Transcona elects NDP Shannon Corbett as new MLA

Shannon Corbett (right) speaks with media after the Transcona byelection votes rolled in on March 18, 2025. (Scott Andersson/CTV News Winnipeg)

Transcona residents are sticking with the New Democratic Party to represent them in the legislature.

Shannon Corbett held onto the seat for the NDP after residents headed to the polls Tuesday. According to Elections Manitoba, with all polling places recorded she received 3,616 votes, making up 64 per cent of the total votes cast.

Corbett is a vice principal at Transcona Collegiate and said she spent her entire life in Transcona.

The byelection came after the death of Nello Altomare in early January. Altomare died after a battle with cancer.

He served as the area’s MLA after being elected in 2019. The former principal was appointed the province’s education and early childhood learning minister in 2023 after the NPD won the election.

Corbett previously worked with Altomare, including on both of his provincial election campaigns as his fundraising chair.

Since the riding was created in 1969, the NDP has had a stronghold on the area, losing only twice, once to the Liberals in 1988 and once to the Progressive Conservatives in 2016.

Other candidates included Shawn Nason for the Progressive Conservatives, Brad Boudreau for the Liberals, and Susan Auch, an Independent.

Nason secured 1,569 votes.