Kevin Lamoureux

Kevin Lamoureux MP (born January 22, 1962) is a politician in Manitoba, Canada. On November 29, 2010, he was elected to the House of Commons of Canada for the constituency of Winnipeg North in a by-election. He was re-elected during the 2011 election by a margin of just 44 votes.[1] Lamoureux had previously served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1988 to 1999 and from 2003 to 2010, and he twice sought the leadership of the Manitoba Liberal Party. He serves in the House of Commons as a member of the Liberal Party of Canada.

Kevin Lamoureux MP
Parliamentary Secretary to the Leader of the Government in the House of Commons
Incumbent
Assumed office December 2, 2015
Leader	Dominic Leblanc Bardish Chagger Pablo Rodríguez
Preceded by	Tom Lukiwski
Member of the Canadian Parliament for Winnipeg North
Incumbent
Assumed office November 29, 2010
Preceded by	Judy Wasylycia-Leis
Member of the Manitoba Legislative Assembly for Inkster
In office June 23, 2003 – November 1, 2010
Preceded by	Becky Barrett
Succeeded by	Riding abolished
In office April 26, 1988 – September 21, 1999
Preceded by	Don Scott
Succeeded by	Becky Barrett
Personal details
Born	(1962-01-22) January 22, 1962 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Political party	Liberal
Residence	Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

Background

Lamoureux was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, and was educated at the University of Winnipeg. He worked as a store manager and air traffic control assistant, also serving in the armed forces for three years.[2] His younger brother Darrin Lamoureux was the leader of the Saskatchewan Liberal Party from 2013 to 2017.[3] His daughter, Cindy Lamoureux, is an MLA for the Winnipeg riding of Burrows.[4]

Member of the Manitoba Legislature

Lamoureux first ran for the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba in the 1986 election in the north end Winnipeg division of Logan. The Liberal Party did not have a strong provincial organization in this campaign, and Lamoureux finished a distant third against New Democrat Maureen Hemphill.

The Manitoba Liberal Party saw its popularity increase between 1986 and 1988, as many centre-left voters abandoned the New Democratic Party (NDP) government of Howard Pawley. In the 1988 election, the Liberals jumped from one seat to twenty and became the dominant party in both north and south Winnipeg. Lamoureux scored a narrow victory over NDP incumbent Don Scott in the north end division of Inkster and entered the legislature as a member of the Official Opposition.

The Liberal Party fell back to seven seats in the 1990 provincial election, finished third place behind a resurgent New Democratic Party. Lamoureux, however, was re-elected in Inkster with an increased margin of victory.

Leadership campaigns

Lamoureux ran for the Manitoba Liberal Party's leadership in 1993 after the resignation of Sharon Carstairs. He was seen as an "anti-establishment" candidate in this contest, representing north end Winnipeg communities against a party establishment dominated by south end Winnipeg interests. He lost to Paul Edwards.

The Liberals were leading in the polls before the 1995 provincial election, but their support base collapsed during the campaign and the party won only three seats. Lamoureux again increased his majority in Inkster, while Edwards was defeated in St. James.

Edwards announced his resignation in late 1995, and Lamoureux again stood for the party leadership. He was again regarded as an "anti-establishment" candidate, this time facing Ginny Hasselfield who was supported by the party's leadership. This contest was very divisive, and its ending was controversial. All party members were able to cast a ballot, and the results were "weighted" by constituency. It is generally acknowledged that Lamoureux received a greater number of total party membership votes than Hasselfield. Because his support was concentrated in north Winnipeg, however, Hasselfield won the weighted vote by 21 points.

Defeat and return

The divisions in the Manitoba Liberal Party continued after the leadership contest. Following the 1997 Canadian federal election, Lamoureux and Gary Kowalski announced that they could no longer support Hasselfield's leadership and would sit as "Independent Liberals". This decision left Neil Gaudry as the party's only official member of the legislature. Facing increased pressure, Hasselfield agreed to resign as party leader in early 1998. Jon Gerrard was elected as her successor, and Lamoureux and Kowalski rejoined the party caucus.

The Liberal Party entered the 1999 provincial election in a weakened state, damaged by the divisions of the previous years. The election itself became polarized between the governing Progressive Conservatives and the opposition New Democratic Party, and the Liberal Party's support fell significantly. Although still personally popular, Lamoureux was narrowly defeated by New Democrat Becky Barrett.

