The Pas (electoral district)

The Pas is a provincial electoral division in the Canadian province of Manitoba. It was created in 1912 following the expansion of the province's northern border, and has existed continuously since that time. It is named for the rural city of The Pas.

The Pas

Manitoba electoral district
Defunct provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of Manitoba
District created	1912
First contested	1912
Last contested	2015
Demographics
Census divisions	Division No. 21, Division No. 22
Census subdivisions	Cross Lake 19, Division No. 21, Unorganized, Division No. 22, Unorganized, Kelsey, Moose Lake 31A, Norway House 17, Opaskwayak Cree Nation 21, The Pas

Until the 1960s, elections in The Pas were deferred until a few weeks after the rest of the province for logistical reasons. It was not unheard of for politicians from the south of the province to run in The Pas after being chosen as cabinet ministers by newly elected provincial governments; Edward Brown and John Bracken were both elected in this manner.

The Pas is located in the north of the province. It is bordered by Rupertsland to the east and south, Thompson and Flin Flon to the north, Swan River and Lake Winnipeg to the south, and the province of Saskatchewan to the west. Besides The Pas, it also includes Easterville and Norway House.

The riding's population in 1996 was 19,449. In 1999, the average family income was $42,878, and the unemployment rate was 17.80%. Health and social services account for 14% of the riding's economy, with retail trade accounting for another 14%.

Sixty-seven per cent of the riding's residents are aboriginal, the second-highest rate in the province.

The Pas has been represented by candidates of the New Democratic Party since 1969 (and for all but 11 years since 1943), and is now considered safe for the party. The district is currently held by Amanda Lathlin, daughter of former NDP MLA Oscar Lathlin following the resignation of Frank Whitehead on May 16, 2014. He had previously won a by-election on March 24, 2009 following the death in office of his predecessor Oscar Lathlin.

Following the 2018 redistribution, the riding will be abolished into The Pas-Kameesak, Flin Flon and Keewatinook.

List of provincial representatives

Name	Party	Took Office	Left Office
Robert Orok	Conservative	1912	1915
Edward Brown	Liberal	1915	1922
John Bracken	Progressive	1922	1932
	Liberal-Progressive	1932	1943
Beresford Richards	Co-operative Commonwealth	1943	1945
	Independent CCF	1945	1945
	Co-operative Commonwealth	1945	1949
	Independent CCF	1949	1949
Francis Bud Jobin	Liberal-Progressive	1949	1958
John Carroll	Progressive Conservative	1958	1969
Ron McBryde	New Democrat	1969	1977
Harry Harapiak	New Democrat	1977	1990
Oscar Lathlin	New Democrat	1990	2008
Frank Whitehead	New Democrat	2009	2014
Amanda Lathlin	New Democrat	2015	2019

Electoral results

2016 Manitoba general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Amanda Lathlin	1,976	43.48	-13.28	$26,898.08
	Progressive Conservative	Doug Lauvstad	1,765	38.84	+9.06	$14,083.14
	Liberal	Tyler Duncan	586	12.89	+0.56	$2,326.92
	Green	Patrick Wood	217	4.77	+4.77	$33.78
Total valid votes/Expense limit			4,544	100.0		$
Eligible voters			–
Source: Elections Manitoba[1][2][3]

Manitoba provincial by-election, April 21, 2015
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Amanda Lathlin	1,557	56.76	-16.84	$26,202.75
	Progressive Conservative	Jacob Nasekapow	817	29.78	+6.22	$31,878.68
	Liberal	Inez Vystrcil-Spence	369	13.45	+10.63	$2,941.26
Total valid votes			2,743	99.49
Rejected and declined votes			14	0.51
Turnout			2,757	22.10
Electors on the lists			12,475
	New Democratic hold		Swing		-11.53
Source: Elections Manitoba[4]

2011 Manitoba general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Frank Whitehead	2,995	73.61	−1.51	$20,683.92
	Prog. Cons.	Alfred McDonald	959	23.57	+5.18	$ 5,562.86
	Liberal	Girma Tessema	115	2.83	−3.67	$ 0.00
Total valid votes			4,069	99.46
Rejected and declined ballots			22	0.54
Turnout			4,091	30.40
Electors on the lists			13,459
	New Democratic hold		Swing		−3.34

Manitoba provincial by-election, March 24, 2009
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Frank Whitehead	2,949	75.11	+6.25	25,898.41
	Prog. Cons.	Edna Nabess	722	18.39	−3.06	31,676.75
	Liberal	Maurice Berens	255	6.50	−3.19	9,255.99
Total valid votes			3,926	99.32
Rejected and declined ballots			27	0.68
Turnout			3,953	29.65
Electors on the lists			13,334
	New Democratic hold		Swing		+4.66

2007 Manitoba general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Oscar Lathlin	3,262	68.30%	+2.95%	$22,521.26
	Progressive Conservative	George Muswaggon	1,016	21.27%	+4.62%	$7,505.06
	Liberal	James Houston	459	9.61%	−7.99%	$224.51
Total valid votes			4,737	99.18
Rejected and declined ballots			39
Turnout			4,776	36.63
Electors on the lists			13,038

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2003 Manitoba general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Oscar Lathlin	3,104	65.35%	+18.50%	$ 18,254.02
	Progressive Conservative	Richard Goudy	791	16.65%	−26.79%	$ 6,302.87
	Liberal	Mark Sweeny	836	17.60%	+7.89%	$ 4,258.53
Total valid votes			4,731	99.60%
Rejected and declined ballots			19
Turnout			4,750	40.46%
Electors on the lists			11,739

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1999 Manitoba general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Oscar Lathlin	2,952	46.85%	−4.91%
	Progressive Conservative	Ron Evans	2,737	43.44%	+7.82%
	Liberal	Don Sandberg	612	9.71%	−2.78%
Total valid votes			6,301	98.42%
Rejected and declined ballots			101
Turnout			6,402	51.72%
Electors on the lists			12,377

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Previous boundaries

The 1998-2011 boundaries for The Pas 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 16 November 2016.
3. "Election Returns: 41st General Election". Elections Manitoba. 2016. Retrieved 10 September 2018.
4. "Candidates: The Pas By-election". Elections Manitoba. 2015. Retrieved 22 August 2018.
5. http://www.electionsmanitoba.ca/en/Results/39_division_results/39_the-pas_summary_results.html - 2007 results
6. http://www.electionsmanitoba.ca/downloads/2003_statvotes_t-w.pdf
7. http://www.electionsmanitoba.ca/downloads/1999_statvotes_s-w.pdf