Charleswood (electoral district)
Charleswood was a provincial electoral division in the Canadian province of Manitoba. It was created by redistribution in 1968, and formally existed from the provincial election of 1969 until that of 2019. The riding was in the westernmost tip of Manitoba's capital and largest city, Winnipeg.
Manitoba electoral district | |
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Defunct provincial electoral district | |
Legislature | Legislative Assembly of Manitoba |
District created | 1968 |
First contested | 1969 |
Last contested | 2016 |
Charleswood was 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.
Members of the Progressive Conservative Party represented Charleswood throughout its lifetime. Sterling Lyon was premier of Manitoba from 1977 to 1981 while representing Charleswood.
List of provincial representatives
Assembly | Years | Member | Party | |
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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 | 2016–2019 |
Electoral results
2016 Manitoba general election | ||||||||
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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] |
2011 Manitoba general election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
Progressive Conservative | Myrna Driedger | 4.838 | 55.58 | +1.22 | $23,063.10 | |||
New Democratic | Paul Beckta | 2.601 | 29.88 | −1.78 | $5,373.80 | |||
Liberal | Matthew Ostrove | 755 | 8.67 | −4.84 | $2,417.99 | |||
Green | Dirk Hoeppner | 472 | 5.44 | – | $6.81 | |||
Total valid votes | 8,666 | |||||||
Rejected and declined ballots | 39 | |||||||
Turnout | 8.705 | 61.09 | ||||||
Electors on the lists | 14,249 | |||||||
Source: Elections Manitoba[4] |
2007 Manitoba general election: Charleswood | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
Progressive Conservative | Myrna Driedger | 4,460 | 54.36 | +6.29 | $24,822.62 | |||
New Democratic | Mel Willis | 2,598 | 31.66 | +14.24 | $3,884.04 | |||
Liberal | Michael Rosenberg | 1,106 | 13.51 | −20.47 | $5,037.50 | |||
Total valid votes | 8,183 | 99.54 | ||||||
Rejected and declined ballots | 38 | |||||||
Turnout | 8,221 | 59.42 | −0.83 | |||||
Electors on the lists | 13,836 |
2003 Manitoba general election: Charleswood | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
Progressive Conservative | Myrna Driedger | 3,961 | 48.07 | −6.39 | $25,048.27 | |||
Liberal | Rick Ross | 2,800 | 33.98 | +10.71 | $25,935.42 | |||
New Democratic | Mel Willis | 1,436 | 17.42 | −3.86 | $2,543.79 | |||
Total valid votes | 8,197 | 100.00 | ||||||
Rejected and declined ballots | 43 | |||||||
Turnout | 8,240 | 60.25 | ||||||
Electors on the lists | 13,677 |
1999 Manitoba general election: Charleswood | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
Progressive Conservative | Myrna Driedger | 5,437 | 54.46 | $31,177.73 | ||||
Liberal | Alana McKenzie | 2,323 | 23.27 | – | $16,326.45 | |||
New Democratic | Darryl Livingstone | 2,176 | 21.28 | $717.00 | ||||
Total valid votes | 9,936 | 100.00 | ||||||
Rejected and declined ballots | 47 | |||||||
Turnout | 9,983 | 73.87 | ||||||
Electors on the lists | 13,515 |
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.
- "Election Returns: 40th General Election". Elections Manitoba. 2011. Retrieved 10 September 2018.
- "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-04-03. Retrieved 2010-11-24.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - 2007 Results
- "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-07-16. Retrieved 2009-12-11.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - 2003 Results
- "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-07-17. Retrieved 2010-08-09.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - 1999 Results