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{{Infobox election
|election_name = 2022 Manitoban federal election
|election_date = October 18, 2022
|country = Manitoba
|type = parliamentary 
|ongoing = 
|previous_election = [[2018 Manitoban federal election]]
|previous_year = [[2018 Manitoban federal election|2018]] 
|next_election = 
|next_year = Next
|previous_mps = [[List of MPs elected in the 2018 Manitoban federal election|outgoing members]]
|elected_mps = [[List of MPs elected in the 2022 Manitoban federal election|elected members]] 
|seats_for_election = All 164 seats in the [[House of Commons of Manitoba|House of Commons]]
|majority_seats = 83
|opinion_polls = Opinion polling for the 2022 Manitoban federal election
|turnout = 32,783,059 ({{increase}}5.9%)
|image1 = [[File:Mitt Romney by Gage Skidmore 8.jpg|150x150px]] 
|leader1 = [[Matthew McCarthy]] 
|party1 = Conservative Party of Manitoba
|leader_since1 = July 30, 2012
|leaders_seat1 = Nipissingville 
|last_election1 = '''87 seats'''
|seats_needed1 = {{Steady}}
|seats1 = '''83 seats'''
|seat_change1 = {{DOWN}} '''4'''
|popular_vote1 = TBD
|percentage1 = TBD
|swing1 = TBD

|image2 = [[File:Pauline Marois05-crop (3x4).jpg|150x150px]]
|leader2 = [[Joan Gauthier]]
|party2 = Bloc Manitobain
|leader_since2 = April 5, 2019
|leaders_seat2 = North Central Toscouné 
|last_election2 = 53 seats
|seats_needed2 = {{UP}} 30
|seats2 = 43 seats
|seat_change2 = {{DOWN}} 10
|popular_vote2 = TBD
|percentage2 = TBD
|swing2 = TBD

|image3 = [[File:Joyce Gault.jpg|150x150px]]
|leader3 = [[Joyce Gault]] 
|party3 = Liberal Party of Manitoba
|leader_since3 = December 3, 2020 
|leaders_seat3 = Woodlands
|last_election3 = 17 seats
|seats_needed3 = {{UP}} 66
|seats3 = 25 seats
|seat_change3 = {{UP}} 8
|popular_vote3 = TBD
|percentage3 = TBD
|swing3 = TBD
 
|image4 = [[File:Jonathan Bartley, 2018 (cropped).jpg|150x150px]] 
|leader4 = [[Mike Bartley]] 
|party4 = Green Party of Manitoba
|leader_since4 = March 5, 2018
|leaders_seat4 = Fort Galley 
|last_election4 = 4 seats
|seats_needed4 = {{UP}} 79
|seats4 = 3 seats
|seat_change4 = {{DOWN}} 1
|popular_vote4 = TBD
|percentage4 = TBD
|swing4 = TBD

|image5 = [[File:Tom-Mulcair-Cropped-2014-05-08.png|150x150px]]
|leader5 = [[Thomas Hubert-Charlois]] 
|party5 = Democratic Federalist Party of Manitoba
|leader_since5 = September 19, 2012
|leaders_seat5 = Central Fort Augustus
|last_election5 = 3 seats 
|seats_needed5 = {{UP}} 80
|seats5 = 5 seats
|seat_change5 = {{UP}} 2
|popular_vote5 = TBD
|percentage5 = TBD
|swing5 =  TBD

|image6 = [[File:François de Rugy.jpg|150x150px]]
|leader6 = [[Maxwell Moreau]]
|party6 = Wildrose Party of Manitoba
|leader_since6 = June 5, 2021
|leaders_seat6 = ''N/A''
|last_election6 = 0 seats
|seats_needed6 =
|seats6 = 5 seats
|seat_change6 = {{IncreaseNeutral}} 2
|popular_vote6 = TBD
|percentage6 = TBD
|swing6 =  TBD


| map_image = 
| map_size = 500px
| map_caption = 

|title = [[Prime Minister of Manitoba|Prime Minister]] 
|before_election = [[Matthew McCarthy]] 
|before_party = [[Conservative Party of Manitoba|Conservative]]
|after_election = Matthew McCarthy
|after_party = Conservative
}}
The '''2022 Manitoban federal election''' was a federal election held on October 14, 2022 in the [[Manitoba|Kingdom of Manitoba]] to elect members to the [[House of Commons of Manitoba|House of Commons]]. It resulted in the incumbent [[Conservative Party of Manitoba|Conservative]] government narrowly retaining a majority number of seats. The Conservatives made a net loss of 4 seats while [[Bloc Manitobain]] had the largest net loss with 10 seats.

