Charleswood (electoral district)

Charleswood was a provincial electoral division in the Canadian province of Manitoba. It was created by redistribution in 1968, and formally existed from the provincial election of 1969 until that of 2019. The riding was in the westernmost tip of Manitoba's capital and largest city, Winnipeg.

Charleswood

Manitoba electoral district
Defunct provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of Manitoba
District created	1968
First contested	1969
Last contested	2016

Charleswood was bordered to the east by Tuxedo and Fort Whyte, to the north by Kirkfield Park, and to the south and west by the rural riding of Morris.

Charleswood's population in 1996 was 20,262. The riding's character is middle- and upper-middle class: in 1999, the average family income was $70,417, and the unemployment rate was 5.20%. Eleven per cent of the riding's residents are immigrants, with over half being of German origin.

The service sector accounts for 15% of Charleswood's industry, with a further 12% in the retail trade and 11% in health and social sciences.

Members of the Progressive Conservative Party represented Charleswood throughout its lifetime. Sterling Lyon was premier of Manitoba from 1977 to 1981 while representing Charleswood.

List of provincial representatives

Assembly	Years	Member		Party
29th	1969–1973		Arthur Moug	Progressive Conservative
30th	1973–1977
31st	1977–1981		Sterling Lyon
32nd	1981–1986
33rd	1986–1988		Jim Ernst
34th	1988–1990
35th	1990–1995
36th	1995–1997
	1997–1999		Myrna Driedger
37th	1999–2003
38th	2003–2006
39th	2007–2011
40th	2011–2016
41st	2016–2019

Electoral results

2016 Manitoba general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Progressive Conservative	Myrna Driedger	5,298	60.66	+5.08	$26,417.84
	Liberal	Paul Brault	1,187	13.59	+4.92	$12,500.46
	New Democratic	Janna Barkman	1,168	13.37	-16.51	$4,990.15
	Green	Kevin Nichols	1,080	12.36	+6.92	$713.41
Total valid votes/Expense limit			8,733	100.0
Eligible voters			–
Source: Elections Manitoba[1][2][3]

2011 Manitoba general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Progressive Conservative	Myrna Driedger	4.838	55.58	+1.22	$23,063.10
	New Democratic	Paul Beckta	2.601	29.88	−1.78	$5,373.80
	Liberal	Matthew Ostrove	755	8.67	−4.84	$2,417.99
	Green	Dirk Hoeppner	472	5.44	–	$6.81
Total valid votes			8,666
Rejected and declined ballots			39
Turnout			8.705	61.09
Electors on the lists			14,249
Source: Elections Manitoba[4]

2007 Manitoba general election: Charleswood
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Progressive Conservative	Myrna Driedger	4,460	54.36	+6.29	$24,822.62
	New Democratic	Mel Willis	2,598	31.66	+14.24	$3,884.04
	Liberal	Michael Rosenberg	1,106	13.51	−20.47	$5,037.50
Total valid votes			8,183	99.54
Rejected and declined ballots			38
Turnout			8,221	59.42	−0.83
Electors on the lists			13,836

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2003 Manitoba general election: Charleswood
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Progressive Conservative	Myrna Driedger	3,961	48.07	−6.39	$25,048.27
	Liberal	Rick Ross	2,800	33.98	+10.71	$25,935.42
	New Democratic	Mel Willis	1,436	17.42	−3.86	$2,543.79
Total valid votes			8,197	100.00
Rejected and declined ballots			43
Turnout			8,240	60.25
Electors on the lists			13,677

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1999 Manitoba general election: Charleswood
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Progressive Conservative	Myrna Driedger	5,437	54.46		$31,177.73
	Liberal	Alana McKenzie	2,323	23.27	–	$16,326.45
	New Democratic	Darryl Livingstone	2,176	21.28		$717.00
Total valid votes			9,936	100.00
Rejected and declined ballots			47
Turnout			9,983	73.87
Electors on the lists			13,515

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Previous boundaries

The 1999–2011 boundaries of Charleswood highlighted in red.

References

1. "Candidates: 41st General Election". Elections Manitoba. 29 March 2016. Retrieved 31 March 2016.
2. "41ST GENERAL ELECTION, APRIL 19, 2016 - OFFICIAL RESULTS". Elections Manitoba. 19 April 2016. Retrieved 10 November 2016.
3. "Election Returns: 41st General Election". Elections Manitoba. 2016. Retrieved 10 September 2018.
4. "Election Returns: 40th General Election". Elections Manitoba. 2011. Retrieved 10 September 2018.
5. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-04-03. Retrieved 2010-11-24.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - 2007 Results
6. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-07-16. Retrieved 2009-12-11.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - 2003 Results
7. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-07-17. Retrieved 2010-08-09.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - 1999 Results