Elmwood—Transcona

Elmwood—Transcona (formerly Winnipeg—Transcona) is a federal electoral district in Manitoba, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 1988. Its population in 2011 was 85,906.

Elmwood—Transcona

Manitoba electoral district
Elmwood—Transcona in relation to other Manitoba federal electoral districts as of the 2013 Representation Order. Dotted line shows Winnipeg city limits.
Federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
MP	Daniel Blaikie New Democratic
District created	1987
First contested	1988
Last contested	2019
District webpage	profile, map
Demographics
Population (2011)[1]	85,906
Electors (2015)	64,395
Area (km²)[1]	50
Pop. density (per km²)	1,718.1
Census divisions	Division No. 11
Census subdivisions	Winnipeg

History

The riding was created in 1987 from Winnipeg North Centre and Winnipeg—Birds Hill ridings.

It was previously named Winnipeg—Transcona from 1987 to 2003.

This riding gained territory from Kildonan—St. Paul and a fraction from Saint Boniface during the 2012 electoral redistribution.

Geography

Elmwood–Transcona contains the neighbourhoods of Transcona, South Transcona, Peguis, Regent, Mission Gardens, Melrose, Kildonan Meadows, North Transcona, Kildare Redonda, Kern Park, Canterbury Park, Kildonan Drive, Rossmere, Valley Gardens, Munroe, West Elmwood, Chalmers, Braeside, Talbot Grey, East Elmwood, Mission and Tyne-Tees within the city of Winnipeg. It covers 46 km².

Members of Parliament

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
Winnipeg—Transcona Riding created from Winnipeg North Centre and Winnipeg—Birds Hill
34th	1988–1993		Bill Blaikie	New Democratic
35th	1993–1997
36th	1997–2000
37th	2000–2004
Elmwood—Transcona
38th	2004–2006		Bill Blaikie	New Democratic
39th	2006–2008
40th	2008–2011		Jim Maloway
41st	2011–2015		Lawrence Toet	Conservative
42nd	2015–2019		Daniel Blaikie	New Democratic
43rd	2019–present

Election results

Graph of election results in Elmwood—Transcona (minor parties that never got 2% of the vote or didn't run consistently are omitted)

2019 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Daniel Blaikie	19,786	45.6	+11.46
	Conservative	Lawrence Toet	16,240	37.5	+3.5
	Liberal	Jennifer Malabar	5,346	12.3	-17.21
	Green	Kelly Manweiler	1,480	3.4	+1.04
	People's	Noel Gautron	512	1.2	–
Total valid votes/Expense limit			43,364	100.0
Total rejected ballots			313
Turnout			43,677	62.8	-3.55
Eligible voters			69,498
	New Democratic hold		Swing		+3.86
Source: Elections Canada[2][3]

2015 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Daniel Blaikie	14,709	34.14	-10.67	$109,753.17
	Conservative	Lawrence Toet	14,648	34.00	-12.92	$127,718.93
	Liberal	Andrea Richardson-Lipon	12,713	29.51	+24.32	$23,842.58
	Green	Kim Parke	1,016	2.36	-0.71	–
Total valid votes/Expense limit			43,086	99.58		$199,824.02
Total rejected ballots			182	0.42	–
Turnout			43,268	66.35	–
Eligible voters			65,207
	New Democratic gain from Conservative		Swing		+1.12
Source: Elections Canada[4][5][6]

2011 federal election redistributed results[7]
Party		Vote	%
	Conservative	16,086	46.91
	New Democratic	15,364	44.81
	Liberal	1,779	5.19
	Green	1,053	3.07
	Others	7	0.02

2011 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Lawrence Toet	15,298	46.40	+5.66	–
	New Democratic	Jim Maloway	14,998	45.49	-0.29	–
	Liberal	Ilona Niemczyk	1,660	5.03	-1.59	–
	Green	Ellen Young	1,017	3.08	-2.78	–
Total valid votes/Expense limit			32,973	99.66		–
Total rejected ballots			112	0.34	+0.02
Turnout			33,085	55.93	+1.89
Eligible voters			59,154	–	–
	Conservative gain from New Democratic		Swing		+2.97

Source: Elections Canada

2008 Canadian federal election: Elmwood–Transcona
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Jim Maloway	14,355	45.77	−5.08	$73,584.88
	Conservative	Thomas Steen	12,776	40.74	+8.61	$60,628.72
	Liberal	Wes Penner	2,079	6.63	−5.68	$30,542.33
	Green	Chris Hrynkow	1,839	5.86	+2.23	$847.16
	Christian Heritage	Robert Scott	312	0.99	−0.10	$2,735.85
Total valid votes/Expense Limit			31,361	100.00	–	$77,369.61
Total rejected ballots			100	0.32	−0.08
Turnout			31,461	54.04	−4.16
Electors on the lists			58,216
	New Democratic	Swing	−6.8

2006 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Bill Blaikie	16,967	50.85	−1.14	$40,314.57
	Conservative	Linda West	10,720	32.13	+6.02	$68,007.66
	Liberal	Tanya Parks	4,108	12.31	−4.50	$12,622.61
	Green	Tanja Hutter	1,211	3.63	+1.17	$240.77
	Christian Heritage	Robert Scott	363	1.09	−0.23	$706.54
Total valid votes			33,369	100.00
Total rejected ballots			133	0.40	+0.13
Turnout			33,502	58.20	+7.55
Electors on the lists			57,561
	New Democratic	Swing	−3.58
Sources: Official Results, Elections Canada and Financial Returns, Elections Canada.