All 164 single-member constituent seats of the House of Commons were up for election through a first-past-the-post voting system, where the candidate with the most votes, regardless of majority, won. Candidates ran in legislative districts known as "ridings", which were determined and drawn by their respective provincial government. In order to win, a party must secure a majority of seats within the chamber, which since 2002 had been 82 seats. Due to the multiple party nature of Manitoban politics, many governing parties relied on the support of smaller parties in legislative coalitions or confidence and supply deals. Since 2014, however, no governing coalition had been formed.

With the ongoing [[COVID-19 pandemic]], the use of mail-in voting became a prominent staple of the election, and has been proposed in becoming a normal part of the Manitoban election process. With a total of 87 seats, [[Prime Minister of Manitoba|Prime Minister]] [[Matthew McCarthy]] ran for a third term in office. Although his Conservatives suffered a number of defeats in [[2018 Manitoban federal election|2018]], the party's response to the COVID-19 pandemic was generally seen as positive among the Manitoban people. Political disagreement between [[Bloc Manitobain]] and the [[Liberal Party of Manitoba|Liberals]] in the opposition resulted in electoral losses for the former but modest improvements for the latter. The Bloc Manitobain suffered a series of setbacks and controversies, mostly stemming from its poorly received economic proposals and concerns with its allegedly anti-Anglophonic leadership. Although the incumbent Conservatives consistently polled ahead during the pre-election period, there were concerns that its electoral base was being diluted and eroded by a growing right-wing populist movement within Manitoba, spearheaded by the newly-formed [[Wildrose Party of Manitoba|Wildrose Party]]. 

The election result reaffirmed an electoral mandate for the Conservative government but the seat losses caused concern among party leadership. There was growing dissatisfaction within the Conservative electoral base over the perceived liberal leadership of Prime Minister Matthew McCarthy, as well as opposition and anger towards the McCarthy government's COVID-19 pandemic response, which included travel restrictions, mandatory indoor mask use, social distancing, and vaccination cards. The Liberals and Democratic Federalists were able to improve their seat counts in the House.

==Background==
==Contesting parties==
===Parties with official status===
In Manitoba, a political party receives "official status" after securing at least one seat in the [[Parliament of Manitoba]] or receive more than 0.50% of the popular vote in a federal election. With official status, parties are granted special parliamentary privileges, such as the right to participate in the {{w|Question Period}}, and receive federal funding for internal party matters, such as elections and events. Official status is granted by the [[Manitoban Royal Elections Committee]], and is typically granted following a new session of Parliament. 
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! colspan="2" rowspan="2" | Party
! rowspan="2" | Party leader(s)
! rowspan="2" | Leader since
! rowspan="2" | Leader's seat
! colspan="2" | Last election
! rowspan="2" | Seats at<br />dissolution
! rowspan="2" | Contested seats
|-
! % of<br />votes
! Seats
|-
| width="1" bgcolor="{{Conservative Party of Manitoba/meta/color}}" |
|[[Conservative Party of Manitoba|Conservative Party]]
|[[Matthew McCarthy]]
| data-sort-value="2019-10-17" | [[2012 Conservative Party of Manitoba leadership election|July 2012]]
| style="white-space:nowrap;" | Nipissingville
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD%
| style="text-align:right;" | 87
| style="text-align:right;" | 87
| 164 seats 
|-
| width="1" bgcolor="{{Bloc Manitobain/meta/color}}" |
|[[Bloc Manitobain]]
|[[Joan Gauthier]]
| data-sort-value="2019-10-17" | [[2019 Bloc Manitobain leadership election|April 2019]]
| style="white-space:nowrap;" | North Central Toscouné	
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD%
| style="text-align:right;" | 53
| style="text-align:right;" | 53
| 164 seats 
|-
| width="1" bgcolor="{{Liberal Party of Manitoba/meta/color}}" |
|[[Liberal Party of Manitoba|Liberal Party]]
|[[Joyce Gault]]
| data-sort-value="2019-10-17" | [[2020 Liberal Party of Manitoba leadership election|December 2020]]
| style="white-space:nowrap;" | Woodlands
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD%
| style="text-align:right;" | 17
| style="text-align:right;" | 17
| 158 seats 
|-
| width="1" bgcolor="{{Green Party of Manitoba/meta/color}}" |
|[[Green Party of Manitoba|Green Party]]
|[[Mike Barltey]]
| data-sort-value="2019-10-17" | [[2018 Green Party of Manitoba leadership election|March 2018]]
| style="white-space:nowrap;" | Fort Galley
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD%
| style="text-align:right;" | 4
| style="text-align:right;" | 4
| 87 seats 
|-
| width="1" bgcolor="{{Democratic Federalist Party of Manitoba/meta/color}}" |
|[[Democratic Federalist Party of Manitoba|Democratic Federalist Party]]
|[[Thomas Hubert-Charlois]]
| data-sort-value="2019-10-17" | [[2012 Democratic Federalist Party of Manitoba leadership election|September 2012]]
| style="white-space:nowrap;" | Fort Galley
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD%
| style="text-align:right;" | 3
| style="text-align:right;" | 3
| 89 seats 
|-
|}
===Parties without official status===
In Manitoba, parties without official status are political parties that are active in federal elections that have either failed to gain a seat in either houses in Parliament or failed to receive more that 0.50% of the popular vote. Parties without official status are not barred from running candidates, but do not receive federal funding for internal events nor are granted any parliamentary privileges. Once elected to Parliament or receiving more that 0.50% of the vote, parties are typically granted official status following the start of a new session of Parliament by the [[Manitoban Royal Elections Committee]]. Official status can be declined to be given or revoked by the MREC for serious electoral or financing issues.

