Churchill—Keewatinook Aski

Churchill—Keewatinook Aski (formerly Churchill) is a federal electoral district in Manitoba, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 1935. It covers the northern four-fifths of Manitoba, a vast wilderness area dotted with small municipalities and First Nations reserves. It was named after the town of Churchill, Manitoba, which resides on Churchill River. It is the fifth-largest riding in all of Canada.

Churchill—Keewatinook Aski
Manitoba electoral district
Churchill—Keewatinook Aski in relation to other Manitoba federal electoral districts as of the 2013 Representation Order.
Federal electoral district
LegislatureHouse of Commons
MP
 
 		 
Niki Ashton
New Democratic
District created1933
First contested1935
Last contested2019
District webpageprofile, map
Demographics
Population (2011)[1]85,148
Electors (2015)47,940
Area (km²)[1]494,701
Pop. density (per km²)0.17
Census division(s)Division No. 19, Division No. 21, Division No. 22, Division No. 23
Census subdivision(s)Thompson, Flin Flon, The Pas, Churchill, Norway House 17, St. Theresa Point, Kelsey, Opaskwayak Cree Nation 21E, Fort Alexander 3, Nelson House 170

The riding has the highest percentage of First Nations people (61.1%) in Canada.;[2] the highest percentage of Cree speakers - both those whose mother tongue (21.6%) is Cree[3] as well as those that use it as home language (16.6%)[4] - is also to be found there.

History

The riding was created in 1933 when Nelson riding was abolished. The entire area of Nelson was transferred into the new riding of Churchill.

This riding gained territory from Selkirk—Interlake and was renamed "Churchill—Keewatinook Aski" during the 2012 electoral redistribution.

2006 election

Incumbent Bev Desjarlais[5] ran as an independent candidate in the 2006 election. The New Democratic Party candidate was Niki Ashton,[6] daughter of Manitoba Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) and cabinet minister Steve Ashton. The Liberals fielded actress Tina Keeper, who won the election.[7] The Conservatives nominated longtime party member and Flin Flon city councillor Nazir Ahmad,[8] while the Greens ran former substitute teacher Jeff Fountain.[9] Brad Bodnar, a resident of The Pas, ran as an independent.

2008 election

The New Democratic Party candidate was Niki Ashton,[6] for the second time. The Liberals fielded incumbent Tina Keeper.[10] The Conservatives nominated Wally Daudrich.[11] The fourth candidate was Green Party of Canada newcomer, Saara Harvie.[12]

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following Members of Parliament:

Parliament Years Member Party
Churchill
Riding created from Nelson
18th  1935–1940     Thomas Crerar Liberal
19th  1940–1945
20th  1945–1949     Ronald Moore Co-operative Commonwealth
21st  1949–1953     George Weaver Liberal
22nd  1953–1957
23rd  1957–1958     Robert Simpson Progressive Conservative
24th  1958–1962
25th  1962–1963
26th  1963–1965
27th  1965–1968
28th  1968–1972
29th  1972–1974 Charles Keith Taylor
30th  1974–1979 Cecil Smith
31st  1979–1980     Rod Murphy New Democratic
32nd  1980–1984
33rd  1984–1988
34th  1988–1993
35th  1993–1997     Elijah Harper Liberal
36th  1997–2000     Bev Desjarlais New Democratic
37th  2000–2004
38th  2004–2005
 2005–2006     Independent
39th  2006–2008     Tina Keeper Liberal
40th  2008–2011     Niki Ashton New Democratic
41st  2011–2015
Churchill—Keewatinook Aski
42nd  2015–2019     Niki Ashton New Democratic
43rd  2019–present

Current Member of Parliament

Its Member of Parliament (MP) is Niki Ashton. She is a member of the New Democratic Party.

Election results
Graph of election results in Churchill—Keewatinook Aski (minor parties that never got 2% of the vote or didn't run consistently are omitted)

Churchill—Keewatinook Aski, 2015–present
2019 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%±%Expenditures
New DemocraticNiki Ashton11,91950.3$62,221.20
ConservativeCyara Bird5,61623.7none listed
LiberalJudy Klassen4,71419.9$59,410.31
GreenRalph McLean1,1444.8none listed
People'sKen Klyne2941.2$0.00
Total valid votes/Expense limit 23,687100.0
Total rejected ballots 190
Turnout 23,87748.8
Eligible voters 48,949
Source: Elections Canada[13][14]
2015 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%±%Expenditures
New DemocraticNiki Ashton13,48745.04-6.65$107,253.16
LiberalRebecca Chartrand12,57542.00+22.13$108,676.93
ConservativeKyle G. Mirecki3,09010.32-15.81–
GreenAugust Hastmann5371.79-0.52–
LibertarianZachary Linnick2550.85––
Total valid votes/Expense limit 29,944100.00 $233,135.69
Total rejected ballots 2520.83–
Turnout 30,19661.58–
Eligible voters 49,036
New Democratic hold Swing -14.39
Source: Elections Canada[15][16]
2011 federal election redistributed results[17]
Party Vote %
  New Democratic10,96251.70
  Conservative5,54026.13
  Liberal4,21219.86
  Green4912.32

