It was the kind of near-sweep that has rarely happened before in the Manitoba capital — not since the Progressive Conservative collapse of 1993. The seat was held by Fletcher for 11 years, and Eyolfson was initially not given much of a chance of snatching it. Other Tory seats, such as Kildonan-St. Paul, Winnipeg South and Winnipeg South Centre, also turned Liberal red. The Liberals also snagged Winnipeg Centre from the NDP’s Pat Martin, who had held it since 1997. The only seat the Liberals didn’t win in Winnipeg went to the NDP’s Daniel Blaikie in Elmwood-Transcona.

Source: thestar October 14, 2019 18:11 UTC