Emerson (electoral district)

Emerson is a former provincial electoral division in the Canadian province of Manitoba. It was created by redistribution in 1879 and eliminated prior the 2019 general election. Most of its territory was redistributed to the newly created Borderland riding. The eastern part of the former riding was transferred to the La Verendrye riding.

This article is about the provincial riding in southern Manitoba. For the town, see Emerson, Manitoba.

Emerson

Manitoba electoral district
Defunct provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of Manitoba
District created	1879
First contested	1879
Last contested	2016

It was located in the southeastern corner of the province. It is bordered to the north by Carman, Morris, Steinbach and La Verendrye, to the west by Pembina, to the east by the province of Ontario and to the south by the American state of North Dakota. The riding included the communities/municipalities of Emerson, Altona, Dominion City, Rhineland, Gretna, Woodridge and St. Jean Baptiste.[1]

The riding's population in 2008 was 20,370.[2] In 2011, the average family income was $61,951, and the unemployment rate was 2.9%.[3] Agriculture accounted for 24% of the riding's industry, followed by manufacturing at 16%. Over 27% of Emerson's residents had less than a Grade Nine education. Emerson was an ethnically diverse riding, with only 51% of its residents listing English as their mother tongue. 26% of the riding's residents listed themselves as either German, French, Ukrainian, Polish or Mennonite, while a further 5% were aboriginal.

List of provincial representatives

Name	Party	Took Office	Left Office
William Nash	Opposition/Conservative	1879	1880
Thomas Carney	Cons	1880	1883
Frederick Burnham	Lib	1883	1883
Charles Douglas	Cons	1883	1888
James Thomson	Lib	1888	1892
David McFadden	Cons	1892	1907
George Walton	Lib	1907	1910
David McFadden	Cons	1910	1915
John Baskerville	Lib	1915	1920
Dmytro Yakimischak	Farmer	1920	1922
	Independent	1922	1927
Robert Curran	Lib-Prog	1927	1932
	Lib-Prog	1932	1936
Herbert Wright	Independent/Liberal	1936	1941
John Solomon	Independent/Pro-Coalition	1941	1945
	Lib-Prog	1945	1953
	Independent Liberal-Progressive	1953	1957
John Tanchak	Lib-Prog	1957	1969
Gabriel Girard	PC	1969	1973
Steve Derewianchuk	NDP	1973	1977
Albert Driedger	PC	1977	1990
Jack Penner	PC	1990	2007
Cliff Graydon	PC	2007	2018
	Independent	2018	2019

Electoral results

2016 Manitoba general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Progressive Conservative	Cliff Graydon	4,943	72.71	+0.73	$29,628.39
	Liberal	Loren Braul	1,423	20.93	+13.43	$9,401.72
	New Democratic	Alanna Jones	432	6.35	-13.25	$2,226.47
Total valid votes/Expense limit			6,798	99.00		$39,913.00
Total rejected and declined ballots			69	–	–
Turnout			6,867	53.49	–
Eligible voters			12,839
Source: Elections Manitoba[4][5]

2011 Manitoba general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Progressive Conservative	Cliff Graydon	3,982	71.98	+12.42	$19,821.87
	New Democratic	Lorie Fiddler	1,084	19.60	−2.33	$0.00
	Liberal	Michelene Belliveau	415	7.50	−10.80	$0.00
Total valid votes			5,481
Rejected and declined ballots			51
Turnout			5,532	44.42
Electors on the lists			12,453
Source: Elections Manitoba[6]

2007 Manitoba general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Progressive Conservative	Cliff Graydon	3,635	59.56	+0.74	$22,391.66
	New Democratic	Chris Murash	1,296	21.93	+2.87	$939.37
	Liberal	Monica Guetre	1,117	18.30	−2.82	$6,183.77
Total valid votes			6,049	99.08
Rejected and declined ballots			56
Turnout			6,105	49.51
Electors on the lists			12,330
Source: Elections Manitoba[7]

2003 Manitoba general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Progressive Conservative	Jack Penner	3,509	58.82	+4.95	$17,612.69
	Liberal	Len Schieman	1,260	21.12	-6.58	$13,304.08
	New Democratic	Luc Gendreau	1,137	19.06	+1.09	$2,277.16
Total valid votes			5,936	100.00
Rejected and declined ballots			30
Turnout			5,936	48.54
Electors on the lists			12,229
Source: Elections Manitoba[8]

1999 Manitoba general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Progressive Conservative	Jack Penner	3,994	54.12	-8.78	$27,307.39
	Liberal	Ted Klassen	2,054	27.83	+2.71	$15,533.42
	New Democratic	David Kiansky	1,332	18.05	+6.08	$4,971.00
Total valid votes			7,380	99.54
Rejected and declined ballots			34
Turnout			7,414	62.24
Electors on the lists			11,912
Source: Elections Manitoba[9]

1995 Manitoba general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Jack Penner	4,965	62.90	+1.05
	Liberal	Lorne Hamblin	1,983	25.12	+1.37
	New Democratic	Georgine Spooner	945	11.97	-2.44
Total valid votes			7,893
Rejected and declined ballots			24
Turnout			7,917	66.21
Electors on the lists			11,958
Source: Elections Manitoba[10]

Previous boundaries

1998-2011 boundaries of Emerson highlighted in red.

References

1. Elections Manitoba, Provincial Electoral Divisions Map: Emerson.
2. Manitoba Electoral Boundaries Commission, Emerson Electoral District.
3. CBCNews Manitoba Riding Profile: Emerson, 2011.
4. "Candidates: 41st General Election". Elections Manitoba. 29 March 2016. Retrieved 31 March 2016.
5. "41ST GENERAL ELECTION, APRIL 19, 2016 - OFFICIAL RESULTS". Elections Manitoba. 19 April 2016. Retrieved 10 November 2016.
6. "Election Returns: 40th General Election". Elections Manitoba. 2011. Retrieved 13 September 2018.
7. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-04-03. Retrieved 2010-11-24.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - 2007 results
8. "Election Returns: 37th General Election". Elections Manitoba. 2003. Retrieved 13 September 2018.
9. "Election Returns: 37th General Election". Elections Manitoba. 1999. Retrieved 13 September 2018.
10. "Election Returns: 36th General Election" (PDF). Elections Manitoba. 1995. Retrieved 1 November 2018.