Churchill, 1935–2015
2011 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%±%Expenditures
New DemocraticNiki Ashton10,26251.12+3.36–
ConservativeWally Daudrich5,25626.18+5.68–
LiberalSydney Garrioch4,08720.36-8.38–
GreenAlberteen Spence4712.35-0.94–
Total valid votes/Expense limit 20,076 100.00 
Total rejected ballots 107 0.53-0.02
Turnout 20,183 45.35+5.20
Eligible voters 44,509 ––
2008 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%±%Expenditures
New DemocraticNiki Ashton8,73447.76+19.35$79,086
LiberalTina Keeper5,28928.74-11.94–
ConservativeWally Daudrich3,77320.50+8.95$45,616
GreenSaara Harvie6063.29+1.69$28
Total valid votes/Expense limit 18,402 100.00 $91,452
Total rejected ballots 102 0.55+0.19
Turnout 18,50440.15 -13.48
  New Democrat gain from Liberal Swing +
2006 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%±%Expenditures
LiberalTina Keeper10,15940.68+2.3$75,179
New DemocraticNiki Ashton7,10328.41-15.0$70,290
IndependentBev Desjarlais4,28317.15-26.3$23,042
ConservativeNazir Ahmad2,88611.55-3.6$23,875
GreenJeff Fountain4011.60-1.4$2,837
IndependentBrad Bodnar1460.58–$69
Total valid votes 24,966100.00 –
Total rejected ballots 90 0.36–
Turnout 25,05653.63+14.1
  Liberal gain from New Democrat Swing +8.7
2004 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%±%Expenditures
New DemocraticBev Desjarlais8,61243.4-1.5$45,705
LiberalRon Evans7,60438.4+6.1$61,955
ConservativeBill Archer2,99915.1-7.7$10,379
GreenDavid Nickarz6123.1–$646
Total valid votes 19,827100.0 –
Total rejected ballots 880.40.0
Turnout 19,91541.4-9.7

Note: Conservative vote is compared to the total of the Canadian Alliance vote and Progressive Conservative vote in 2000 election.

2000 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%±%Expenditures
New DemocraticBev Desjarlais10,47744.9+3.8$41,854
LiberalElijah Harper7,51432.2+2.9$55,871
AllianceJason Shaw4,12617.7-1.3$7,444
Progressive ConservativeDoreen Murray1,1985.1-5.4$2,722
Total valid votes 23,315100.0 –
Total rejected ballots 980.4-0.3
Turnout 23,41351.1+0.8

Note: Canadian Alliance vote is compared to the Reform vote in 1997 election.

1997 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%±%Expenditures
New DemocraticBev Desjarlais9,61641.2+4.3$45,525
LiberalElijah Harper6,85229.3-11.4$59,373
ReformCorky Peterson4,43819.0+9.4$11,803
Progressive ConservativeDon Knight2,45210.5+0.2$10,729
Total valid votes 23,358100.0 –
Total rejected ballots 1580.7–
Turnout 23,51650.3–
1993 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
LiberalElijah Harper9,65840.7+17.7
New DemocraticRod Murphy8,75136.9-19.5
Progressive ConservativeDon Knight2,43810.3-10.3
ReformWally Daudrich2,2759.6
NationalCharles Settee5902.5–
Total valid votes 23,712100.0
1988 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
New DemocraticRod Murphy14,16856.4+10.8
LiberalRodney Spence5,80023.1+5.1
Progressive ConservativeNazir Ahmad5,16420.5-13.2
Total valid votes 25,132100.0
1984 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
New DemocraticRod Murphy10,82945.6+2.3
Progressive ConservativeHarvey Hanson8,01033.7+8.2
LiberalJack Kennedy4,27218.0-11.8
IndependentAndrew Kirkness3771.6–
LibertarianKetih B.P. Muirhead2811.2
Total valid votes 23,769100.0
1980 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
New DemocraticRod Murphy10,31943.3-8.4
LiberalAlan Ross7,09229.7+13.5
Progressive ConservativeCec Smith6,08425.5-6.6
RhinocerosRoland Campbell3521.5
Total valid votes 23,847100.0
1979 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
New DemocraticRod Murphy12,54451.7+21.0
Progressive ConservativeCecil Smith7,80232.1-8.8
LiberalAndrew Kirkness3,93616.2-10.1
Total valid votes 24,282100.0
1974 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
Progressive ConservativeCecil Smith11,22540.9+6.4
New DemocraticDan Reagan8,41530.7-2.4
LiberalJean René Allard7,21226.3-4.9
Social CreditEd Heinrichs5772.1
Total valid votes 27,429100.0
1972 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
Progressive ConservativeKeith Taylor9,46234.6-7.2
New DemocraticDon Duff9,05933.1+10.4
LiberalBruce Dunlop8,53631.2-4.4
IndependentR. Jim Henry3271.2
Total valid votes 27,384100.0
1968 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
Progressive ConservativeRobert Simpson9,00941.8-9.2
LiberalFrank Dembinsky7,67335.6+8.6
New DemocraticBrian Koshul4,88822.7+7.0
Total valid votes 21,570100.0
1965 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
Progressive ConservativeRobert Simpson10,77351.0-2.3
LiberalF.L. Jobin5,69427.0-6.1
New DemocraticKen MacMaster3,30615.6+2.0
Social CreditCurt R. Shielman1,3526.4
Total valid votes 21,125100.0
1963 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
Progressive ConservativeRobert Simpson11,70753.3+2.0
LiberalBruce Dunlop7,25333.0+2.5
New DemocraticFlorence Matthews2,99013.6-4.5
Total valid votes 21,950100.0
1962 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
Progressive ConservativeRobert Simpson10,94351.3-13.4
LiberalFrancis Laurence Jobin6,51130.6+7.2
New DemocraticFlorence Matthews3,85818.1+6.2
Total valid votes 21,312100.0

