Radisson (electoral district)

Radisson

Manitoba electoral district
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of Manitoba
MLA	James Teitsma Progressive Conservative
District created	1957
First contested	1958
Last contested	2016

Radisson is a provincial electoral division in the Canadian province of Manitoba. It was created by redistribution in 1957, and has formally existed since the 1958 provincial election. The riding is located in the northeastern section of the City of Winnipeg and is named after Pierre-Esprit Radisson, a seventeenth-century explorer.

Radisson is bordered on the east by Transcona and Springfield, to the south by Southdale, to the north by River East, and to the west by Rossmere, Concordia and St. Boniface. The Canadian National Railway Symington Yards are in the southern part of the riding.

The riding's population in 1996 was 20,113. In 1999, the average family income was $54084, and the unemployment rate was 4.60%. Radisson's francophone population is 9%, and there are also significant Ukrainian (7%) and German (6%) communities.

Manufacturing accounts for 14% of Radisson's industry, with a further 13% in the retail trade.

New Democratic Party MLA and former party leader Russell Paulley represented the riding for many years, although the boundaries changed dramatically with the 1998 redistribution. The Progressive Conservatives won the riding in 1977, and the Liberals did the same in 1988. In both cases, the NDP regained the seat after a single term.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

This riding has elected the following MLAs:

Assembly	Years	Member		Party
Riding created from St. Boniface and Kildonan-Transcona
22nd	1958-1959		Russell Paulley	CCF
23rd	1959-1961
	1961-1962			New Democratic Party
24th	1962-1966
25th	1966-1969
26th	1969-1973		Harry Shafransky	New Democratic Party
27th	1973-1977
28th	1977-1981		Abe Kovnats	Progressive Conservative
29th	1981-1986		Gerard Lecuyer	New Democratic Party
30th	1986-1988
31st	1988-1990		Allan Patterson	Liberal
32nd	1990-1993		Marianne Cerilli	New Democratic Party
33rd	1995-1999
34th	1999-2003
35th	2003-2007		Bidhu Jha	New Democratic Party
36th	2007-2011
37th	2011-2016
38th	2016–2019		James Teitsma	Progressive Conservative
39th	2019-present

Electoral results

Results 1969-1990

• 1981: Gerard Lecuyer (NDP) defeated PC George Prevost by 3,542 votes.
• 1977: Abe Kovnats (PC) defeated NDP Harry Shafransky by 778 votes.
• 1973: Harry Shafransky (NDP) defeated PC Kovnats by 632 votes.
• 1969: Harry Shafransky (NDP) defeated Liberal Edward Kotowich by 1,423 votes.

Previous boundaries

The 1999-2011 boundaries for Radisson highlighted in red.