Charleswood (electoral district)
 Manitoba electoral district | |||
|---|---|---|---|
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| Provincial electoral district | |||
| Legislature | Legislative Assembly of Manitoba | ||
| MLA |
Progressive Conservative | ||
| District created | 1968 | ||
| First contested | 1969 | ||
| Last contested | 2016 | ||
Charleswood is a provincial electoral division in the Canadian province of Manitoba. It was created by redistribution in 1968, and has formally existed since the provincial election of 1969. The riding is located in the westernmost tip of the City of Winnipeg.
Charleswood is bordered to the east by Tuxedo and Fort Whyte, to the north by Kirkfield Park, and to the south and west by the rural riding of Morris.
Charleswood's population in 1996 was 20,262. The riding's character is middle and upper-middle class: in 1999, the average family income was $70,417, and the unemployment rate was 5.20%. Eleven per cent of the riding's residents are immigrants, with over half being of German origin.
The service sector accounts for 15% of Charleswood's industry, with a further 12% in the retail trade and 11% in health and social sciences.
The riding has been represented by members of the Progressive Conservative Party since its creation.
List of provincial representatives
| Assembly | Years | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29th | 1969–1973 | Arthur Moug | Progressive Conservative | |
| 30th | 1973–1977 | |||
| 31st | 1977–1981 | Sterling Lyon | ||
| 32nd | 1981–1986 | |||
| 33rd | 1986–1988 | Jim Ernst | ||
| 34th | 1988–1990 | |||
| 35th | 1990–1995 | |||
| 36th | 1995–1997 | |||
| 1997–1999 | Myrna Driedger | |||
| 37th | 1999–2003 | |||
| 38th | 2003–2006 | |||
| 39th | 2007–2011 | |||
| 40th | 2011–2016 | |||
| 41st | 2016–present | |||
Electoral results
| 2016 Manitoba general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Progressive Conservative | Myrna Driedger | 5,298 | 60.66 | +5.08 | $26,417.84 | |||
| Liberal | Paul Brault | 1,187 | 13.59 | +4.92 | $12,500.46 | |||
| New Democratic | Janna Barkman | 1,168 | 13.37 | -16.51 | $4,990.15 | |||
| Green | Kevin Nichols | 1,080 | 12.36 | +6.92 | $713.41 | |||
| Total valid votes/Expense limit | 8,733 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | – | |||||||
| Source: Elections Manitoba[1][2][3] | ||||||||
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Previous boundaries
References
- ^ "Candidates: 41st General Election". Elections Manitoba. 29 March 2016. Retrieved 31 March 2016.
- ^ "41ST GENERAL ELECTION, APRIL 19, 2016 - OFFICIAL RESULTS". Elections Manitoba. 19 April 2016. Retrieved 10 November 2016.
- ^ "Election Returns: 41st General Election". Elections Manitoba. 2016. Retrieved 10 September 2018.
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-04-03. Retrieved 2010-11-24.
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