Pembina (provincial electoral district)

Pembina was a provincial electoral division in the Canadian province of Manitoba.

The 1998-2011 boundaries of Pembina highlighted in red

1878-1879

The original riding of Pembina was created in 1878, in what was then the southwestern corner of the province. It was eliminated in 1879. The riding's sole Member of the Legislative Assembly was John Stevenson, who was elected in opposition to John Norquay's government, but supported Norquay's short-lived anglophone ministry in 1879.

1958-2011

The most recent Pembina constituency was created by redistribution in 1956, and existed from the 1958 provincial election until the 2011 election.

Pembina was located in the southern part of the province. It was bordered to the north by Carman, to the east by Emerson, to the west by Turtle Mountain, and to the south by the American state of North Dakota.

The main communities in the riding were Morden and Winkler.

Pembina's population in 1996 was 20,177. In 1999, the average family income was $44,624, and the unemployment rate was 5.00%. Manufacturing accounts for 17% of the riding's industry, followed by agriculture at 16%. A quarter of the riding's population has less than a Grade Nine education. Twenty-four per cent of the riding's residents listed German as their ethnic origin, followed by Mennonites at 9% and Dutch at 8%.

The riding was only held by the Progressive Conservative Party, and was considered extremely safe for that party. The last MLA, Peter George Dyck, was re-elected with over 75% of the vote in 2003, despite his party losing other seats across the province.

Following the 2008 electoral redistribution, Pembina was dissolved into Emerson and the newly created ridings of Midland and Morden-Winkler for the 2011 election.

Member of the Legislative Assembly

Name	Party	Took Office	Left Office
John Stevenson	Opposition/Conservative	1878	1879
John Stevenson	Government/Conservative	1879	1879

Name	Party	Took Office	Left Office
Maurice Ridley	PC	1958	1960
Carolyne Morrison	PC	1960	1969
George Henderson	PC	1969	1977
Donald Orchard	PC	1977	1995
Peter George Dyck	PC	1995	2011

Electoral results

2007 Manitoba general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Progressive Conservative	Peter George Dyck	5,192	77.06%	+0.82%	$12,384.46
	New Democratic	Lisa Moore	1,120	14.25%	+0.01%	$517.81
	Liberal	Ralph Gowan	570	8.46%	+0.26%	$2636.35
Total valid votes			6,722	99.76
Rejected and declined ballots			16
Turnout			6,738	44.95	+1.85%
Electors on the lists			14,989

[1]

2003 Manitoba general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Expenditures
	Progressive Conservative	Peter George Dyck	4,694	76.24	$7,710.31
	New Democratic	Mary Johnson	877	14.24	$716.46
	Liberal	Marilyn Skubovius	505	8.20	$238.00
	Communist	Aaron Crossman	81	1.32	$388.23
Total valid votes			6,157	100.00
Rejected and declined ballots			18
Turnout			6,175	43.10
Electors on the lists			14,326

[2]

1999 Manitoba general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Progressive Conservative	Peter George Dyck	4,808	68.60		$22,051.63
	New Democratic	Celso Arévalo	1,120	15.98		$231.00
	Liberal	Marilyn Skubovius	1,039	14.82	–	$959.87
Total valid votes			6,967	99.40
Rejected and declined ballots			42
Turnout			7,009	52.56
Electors on the lists			13,335

[3]

1995 Manitoba general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Peter George Dyck	5,092	62.28	-16.45
	Liberal	Walter Hoeppner	2,632	32.19	+20.26
	New Democratic	Sean Espey	452	5.53	-3.80
Total valid votes			8,176	61.78
Rejected and discarded ballots			33
Turnout			8,209
Electors on the lists			13,287
Source: Elections Manitoba[4]

References

1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-03-21. Retrieved 2010-11-22.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
2. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-07-06. Retrieved 2009-12-10.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
3. http://www.electionsmanitoba.ca/apps/results/37gen/elect_results.asp?type=1 Archived 2011-08-07 at the Wayback Machine - 1999 Results
4. "Election Returns: 36th General Election" (PDF). Elections Manitoba. 1995. Retrieved 24 October 2018.