Carla Compton

Carla Compton
MLA
Carla Compton MLA
Member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba for Tuxedo
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; July 8, 2024
Preceded by	Heather Stefanson
Personal details
Party	New Democratic
Occupation	Registered nurse

OccupationRegistered nurse

Carla Compton is a Canadian registered nurse^[1] and politician from the New Democratic Party who was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba in the 2024 Tuxedo provincial by-election.^[2] She succeeded former Progressive Conservative leader Heather Stefanson.

In the 2019 Manitoba general election, Compton ran unsuccessfully in Tuxedo.^[3]

v t e Manitoba provincial by-election, June 18, 2024: Tuxedo Resignation of Heather Stefanson
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Carla Compton	3,777	49.44	+11.95
	Progressive Conservative	Lawrence Pinsky	3,175	41.56	+1.36
	Liberal	Jamie Pfau	569	7.45	-14.85
	Green	Janine Gibson	118	1.54
Total valid votes			7,639	99.58
Total rejected and declined ballots			32	0.42	+0.01
Turnout			7,671	45.62	-14.24
Eligible voters			16,814
	New Democratic gain from Progressive Conservative		Swing		+5.30

v t e 2019 Manitoba general election: Tuxedo
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Progressive Conservative	Heather Stefanson	4,645	47.85	-5.2	$21,522.01
	Liberal	Marc Brandson	2,287	23.56	+5.0	$4,961.95
	New Democratic	Carla Compton	1,921	19.79	+5.5	$614.25
	Green	Kristin Lauhn-Jensen	793	8.17	-5.8	$0.00
	Manitoba First	Abby Al-Sahi	61	0.63	New	$2,520.94
Total valid votes			9,707	99.19
Total rejected ballots			79	0.81
Turnout			9,786	57.90
Eligible voters			16,903
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		-5.1

v t e Members of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba
Presiding Officer (Speaker): Tom Lindsey
New Democratic	Kinew Asagwara Blashko Brar Bushie Cable Chen Compton Corbett Cross Dela Cruz Devgan Fontaine Kennedy Kostyshyn Lindsey Loiselle Maloway Marcelino Moroz Moses Moyes Naylor Oxenham Pankratz Redhead Sala Sandhu Schmidt Schott Simard Smith Wiebe
Progressive Conservative	Khan Balcaen Bereza Byram Cook Ewasko Goertzen Guenter Hiebert Johnson King Narth Nesbitt Perchotte Piwniuk Robbins Schuler Stone Wharton Wowchuk
Liberal†	Lamoureux
Independent†	Lagassé Wasyliw
43rd Manitoba Legislature † Party does not have official party status in the Legislature Vacancies: 0

Electoral history

Carla Compton MLA

Member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba for Tuxedo
Incumbent
Assumed office July 8, 2024
Preceded by	Heather Stefanson

Personal details
Party	New Democratic
Occupation	Registered nurse