Note: NDP vote is compared to CCF vote in 1958 election.

1958 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
Progressive ConservativeRobert Simpson11,50664.7+25.9
LiberalLorne Paterson Ferg4,15923.4-7.9
Co-operative CommonwealthJack Freedman2,11811.9+0.2
Total valid votes 17,783100.0
1957 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
Progressive ConservativeRobert Simpson6,19138.8+20.8
LiberalGeorge Dyer Weaver4,99331.3-9.1
Social CreditBruce Moore2,89118.1-2.1
Co-operative CommonwealthGerald Robert Clarkson1,87011.7-6.9
Total valid votes 15,945 100.0
1953 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
LiberalGeorge Dyer Weaver4,98440.4-5.2
Progressive ConservativeWilliam George Thompson2,56720.8-3.0
Social CreditDelbert Leroy Downs2,49020.2
Co-operative CommonwealthRonald Stewart Moore2,29318.6-12.0
Total valid votes 12,334100.0
1949 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
LiberalGeorge Dyer Weaver6,84745.6+13.2
Co-operative CommonwealthRonald Stewart Moore4,59530.6-8.2
Progressive ConservativeRobert Franklin Milton3,57023.8-5.1
Total valid votes 15,012100.0
1945 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
Co-operative CommonwealthRonald Moore5,22638.8
LiberalGeorge Dyer Weaver4,35932.4-30.1
Progressive ConservativeCecil Ruddock Neely3,88428.8-8.7
Total valid votes 13,469100.0

Note: Progressive Conservative vote is compared to "National Government" vote in 1940 election.

1940 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
LiberalThomas Crerar8,27662.5+22.5
National GovernmentWill Blakeman Scarth4,96337.5+3.2
Total valid votes 13,239 100.0

Note: "National Government" vote is compared to Conservative vote in 1935 election.

1935 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%
LiberalThomas Crerar3,60340.0
ConservativeBarney M. Stitt3,09134.3
Co-operative CommonwealthAlexander Stewart2,31325.7
Total valid votes 9,007100.0

See also

References
  • "(Code 46003) Census Profile". 2011 census. Statistics Canada. 2012. Retrieved 2011-03-03.
  • Riding history for Churchill (1933– ) from the Library of Parliament
  • Expenditures - 2008
  • Expenditures - 2004
  • Expenditures - 2000
  • Expenditures - 1997

Notes
  1. Statistics Canada: 2012
  2. "Aboriginal Identity (8), Sex (3) and Age Groups (12) for the Population of Canada, Provinces, Territories and Federal Electoral Districts (2003 Representation Order), 2006 Census - 20% Sample Data". 2.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved 2012-11-19.
  3. "2011 Census of Canada: Topic-based tabulations | Detailed Mother Tongue (232), Knowledge of Official Languages (5), Age Groups (17A) and Sex (3) for the Population Excluding Institutional Residents of Canada, Provinces, Territories and Federal Electoral Districts (2003 Representation Order), 2011 Census". 2.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved 2012-11-19.
  4. "First Official Language Spoken (7), Detailed Language Spoken Most Often at Home (232), Age Groups (17A) and Sex (3) for the Population Excluding Institutional Residents of Canada, Provinces, Territories and Federal Electoral Districts (2003 Representation Order), 2011 Census". 2.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved 2012-11-19.
  5. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2005-12-10. Retrieved 2005-12-02.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  6. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-12-19. Retrieved 2011-11-21.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  7. CBC.ca 25 Oct 2005
  8. Conservative Party website
  9. Gren Party website Archived 2007-03-13 at the Wayback Machine
  10. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2008-09-24. Retrieved 2008-10-15.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  11. http://www.wallydaudrich.ca/%5B%5D
  12. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2008-09-30. Retrieved 2008-10-15.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  13. "List of confirmed candidates". Elections Canada. Retrieved October 4, 2019.
  14. "Election Night Results". Elections Canada. Retrieved November 9, 2019.
  15. Elections Canada – Confirmed candidates for Churchill—Keewatinook Aski, 30 September 2015
  16. Elections Canada – Preliminary Election Expenses Limits for Candidates Archived August 15, 2015, at the Wayback Machine
  17. Pundits' Guide to Canadian Elections

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