Elmwood (electoral district)
Provincial electoral district in Manitoba, Canada
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Elmwood is a provincial electoral district of Manitoba, Canada.
 Manitoba electoral district | |||
|---|---|---|---|
 Boundaries for Elmwood (2019–present) highlighted in red | |||
| Provincial electoral district | |||
| Legislature | Legislative Assembly of Manitoba | ||
| MLA |
New Democratic | ||
| District created | 1957 | ||
| First contested | 1958 | ||
| Last contested | 2023 | ||
| Demographics | |||
| Census division | Winnipeg | ||
History
1914–1920
The original Elmwood riding existed from 1914 to 1920, in what was then a suburban community in the north of Winnipeg. It was created out of Springfield, Kildonan-St. Andrews, Winnipeg North, and St. Boniface. It was abolished into Springfield, Winnipeg and St. Boniface.
Its provincial Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLAs) were:
| Parliament | Years | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14th | 1914–1915 | Harry Mewhirter | Conservative | |
| 15th | 1915–1920 | Thomas Hamilton | Liberal | |
1958–present
The modern Elmwood riding was created by redistribution in 1957, and has formally existed since the provincial election of 1958. It is located in the northeastern section of the amalgamated city of Winnipeg; the Red River forms its western and part of its southern boundary. The Elmwood riding existing from 1958 to 1969 was confined to the actual Elmwood area of the city of Winnipeg. In the redistribution in advance of the 1969 Manitoba general election, part of East Kildonan was added. Since 1981, the Elmwood riding has moved further north into East Kildonan, taking in much of the old Kildonan riding (existing between 1958 and 1981) while the eastern part of the Elmwood area has been removed and added to the Concordia riding created in 1981.
Elmwood is mostly working class and industrial. According to the 1999 Canadian census, manufacturing accounted for 18% of all industry in the riding. Thirty-one per cent of the riding's residents are listed as low-income. The average family income in Elmwood was $41,842, and the unemployment rate was 9.40%.
The riding has a significant immigrant population, including 9% of German background and 8% of Ukrainian background. Eighteen per cent of the riding's residents were over age 65.
The New Democratic Party of Manitoba (and its predecessor, the Manitoba Co-operative Commonwealth Federation) have won Elmwood in every provincial election since the riding's re-creation. In the 1988 general election, when the NDP fell from majority government to third-party status, Elmwood, along with adjoining Concordia, Logan, and St. Johns were the only four constituencies in Winnipeg to elect NDP MLAs.
Members of the Legislative Assembly
| Parliament | Years | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Riding created from Winnipeg North and Kildonan-Transcona | ||||
| 25th | 1958–1959 | Steve Peters | Co-operative Commonwealth | |
| 26th | 1959–1961 | |||
| 1961–1962 | New Democratic | |||
| 27th | 1962–1966 | |||
| 28th | 1966–1969 | Russell Doern | New Democratic | |
| 29th | 1969–1973 | |||
| 30th | 1973–1977 | |||
| 31st | 1977–1981 | |||
| 32nd | 1981–1984 | |||
| 1984–1986 | Independent | |||
| 33rd | 1986–1988 | Jim Maloway | New Democratic | |
| 34th | 1988–1990 | |||
| 35th | 1990–1995 | |||
| 36th | 1995–1999 | |||
| 37th | 1999–2003 | |||
| 38th | 2003–2007 | |||
| 39th | 2007–2008 | |||
| 2008–2011 | Bill Blaikie | New Democratic | ||
| 40th | 2011–2016 | Jim Maloway | New Democratic | |
| 41st | 2016–2019 | |||
| 42nd | 2019–2023 | |||
| 43rd | 2023–present | |||
Election results
1914
| 1914 Manitoba general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
