Springfield (provincial electoral district)

Springfield was a provincial electoral division in the Canadian province of Manitoba. It was created by the province's first electoral redistribution in 1874 and existed until 2011, except for the period from 1914 to 1920.

The last boundaries for Springfield from 1998-2011 highlighted in red

Springfield was located to the immediate east of the City of Winnipeg. It was bordered to the north by Selkirk and Gimli, to the east by Lac Du Bonnet and to the south by La Verendrye. The riding included the municipalities of Springfield and East St. Paul, as well as Anola, Dugald, Birds Hill and Oakbank. Before 1989, the riding stretched as far as the Ontario border.

The riding's population in 1996 was 18,599. In 1999, the average family income was $67,794, and the unemployment rate was 4.50%. Manufacturing accounted for 12% of all industry in the riding, followed by 11% in the service sector. Springfield had significant Ukrainian and German populations, at 9% and 8% respectively.

Springfield was represented by various political parties over its long history, without any one party dominating for an extended period of time. This pattern hd begun to change, as the riding had been represented by the Progressive Conservatives since 1990, and the last member, Member of the Legislative Assembly, Ron Schuler, was re-elected with over 60% of the vote in 2003. The seat was considered safe for the Progressive Conservatives.

Following the 2008 electoral redistribution, the riding was dissolved into La Verendrye and the new riding of St. Paul. This took effect for the 2011 election.

List of provincial representatives

Name	Party	Took Office	Left Office
William Dick	Opposition	1874	1878
Arthur Ross	Opposition/Liberal	1878	1879
	Government/Liberal	1879	1882
Charles Edie	Conservative	1882	1883
John Bell	Independent Liberal	1883	1886
Thomas Smith	Liberal-Conservative	1886	1888(?)
	Independent	1888(?)	1889(?)
	Liberal	1889(?)	1903
W.H. Corbett	Conservative	1903	1907
Donald Ross	Liberal	1907	1914
Arthur Moore	Dominion Labour	1920	1920
	Independent Labour Party	1920	1922
Clifford Barclay	Progressive	1922	1927
Murdoch Mackay	Liberal	1927	1932
Clifford Barclay	Independent Farmer-Labour	1932	1936
Evelyn Shannon	Liberal-Progressive	1936	1945
George Olive	Co-operative Commonwealth	1945	1949
William Lucko	Liberal-Progressive	1949	1959
Fred Klym	Progressive Conservative	1959	1969
Rene Toupin	New Democrat	1969	1977
Bob Anderson	Progressive Conservative	1977	1981
Andy Anstett	New Democrat	1981	1986
Gilles Roch	Progressive Conservative	1986	1988
	Liberal	1988	1990
Glen Findlay	Progressive Conservative	1990	1999
Ron Schuler	Progressive Conservative	1999	2011

Electoral results

2007 Manitoba general election: Springfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Progressive Conservative	Ron Schuler	5,165	58.16		$25,538.14
	New Democratic	Ernest Muswagon	2,656	29.91		$7,505.06
	Liberal	James Johnston	1,014	11.42	–	$4,606.05
Total valid votes			8,835	99.48
Rejected and declined votes			46
Turnout			8,881	56.78
Registered voters			15,642

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2003 Manitoba general election: Springfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Progressive Conservative	Ron Schuler	4,917	60.62	+11.15	$18,435.49
	New Democratic	Georgine Spooner	2,512	30.97	-9.43	$9,788.75
	Liberal	Vince Boileau	682	8.41	+0.73	$11,096.08
Total valid votes			8,111	99.58
Rejected and declined votes			34	0.42
Turnout			8,145	55.79
Registered voters			14,599
Source: Elections Manitoba[2][3]

1999 Manitoba general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Progressive Conservative	Ron Schuler	4,969	49.47		$25,718.76
	New Democratic	Leonard Kimacovich	4,058	40.40		$26,227.00
	Liberal	Patricia Aitken	771	7.68	–	$13,962.00
	Manitoba	Roger Woloshyn	203	2.02		$2,703.08
Total valid votes			10,001	99.56
Rejected and declined votes			44
Turnout			10,045	77.12
Registered voters			13,025

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1986 Manitoba general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Gilles Roch	5,094	44.26	-1.44
	New Democratic	Andy Anstett	5,039	43.78	-6.36
	Liberal	Laurie Evans	1,376	11.96	+8.87
Turnout			15,732	73.31
	Progressive Conservative gain from New Democratic		Swing		+2.46
Source: Elections Manitoba[5]

References

1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-03-21. Retrieved 2010-11-26.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - 2007 results
2. "Election Returns: 38th General Election". Elections Manitoba. 2003. Retrieved 10 September 2018.
3. http://www.elections.mb.ca/en/Results/38_division_results/38_springfield_summary_results.html
4. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-09-28. Retrieved 2010-11-26.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - 1999 Results
5. "Historical Summary" (PDF). Retrieved 2018-11-29.