CTV News declares Leah Gazan re-elected in Winnipeg Centre

A map shows the boundaries of Winnipeg Centre for the 2025 federal election. (Elections Canada)

Winnipeg Centre is set to remain orange.

CTV News declared NDP incumbent Leah Gazan has been re-elected.

Gazan has held the seat since 2019.

Details about the riding can be found below.

Candidates

(* indicates incumbent)

Tom Bambrick – Conservative Party of Canada

Leah Gazan – NDP*

Gary Gervais – Green Party of Canada

Donald Grant – People’s Party of Canada

Rahul Walia – Liberal Party of Canada

Debra Wall - Animal Protection Party of Canada

2021 Federal Election

Leah Gazan of the NDP won her second term with 50.3 per cent of the vote. She has represented the riding since 2019.

History

Winnipeg Centre was originally contested from 1914 to 1924, but was then abolished and absorbed into Winnipeg North Centre and Winnipeg South Centre ridings.

Winnipeg Centre was brought back in 1996 as its own riding. It has been an NDP stronghold since its creation, except for 2015, when Robert-Falcon Ouellette was elected under the Liberal banner

Boundaries

The riding sits between the Assiniboine River and the Canadian Pacific Railway, and includes Downtown Winnipeg, The Exchange District, and the Manitoba Legislative Building.

Demographics

According to the 2021 Census, the riding had 87,499 people living in it, a slight 1.8 per cent increase from 2016.

According to the census, 43.8 per cent of the residents in the riding identify as a visible minority and 19.1 per cent have Indigenous identity.