Inkster (electoral district)
Inkster was a provincial electoral division in the Canadian province of Manitoba. It was located in the northwestern corner of the city of Winnipeg. Officially created by redistribution in 1957, it has existed since the provincial election of 1958.[1]
The riding was named after the Inkster family, who were prominent local figures at the time of the province's creation in 1870. John Inkster was a member of Louis Riel's provisional government, while Colin Inkster was a member of the province's Legislative Council (which existed from 1871 to 1876).
There were 19,246 persons living in the riding in 1996. Inkster had a broad range of income levels and a strong working-class presence (the manufacturing sector accounting for 23% of industry in 1999). Census reports from 1999 showed an average family income of $51,274, with 8.10% unemployment.
Inkster had the third-largest immigrant population of all ridings in the province, at over 30% of the total population. 21% of the riding's residents are Filipino, 6% are Ukrainian, and 5% are East Indian. Only 4% of the population is above age 65.
Like many other north-end Winnipeg ridings, Inkster traditionally supported the New Democratic Party and its predecessor, the Cooperative Commonwealth Federation, although Liberal Kevin Lamoureux represented the riding for all but four years from 1988 to 2010. For the 2011 election, Inkster was dissolved into The Maples and the new riding of Tyndall Park.
List of provincial representatives
| Name | Party | Took Office | Left Office |
|---|---|---|---|
| Morris Gray | CCF | 1958 | 1961 |
| NDP | 1961 | 1966 | |
| Sidney Green | NDP | 1966 | 1979 |
| Independent NDP | 1979 | 1981 | |
| Prog | 1981 | 1981 | |
| Don Scott | NDP | 1981 | 1988 |
| Kevin Lamoureux | Lib | 1988 | 1997 |
| Independent Liberal | 1997 | 1998 | |
| Lib | 1998 | 1999 | |
| Becky Barrett | NDP | 1999 | 2003 |
| Kevin Lamoureux (2nd time) | Lib | 2003 | 2010 |
Electoral history
Template:Manitoba provincial election, 2007/Electoral District/Inkster (electoral district)[2] Template:Manitoba provincial election, 2003/Electoral District/Inkster (electoral district)[3] Template:Manitoba provincial election, 1999/Electoral District/Inkster (electoral district)
| 1995 Manitoba general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Kevin Lamoureux | 4,394 | 50.80 | +4.93 | ||||
| New Democratic | Poy Gomez | 2,649 | 30.62 | -2.96 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Scott Fielding | 1,384 | 16.00 | -2.03 | ||||
| Independent | Scott Kowall | 223 | 2.58 | n/a | ||||
| Total valid votes | 8,706 | 100.00 | - | |||||
| Rejected ballots | 56 | – | – | |||||
| Turnout | 8,650 | 67.03 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 12,989 | |||||||
| Source: Elections Manitoba[4] | ||||||||
| 1990 Manitoba general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Kevin Lamoureux | 3,602 | 45.87 | +4.37 | ||||
| New Democratic | Ajit Deol | 2,637 | 33.58 | -4.50 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Raj Mehta | 1,416 | 18.03 | -1.96 | ||||
| Western Independence | Gordon Haddad | 198 | 2.52 | n/a | ||||
| Total valid votes | 7,898 | 100.00 | - | |||||
| Rejected ballots | 45 | – | ||||||
| Turnout | 7,853 | 64.28 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 12,287 | |||||||
| Source: Elections Manitoba[5] | ||||||||
| 1988 Manitoba general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Kevin Lamoureux | 4,466 | 41.50 | + | ||||
| New Democratic | Harry Daniels | 4,098 | 38.08 | - | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Bob Vandewater | 2,151 | 19.99 | + | ||||
| Communist | Nancy Watkins | 46 | 0.43 | + | ||||
| Total valid votes | 10,825 | 100.00 | - | |||||
| Rejected ballots | 17 | – | – | |||||
| Turnout | 10,761 | 69.45 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 15,586 | |||||||
| Source: Elections Manitoba[6] | ||||||||
References
- ^ Mutimer, David (2002). Canadian annual review of politics and public affairs 1996. University of Toronto Press. p. 177. ISBN 0-8020-3715-1.
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-04-03. Retrieved 2010-11-24.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - 2007 results - ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-07-06. Retrieved 2009-12-10.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "Candidates: 36th General Election" (PDF). Elections Manitoba. 25 April 1995. Retrieved 25 September 2018.
- ^ "Candidates: 35th General Election" (PDF). Elections Manitoba. September 11, 1990. Retrieved 25 September 2018.
- ^ "Candidates: 34th General Election" (PDF). Elections Manitoba. April 26, 1988. Retrieved 25 September 2018.