Lamoureux ran as a Liberal Party candidate in Winnipeg Centre in the 2000 Canadian federal election. He finished second to New Democratic Party (NDP) incumbent Pat Martin.[5]

Becky Barrett did not seek re-election in 2003, and Lamoureux was again elected to the legislature for Inkster.[6] The only other Liberal to win election in this campaign was Jon Gerrard. Both Lamoureux and Gerrard were re-elected in the 2007 election, but the party did not make any further gains.[7]

Member of the Canadian House of Commons

Lamoureux resigned his provincial seat in 2010 to seek election to the House of Commons of Canada[8] in a by-election that was held to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of NDP MP Judy Wasylycia-Leis, who stepped down to run for mayor. He was elected over NDP candidate Kevin Chief,[9] and was re-elected in the 2011 federal election a few months later by a margin of just 44 votes over NDP candidate Rebecca Blaikie.[1]

Lamoureux won re-election in 2015 by a landslide, turning the formerly safe NDP seat into one of the Liberals’ strongest seats on the federal stage with almost 70% of the popular vote.

Electoral record

Federal

2019 Canadian federal election: Winnipeg North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Kevin Lamoureux	15,581	47.6	-21.30
	New Democratic	Kyle Mason	8,469	25.9	+12.52
	Conservative	Jordyn Ham	6,820	20.8	+5.51
	Green	Sai Shanthanand Rajagopal	906	2.8	+0.37
	People's	Victor Ong	324	1.0	--
	Christian Heritage	Henry Hizon	279	0.9	--
	Independent	Kathy Doyle	231	0.7	--
	Communist	Andrew Taylor	125	0.4	--
Total valid votes/Expense limit			32,735	100.0
Total rejected ballots			243
Turnout			32,978	52.4
Eligible voters			62,958
Source: Elections Canada[10]
Victor Ong was nominated by the People's Party, but resigned on 8 October. As the deadline had passed, their name will remain on the ballot.

2015 Canadian federal election: Winnipeg North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Kevin Lamoureux	23,402	68.90	+33.91	$83,435.85
	Conservative	Harpreet Turka	5,193	15.29	-12.07	$35,641.92
	New Democratic	Levy Abad	4,543	13.38	-22.02	$25,774.97
	Green	John Redekopp	826	2.43	+0.65	$833.17
Total valid votes/Expense limit			33,964	100.00		$193,725.29
Total rejected ballots			269	0.79	–
Turnout			34,233	59.40
Eligible voters			57,627
	Liberal notional gain from New Democratic		Swing		+27.97
Source: Elections Canada[11][12]

2011 Canadian federal election: Winnipeg North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Kevin Lamoureux[13]	9,097	35.78	-10.54	$75,214.57
	New Democratic	Rebecca Blaikie	9,053	35.60	-5.57	$71,243.32
	Conservative	Ann Matejicka	6,701	26.35	+15.9	$40,787.18
	Green	John Harvie	458	1.80	+1.08	$0.00
	Communist	Frank Komarniski	118	0.46	+0.01	$502.42
Total valid votes/Expense limit			25,427	100.00	–
Total rejected ballots			136	0.53	-0.04
Turnout			25,563	50.01	+19.2
Eligible voters			51,115	–
	Liberal hold		Swing		-4.97

Canadian federal by-election, November 29, 2010: Winnipeg North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Kevin Lamoureux	7,303	46.32	+37.10	$74,020.45
	New Democratic	Kevin Chief	6,490	41.17	-21.44	$64,585.69
	Conservative	Julie Javier	1,647	10.45	-11.90	$53,166.90
	Green	John Harvie	114	0.72	-4.03	$1,410.65
	Pirate	Jeff Coleman	94	0.60	–	$62.08
	Communist	Frank Komarniski	71	0.45	-0.22	$192.32
	Christian Heritage	Eric Truijen	46	0.29	–	$1,790
Total valid votes/Expense limit			15,765	100.00		$77,132
Total rejected ballots			91	0.57	+0.07
Turnout			15,856	30.8	-12
Eligible voters			N/A	–
Due to the resignation of Judy Wasylycia-Leis on April 30, 2010
	Liberal gain from New Democratic		Swing		+29.27

2000 Canadian federal election: Winnipeg Centre
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic	Pat Martin	11,263	41.3	+0.4
	Liberal	Kevin Lamoureux	9,310	34.1	-2.7
	Alliance	Reg Smith	3,975	14.6	+3.0
	Progressive Conservative	Michel Allard	1,915	7.0	-2.1
	Green	Mikel Magnusson	698	2.6
	Communist	Harold Dyck	134	0.5
Total valid votes			27,295	100.0%
	New Democratic hold		Swing		+1.55

Provincial

2007 Manitoba general election: Inkster
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Kevin Lamoureux	3,962	57.49	+4.10	$26,490.96
	New Democratic	Romulo Magsino	2,358	34.13	−7.33	$26,612.09
	Progressive Conservative	Roger Bennett	543	7.89	+4.24	$8,590.43
Total valid votes			6,863	99.58
Rejected and declined votes			29
Turnout			6,892	61.43	+0.07
Electors on the lists			11,215

