Fort Garry (electoral district)
Fort Garry is a provincial electoral division in the Canadian province of Manitoba that existed from 1958 to 2011 and was re-created in 2019. It was first created by redistribution in 1957 from parts of Iberville, Assiniboia and St. Boniface, and formally existed beginning with the 1958 provincial election. The riding is in the south-central and southwestern region of the city of Winnipeg. It is named for the historical Fort Garry which was occupied by supporters of Louis Riel during the Red River Rebellion of 1870.
Fort Garry was bordered to the east by Riel (across the Red River of the North), to the south by St. Norbert, to the north by Lord Roberts, and to the west by Fort Whyte. It was a mostly middle-class residential area, with some small businesses. It contained the University of Manitoba's main campus until electoral redistribution in 2008 took effect in 2011, placing the campus in the new district of Fort Richmond.
The riding's population in 1996 was 20,383. In 1999, the average family income was $50,720, and the unemployment rate was 6.40% (though, conversely, it may be noted that 26% of the riding's residents are listed as low-income). Over 16% of Fort Garry's residents were immigrants, with 5% listing German as their ethnic origin. Almost 23% of the riding's residents have a university degree.
The service sector accounted for 17% of Fort Garry's industry, with a further 12% each in the retail trade and educational services.
Historically, Fort Garry was a safe seat for the Progressive Conservatives, who represented the riding from 1958 to 1988 and again from 1990 to 2003 (a Liberal represented it from 1988 to 1990). Future Premier Sterling Lyon was the first member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA). In the provincial election of 1999, however, the NDP came within only 30 votes of winning the riding. They made it their primary target in the 2003 election, and won it for the first time in their history.
Fort Garry's last MLA before dissolution was Kerri Irvin-Ross of the NDP, who was re-elected in the 2007 provincial election with 53% of the vote.
Following the 2008 electoral boundary redistribution, Fort Garry was largely divided between the new ridings of Fort Garry-Riverview and Fort Richmond, with a portion going to St. Norbert.
Following the 2018 redistribution, the riding was re-created from Fort Garry-Riverview, Fort Rouge, River Heights, and Fort Richmond. Fort Garry was contested in the 2019 provincial election. It is bordered by River Heights to the north; Fort Rouge to the north and east; Riel and St. Vital to the east, across the Red River; Fort Richmond and Waverley to the south; and Fort Whyte to the west.[1]
List of provincial representatives
Name | Party | Took Office | Left Office |
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Sterling Lyon | PC | 1958 | 1969 |
Bud Sherman | PC | 1969 | 1984 |
Charles Birt | PC | 1984 | 1988 |
Laurie Evans | Lib | 1988 | 1990 |
Rosemary Vodrey | PC | 1990 | 1999 |
Joy Smith | PC | 1999 | 2003 |
Kerri Irvin-Ross | NDP | 2003 | 2011 |
Riding abolished | |||
Mark Wasyliw | NDP | 2019 |
Electoral results
2019 Manitoba general election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
New Democratic | Mark Wasyliw | 3,994 | 42.35 | +6.5 | $23,569.90 | |||
Progressive Conservative | Nancy Cooke | 2,998 | 31.79 | -5.9 | $29,491.08 | |||
Liberal | Craig Larkins | 1,716 | 18.20 | +4.7 | $5,839.65 | |||
Green | Kevin Nichols | 722 | 7.66 | -4.8 | $15.08 | |||
Total valid votes | 9,430 | 100.0 | ||||||
Total rejected ballots | ||||||||
Turnout | 63.8 | |||||||
Eligible voters | ||||||||
New Democratic notional gain from Progressive Conservative | Swing | +6.2 |
2016 provincial election redistributed results[2] | |||
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Party | % | ||
Progressive Conservative | 37.7 | ||
New Democratic | 35.9 | ||
Liberal | 13.5 | ||
Green | 12.5 | ||
Others | 0.4 |
2007 Manitoba general election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
