Riding Mountain (provincial electoral district)
 Manitoba electoral district | |||
|---|---|---|---|
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| Provincial electoral district | |||
| Legislature | Legislative Assembly of Manitoba | ||
| MLA |
Progressive Conservative | ||
| District created | 2008 | ||
| First contested | 2011 | ||
| Last contested | 2023 | ||
| Demographics | |||
| Population (2016) | 24,255 | ||
| Electors (2019) | 16,761 | ||
| Area (km²) | 13,549 | ||
| Pop. density (per km²) | 1.8 | ||
Riding Mountain (French: Mont-Riding) is an electoral division in the Canadian province of Manitoba. It was created by redistribution in 2008.
Communities in the riding include Minnedosa, Rapid City, Rivers, Virden and Birtle. The riding's population in 2006 was 21,245.
List of provincial representatives
[edit]| Assembly | Years | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Riding created from Russell and Minnedosa | ||||
| 40th | 2011-2016 | Leanne Rowat | Progressive Conservative | |
| 41st | 2016–2019 | Greg Nesbitt | ||
| 42nd | 2019–2023 | |||
| 43rd | 2023–present | |||
Electoral results
[edit]2011
[edit]| 2011 Manitoba general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | Expenditures | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Leanne Rowat | 4,465 | 58.47 | $20,447.87 | ||||
| New Democratic | Albert Parsons | 2,633 | 34.48 | $10,993.16 | ||||
| Liberal | Carl Hyde | 272 | 3.56 | $284.81 | ||||
| Green | Signe Knutson | 267 | 3.50 | $536.64 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 7,637 | – | ||||||
| Rejected | 14 | – | ||||||
| Eligible voters / turnout | 14,165 | 54.01 | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Manitoba. Chief Electoral Officer (2011). Statement of Votes for the 40th Provincial General Election, October 4, 2011 (PDF) (Report). Winnipeg: Elections Manitoba. "Election Returns: 40th General Election". Elections Manitoba. 2011. Retrieved September 12, 2018. | ||||||||
2016
[edit]| 2016 Manitoba general election | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Progressive Conservative | Greg Nesbitt | 5,311 | 68.80 | 10.34 | $12,173.26 | |||
| Liberal | Jordan Fleury | 1,028 | 13.32 | 9.76 | $2,702.78 | |||
| Green | Mark Olenick | 779 | 10.09 | 6.60 | $0.00 | |||
| New Democratic | Béla Gyarmati | 601 | 7.79 | -26.69 | $146.90 | |||
| Total valid votes | 7,719 | – | – | |||||
| Rejected | 93 | – | ||||||
| Eligible voters / turnout | 14,075 | 55.50 | 1.49 | |||||
Source(s)
Source: Manitoba. Chief Electoral Officer (2016). Statement of Votes for the 41st Provincial General Election, April 19, 2016 (PDF) (Report). Winnipeg: Elections Manitoba. "Election Returns: 41st General Election". Elections Manitoba. 2016. Retrieved September 10, 2018. | ||||||||
2019
[edit]| 2019 Manitoba general election | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Progressive Conservative | Greg Nesbitt | 6,126 | 65.91 | -2.89 | $3,171.65 | |||
| New Democratic | Wayne Chacun | 1,970 | 21.20 | 13.41 | $7,438.18 | |||
| Green | Mary Lowe | 726 | 7.81 | -2.28 | $0.00 | |||
| Liberal | Jordan Fleury | 472 | 5.08 | -8.24 | $0.00 | |||
| Total valid votes | 9,294 | – | – | |||||
| Rejected | 46 | – | ||||||
| Eligible voters / Turnout | 16,761 | 55.72 | 0.22 | |||||
Source(s)
Source: Manitoba. Chief Electoral Officer (2019). Statement of Votes for the 42nd Provincial General Election, September 10, 2019 (PDF) (Report). Winnipeg: Elections Manitoba. "Candidate Election Returns". Elections Manitoba. Elections Manitoba. Retrieved March 2, 2020. | ||||||||
2023
[edit]| 2023 Manitoba general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Progressive Conservative | Greg Nesbitt | 5,644 | 63.02 | -2.89 | $12,575.91 | |||
| New Democratic | Wayne Chacun | 2,895 | 32.32 | +11.13 | $4,259.75 | |||
| Liberal | Eileen Smerchanski | 417 | 4.66 | -0.42 | $0.00 | |||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 8,956 | 99.16 | – | $62,186.00 | ||||
| Total rejected and declined ballots | 76 | 0.84 | – | |||||
| Turnout | 9,032 | 57.42 | +1.69 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 15,730 | |||||||
| Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | -7.01 | ||||||
Source(s) | ||||||||
50°40′52″N 100°35′24″W / 50.681°N 100.590°W
References
[edit]- ^ "Summary of Votes Received" (PDF). Elections Manitoba. Retrieved May 4, 2024.
- ^ "CANDIDATE ELECTION RETURNS GENERAL ELECTION 2023". Elections Manitoba. Retrieved May 18, 2024.
- ^ "2023 GENERAL ELECTION CANDIDATE AND REGISTERED PARTY ELECTION EXPENSE LIMITS - FINAL EXPENSE LIMIT" (PDF). Elections Manitoba. Retrieved May 4, 2024.