Manitobans Head to the Polls Today, as Record Numbers Vote in Advance Polling

Manitobans are set to cast the final ballots today to decide who their next government will be.

Manitoba provincial party leaders Heather Stefanson (L), a Progressive Conservative, Wab Kinew (C), a New Democrat, and Dougald Lamont, a Liberal, shake hands after the Party Leaders Forum—Growing the Economy, in Winnipeg on Sept. 12, 2023. John Woods/The Canadian Press

Manitobans will decide who will lead the next government in the province’s election on Oct. 3, with voting stations opening at 8 a.m.

A record number of voters, 200,790 in total, cast their votes in advance polling from Sept. 23 to Sept. 30. The count surpassed the 2019 record of 113,000 early votes cast, according to Elections Manitoba.