Interlake
Interlake is a provincial electoral division in the Canadian province of Manitoba. It was created by redistribution in 1979, and has formally existed since the 1981 provincial election. Previously, much of the Interlake region was included in the constituency of St. George. As its name implies, Interlake is located between Lake Winnipeg and Lake Manitoba, in the mid-northern section of the province.
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Defunct provincial electoral district | |
Legislature | Legislative Assembly of Manitoba |
District created | 1979 |
First contested | 1981 |
Last contested | 2016 |
Interlake is bordered to the east by Lake Winnipeg, to the south by Lakeside and Gimli, to the north by Swan River, and to the west by Lake Manitoba. Communities in the riding include Arborg, Riverton, Ashern, Fraserwood. The Black and Deer Islands are also located in the riding.
In 1996, the riding's population was 18,653. In 1999, the average family income was $32,570, and the unemployment rate was 10.60%. Twenty-two per cent of the riding's residents are listed as low-income. Almost 25% of the riding's residents have less than a Grade 9 education.
Agriculture accounts for 22% of Interlake's industry, followed by government services at 13%.
Interlake had been represented continuously by members of the New Democratic Party since its creation. That ended with the 2016 election. In 1995, local members of the Progressive Conservative Party attempted to rig the voting results by promoting a candidate from Independent Native Voice, a minor party. The plan was unsuccessful, but caused a major provincial scandal when its details were revealed to the public in 1998-99.
List of provincial representatives
Name | Party | Took Office | Left Office |
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Bill Uruski | NDP | 1981 | 1990 |
Clif Evans | NDP | 1990 | 1999 |
Tom Nevakshonoff | NDP | 1999 | 2016 |
Derek Johnson | Prog. Cons. | 2016 | 2019 |
Electoral results
2016 Manitoba general election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
Progressive Conservative | Derek Johnson | 3,685 | 52.51 | +7.09 | $27,224.05 | |||
Liberal | Jamal Abas | 2,068 | 28.09 | +25.19 | $8,951.25 | |||
New Democratic | Tom Nevakshonoff | 1,428 | 19.40 | -31.06 | $19,403.09 | |||
Total valid votes | 7,361 | 100.0 | ||||||
Total rejected ballots | 58 | – | – | |||||
Turnout | 7,239 | 61.00 | +7.74 | |||||
Registered voters | 11,868 | |||||||
Source: Elections Manitoba[1] |
2011 Manitoba general election: Interlake | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
New Democratic | Tom Nevakshonoff | 3,374 | 50.46 | -8.84 | $30,369.21 | |||
Progressive Conservative | Steve Lupky | 2,903 | 43.42 | +7.60 | $26,066.30 | |||
Independent | John Zasitko | 215 | 3.22 | $3,199.84 | ||||
Liberal | Albert Ratt | 194 | 2.90 | -1.63 | $2,837.87 | |||
Total valid votes | 6,686 | 100.00 | ||||||
Rejected and declined votes | 30 | 0.45 | ||||||
Turnout | 6,716 | 53.36 | ||||||
Registered voters | 12,586 |
2007 Manitoba general election: Interlake | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
New Democratic | Tom Nevakshonoff | 4,047 | 59.30 | -4.23 | $19,408.47 | |||
Progressive Conservative | Gary Wasylowski | 2,445 | 35.82 | +6.25 | $24,946.26 | |||
Liberal | Franklin Swark | 309 | 4.53 | -2.01 | $340.30 | |||
Total valid votes | 6,801 | 99.63 | ||||||
Rejected and declined votes | 25 | |||||||
Turnout | 6,826 | 56.53 | ||||||
Registered voters | 12,074 |
2003 Manitoba general election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
New Democratic | Tom Nevakshonoff | 3,858 | 63.53 | +15.35 | $19,548.96 | |||
Progressive Conservative | Betty Green | 1,796 | 29.57 | -11.67 | $8,870.79 | |||
Liberal | Leslie Jacobson | 397 | 6.54 | -3.20 | $4,774.14 | |||
Total valid votes | 6,051 | 100.0 | ||||||
Total rejected ballots | 22 | – | – | |||||
Turnout | 6,073 | 49.90 | – | |||||
Registered voters | 12,170 | |||||||
Source: Elections Manitoba[3] |
1999 Manitoba general election: Interlake | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
New Democratic | Tom Nevakshonoff | 3,809 | 48.18 | $22,797.00 | ||||
Progressive Conservative | Betty Green | 3,260 | 41.24 | $28,978.73 | ||||
Liberal | Margaret Swan | 770 | 9.74 | – | $7,010.62 | |||
Total valid votes | 7,839 | 99.73 | ||||||
Rejected and declined votes | 66 | |||||||
Turnout | 7,905 | 62.99 | ||||||
Registered voters | 12,550 |
Previous boundaries
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References
- "Results: 41st General Election". Elections Manitoba. 19 April 2016. Retrieved 11 June 2016.
- "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-03-21. Retrieved 2010-11-25.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - 2007 results
- "Results: 38th General Election". Elections Manitoba. June 2003. Retrieved 26 August 2018.
- "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-08-07. Retrieved 2010-08-11.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - 1999 Results