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These are the incumbent Manitoba MLAs who were unseated in the election

Manitobans welcomed some rookie MLAs to their legislature on Tuesday, but also showed a few veterans the door.

Incumbent PCs won a comfortable majority Tuesday, but not all incumbent candidates will return to their seats

Colleen Mayer, former Progressive Conservative MLA for St. Vital, lost the riding to NDP candidate Jamie Moses on Tuesday. (Ian Froese/CBC)

Manitobans welcomed some rookie MLAs to their legislature on Tuesday, but also showed a few veterans the door.

Brian Pallister's Progressive Conservatives secured a second term as a majority government,while the NDP made gains and the Liberals fell short of official party status.

You can find full coverage of the 2019 election here.

Colleen Mayer, PC incumbent in St. Vital

Colleen Mayer, the PC Crown services minister, lost to NDP candidate Jamie Moses in St. Vital, with Moses becoming one of the first black MLAs elected in the province.

Mayer became an MLA in 2016, after beating Moses in a tight race with a margin of just under 400 votes.

Mayer, a former city councillor assistant and school trustee,waspromoted from the backbenches to cabinetin August 2018 tooverseeCrown corporations.

It's been a tough file that sawtheexodus of most of Manitoba Hydro'sboardearlier that year, and a more recentspatbetween insurance brokers and Manitoba Public Insurance.

Supporters of Colleen Mayer listen as the ousted MLA delivers a concession speech Tuesday. (Ahmar Khan/CBC)

After the loss, Mayer said she's proud of her party and her team.

"We worked hard, we did everything. I'm proud of what I accomplished over the last 3 years," Mayer said after giving a concession speech Tuesday. "I'm not hanging my head."

Ted Marcelino, NDP incumbent in Tyndall Park

NDP incumbent Ted Marcelino was beaten by Liberal Cindy Lamoureux, in a rare election race that pitted two incumbents against each other.

Lamoureux previously represented the Burrows riding, but jumped over to Tyndall Park after boundary lines were redrawn in 2018. The changes moved portions of her former riding into the updated Tyndall Park.

Marcelino had represented the riding since 2011, the first year the riding was on the books fora general election.

On Tuesday, he said Lamoureux and her team worked hard and deserved the win.

Former NDP MLA for Tyndall Park Ted Marcelino said the riding's new MLA, Liberal Cindy Lamoureux, put in the work to earn the win. (Travis Golby/CBC)

"I'm more than willing to retire," Marcelino said. "But I'll hold the PC government accountable, even from the outside.

"They are doing something really bad to Winnipeg, and I feel that here," he added, touching his chest.

The riding was a crucial win for the Liberals, one of only three seats the party won in the election. That's down from the four seats the party held following the 2016 election, and not enough to secure official party status.

Cliff Graydon, Independent incumbent in Borderland

Cliff Graydonwas an incumbent candidate in the riding of Borderland previously Emerson but this time around he ran as an Independent.

Graydon was booted from the Progressive Conservative caucus in October 2018 following media reports that he had invited two women on separate occasions to sit on his lap, and invited one woman to lick food off his face.

Former Borderland MLA Cliff Graydon lost to Progressive Conservative rookie Josh Guenter, after Graydon decided to run as an Independent following his ouster from the party. (Ian Froese/CBC)

Graydon acknowledged at the time he had an outdated sense of humour and had made inappropriate remarks, but he said he had not sexually harassed anyone and had no memory of inviting anyone to lick his face. He also denied allegations from a longtime party volunteer that he groped and propositioned herin September 2017.

Following his ouster, Graydon initially said he wouldn't seek re-election. But in July, he announced he'd run as an Independent.

On Tuesday, he was beaten out by rookie Josh Guenter, the candidate for his former Progressive Conservative Party.

Guenter, a formerconstituency assistant in the area, won the riding by nearly 3,700 votes over second-place Liberal candidateLoren Braul.

Blair Yakimoski, PC incumbent in Transcona

PC incumbentBlair Yakimoskilost out to rookie NDP candidateNello Altomarein Transcona after serving since 2016.

The former grocery store owner was new to politics when he won the 2016 election by nearly 1,700votes. Prior to the 2019 election, he was pitted against PC hopefulRamona Coey, a longtime party volunteer, for the right to carry the Tory banner.

Former Transcona MLA Blair Yakimoski lost the riding by a slim margin to NDP candidate Nello Altomare. (Ian Froese/CBC)

Yakimoski lost the riding by a slim margin, trailing Altomare by115 votes.

Altomare, the newly minted NDP representative for the riding, recently retired from his role as ateacher and principal in the River East Transcona School Division.

Kelly Bindle, PC incumbent in Thompson

NDP rookie candidate Danielle Adams beat out PC incumbent Kelly Bindle in Thompson, bringing the historically NDP riding back into the party's fold.

The riding had been NDP for decades beforevoting in Bindle in the 2016 election.

Former Thompson MLA Kelly Bindle lost the riding to NDP candidate Danielle Adams. (Sean Kavanagh/CBC)

At the time, Bindle beat outNDP incumbent Steve Ashton bya slim margin of 185 votes.

Bindle said he's happy withhis work in the riding.He pointed tothe city's newrapid access to addictions medicine, or RAAM, clinic that opened last year as a project he's especially proud of.

"If you put in the hard work, you await the results in peace," Bindle said after polls closed Tuesday.

"The people have spoken. One thing that I'm happy about is, even though I didn't score a goal, our team won, and won a majority."