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! colspan="2" rowspan="2" | Party
! rowspan="2" | Party leader(s)
! rowspan="2" | Leader since
! rowspan="2" | Leader's seat
! colspan="2" | Last election
! rowspan="2" | Seats at<br />dissolution
! rowspan="2" | Contested seats
|-
! % of<br />votes
! Seats
|-
| width="1" bgcolor="{{Wildrose Party of Manitoba/meta/color}}" |
|[[Wildrose Party of Manitoba|Wildrose Party]]
|[[Adrian Lucian]]
| data-sort-value="2019-10-17" | ''None''
| style="white-space:nowrap;" | ''None''
| style="text-align:right;" | 0%
| style="text-align:right;" | 0
| style="text-align:right;" | 0
| 100 seats 
|-
| width="1" bgcolor="{{Communist Party of Sierra/meta/color}}" |
|[[Socialist Party of Manitoba]]
|[[Eric Holder-Jones]]
| data-sort-value="2019-10-17" | [[2000 Socialist Party of Manitoba leadership election|June 2000]]
| style="white-space:nowrap;" | ''None''
| style="text-align:right;" | 0.13%
| style="text-align:right;" | 0
| style="text-align:right;" | 0
| 36 seats 
|-
| width="1" bgcolor="{{Democratic-Republican Party of Sierra/meta/color}}" |
|[[Republican Party of Manitoba|Republican Party]]
|[[Benjamin Sioux]]
| data-sort-value="2019-10-17" | July 2021
| style="white-space:nowrap;" | ''None''
| style="text-align:right;" | 0.02%
| style="text-align:right;" | 0
| style="text-align:right;" | 0
| 23 seats 
|-
| width="1" bgcolor="{{Green Party of Manitoba/meta/color}}" |
|[[Social Credit and Agrarian Party of Manitoba|Social Credit and Agrarian Party]]
|[[Joseph Lee]] and [[Isabelle Nois]]
| data-sort-value="2019-10-17" | December 2020
| style="white-space:nowrap;" | ''None''
| style="text-align:right;" | 0.35%
| style="text-align:right;" | 0
| style="text-align:right;" | 0
| 98 seats 
|-
|}

==Timeline==
===2019===
===2020===
===2021===
===2022===
*August 1 - the [[Parliament of Manitoba]] is formally dissolved, beginning the campaign period. 
==Campaign==
===COVID-19 Pandemic===
===Economy===
===Immigration===
===Anglo-French relations===
==Opinion polling==
==Results==
==See also==
*[[Elections in Manitoba]]

[[Category:2022 Manitoban federal election]]
[[Category:2022 elections in Manitoba]] 
[[Category:October 2022 events in Manitoba]] 
[[Category:Elections in Manitoba]]