Tuxedo (electoral district)

Tuxedo is a provincial electoral division in the Canadian province of Manitoba. It was created by redistribution in 1979, and has formally existed since the provincial election of 1981. The riding is located in the southwest section of the city of Winnipeg.

Tuxedo

Manitoba electoral district
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of Manitoba
MLA	Heather Stefanson Progressive Conservative
District created	1979
First contested	1981
Last contested	2019

Tuxedo is bordered to the east by River Heights, to the south by Charleswood and Fort Whyte, to the north by St. James, and to the west by Charleswood.

The riding's population in 1996 was 20,095. The average family income in 1999 was $89,350, almost $40,000 above the provincial average. The unemployment rate was 5.60%. Tuxedo has a significant Jewish population, at 8% of the total. Over 17% of the riding's residents are above 65 years of age, and over 28% have University degrees. Health and social services account for 16% of Tuxedo's industry, with a further 14% in the service sector.

Tuxedo has been represented by Progressive Conservative MLAs since its creation. Former Premier Gary Filmon represented the riding between 1981 and his retirement in 2000.

List of provincial representatives

This riding has elected the following MLAs:

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
Riding created from Charleswood and River Heights
29th	1981–1986		Gary Filmon	Progressive Conservative
30th	1986–1988
31st	1988–1990
32nd	1990–1995
33rd	1995–1999
34th	1999–2000
	2000–2003		Heather Stefanson	Progressive Conservative
35th	2003–2007
36th	2007–2011
37th	2011–2016
38th	2016–2019
39th	2019–present

Electoral results

2019 Manitoba general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Progressive Conservative	Heather Stefanson	4,587
	Liberal	Marc Brandson	2,225
	New Democratic	Carla Compton	1,919
	Green	Kristin Lauhn-Jensen	822
	Manitoba	Abby Al-Sahi	60
Total valid votes				100.0
Total rejected ballots
Turnout
Eligible voters

2016 Manitoba general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Progressive Conservative	Heather Stefanson	4,986	57.94	+2.48	$24,812.05
	New Democratic	Zachary Fleisher	1,312	15.25	-10.28	$1,259.50
	Liberal	Micheal Lazar	1,251	14.54	-2.38	$3,715.32
	Green	Bob Krul	976	11.34	+8.72	$0.00
Total valid votes/Expense limit			8,525	100.0	-	$45,940.00
Eligible voters			13,869
Source: Elections Manitoba[1][2]

2011 Manitoba general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Progressive Conservative	Heather Stefanson	4,839	52.74	+5.48	$27,442.42
	New Democratic	Dashi Zargani	2,330	25.39	-5.35	$1,309.50
	Liberal	Linda Minuk	1,516	16.52	-5.61	$19,553.31
	Green	Donald Benham Jr.	491	5.35	+5.35	$197.89
Total valid votes/Expense limit			9,176	100.0	-	$
Total rejected ballots			32
Turnout			9,208	62.31
Eligible voters			14,778
Source: Elections Manitoba[3]

2007 Manitoba general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Progressive Conservative	Heather Stefanson	3,982	47.26	-5.55	$23,513.68
	New Democratic	Matt Schaubroeck	2,590	30.74	+5.38	$3,675.93
	Liberal	Audra Bayer	1,865	22.13	+0.30	$8,901.80
Total valid votes			8,426	100.0
Total rejected ballots			33
Turnout			8,459	60.51
Eligible voters			13,980

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2003 Manitoba general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Progressive Conservative	Heather Stefanson	4,213	52.81	−7.91	$32,959.68
	New Democratic	Sonia Taylor	2,023	25.36	+1.56	$992.64
	Liberal	Marla Billinghurst	1,741	21.83	−14.10	$8,740.56
Total valid votes			7,977	100.0
Total rejected ballots			–	–	–
Source: Elections Manitoba[5]

1999 Manitoba general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Expenditures
	Progressive Conservative	Gary Filmon	5,952	60.72	$24,905.00
	New Democratic	Jack Dubois	2,333	23.80	$1,636.00
	Liberal	Rochelle Zimberg	1,391	14.19	$1,406.60
	Green	Markus Buchart	126	1.29	$49.01
Total valid votes			9,802	100.00
Rejected and declined votes			74
Turnout			9,876	71.79
Registered voters			13,756

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1986 Manitoba general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Gary Filmon	5,268	49.08	−15.51
	Liberal	Jim Carr	3,544	33.02	+20.96
	New Democratic	Bill Armstrong	1,816	16.92	−6.42
	Progressive	David Pearlman	104	0.97	–
Total valid votes			10,732	100.00
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		−18.24

Previous boundaries

The 1999–2011 boundaries for Tuxedo highlighted in red

References

1. "Candidates: 41st General Election". Elections Manitoba. 29 March 2016. Retrieved 31 March 2016.
2. "Election Returns: 41st General Election". Elections Manitoba. 2016. Retrieved 7 September 2018.
3. "Election Returns: 40th General Election". Elections Manitoba. 2011. Retrieved 7 September 2018.
4. http://www.electionsmanitoba.ca/en/Results/39_division_results/39_tuxedo_summary_results.html - 2007 results
5. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-07-16. Retrieved 2010-12-20.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
6. http://www.electionsmanitoba.ca/apps/results/37gen/pbp.asp?ED=55 - 1999 results