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Elmwood (electoral district)

Provincial electoral district in Manitoba, Canada

Elmwood (electoral district)
Summary

Provincial electoral district in Manitoba, Canada

FieldValue
nameElmwood
provinceManitoba
imageManitoba 2018 Elmwood.svg
captionBoundaries for Elmwood (2019–present) highlighted in red
prov-statusactive
prov-created1957
prov-election-first1958
prov-election-last2023
prov-repJim Maloway
prov-rep-partyNDP
demo-census-date2006
demo-cdWinnipeg

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Elmwood is a provincial electoral district of Manitoba, Canada.

History

1914–1920

The original Elmwood riding existed from 1914 to 1920, in what was then a suburban community in the north of Winnipeg. It was created out of Springfield, Kildonan-St. Andrews, Winnipeg North, and St. Boniface. It was abolished into Springfield, Winnipeg and St. Boniface.

Its provincial Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLAs) were:

ParliamentYearsMemberParty
14th1914–1915MBPCbackground}}Harry Mewhirter
15th1915–1920MBLiberalbackground}}Thomas Hamilton

1958–present

The modern Elmwood riding was created by redistribution in 1957, and has formally existed since the provincial election of 1958. It is located in the northeastern section of the amalgamated city of Winnipeg; the Red River forms its western and part of its southern boundary. The Elmwood riding existing from 1958 to 1969 was confined to the actual Elmwood area of the city of Winnipeg. In the redistribution in advance of the 1969 Manitoba general election, part of East Kildonan was added. Since 1981, the Elmwood riding has moved further north into East Kildonan, taking in much of the old Kildonan riding (existing between 1958 and 1981) while the eastern part of the Elmwood area has been removed and added to the Concordia riding created in 1981.

Elmwood is mostly working class and industrial. According to the 1999 Canadian census, manufacturing accounted for 18% of all industry in the riding. Thirty-one per cent of the riding's residents are listed as low-income. The average family income in Elmwood was $41,842, and the unemployment rate was 9.40%.

The riding has a significant immigrant population, including 9% of German background and 8% of Ukrainian background. Eighteen per cent of the riding's residents were over age 65.

The New Democratic Party of Manitoba (and its predecessor, the Manitoba Co-operative Commonwealth Federation) have won Elmwood in every provincial election since the riding's re-creation. In the 1988 general election, when the NDP fell from majority government to third-party status, Elmwood, along with adjoining Concordia, Logan, and St. Johns were the only four constituencies in Winnipeg to elect NDP MLAs.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

ParliamentYearsMemberParty
25th1958–1959MBCCFbackground}}Steve Peters
26th1959–1961
1961–1962MBNDPbackground}}New Democratic
27th1962–1966
28th1966–1969MBNDPbackground}}Russell Doern
29th1969–1973
30th1973–1977
31st1977–1981
32nd1981–1984
1984–1986MBIndependentbackground}}Independent
33rd1986–1988MBNDPbackground}}Jim Maloway
34th1988–1990
35th1990–1995
36th1995–1999
37th1999–2003
38th2003–2007
39th2007–2008
2008–2011MBNDPbackground}}Bill BlaikieNew Democratic
40th2011–2016MBNDPbackground}}Jim Maloway
41st2016–2019
42nd2019–2023
43rd2023–present

Election results

1914

1915

1958

1959

1962

1966

1969

1973

1977

1981

1986

1988

1990

1995

1999

2003

2007

2009 by-election

2011

2016

2019

2023

Previous boundaries

The 1998–2011 boundaries for Elmwood highlighted in red.

References

Wikipedia Source

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