| Conservative | Harry Mewhirter | 1,901 | 48.18 | |||||
| Liberal | Thomas Glendenning Hamilton | 1,537 | 38.95 | |||||
| Labour | Robert Sinclair Ward | 508 | 12.87 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 3,946 | – | ||||||
| Rejected | N/A | – | ||||||
| Eligible voters / Turnout | 4,818 | 81.90 | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Manitoba. Chief Electoral Officer (1999). Statement of Votes for the 37th Provincial General Election, September 21, 1999 (PDF) (Report). Winnipeg: Elections Manitoba. | ||||||||
1915
| 1915 Manitoba general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Thomas Glendenning Hamilton | 2,319 | 72.81 | 33.86 | ||||
| Conservative | Donald Munro | 866 | 27.19 | -20.99 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 3,185 | – | – | |||||
| Rejected | N/A | – | ||||||
| Eligible voters / Turnout | 4,463 | 71.36 | -10.54 | |||||
Source(s)
Source: Manitoba. Chief Electoral Officer (1999). Statement of Votes for the 37th Provincial General Election, September 21, 1999 (PDF) (Report). Winnipeg: Elections Manitoba. | ||||||||
1958
| 1958 Manitoba general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Co-operative Commonwealth | Steve Peters | 2,375 | 41.91 | – | ||||
| Liberal–Progressive | Alexander Turk | 1,519 | 26.80 | – | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Joseph Stepnuk | 1,084 | 19.13 | – | ||||
| Independent Conservative | Michael "Mike" Baryluk | 689 | 12.16 | – | ||||
| Total valid votes | 5,667 | – | – | |||||
| Rejected | 48 | – | ||||||
| Eligible voters / Turnout | 11,980 | 47.70 | -23.66 | |||||
Source(s)
Source: Manitoba. Chief Electoral Officer (1999). Statement of Votes for the 37th Provincial General Election, September 21, 1999 (PDF) (Report). Winnipeg: Elections Manitoba. | ||||||||
1959
| 1959 Manitoba general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Co-operative Commonwealth | Steve Peters | 2,782 | 40.73 | -1.18 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Henry Emerson Snyder | 2,560 | 37.48 | 18.35 | ||||
| Liberal–Progressive | Alexander Turk | 1,488 | 21.79 | -5.02 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 6,830 | – | – | |||||
| Rejected | 64 | – | ||||||
| Eligible voters / Turnout | 11,745 | 58.70 | 10.99 | |||||
Source(s)
Source: Manitoba. Chief Electoral Officer (1999). Statement of Votes for the 37th Provincial General Election, September 21, 1999 (PDF) (Report). Winnipeg: Elections Manitoba. | ||||||||
1962
| 1962 Manitoba general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| New Democratic | Steve Peters | 2,024 | 36.30 | 34.43 | ||||
| Liberal | John Michael "Big John" Kozoriz | 1,815 | 32.55 | 10.76 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Donald C. Thompson | 1,737 | 31.15 | -6.33 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 5,576 | – | – | |||||
| Rejected | 53 | – | ||||||
| Eligible voters / Turnout | 11,846 | 47.52 | -11.18 | |||||
Source(s)
Source: Manitoba. Chief Electoral Officer (1999). Statement of Votes for the 37th Provincial General Election, September 21, 1999 (PDF) (Report). Winnipeg: Elections Manitoba. | ||||||||
1966
| 1966 Manitoba general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| New Democratic | Russell Doern | 2,765 | 40.76 | 4.47 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Tom Snowdon | 1,816 | 26.77 | -4.38 | ||||
| Liberal | John Michael "Big John" Kozoriz | 1,458 | 21.49 | -11.06 | ||||
| Social Credit | Walter Bowden | 744 | 10.97 | – | ||||
| Total valid votes | 6,783 | – | – | |||||
| Rejected | 88 | – | ||||||
| Eligible voters / Turnout | 12,201 | 56.32 | 8.80 | |||||
Source(s)
Source: Manitoba. Chief Electoral Officer (1999). Statement of Votes for the 37th Provincial General Election, September 21, 1999 (PDF) (Report). Winnipeg: Elections Manitoba. | ||||||||
