Winnipeg—Fort Garry
Winnipeg—Fort Garry was a federal electoral district in Manitoba, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1979 to 1988. It consisted of the Fort Rouge and Fort Garry areas of Winnipeg.
This riding was created in 1976. Most of the territory from the former Winnipeg South riding went to this district, the exception being the River Heights area, which went to the Winnipeg—Assiniboine riding. It was contested at federal elections in 1979, 1980, and 1984. For its entire history, its Member of Parliament was Lloyd Axworthy.
Boundary redistribution in 1987 abolished Winnipeg—Fort Garry: Fort Garry was reassigned to Winnipeg South and Fort Rouge to Winnipeg South Centre, both of which were re-formed with considerably different territory than prior to the federal election of 1979. Axworthy continued to represent Winnipeg South Centre from the 1988 federal election until he retired from Parliament in 2000.
Election results[edit]
| 1979 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
| Liberal | Lloyd Axworthy | 18,822 | 41.13 | |||||
| Progressive Conservative | Sidney Spivak | 18,337 | 40.07 | |||||
| New Democratic | Vivian Rachlis | 8,176 | 17.87 | |||||
| Social Credit | Tony Reznowski | 245 | 0.54 | |||||
| Marxist–Leninist | Douglas Michalchuk | 90 | 0.20 | |||||
| Not affiliated | Larry E. Johnston | 87 | 0.19 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 45,757 | |||||||
| 1980 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Lloyd Axworthy | 18,694 | 46.35 | +5.21 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Inez Trueman | 13,854 | 34.35 | -5.73 | ||||
| New Democratic | Brad McKenzie | 7,293 | 18.08 | +0.21 | ||||
| Rhinoceros | Dave Smilin Balderstone | 405 | 1.00 | |||||
| Marxist–Leninist | Manuel Gitterman | 90 | 0.22 | +0.03 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 40,336 | |||||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | +5.47 | ||||||
| 1984 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Lloyd Axworthy | 21,286 | 45.70 | -0.64 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Bud Sherman | 18,932 | 40.65 | +6.30 | ||||
| New Democratic | Gail Coyston | 5,932 | 12.74 | -5.34 | ||||
| Libertarian | Clancy Smith | 308 | 0.66 | |||||
| Communist | Frank Goldspink | 115 | 0.25 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 46,573 | |||||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | -3.47 | ||||||
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