Spruce Woods (electoral district)
 Manitoba electoral district | |||
|---|---|---|---|
 | |||
| Provincial electoral district | |||
| Legislature | Legislative Assembly of Manitoba | ||
| MLA |
Progressive Conservative | ||
| District created | 2008 | ||
| First contested | 2011 | ||
| Last contested | 2016 | ||
Spruce Woods is a provincial electoral division in the Canadian province of Manitoba. It was created by redistribution in 2008 out of parts of Minnedosa and Turtle Mountain and notably gained part of the City of Brandon in the 2018 redistribution.[1]
Following the 2018 redistribution, Spruce Woods includes the municipalities of Cornwallis, Elton, Glenboro – South Cypress, Oakland – Wawanesa, Riverdale, Sifton, Souris – Glenwood, Victoria, Whitehead and the portion of the City of Brandon located north of the Assiniboine River.[2]
Outside of the City of Brandon, communities in the constituency include Glenboro, Holland, Oak Lake, Rivers, Souris, and Wawanesa.[3] The constituency also includes the part of CFB Shilo that is within the Municipality of Glenboro - South Cypress.
The riding's population based on the 2016 census was 22,810.[4]
List of provincial representatives
| Name | Party | Took Office | Left Office |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cliff Cullen | PC | 2011 | present |
Electoral results
| 2019 Manitoba general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Progressive Conservative | Cliff Cullen | 5,665 | 67.70 | -5.42 | ||||
| New Democratic | Justin Shannon | 1,321 | 15.79 | +6.46 | ||||
| Green | Gordon Beddome | 820 | 9.80 | +9.80 | ||||
| Liberal | Jennifer Harcus | 517 | 6.18 | -1.00 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 8,323 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 21 | |||||||
| Turnout | 8,368 | 56.75 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 14,746 | |||||||
| 2016 Manitoba general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Progressive Conservative | Cliff Cullen | 5,210 | 73.12 | 6.47 | $13,262.74 | |||
| Manitoba | Malcolm McKellar | 738 | 10.36 | – | $3,614.69 | |||
| New Democratic | Amanda Chmelyk | 665 | 9.33 | -19.28 | $146.90 | |||
| Liberal | Jaron Hart | 512 | 7.19 | 2.46 | $5.84 | |||
| Total valid votes | 7,125 | – | – | |||||
| Rejected | 103 | – | ||||||
| Eligible voters / Turnout | 13,904 | 51.99 | 3.35 | |||||
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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References
- ^ "Final Report 2018" (PDF). Manitoba Electoral Divisions Boundaries Commission. Retrieved 22 July 2019.
- ^ "2018 Electoral Division Names, Populations, and Variations - Spruce Woods". Manitoba Electoral Divisions Boundary Commission. Retrieved 22 July 2019.
- ^ "MLA Cliff Cullen To Seek Re-election". Discover Westman. Retrieved 22 July 2019.
- ^ "Final Report 2018" (PDF). Manitoba Electoral Divisions Boundaries Commission. Retrieved 22 July 2019.