1969
| 1969 Manitoba general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| New Democratic | Russell Doern | 3,803 | 59.59 | 18.83 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Alan George Gardiner | 1,526 | 23.91 | -2.86 | ||||
| Liberal | John Michael "Big John" Kozoriz | 1,053 | 16.50 | -5.00 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 6,382 | – | – | |||||
| Rejected | 35 | – | ||||||
| Eligible voters / Turnout | 10,541 | 60.88 | 4.56 | |||||
Source(s)
Source: Manitoba. Chief Electoral Officer (1999). Statement of Votes for the 37th Provincial General Election, September 21, 1999 (PDF) (Report). Winnipeg: Elections Manitoba. | ||||||||
1973
| 1973 Manitoba general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| New Democratic | Russell Doern | 4,987 | 57.25 | -2.34 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Edward Tymchuk | 2,361 | 27.10 | 3.19 | ||||
| Liberal | Ray Brunka | 1,363 | 15.65 | -0.85 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 8,711 | – | – | |||||
| Rejected | 21 | – | ||||||
| Eligible voters / Turnout | 11,421 | 76.46 | 15.58 | |||||
Source(s)
Source: Manitoba. Chief Electoral Officer (1999). Statement of Votes for the 37th Provincial General Election, September 21, 1999 (PDF) (Report). Winnipeg: Elections Manitoba. | ||||||||
1977
| 1977 Manitoba general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| New Democratic | Russell Doern | 4,136 | 51.11 | -6.14 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Ken Gunn-Walberg | 3,282 | 40.55 | 13.45 | ||||
| Liberal | Ken Vincent | 675 | 8.34 | -7.31 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 8,093 | – | – | |||||
| Rejected | 6 | – | ||||||
| Eligible voters / Turnout | 11,195 | 72.34 | -4.11 | |||||
Source(s)
Source: Manitoba. Chief Electoral Officer (1999). Statement of Votes for the 37th Provincial General Election, September 21, 1999 (PDF) (Report). Winnipeg: Elections Manitoba. | ||||||||
1981
| 1981 Manitoba general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| New Democratic | Russell Doern | 5,140 | 67.83 | 16.72 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Eveline Holtmann | 1,910 | 25.20 | -15.35 | ||||
| Liberal | Eric Wood | 347 | 4.58 | -3.76 | ||||
| Progressive | Curtis Bloodworth | 181 | 2.39 | – | ||||
| Total valid votes | 7,578 | – | – | |||||
| Rejected | 36 | – | ||||||
| Eligible voters / Turnout | 11,506 | 66.17 | -6.17 | |||||
Source(s)
Source: Manitoba. Chief Electoral Officer (1999). Statement of Votes for the 37th Provincial General Election, September 21, 1999 (PDF) (Report). Winnipeg: Elections Manitoba. | ||||||||
1986
| 1986 Manitoba general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| New Democratic | Jim Maloway | 3,241 | 45.84 | -21.99 | ||||
| Independent | Russell Doern | 2,006 | 28.37 | – | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Ray Brunka | 1,435 | 20.29 | -4.91 | ||||
| Liberal | Gilbert Benoit | 389 | 5.50 | 0.92 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 7,071 | – | – | |||||
| Rejected | 34 | – | ||||||
| Eligible voters / Turnout | 11,044 | 64.33 | -1.84 | |||||
| New Democratic hold | Swing | |||||||
Source(s)
Source: Manitoba. Chief Electoral Officer (1999). Statement of Votes for the 37th Provincial General Election, September 21, 1999 (PDF) (Report). Winnipeg: Elections Manitoba. | ||||||||
1988
| 1988 Manitoba general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| New Democratic | Jim Maloway | 3,012 | 38.20 | -7.63 | ||||
| Liberal | Ed Price | 2,839 | 36.01 | 30.51 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | J. Frank Syms | 1,920 | 24.35 | 4.06 | ||||
| Libertarian | Russ Letkeman | 113 | 1.43 | – | ||||
| Total valid votes | 7,884 | – | – | |||||
| Rejected | 30 | – | ||||||
