Brian Pallister Progressive Conservative Brian Pallister Progressive Conservative The 2019 Manitoba general election was held on September 10, 2019, to elect the 57 members to the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba.

[1] The incumbent Progressive Conservatives, led by Premier Brian Pallister, were re-elected to a second majority government with a loss of two seats.

The NDP, led by Wab Kinew, gained six seats and retained their position as the official opposition.

Pallister visited Lieutenant Governor Janice Filmon on August 12 to officially drop the writ and begin the campaign period.

[4] It had been speculated that Pallister would call an early election in order to take advantage of a large lead in opinion polls, and to get the vote out of the way before new and potentially unpopular budget cuts took effect.