoba Green Party
Advance voting runs from August 29th to September 5th 8 am to 8 pm Monday through Saturday and Sunday noon to 6 pm.
Some advance voting stations, like the Dauphin Returning Office, will open tomorrow and stay open for the entire advance voting period. While others will only be open on certain days at certain times.
Voting is also available at the Dauphin Marketplace Mall.
For a full list of where and when advance voting stations are open, go to the Elections Manitoba website.