Fort Whyte

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Fort Whyte

Manitoba electoral district
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of Manitoba
MLA	Brian Pallister Progressive Conservative
District created	1999
First contested	1999
Last contested	2016

Fort Whyte is a provincial electoral division in the Canadian province of Manitoba. It was created in 1999, after the provincial electoral boundaries commission determined that southwestern Winnipeg had experienced enough population growth to deserve an extra seat. Fort Whyte was created from territory formerly belonging to Fort Garry and St. Norbert.

Fort Whyte is bordered on the east by Fort Garry and St. Norbert, to the south by St. Norbert, to the north by River Heights and Tuxedo, and to the west by Charleswood and Morris.

The constituency's population in 1996 was 19,396. The average family income in 1999 was $78,422, the second-highest in the province. The unemployment rate is 4.00%, and only 4% of the population is above 65 years of age. Almost 30% of the population have university degrees, once again the second highest rating in the province. Health and social services account for 13% of Fort Whyte's industry, with a further 12% in educational services.

Fort Whyte is an ethnically diverse constituency, with an immigrant population of 21%. Eight per cent of the riding's residents are Chinese, 5% are German and 4% are East Indian.

The constituency has been held by the Progressive Conservative Party of Manitoba for its entire existence, and has always been comfortably safe for that party. The riding's first MLA, John Loewen, won it handily in 1999 even as the Tories were soundly defeated by the New Democratic Party of Manitoba in that year's provincial election. On September 23, 2005, Loewen announced that he was leaving provincial politics to seek the Liberal Party of Canada's nomination for Charleswood—St. James—Assiniboia. He formally resigned from the legislature on September 26.

On December 13, 2005, a by-election was held to fill Loewen's seat. The winner was Hugh McFadyen, a fellow Tory. A few months later, McFadyen became leader of the provincial Tories. McFadyen was easily re-elected in the 2007 provincial election, but was one of only four PC MLAs returned from Winnipeg. After the Tories were again defeated in 2011, McFadyen announced he would retire from politics as soon as a successor was chosen. Former provincial MLA and federal MP Brian Pallister was elected his successor, and easily won Fort Whyte in the ensuing by-election.

List of provincial representatives

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
37th	1999–2003		John Loewen	Progressive Conservative
38th	2003–2005
	2005–2007		Hugh McFadyen
39th	2007–2011
40th	2011–2012
	2012–2016		Brian Pallister
41st	2016–present

Electoral history

2016 Manitoba general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Progressive Conservative	Brian Pallister	6,775	64.18	+9.00	$14,965.48
	New Democratic	George Wong	1,718	16.27	+5.02	$18,573.44
	Liberal	Peter Bastians	1,205	11.41	-20.15	$8,194.92
	Green	Carli Runions	731	6.92	+5.20	$10.00
	Manitoba	Daryl Newis	127	1.20	+1.20	$920.97
Total valid votes/Expense limit			10,556	100.0		$54,710.00
Eligible voters			17,599
Source: Elections Manitoba

Manitoba provincial by-election, September 4, 2012
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Progressive Conservative	Brian Pallister	3,626	55.18	-7.29	32,215.06
	Liberal	Bob Axworthy	2,074	31.56	+23.64	28,872.72
	New Democratic	Brandy Schmidt	739	11.25	-18.36	10,860.67
	Green	Donnie Benham	113	1.72	–	789.44
	Independent	Darrell Ackman	19	0.29		211.37
Total valid votes			6,571	100.00
Rejected and declined votes			8
Turnout			6,579	42.28	-19.63
Electors on the lists			15,560

Previous boundaries

The 1999-2011 boundaries of the riding of Fort Whyte highlighted in red.