Flin Flon (electoral district)

Flin Flon is a provincial electoral division in the Canadian province of Manitoba. It was created by redistribution in 1957, and has formally existed since the provincial election of 1958.

Flin Flon
Manitoba electoral district
Provincial electoral district
LegislatureLegislative Assembly of Manitoba
MLA
 
 
 
Tom Lindsey
New Democratic
District created1958
First contested1958
Last contested2016

At about 80,000 square kilometers, Flin Flon occupies roughly 20% of Manitoba's total area, and is the second largest riding in the province after Rupertsland. It was a smaller riding before 1989, when it gained a significant amount of territory from the former riding of Churchill. It is a mostly rural and sparsely populated riding, located in the province's northwestern corner.

Flin Flon is bordered by Saskatchewan to the west, Nunavut to the north, the ridings of Rupertsland and Thompson to the east, and the riding of The Pas to the south. The actual city of Flin Flon is located in the southwestern corner of the riding, and is its only urban centre.

The riding's population in 1996 was 14,470. In 1999, the average family income was $55,113, and the unemployment rate was 9.70%. Manufacturing accounts for 17% of Flin Flon's economy, followed by mining and oil production at 16%.

73.4% of Flin Flon's residents are aboriginal.[1]

Flin Flon has been held by the New Democratic Party of Manitoba (NDP) since 1969. The current MLA is Tom Lindsey, who was elected in the provincial election of 2016. He replaced the incumbent, Clarence Pettersen who was de-selected by the NDP and decided to contest the election as an Independent.[2]

List of provincial representatives

Assembly Years Member Party
Riding created from The Pas
25th 1958-1959 Francis Bud Jobin Liberal-Progressive
26th 1959-1962 Charles Witney Progressive Conservative
27th 1962-1966
28th 1966-1969
29th 1969-1973 Thomas Barrow New Democratic
30th 1973-1977
31st 1977-1981
32nd 1982-1985 Jerry Storie
33rd 1985-1988
34th 1988-1990
35th 1990-1995
36th 1995-1999 Gerard Jennissen
37th 1999-2003
38th 2003-2007
39th 2007-2011
40th 2011-2016 Clarence Pettersen
41st 2016–2019 Tom Lindsey
42nd 2019–present

Electoral results

2019 Manitoba general election

2019 Manitoba general election
Party Candidate Votes%±%Expenditures
New DemocraticTom Lindsey2,43557.8%+24.95$23,174.56
Progressive ConservativeTheresa Wride1,29430.7%+2.37$21,639.00
LiberalJames Lindsay2796.6%-21.56$2,047.30
GreenSaara Murnick2034.8%--$0.00
Total valid votes 100.0  
Total rejected ballots
Turnout
Eligible voters

2016 Manitoba general election

2016 Manitoba general election
Party Candidate Votes%±%Expenditures
New DemocraticTom Lindsey1,10632.85–23.99$43,604.96
Progressive ConservativeAngela Enright95428.33+4.36$18,686.00
LiberalLeslie Joan Beck94828.16+12.82$19,946.62
IndependentClarence Pettersen35910.66–46.18$6,320.44
Total valid votes 3,367100.0  
Total rejected and declined ballots 361.06
Turnout 3,40334.44
Eligible voters 9,880
New Democratic hold Swing –14.18
Source: Elections Manitoba[3][4]

2011 Manitoba general election

2011 Manitoba general election
Party Candidate Votes%±%Expenditures
New DemocraticClarence Pettersen1,89056.84−19.89$28,114.64
Progressive ConservativeDarcy Linklater79723.97-$14,069.96
LiberalThomas Heine51015.34−6.74$10,115.06
GreenSaara Harvie1113.33-$0.00
Total valid votes 3,308
Rejected and declined votes 17
Turnout 3,325 35.34 −0.9
Electors on the lists 9,409

2007 Manitoba general election

2007 Manitoba general election
Party Candidate Votes%±%Expenditures
New DemocraticGerard Jennissen2,25576.73 $10,879.75
LiberalGary Zamzow65122.08$3,607.58
Total valid votes 2,915 98.88
Rejected and declined votes 33
Turnout 2,948 36.24
Electors on the lists 8,135

Source: Elections Manitoba. [5]

2003 Manitoba general election

2003 Manitoba general election
Party Candidate Votes%±%Expenditures
New DemocraticGerard Jennissen2,40273.21 +8.62 $11,470.02
LiberalGary Zamzow55716.98$8,001.78
     Progressive Conservative Lloyd McDonald 322 9.81 -19.39 $210.08
Total valid votes
Rejected and declined votes 19
Turnout 3,300 39.17
Electors on the lists 8,424

Source: Elections Manitoba.[6]

1999 Manitoba general election

1999 Manitoba general election
Party Candidate Votes%±%Expenditures
New DemocraticGerard Jennissen3,02664.59 $18,573.00
Progressive ConservativeTom Therien1,36829.20$22,044.17
ManitobaPhillip Ng2685.72$1,209.00
Total valid votes 4,662 99.51
Rejected and declined votes 23
Turnout 4,685 51.45
Electors on the lists 9,106

Source: Elections Manitoba. [7]

Previous boundaries

1998-2011 boundaries for Flin Flon highlighted in red

References

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