2003 Manitoba general election: Inkster
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Kevin Lamoureux	3,671	53.39	+10.75	$27,970.42
	New Democratic	Mario Santos	2,851	41.46	−2.99	$21,230.80
	Progressive Conservative	Michael T. Ledarney	251	3.65	−9.26	$10.69
	Green	Mario Ducusin	103	1.50	+1.50	$174.48
Total valid votes			6,876	100.0
Total rejected ballots			79	–	–
Turnout			6,955	61.36	−10.91
Eligible voters			11,335
	Liberal gain from New Democratic		Swing		+6.87

1999 Manitoba general election: Inkster
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Becky Barrett	3,501	44.45	+14.22	$22,767.00
	Liberal	Kevin Lamoureux	3,358	42.64	-7.50	$23,318.00
	Progressive Conservative	George Sandhu	1,017	12.91	-2.88	$27,661.71
Total valid votes			7,876	100.00	–
Rejected and declined ballots			50	0.63	0
Turnout			7,926	72.27	+4.82
Electors on the lists			10,967
	New Democratic gain from Liberal		Swing		+10.86

1995 Manitoba general election: Inkster
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Kevin Lamoureux	4,394	50.14	+4.54
	New Democratic	Poy Gomez	2,649	30.23	-3.15
	Progressive Conservative	Scott Fielding	1,384	15.79	-2.13
	Independent	Scott Kowall	223	3.84	–
Total valid votes			8,706	100.00	–
Rejected and declined ballots			56	0.63	+0.7
Turnout			8,762	67.45	+3.17
Electors on the lists			12,989
	Liberal hold		Swing		+3.8

1990 Manitoba general election: Inkster
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Kevin Lamoureux	3,602	45.60	+3.80
	New Democratic	Ajit Deol	2,637	33.38	-4.40
	Progressive Conservative	Raj Mehta	1,416	17.92	-1.91
	Western Independence	Gordon Haddad	198	3.10	–
Total valid votes			7,898	100.00	–
Rejected and declined ballots			45	0.56	+0.14
Turnout			7,943	64.28	-5.17
Electors on the lists			12,287
	Liberal hold		Swing		+4.1

1988 Manitoba general election: Inkster
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Kevin Lamoureux	4,466	41.80	+30.83
	New Democratic	Don Scott	4,098	37.78	-26.31
	Progressive Conservative	Resty Taruc	2,151	19.83	-0.35
	Communist	Nancy Watkins	64	0.59	+0.02
Turnout			10,845	69.45	+9.2
	Liberal gain from New Democratic		Swing		+28.57
Source: Elections Manitoba[14]

1986 Manitoba general election: Logan
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic	Maureen Hemphill	3,765	73.07	+1.08
	Progressive Conservative	Doris Perron	791	15.35	+2.73
	Liberal	Kevin Lamoureux	502	9.74	–
	Libertarian	Dennis Owens	94	1.84	–
Turnout			5,195	56.00	-5.72
	New Democratic hold		Swing		-0.83
Source: Elections Manitoba[15]

References

1. "Elections Canada Announces Results of Judicial Recount in the Electoral District of Winnipeg North". Elections Canada. 17 May 2011.
2. "Meet Kevin Lamoureux". Archived from the original on 2010-12-07. Retrieved 2010-12-05.
3. "Darrin Lamoureux acclaimed as new Saskatchewan Liberal leader". CBC News. 2014-08-21. Retrieved 2014-12-17.
4. "Cindy Lamoureux steals Burrows from NDP". Winnipeg Free Press. 19 April 2016. Retrieved 17 May 2016.
5. Riding history for Winnipeg Centre (1997– ) from the Library of Parliament
6. 2003 Inkster election results Archived 2011-07-06 at the Wayback Machine
7. 2007 Inkster election results Archived 2012-04-03 at the Wayback Machine
8. Lamoureux resigns as MLA, eyes federal run. Winnipeg Free Press, November 1, 2010.
9. "Lamoureux wins battle of Kevins". Winnipeg Free Press, November 30, 2010.
10. "List of confirmed candidates". Elections Canada. Retrieved 4 October 2019.
11. Elections Canada – Confirmed candidates for Winnipeg North, 30 September 2015
12. Elections Canada – Preliminary Election Expenses Limits for Candidates
13. Elections Canada accessed May 17, 2011
14. "Historical Summary" (PDF). Retrieved 2018-11-29.
15. "Historical Summary" (PDF). Retrieved 2018-11-28.

External links

• Kevin Lamoureux – Parliament of Canada biography