Elmwood—Transcona

For other uses, see Elmwood (disambiguation).

Elmwood—Transcona

Manitoba electoral district
Elmwood—Transcona in relation to other Manitoba federal electoral districts as of the 2013 Representation Order. Dotted line shows Winnipeg city limits.
Federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
MP	Daniel Blaikie New Democratic
District created	1987
First contested	1988
Last contested	2015
District webpage	profile, map
Demographics
Population (2011)	85,906
Electors (2015)	64,395
Area (km²)	50
Pop. density (per km²)	1,718.1
Census division(s)	Winnipeg
Census subdivision(s)	Winnipeg

Elmwood—Transcona (formerly Winnipeg—Transcona) is a federal electoral district in Manitoba, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 1988. Its population in 2011 was 85,906.

History

The riding was created in 1987 from Winnipeg North Centre and Winnipeg—Birds Hill ridings.

It was previously named Winnipeg—Transcona from 1987 to 2003.

This riding gained territory from Kildonan—St. Paul and a fraction from Saint Boniface during the 2012 electoral redistribution.

Geography

Elmwood–Transcona contains the neighbourhoods of Transcona, South Transcona, Peguis, Regent, Mission Gardens, Melrose, Kildonan Meadows, North Transcona, Kildare Redonda, Kern Park, Canterbury Park, Kildonan Drive, Rossmere, Valley Gardens, Munroe, West Elmwood, Chalmers, Braeside, Talbot Grey, East Elmwood, Mission and Tyne-Tees within the city of Winnipeg. It covers 46 km².

Members of Parliament

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
Winnipeg—Transcona Riding created from Winnipeg North Centre and Winnipeg—Birds Hill
34th	1988–1993		Bill Blaikie	New Democratic
35th	1993–1997
36th	1997–2000
37th	2000–2004
Elmwood—Transcona
38th	2004–2006		Bill Blaikie	New Democratic
39th	2006–2008
40th	2008–2011		Jim Maloway
41st	2011–2015		Lawrence Toet	Conservative
42nd	2015–present		Daniel Blaikie	New Democratic

Election results

2015 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Daniel Blaikie	14,709	34.14	-10.67	–
	Conservative	Lawrence Toet	14,648	34.00	-12.92	–
	Liberal	Andrea Richardson-Lipon	12,713	29.51	+24.32	–
	Green	Kim Parke	1,016	2.36	-0.71	–
Total valid votes/Expense limit			43,086	100.00		$198,870.74
Total rejected ballots			182	0.42	–
Turnout			43,268	66.35	–
Eligible voters			65,207
	New Democratic gain from Conservative		Swing		+1.12
Source: Elections Canada

2011 federal election redistributed results
Party		Vote	%
	Conservative	16,086	46.91
	New Democratic	15,364	44.81
	Liberal	1,779	5.19
	Green	1,053	3.07
	Others	7	0.02

2011 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Lawrence Toet	15,298	46.40	+5.66	–
	New Democratic	Jim Maloway	14,998	45.49	-0.28	–
	Liberal	Ilona Niemczyk	1,660	5.03	-1.60	–
	Green	Ellen Young	1,017	3.08	-2.78	–
Total valid votes/Expense limit			32,973	100.00		–
Total rejected ballots			112	0.34	+0.02
Turnout			33,085	56.70	+2.66
Eligible voters			58,352	–	–

Source: Elections Canada

See also

• List of Canadian federal electoral districts
• Past Canadian electoral districts

References

• "Elmwood—Transcona (Code 46005) Census Profile". 2011 census. Government of Canada - Statistics Canada. Retrieved 2011-03-03.
• Riding history for Elmwood–Transcona (2003– ) from the Library of Parliament
• Expenditures - 2008