Southdale (electoral district)

Southdale

Manitoba electoral district
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of Manitoba
MLA	Audrey Gordon Progressive Conservative
District created	1998
First contested	1999
Last contested	2019

Southdale is a provincial electoral division in the Canadian province of Manitoba. It was created in the provincial redistribution 1999, mostly out of Niakwa and part of St. Vital. The riding is located in the southeastern section of the City of Winnipeg.

Southdale is bordered on the east by the rural ridings of La Verendrye and Springfield, to the south by Seine River, to the north by Radisson and St. Boniface, and to the west by Riel and St. Vital.

The riding's population in 1996 was 19,029. Its character is mostly middle class. In 1999, the average family income was $68,944, and the unemployment rate was 5.00%. Twelve per cent of Southdale's residents are francophone. Health and social service work accounts for 14% of Southdale's industry.

From 2003 to 2007, Southdale was the only riding in southeastern Winnipeg to be represented by a Progressive Conservative, following historical breakthroughs by the New Democratic Party of Manitoba (NDP) in surrounding ridings in the 2003 provincial election. The NDP proceeded to oust incumbent MLA Jack Reimer in the 2007 provincial election, completing their sweep of Southeast Winnipeg. The seat remained NDP from 2007 until 2016 when it returned to the PCs.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Manitoba MLAs for the electoral district of Southdale

Term of Office	Name	Political Party
1999–2007	Jack Reimer	Progressive Conservative
2007–2016	Erin Selby	New Democrats
2016–2019	Andrew Smith	Progressive Conservative
2019–present	Audrey Gordon	Progressive Conservative

Electoral results

2019 Manitoba general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Progressive Conservative	Audrey Gordon	4,486	42.65	-21.17	$24,558.56
	New Democratic	Karen Myshkowsky	3,955	37.61	+14.05	$14,122.65
	Liberal	Spencer Duncanson	1,422	13.52	+0.90	$137.10
	Green	Katherine Quinton	584	5.55	New	$0.00
	Independent	Robert Cairns	70	0.67	New	$0.00
Total valid votes				100.0
Total rejected ballots
Turnout
Eligible voters

2016 Manitoba general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Progressive Conservative	Andrew Smith	6,663	63.82	+18.83	$43,062.01
	New Democratic	Dashi Zargani	2,460	23.56	-28.45	$19,423.93
	Liberal	Ryan Colyer	1,318	12.62	+9.62	$1,526.57
Total valid votes/expense limit			10,441	97.78	-	$53,274.00
Total rejected ballots			237	2.22	+1.90
Turnout			10,678	62.31	-7.82
Eligible voters			17,137
	Progressive Conservative gain from New Democratic		Swing		+23.64
Source: Elections Manitoba

Previous boundaries

The 1999-2011 boundaries for Southdale highlighted in red