Wolseley (Manitoba electoral district)
Wolseley is a provincial electoral division in the Canadian province of Manitoba. It was created by redistribution in 1957, and has formally existed since the 1958 provincial election. The riding is located in the centre of the City of Winnipeg. It is named for Col. Garnet Joseph Wolseley, the nineteenth-century army officer who played a significant role in crushing the Red River Rebellion in 1870.
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Provincial electoral district | |||
Legislature | Legislative Assembly of Manitoba | ||
MLA |
New Democratic | ||
District created | 1957 | ||
First contested | 1958 | ||
Last contested | 2019 |
Wolseley is bordered to the east by Fort Rouge, to the south by River Heights, to the north by Minto, and to the west by St. James. The University of Winnipeg is located in the northeast corner of the riding. The Legislative Assembly of Manitoba is located at the meeting point of Wolseley and Fort Rouge.
The riding was predominantly Anglo-Saxon when it was first created; a news report from 1969 indicates that its population had become more diverse by that time.[1]
The riding's population in 1996 was 20,472. In 1999, the average family income was $37,794, and the unemployment rate was 16.30%. Half of the riding's residents are categorized as low-income, the second-highest rate in the province. Thirty per cent of families in the riding are single-parent.
The aboriginal population of Wolseley is 19% of the total. Five per cent of the riding's residents are Filipino.
Health and social services account for 13% of Wolseley's industry, with a further 12% in manufacturing.
Wolseley has undergone a number of dramatic political shifts since its creation. It was initially represented by Dufferin Roblin, a Red Tory who served as Premier of Manitoba from 1958 to 1967. He was succeeded by another Progressive Conservative, but in a 1972 by-election the riding was won by Izzy Asper, leader of the Manitoba Liberal Party and subsequently a prominent media baron in Canada. He retained the riding until his retirement in 1975.
The New Democratic Party of Manitoba (NDP) did not manage to win the seat until 1981. However, the riding has been in NDP hands for all but two years since then. In the 2003 election, Green Party leader Markus Buchart ran in this riding and finished second with almost 20% of the vote.
Wolseley also holds the dubious distinction of having elected one of the few MLAs in Manitoba's history to be expelled from parliament: Robert Wilson, who was stripped of his seat in 1981 after being convicted of marijuana-related charges.
List of provincial representatives
Name | Party | Took Office | Left Office |
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Dufferin Roblin | PC | 1958 | 1968 |
Leonard Claydon | PC | 1969 | 1971 |
Israel Asper | Lib | 1972 | 1975 |
Robert Wilson | PC | 1975 | 1980 |
Independent PC | 1980 | 1980 | |
Independent | 1980 | 1981 | |
Myrna Phillips | NDP | 1981 | 1988 |
Harold Taylor | Lib | 1988 | 1990 |
Jean Friesen | NDP | 1990 | 2003 |
Rob Altemeyer | NDP | 2003 | 2019 |
Lisa Naylor | NDP | 2019 | present |
Electoral results
2019 Manitoba general election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
New Democratic | Lisa Naylor | 4,253 | ||||||
Green | David Nickarz | 3,336 | ||||||
Progressive Conservative | Elizabeth Hildebrand | 831 | ||||||
Liberal | Shandi Strong | 770 | ||||||
Independent | Eddie Hendrickson | 129 | ||||||
Total valid votes | 100.0 | |||||||
Total rejected ballots | ||||||||
Turnout | ||||||||
Eligible voters |
2016 Manitoba general election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
New Democratic | Rob Altemeyer | 3,037 | 41.27 | -19.46 | $32,887.29 | |||
Green | David Nickarz | 2,645 | 35.94 | +16.30 | $15,710.81 | |||
Progressive Conservative | Raquel Dancho | 945 | 12.84 | +0.64 | $7,262.81 | |||
Liberal | Shandi Strong | 653 | 8.87 | +1.45 | $3,844.07 | |||
Manitoba | Wayne Sturby | 79 | 1.07 | $1,094.12 | ||||
Total valid votes/Expense limit | 7,359 | 98.92 | $39,244.00 | |||||
Total rejected ballots | 80 | 1.08 | +0.29 | |||||
Turnout | 7,439 | 63.26 | +7.66 | |||||
Eligible voters | 11,759 | |||||||
New Democratic hold | Swing | -17.88 | ||||||
Source: Elections Manitoba[2][3] |
2011 Manitoba general election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
New Democratic | Rob Altemeyer | 4,229 | 60.72 | −3.16 | 21,048.39 | |||
