Lac du Bonnet (electoral district)
 Manitoba electoral district | |||
|---|---|---|---|
 The 2011 – boundaries for Lac du Bonnet highlighted in red | |||
| Provincial electoral district | |||
| Legislature | Legislative Assembly of Manitoba | ||
| MLA |
Progressive Conservative | ||
| District created | 1957 | ||
| First contested | 1958 | ||
| Last contested | 2016 | ||
| Demographics | |||
| Population (2008) | 19,645 | ||
| Electors (2007) | 14,132 | ||
Lac du Bonnet is a provincial electoral division in the Canadian province of Manitoba. It was created by redistribution in 1957, and has formally existed since the provincial election of 1958. It is a relatively large constituency, located to the northeast of Winnipeg.
Lac du Bonnet is bordered to the west by Selkirk and Springfield, to the south by La Verendrye, to the north by Rupertsland and to the east by the Ontario border. Communities in the riding include Lac Du Bonnet, Pinawa, Beausejour (known as the birthplace of Edward Schreyer) and Whitemouth.
The riding is currently regarded as a Progressive Conservative/New Democratic Party marginal. The Tories have held the seat since 1988, though they retained it by only a narrow majority in 2003.
Demographics
The riding's population in 1996 was 20,035. In 1999, the average family income was $45,693, and the unemployment rate was 9.00%. There are a number of diverse economic communities in the riding, including farming, forestry and nuclear research. The service sector accounted for 12% of the riding's industry in 1999, followed by 10% in health and social services.
Lac Du Bonnet is an ethnically diverse riding. Eighteen per cent of the riding's residents are aboriginal, along with 9% German and 6% Ukrainian. Six per cent of the riding's residents are francophone.
List of provincial representatives
This riding has elected the following MLAs:
| Parliament | Years | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Riding created from Rupertsland, St. Clements, and Springfield | ||||
| 22nd | 1958–1959 | A.A. Trapp | Liberal-Progressive | |
| 23rd | 1959–1962 | Oscar Bjornson | Progressive Conservative | |
| 24th | 1962–1966 | |||
| 25th | 1966–1969 | |||
| 26th | 1969–1973 | Sam Uskiw | New Democratic | |
| 27th | 1973–1977 | |||
| 28th | 1977–1981 | |||
| 29th | 1981–1986 | |||
| 30th | 1986–1988 | Clarence Baker | ||
| 31st | 1988–1990 | Darren Praznik | Progressive Conservative | |
| 32nd | 1990–1995 | |||
| 33rd | 1995–1999 | |||
| 34th | 1999–2002 | |||
| 2002–2003 | Gerald Hawranik | |||
| 35th | 2003–2007 | |||
| 36th | 2007–2011 | |||
| 37th | 2011–2016 | Wayne Ewasko | ||
| 38th | 2016–2019 | |||
Electoral results
| 2016 Manitoba general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Progressive Conservative | Wayne Ewasko | 5,666 | 77.48 | 23.18 | $25,069.13 | |||
| New Democratic | Wendy Sol | 1,647 | 22.52 | -16.01 | $2,955.31 | |||
| Total valid votes | 7,313 | – | – | |||||
| Rejected | 227 | – | ||||||
| Eligible voters / Turnout | 13,729 | 54.92 | -3.12 | |||||
Source(s)
Source: Manitoba. Chief Electoral Officer (2016). Statement of Votes for the 41st Provincial General Election, April 19, 2016 (PDF) (Report). Winnipeg: Elections Manitoba. "Election Returns: 41st General Election". Elections Manitoba. 2016. Retrieved 10 September 2018. | ||||||||
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| 2003 Manitoba general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Progressive Conservative | Gerald Hawranik | 4,380 | 51.25 | $17415.31 | ||||
| NDP | Michael Hameluck | 3,875 | 45.34 | $34330.87 | ||||
| Liberal | Cheryl Appleyard | 290 | 3.39 | $239.00 | ||||
| Source: Elections Manitoba[3] | ||||||||
| Manitoba provincial by-election, March 12, 2002 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Progressive Conservative | Gerald Hawranik | 3,398 | 40.9 | |||||
| NDP | Michael Hameluck | 3,234 | 38.9 | |||||
| Liberal | George Harbottle | 1,647 | 19.8 | |||||
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| 1986 Manitoba general election: Lac du Bonnet | ||||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||||
| New Democratic | Clarence Baker | 3,903 | 46.12 |
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Progressive Conservative | Darren Praznik | 3,601 | 42.55 | ||
| Liberal | Jerry Fontaine | 959 | 11.33 | |||||||
| Total valid votes | 8,463 | 100.00 | ||||||||
| Rejected ballots | 17 | |||||||||
| Turnout | 8,480 | 73.94 | ||||||||
| Electors on the lists | 11,469 | |||||||||
Previous boundaries
References
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-03-21. Retrieved 2010-11-24.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) – 2007 results - ^ "41ST GENERAL ELECTION, APRIL 19, 2016 – OFFICIAL RESULTS". Elections Manitoba. 19 April 2016. Retrieved 10 November 2016.
- ^ "Election Returns: 38th General Election". Elections Manitoba. 2003. Retrieved 16 September 2018.
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-08-07. Retrieved 2010-08-10.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) – 1999 Results