New Democratic | Kerri Irvin-Ross | 4,291 | 52.60 | +5.62 | $28,543.84 | |||
Progressive Conservative | Shaun McCaffrey | 2,101 | 25.75 | −20.05 | $16,517.08 | |||
Liberal | Craig Hildahl | 1,500 | 18.39 | +11.49 | $14,094.14 | |||
Green | Alon Weinberg | 266 | 3.26 | +3.25 | $55.55 | |||
Total valid votes | 8,158 | 100.00 | ||||||
Rejected and declined votes | 36 | |||||||
Turnout | 8,194 | 66.06 | +2.57 | |||||
Electors on the lists | 12,404 |
2003 Manitoba general election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
New Democratic | Kerri Irvin-Ross | 3,852 | 46.75 | +3.29 | $21,049.74 | |||
Progressive Conservative | Joy Smith | 3,765 | 45.69 | +1.93 | $29,935.35 | |||
Liberal | Taran Malik | 562 | 6.82 | −4.45 | $13,984.00 | |||
Independent | Didz Zuzens | 61 | 0.74 | +0.74 | $395.34 | |||
Total valid votes | 8,240 | 99.34 | ||||||
Rejected and declined votes | 55 | |||||||
Turnout | 8,295 | 63.49 | −11.60 | |||||
Electors on the lists | 13,066 |
1999 Manitoba general election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
Progressive Conservative | Joy Smith | 4,436 | 43.76 | $28,543.84 | ||||
New Democratic | Lawrie Cherniack | 4,406 | 43.46 | $29,325.00 | ||||
Liberal | Ted Gilson | 1,143 | 11.27 | – | $9,808.98 | |||
Manitoba | Denise Van Rooyen | 116 | 1.14 | $1,032.59 | ||||
Total valid votes | 10,101 | 99.64 | ||||||
Rejected and declined votes | 37 | |||||||
Turnout | 10,138 | 75.09 | ||||||
Electors on the lists | 13,502 |
1995 Manitoba general election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
Progressive Conservative | Rosemary Vodrey | 5,959 | 48.29 | +1.22 | $32,899.54 | |||
Liberal | Jim Woodman | 4,434 | 35.93 | −0.88 | $34,086.38 | |||
New Democratic | Brock Holowachuk | 1,857 | 15.05 | +1.22 | $1,399.00 | |||
Libertarian | Alexander Pressey | 91 | 0.74 | $124.74 | ||||
Total valid votes | 12,341 | 100.00 | ||||||
Rejected ballots | 53 | |||||||
Turnout | 12,394 | 71.16 | −1.80 | |||||
Registered voters | 17,418 |
1990 Manitoba general election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
Progressive Conservative | Rosemary Vodrey | 5,105 | 47.07 | +7.27 | ||||
Liberal | Laurie Evans | 3,992 | 36.81 | -9.77 | ||||
New Democratic | Shirley Lord | 1,500 | 13.83 | +1.88 | ||||
Western Independence | Jan Mandseth | 249 | 2.30 | +0.98 | ||||
Total valid votes | 10,846 | 100.00 | ||||||
Rejected ballots | 17 | |||||||
Turnout | 10,863 | 72.96 | ||||||
Registered voters | 14,890 | |||||||
Progressive Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | +8.52 |
1988 Manitoba general election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
Liberal | Laurie Evans | 6,055 | 46.58 | +26.68 | ||||
Progressive Conservative | Charlie Birt | 5,173 | 39.80 | -8.65 | ||||
New Democratic | Brian Pannell | 1,553 | 11.95 | -17.78 | ||||
Western Independence | Ivan Merritt | 172 | 1.32 | -0.60 | ||||
Communist | Millie Lamb | 45 | 0.35 | n/a | ||||
Total valid votes | 12,998 | 100.00 | ||||||
Rejected ballots | 12 | |||||||
Turnout | 13,011 | 78.22 | ||||||
Eligible voters | 16,634 | |||||||
Liberal gain from Progressive Conservative | Swing | +17.67 | ||||||
Source: Elections Manitoba[4] |
1984 Fort Garry By- election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
Progressive Conservative | Charles Birt | 3,561 | 44.59 | -11.12 | ||||
Liberal | Sharon Carstairs | 1,993 | 24.96 | +15.64 | ||||
New Democratic | Shirley Lord | 1,211 | 15.16 | -17.99 | ||||
Progressive | Sidney Green | 1,035 | 12.96 | +11.14 | ||||
Western Independence | Fred Cameron | 186 | 2.33 |
References
- Elections Manitoba electoral map of Winnipeg
- Marcoux, Jacques (2019-08-27). "New Manitoba election boundaries give upper hand to Progressive Conservatives, CBC News analysis finds". CBC. Retrieved 2019-09-14.
- "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-03-21. Retrieved 2010-11-23.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- "Candidates: 34th General Election" (PDF). Elections Manitoba. April 26, 1988. Retrieved 2 October 2018.