[2] It resulted in the landslide victory of Conservative Branden Leslie, in what many analysts described as a test for both the Tories and Maxime Bernier's People's Party of Canada, the latter of which got 21% of the vote in this riding in 2021, their best nationwide.

[3][4] After the by-election, Bernier announced his intentions to run in the riding again in the next federal election, though acknowledging that the result had not been desirable for him.

It includes the cities of Portage la Prairie, Winkler, and Morden, and the towns of Carman, Morris and Altona.

[8] Bergen's former campaign manager Branden Leslie[9] defeated Rejeanne Caron, the party's 2019 candidate in Saint Boniface—Saint Vital and 2021 candidate in Elmwood—Transcona; Winkler resident Don Cruickshank,[10] Morden-Winkler MLA and former Progressive Conservative Party of Manitoba cabinet minister Cameron Friesen;[11] and Lawrence Toet, the MP for Elmwood—Transcona from 2011 to 2015 for the Conservative nomination.

[18] Maxime Bernier, who is the former MP for Beauce and the current leader of the People's Party of Canada, announced on May 12, 2023, that he would run for the seat.