Inkster (electoral district)

The 1998-2011 boundaries for Inkster highlighted in red

Inkster is a provincial electoral division in the Canadian province of Manitoba. It is located in the northwestern corner of the city of Winnipeg. Officially created by redistribution in 1957, it has formally existed since the provincial election of 1958.

The riding is named after the Inkster family, who were prominent local figures at the time of the province's creation in 1870. John Inkster was a member of Louis Riel's provisional government, while Colin Inkster was a member of the province's Legislative Council (which existed from 1871 to 1876).

There were 19,246 persons living in the riding in 1996. Inkster has a broad range of income levels and a strong working-class presence (the manufacturing sector accounting for 23% of industry in 1999). Census reports from 1999 show an average family income of $51,274, with 8.10% unemployment.

Inkster has the third-largest immigrant population of all ridings in the province, at over 30% of the total population. 21% of the riding's residents are Filipino, 6% are Ukrainian, and 5% are East Indian. Only 4% of the population is above age 65.

Like many other north-end Winnipeg ridings, Inkster has traditionally supported the New Democratic Party and its predecessor, the Cooperative Commonwealth Federation, although maverick Liberal Kevin Lamoureux has represented the riding for all but four years since 1988. It is not clear that the Liberal Party will be able to retain the riding after Lamoureux retires. In the next general election, Inkster will be dissolved into The Maples and the new riding of Tyndall Park.

List of provincial representatives

Name	Party	Took Office	Left Office
Morris A. Gray	CCF	1958	1961
	NDP	1961	1966
Sidney Green	NDP	1966	1979
	Independent NDP	1979	1981
	Prog	1981	1981
Don Scott	NDP	1981	1988
Kevin Lamoureux	Lib	1988	1997
	Independent Liberal	1997	1998
	Lib	1998	1999
Becky Barrett	NDP	1999	2003
Kevin Lamoureux (2nd time)	Lib	2003	2010

Electoral history

2007 Manitoba provincial election : Inkster
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	+/-	Expenditures
	Liberal	Kevin Lamoureux	3,962	57.49	+4.10	$26,490.96
	New Democratic Party	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 provincial election : Inkster
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	+/-	Expenditures
	Liberal	Kevin Lamoureux	3,671	53.39	+10.75	$27,970.42
	New Democratic Party	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	98.86
Rejected and declined votes			79
Turnout			6,955	61.36	-10.91
Electors on the lists			11,335

1999 Manitoba provincial election : Inkster
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	+/-	Expenditures
	New Democratic Party	Becky Barrett	3,501	44.45		$22,767.00
	Liberal	(x)Kevin Lamoureux	3,358	42.64		$23,318.00
	Progressive Conservative	George (Gurjant) Sandhu	1,017	12.91		$27,661.71
Total valid votes			7,876	100.00
Rejected and declined ballots			50
Turnout			7,926	72.27
Electors on the lists			10,967