2004 Canadian federal election: Elmwood–Transcona
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Bill Blaikie	15,221	51.99	+3.84	$37,459.54
	Conservative	Bryan McLeod	7,644	26.11	−5.58	$33,737.79
	Liberal	Tanya Parks	4,923	16.81	−1.56	$20,165.52
	Green	Elijah Gair	719	2.46	–	$204.72
	Christian Heritage	Robert Scott	386	1.32	–	$2,599.64
	Marijuana	Gavin Whittaker	311	1.06	–	–
	Communist	Paul Sidon	74	0.25	–	$654.57
Total valid votes			29,278	100.00
Total rejected ballots			80	0.27	−0.21
Turnout			29,358	50.65	−7.73
Electors on the lists			57,965
Percentage change figures are factored for redistribution. Conservative Party percentages are contrasted with the combined Canadian Alliance and Progressive Conservative percentages from 2000.
Sources: Official Results, Elections Canada and Financial Returns, Elections Canada.

Winnipeg—Transcona, 1996–2003

2000 Canadian federal election: Winnipeg—Transcona
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Bill Blaikie	15,680	47.85	−2.42	$35,468.07
	Alliance	Shawn Rattai	8,336	25.44	+8.21	$21,800.25
	Liberal	Bret Dobbin	6,041	18.43	−3.03	$17,596.32
	Progressive Conservative	Chris Brewer	2,133	6.51	−2.46	–
	Green	C. David Nickarz	229	0.70	–	–
	N/A (Christian Heritage)	Robert Scott	146	0.45	−0.83	$3,639.93
	Independent	Theresa Ducharme	118	0.36	−0.13	–
	Communist	James Hogaboam	87	0.27		$263.77
Total valid votes			32,770	100.00
Total rejected ballots			127	0.39	−0.21
Turnout			32,897	58.38	−1.98
Electors on the lists			56,345
Sources: Official Results, Elections Canada and Financial Returns, Elections Canada.

1997 Canadian federal election: Winnipeg—Transcona
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Bill Blaikie	16,640	50.27	+11.11	$37,996
	Liberal	Rosemary Broadbent	7,105	21.46	−16.84	$25,771
	Reform	Helen Sterzer	5,703	17.23	+3.37	$19,506
	Progressive Conservative	Glenn Buffie	2,968	8.97	+3.93	$7,682
	Christian Heritage	Robert Scott	423	1.28		$3,633
	Independent	Theresa Ducharme	161	0.49		$111
	Marxist–Leninist	Ken Kalturnyk	104	0.31		$11
Total valid votes			33,104	100.00
Total rejected ballots			199	0.60	+0.25
Turnout			33,303	60.36	−9.64
Electors on the lists			55,177
Percentage change figures are factored for redistribution.
Sources: Official Results, Elections Canada and Financial Returns, Elections Canada.

Winnipeg—Transcona, 1987–1996

1993 Canadian federal election: Winnipeg—Transcona
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Bill Blaikie	16,074	38.86	−2.27	$33,353
	Liberal	Art Miki	15,855	38.33	+6.45	$45,977
	Reform	Helen Sterzer	5,829	14.09	–	$7,111
	Progressive Conservative	Brett Eckstein	2,112	5.11	−20.51	$13,422
	National	Marnie Johnston	900	2.18	–	$14,483
	Christian Heritage	Robert Scott	362	0.88	–	$2,688
	Natural Law	Geoff Danyluk	150	0.36	–	$78
	Marxist–Leninist	Ken Kalturnyk	42	0.10	−0.17	$216
	Canada Party	Bill Tataryn	39	0.09	–	$0
Total valid votes			41,363	100.00
Total rejected ballots			144	0.35	+0.04
Turnout			41,507	70.15	−5.32
Electors on the lists			59,169
Source: Thirty-fifth General Election, 1993: Official Voting Results, Published by the Chief Electoral Officer of Canada. Financial figures taken from official contributions and expenses provided by Elections Canada.

1988 Canadian federal election: Winnipeg—Transcona
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic	Bill Blaikie	17,361	41.13	−7.8
	Liberal	Shirley Timm-Rudolph	13,460	31.88	+20.6
	Progressive Conservative	Mike Thompson	10,815	25.62	−9.9
	Ind. (Western Independence)	Fred Cameron	308	0.73
	Independent	Gerry West	156	0.37
	N/A (Marxist-Leninist)	Karen Naylor	115	0.27
Total valid votes			42,215	100.00
Total rejected ballots			130	0.31
Turnout			42,345	75.47
Electors on the lists			56,110

See also

• List of Canadian federal electoral districts
• Past Canadian electoral districts

References

• "(Code 46005) Census Profile". 2011 census. Statistics Canada. 2012. Retrieved 2011-03-03.
• Riding history for Elmwood–Transcona (2003– ) from the Library of Parliament
• Expenditures - 2008

Notes

1. Statistics Canada: 2012
2. "List of confirmed candidates". Elections Canada. Retrieved October 4, 2019.
3. "Election Night Results". Elections Canada. Retrieved November 9, 2019.
4. Elections Canada – Confirmed candidates for Elmwood—Transcona, 30 September 2015
5. Elections Canada – Preliminary Election Expenses Limits for Candidates Archived August 15, 2015, at the Wayback Machine
6. "Election Results". Elections Canada. Retrieved 20 October 2015.
7. Pundits' Guide to Canadian Elections