Green | James Beddome | 1,368 | 19.64 | +7.57 | 5,635.36 | |||
Progressive Conservative | Harpreet Turka | 850 | 12.20 | +0.89 | 8,750.53 | |||
Liberal | Eric Stewart | 517 | 7.42 | −4.02 | 5,479.79 | |||
Total valid votes | 6,964 | 99.21 | ||||||
Rejected and declined votes | 55 | 0.78 | ||||||
Turnout | 7,019 | 55.60 | ||||||
Registered voters | 12,624 | |||||||
Majority | 2,861 | 25.68 | 41.08 | |||||
Source: Elections Manitoba[4] |
2007 Manitoba general election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
New Democratic | Rob Altemeyer | 4,038 | 63.88 | +6.98 | $21,917.13 | |||
Green | Ardythe Basham | 763 | 12.07 | -7.42 | $1,096.00 | |||
Liberal | Raven Thundersky | 723 | 11.44 | -1.08 | $4,743.98 | |||
Progressive Conservative | Gustav Nelson | 715 | 11.31 | +0.22 | $3,946.16 | |||
Communist | David Tymoshchuk | 82 | 1.30 | $373.87 | ||||
Total valid votes | 6,321 | 100.00 | ||||||
Rejected and declined votes | 53 | |||||||
Turnout | 6,374 | 55.28 | ||||||
Registered voters | 11,531 |
2003 Manitoba general election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
New Democratic | Rob Altemeyer | 3,482 | 56.90 | -12.25 | $20,948.83 | |||
Green | Markus Buchart | 1,193 | 19.49 | +14.83 | $5,307.87 | |||
Liberal | Val Mollison | 766 | 12.52 | $4,591.54 | ||||
Progressive Conservative | Ashley Burner | 679 | 11.09 | -10.97 | $1,006.54 | |||
Total valid votes | 6,120 | 100.00 | ||||||
Rejected and declined votes | 77 | |||||||
Turnout | 6,197 | 53.14 | ||||||
Registered voters | 11,662 |
1999 Manitoba general election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | Expenditures | ||||
New Democratic | Jean Friesen | 5,282 | 69.15 | $16,153.00 | ||||
Progressive Conservative | Carol Roberts | 1,685 | 22.06 | $13,845.42 | ||||
Green | Phyllis Abbé | 356 | 4.66 | $4,591.54 | ||||
Communist | David Allison | 133 | 1.74 | $0.00 | ||||
Total valid votes | 7,456 | 100.00 | ||||||
Rejected and declined votes | 182 | |||||||
Turnout | 7,638 | 53.14 | ||||||
Registered voters | 11,464 |
1988 Manitoba general election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
Liberal | Harold Taylor | 3,618 | 42.78 | + | ||||
New Democratic | Myrna Phillips | 3,112 | 36.79 | - | ||||
Progressive Conservative | Kirk Stanley | 1,579 | 18.67 | - | ||||
Progressive | Derek Shettler | 149 | 1.76 | |||||
Total valid votes | 8,458 | 100.00 | - | |||||
Rejected ballots | 33 | – | – | |||||
Turnout | 8,491 | 74.44 | ||||||
Eligible voters | 11,406 | |||||||
Source: Elections Manitoba[6] |
1977 Manitoba general election: Wolseley | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
Progressive Conservative | Robert Wilson | 2,763 | 41.01 | +18.63 | ||||
New Democratic | Murdoch MacKay | 2,689 | 39.90 | +1.12 | ||||
Liberal | Norma McCormick | 1,286 | 19.09 | -19.74 | ||||
Turnout | 6,873 | 74.98 | ||||||
Progressive Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | +19.18 | ||||||
Source: Elections Manitoba[7] |
Manitoba provincial by-election, February 20, 1969 | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
Progressive Conservative | Leonard Claydon | 2,161 | 46.62 | $2,640.69 | ||||
Liberal | Julius Koteles | 1,528 | 33.01 | – | $10,753.19 | |||
New Democratic | Archie Stone | 944 | 20.37 | $1,423.50 | ||||
Total valid votes | 4,633 | 100 | ||||||
Rejected and discarded votes | 75 | |||||||
Turnout | 4,708 | 41.97 | ||||||
Electors on the lists | 11,217 |
1966 Manitoba general election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
Progressive Conservative | Dufferin Roblin | 3,132 | 48.88 | |||||
Liberal | Julius Koteles | 1,780 | 27.78 | |||||
New Democratic | Cecil Wood | 1,495 | 23.33 | |||||
Total valid votes | 6,407 | 100.00 | ||||||
Rejected and discarded votes | 45 | |||||||
Turnout | 6,452 | 55.52 | ||||||
Electors on the lists | 11,621 |
Previous boundaries
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References
- Winnipeg Free Press, 13 February 1969, p. 15.
- "Candidates: 41st General Election". Elections Manitoba. 29 March 2016. Retrieved 31 March 2016.
- "Election Returns: 41st General Election". Elections Manitoba. 2016. Retrieved 27 August 2018.
- "Election Returns: 40th General Election". Elections Manitoba. 2011. Retrieved 27 August 2018.
- http://www.electionsmanitoba.ca/apps/results/37gen/pbp.asp?ED=57 - 1999 Results
- "Candidates: 34th General Election" (PDF). Elections Manitoba. April 26, 1988. Retrieved 2 October 2018.
- "Historical Summary" (PDF). Retrieved 2018-12-14.