Arthur-Virden

Arthur-Virden

Manitoba electoral district
The 2011- boundaries for Arthur-Virden highlighted in red.
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of Manitoba
MLA	Doyle Piwniuk Progressive Conservative
District created	1989
First contested	1990
Last contested	2011
Demographics
Population (2011)	21,182
Electors (2014)	13,739
Area (km²)Canada 2011 Census	12,200.5
Pop. density (per km²)	1.7
Census division(s)	Division No. 5, Division No. 6, Division No. 15,
Census subdivision(s)	Albert, Archie, Arthur, Birdtail Creek 57, Boissevain, Brenda, Cameron, Canupawakpa Dakota First Nation, Deloraine, Edward, Elkhorn, Hamiota (RM), Hamiota (town), Hartney, Melita, Miniota, Morton, Oak Lake, Pipestone, Sifton, Sioux Valley Dakota Nation, Virden, Wallace, Waskada, Whitewater, Winchester, Woodworth

Arthur-Virden is a provincial electoral division in the Canadian province of Manitoba. It was created by redistribution in 1989, combining the former constituencies of Arthur and Virden.

Arthur-Virden is located in the southwestern corner of the province. It is bordered to the north by Riding Mountain, to the east by Spruce Woods, to the west by the province of Saskatchewan and to the south by the American state of North Dakota.

Communities in the riding include Virden, Elkhorn, Oak Lake, Hartney, Deloraine, Melita, Reston and Boissevain.

In 1999, the average family income was $41,338, and the unemployment rate was 4.80%. The riding is primarily agrarian, with agriculture accounting for 32% of its industry.

Ten per cent of the Arthur-Virden's residents list German as their ethnic background. The riding has one of the highest rates of senior citizens in the province, at 19.7% of the total.

Arthur-Virden, and the two ridings from which it was formed, have been Progressive Conservative seats since 1953.

List of provincial representatives

Name	Party	Took Office	Left Office
Jim Downey	PC	1990	1999
Larry Maguire	PC	1999	2013
Doyle Piwniuk	PC	2014

Election results

2016 Manitoba general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Doyle Piwniuk	6,006	80.59	+12.39
	Manitoba	Frank Godon	846	11.35	+11.35
	New Democratic	Lorne M. Topolniski	600	8.05	-2.38
Total valid votes			7,452	100.0
Eligible voters			–
Source: Elections Manitoba

Manitoba provincial by-election, January 28, 2014
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures	Progressive Conservative	Doyle Piwniuk	3,137	68.20	+2.23
	Liberal	Floyd Buhler	738	16.04	+12.23
	New Democratic	Bob Senff	480	10.43	-19.78
	Green	Kate Storey	245	5.33
Total valid votes			4,600	100.00
Rejected and declined votes			10
Turnout			4,610	33.55
Electors on the lists			13,739
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		-5.00

2011 Manitoba general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Progressive Conservative	Larry Maguire	4,983	65.97	+1.92	$29,215.58
	New Democratic	Garry Draper	2,282	30.21	−0.60	$14,391.55
	Liberal	Murray Cliff	288	3.81	−1.32	$0.00
Total valid votes			7,553
Rejected and declined ballots			32
Turnout			7,585	51.91
Electors on the lists			14,613
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		+1.26
Source: Elections Manitoba

^ Change not based on redistributed results

2007 Manitoba general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Progressive Conservative	Larry Maguire	4,451	64.05	+10.24	$21,019.29
	New Democratic	Bob Senff	2,141	30.81	−11.08	$8,729.19
	Liberal	Fred Curry	357	5.14	+0.83	$0.00
Total valid votes			6,949	100.00
Rejected and declined ballots			28
Turnout			6,977	56.79	−3.61
Electors on the lists			12,285

2003 Manitoba general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Progressive Conservative	Larry Maguire	4,135	53.81	+4.56	$16,859.29
	New Democratic	Perry Kalynuk	3,219	41.89	+6.10	$12,413.35
	Liberal	Vaughn Ramsay	331	4.31	−10.66	$1,630.42
Total valid votes			7,685	100.00
Rejected and declined ballots			25
Turnout			7,710	60.40	−4.17
Electors on the lists			12,765
Source: http://www.elections.mb.ca/en/Results/38_division_results/38_arthur-virden_summary_results.html

1999 Manitoba general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Expenditures
	Progressive Conservative	Larry Maguire	4,215	49.25	$21,631.54
	New Democratic	Perry Kalynuk	3,063	35.79	$6,262.00
	Liberal	Bob Brigden	1,281	14.97	$9,722.15
Total valid votes			8,559	100.00
Rejected and declined ballots			66
Turnout			8,625	64.57
Electors on the lists			13,358

1995 Manitoba general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Progressive Conservative	Jim Downey	5015	64.36
	New Democratic	Ray Cantelo	1519	19.49
	Liberal	Murray Lee	1258	16.14

1990 Manitoba general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Progressive Conservative	(x) Jim Downey	4773	59.25
	Liberal	Glen McKinnon	2085	25.88
	New Democratic	Goldwyn Jones	1197	14.86

Previous boundaries

The 1998-2011 boundaries highlighted in red