Concordia (electoral district)

Concordia

Manitoba electoral district
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of Manitoba
MLA	Matt Wiebe New Democratic
District created	1979
First contested	1981
Last contested	2019

Concordia is a provincial electoral division in the Canadian province of Manitoba. It is located in the northeastern part of the city of Winnipeg.

It is bordered to the south by St. Boniface, to the west by Elmwood, to the north by Rossmere and to the east by Radisson. The riding was created by redistribution in 1979, and formally came into existence with the provincial election of 1981.

Concordia is an ethnically diverse riding, with a 16% immigrant population. According to a 1999 census report, 9% of the riding's residents are aboriginal, with a further 9% of German background and 7% of Ukrainian background.

Concordia's population in 1996 was 20,318. The average family income of the riding in 1999 was $39,613, one of the lowest in the province. 32% of the riding's residents are listed as low income, and 21% of its households are single-parent families. The unemployment rate in 1996 was 9.50%.

The riding's primary industry in 1999 was manufacturing (18%) followed by services (14%) and the retail trade (14%).

The riding has been held by the New Democratic Party since its creation. The party's Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) from 1986 to 2009 was provincial Premier Gary Doer, who was re-elected in 2003 and 2007 with 77% and 70% of the popular vote, respectively. Following Doer's appointment as Ambassador to the United States in 2009, a by-election was scheduled for March 2, 2010. Matt Wiebe, Doer's former constituency assistant, successfully retained the riding for the NDP.

List of provincial representatives

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
Riding created from Rossmere, Kildonan, Elmwood and Radisson
32nd	1981–1986		Peter Fox	New Democratic
33rd	1986–1988		Gary Doer
34th	1988–1990
35th	1990–1995
36th	1995–1999
37th	1999–2003
38th	2003–2007
39th	2007–2009
	2009–2011		Matt Wiebe
40th	2011–2016
41st	2016–2019
42nd	2019-

Electoral history

2019 Manitoba general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Matt Wiebe	4,305	59.69	+14.72	$18,272.23
	Progressive Conservative	Andrew Frank	2,295	31.82	-8.62	$11,453.01
	Liberal	Maria Albo	612	8.49	-1.97	$0.00
Total valid votes			7,212	–	–
Rejected			67	–
Eligible voters / Turnout			15,021	48.46	-5.63
Source(s) Source: Manitoba. Chief Electoral Officer (2019). Statement of Votes for the 42nd Provincial General Election, September 10, 2019 (PDF) (Report). Winnipeg: Elections Manitoba. "Candidate Election Returns". Elections Manitoba. Elections Manitoba. Retrieved 2 March 2020.

2016 Manitoba general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Matt Wiebe	2,761	44.97	-18.09	$28,493.70
	Progressive Conservative	Andrew Frank	2,483	40.44	12.07	$21,965.28
	Liberal	Donovan Martin	642	10.46	6.73	$7,841.60
	Manitoba	Terry Scott	254	4.14	–	$548.47
Total valid votes			6,140	–	–
Rejected			101	–
Eligible voters / Turnout			11,538	54.09	4.30
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.

Previous boundaries

The 1999-2011 boundaries of Concordia highlighted in red.