Riel (electoral district)
Riel is a provincial electoral division in the Canadian province of Manitoba. It was created by redistribution in 1968, and has formally existed since the provincial election of 1969. The riding is located in the south-central region of the City of Winnipeg, and is named after Louis Riel, the leader of the 1870 Red River Rebellion.
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Provincial electoral district | |||
Legislature | Legislative Assembly of Manitoba | ||
MLA |
Progressive Conservative | ||
First contested | 1969 | ||
Last contested | 2019 |
Riel is bordered to the east by St. Vital, to the south by Seine River, to the north by St. Vital, and to the west by the ridings of Fort Richmond and Fort Garry-Riverview.
The riding's population in 1996 was 20,228. The riding's character is mostly middle-class and upper middle-class. In 1999, the average family income was $63,126, and the unemployment rate was 5.50%. Nine percent of the riding's residents are francophone.
The service industry accounts for 15% of Riel's economy, followed by health and social services at 12.5%.
Riel has more often been represented by candidates of the Progressive Conservative Party than the NDP (NDP).The current MLA is Progressive Conservative Rochelle Squires. The previous MLA was Christine Melnick of the NDP who won with 53% of votes cast in 2003 and 60% in the 2007 Manitoba election.
List of provincial representatives
Name | Party | Took Office | Left Office |
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Donald Craik | PC | 1969 | 1981 |
Doreen Dodick | NDP | 1981 | 1986 |
Gerry Ducharme | PC | 1986 | 1995 |
David Newman | PC | 1995 | 1999 |
Linda Asper | NDP | 1999 | 2003 |
Christine Melnick | NDP | 2003 | 2016 |
Rochelle Squires | PC | 2016 | present |
Electoral results
2019 Manitoba general election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
Progressive Conservative | Rochelle Squires | 4,734 | 44.36 | -6.64 | $40,281.22 | |||
New Democratic | Mike Moyes | 3,744 | 35.08 | +4.09 | $19,468.95 | |||
Liberal | Neil Johnston | 1,471 | 13.78 | -2.74 | $773.76 | |||
Green | Roger Schellenberg | 630 | 5.90 | +5.90 | $5.54 | |||
Total valid votes | 10, 672 | 100.0 | ||||||
Total rejected ballots | 40 | |||||||
Turnout | 63.24 | |||||||
Eligible voters | 16, 875 |
2016 Manitoba general election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
Progressive Conservative | Rochelle Squires | 5,024 | 51.00 | +10.98 | $31,878.00 | |||
New Democratic | Christine Melnick | 3,053 | 30.99 | -23.70 | $28,196.03 | |||
Liberal | Neil Johnston | 1,627 | 16.52 | +11.62 | $9,674.30 | |||
Total valid votes/Expense limit | 9,704 | 100.0 | $47,429.00 | |||||
Eligible voters | 14,372 | |||||||
Source: Elections Manitoba[1][2] |
2011 Manitoba general election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
New Democratic | Christine Melnick | 5,352 | 54.69 | −2.50 | $28,596.10 | |||
Progressive Conservative | Rochelle Squires | 3,916 | 40.02 | +9.33 | $28,104.49 | |||
Liberal | Cheryl Gilarski | 480 | 4.90 | −7.09 | $2,997.99 | |||
Total valid votes | 9,748 | |||||||
Rejected and declined votes | 38 | |||||||
Turnout | 9,786 | 64.14 | ||||||
Registered voters | 15,257 | |||||||
Source: Elections Manitoba[3] |
2007 Manitoba general election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
New Democratic | Christine Melnick | 4,883 | 57.19 | +3.16 | $23,004.50 | |||
Progressive Conservative | Trudy Turner | 2,620 | 30.69 | -7.14 | $34,539.37 | |||
Liberal | Grant Woods | 1024 | 11.99 | +3.85 | $12,309.36 | |||
Total valid votes | 8,538 | 100.00 | ||||||
Rejected and declined votes | 51 | |||||||
Turnout | 8,589 | 63.03 | ||||||
Registered voters | 13,626 | |||||||
Source: Elections Manitoba[4] |
2003 Manitoba general election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
New Democratic | Christine Melnick | 4,455 | 54.03 | +7.35 | $21,486.24 | |||
Progressive Conservative | Shirley Render | 3,119 | 37.83 | -6.20 | $20,036.18 | |||
Liberal | Kristopher Ade | 671 | 8.14 | +0.22 | $8,594.68 |
1999 Manitoba general election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
New Democratic | Linda Asper | 4,883 | 46.68 | $20,612.00 | ||||
Progressive Conservative | David Newman | 4,559 | 44.03 | $27,412.91 | ||||
Liberal | Clayton Weselowski | 820 | 7.92 | – | $3,179.52 | |||
Manitoba | Mike Kubara | 91 | 0.88 | $3,179.52 | ||||
Total valid votes | 10,303 | 99.35 | ||||||
Rejected and declined votes | 51 | |||||||
Turnout | 10,354 | 76.08 | ||||||
Registered voters | 13,610 | |||||||
Source: Elections Manitoba[5] |
1988 Manitoba general election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
Progressive Conservative | Gerry Ducharme | 4,289 | 41.71 | -5.39 | ||||
Liberal | Chris Sigurdson | 3,965 | 38.56 | +26.64 | ||||
New Democratic | Bob Ages | 1,834 | 17.83 | -21.19 | ||||
Confederation of Regions | John Hiebert | 121 | 1.18 | -0.79 | ||||
Western Independence | Neil Knight | 75 | 0.73 | n/a | ||||
Turnout | 10,308 | 77.88 | ||||||
Registered voters | 13,235 | |||||||
Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | -16.02 | ||||||
Source: Elections Manitoba[6] |
Previous boundaries
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References
- "Candidates: 41st General Election". Elections Manitoba. 29 March 2016. Retrieved 31 March 2016.
- "Election Returns: 41st General Election". Elections Manitoba. 2016. Retrieved 28 August 2018.
- "Election Returns: 40th General Election". Elections Manitoba. 2011. Retrieved 28 August 2018.
- http://www.electionsmanitoba.ca/en/Results/39_division_results/39_riel_summary_results.html
- {{cite web |url=http://www.electionsmanitoba.ca/apps/results/37gen/pbp.asp?ED=32 - 1999 Results
- "Historical Summary" (PDF). Retrieved 2018-12-06.