| Eligible voters / turnout | 11,641 | 67.98 | 3.65 | |||||
| New Democratic hold | Swing | -19.08 | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Manitoba. Chief Electoral Officer (1999). Statement of Votes for the 37th Provincial General Election, September 21, 1999 (PDF) (Report). Winnipeg: Elections Manitoba. | ||||||||
1990
| 1990 Manitoba general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| New Democratic | Jim Maloway | 4,127 | 46.98 | 8.77 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Vic Toews | 3,035 | 34.55 | 10.19 | ||||
| Liberal | Ed Price | 1,623 | 18.47 | -17.53 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 8,785 | – | – | |||||
| Rejected | 35 | – | ||||||
| Eligible voters / turnout | 12,313 | 71.63 | 3.65 | |||||
Source(s)
Source: Manitoba. Chief Electoral Officer (1999). Statement of Votes for the 37th Provincial General Election, September 21, 1999 (PDF) (Report). Winnipeg: Elections Manitoba. | ||||||||
1995
| 1995 Manitoba general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| New Democratic | Jim Maloway | 4,264 | 53.02 | 6.04 | $20,408.00 | |||
| Progressive Conservative | Clayton McMurren | 2,552 | 31.73 | -2.82 | $17,550.20 | |||
| Liberal | John Petryshyn | 1,227 | 15.26 | -3.22 | $9,465.92 | |||
| Total valid votes | 8,043 | – | – | |||||
| Rejected | 36 | – | ||||||
| Eligible voters / turnout | 11,735 | 68.85 | -2.79 | |||||
Source(s)
Source: Manitoba. Chief Electoral Officer (1999). Statement of Votes for the 37th Provincial General Election, September 21, 1999 (PDF) (Report). Winnipeg: Elections Manitoba. | ||||||||
1999
| 1999 Manitoba general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| New Democratic | Jim Maloway | 5,176 | 62.86 | 9.85 | $14,719.27 | |||
| Progressive Conservative | Elsie Bordynuik | 2,659 | 32.29 | 0.56 | $18,447.73 | |||
| Libertarian | Cameron Neumann | 320 | 3.89 | – | $0.00 | |||
| Communist | James Hogaboam | 79 | 0.96 | – | $0.00 | |||
| Total valid votes | 8,234 | – | – | |||||
| Rejected | 97 | – | ||||||
| Eligible voters / turnout | 12,969 | 64.24 | -4.61 | |||||
Source(s)
Source: Manitoba. Chief Electoral Officer (1999). Statement of Votes for the 37th Provincial General Election, September 21, 1999 (PDF) (Report). Winnipeg: Elections Manitoba. | ||||||||
2003
| 2003 Manitoba general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| New Democratic | Jim Maloway | 3,954 | 65.92 | 3.06 | $12,707.20 | |||
| Progressive Conservative | Bryan McLeod | 1,229 | 20.49 | -11.80 | $255.88 | |||
| Liberal | Walt Roberts | 748 | 12.47 | – | $4,273.99 | |||
| Libertarian | Gavin Whittaker | 67 | 1.12 | -2.77 | $0.00 | |||
| Total valid votes | 5,998 | – | – | |||||
| Rejected | 45 | – | ||||||
| Eligible voters / turnout | 12,596 | 47.98 | -16.26 | |||||
Source(s)
Source: Manitoba. Chief Electoral Officer (2003). Statement of Votes for the 38th Provincial General Election, June 3, 2003 (PDF) (Report). Winnipeg: Elections Manitoba. | ||||||||
2007
| 2007 Manitoba general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| New Democratic | Jim Maloway | 3,873 | 61.51 | -4.42 | $20,096.25 | |||
| Progressive Conservative | Allister Carrington | 1,323 | 21.01 | 0.52 | $3,120.34 | |||
| Liberal | David Love | 1,101 | 17.48 | 5.01 | $7,994.14 | |||
| Total valid votes | 6,297 | – | – | |||||
| Rejected | 61 | – | ||||||
| Eligible voters / turnout | 12,721 | 49.98 | 2.00 | |||||
Source(s)
Source: Manitoba. Chief Electoral Officer (2007). Statement of Votes for the 39th Provincial General Election, May 22, 2007 (PDF) (Report). Winnipeg: Elections Manitoba. | ||||||||
2009 by-election
| Manitoba provincial by-election, March 24, 2009 Resignation of Jim Maloway | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| New Democratic | Bill Blaikie | 2,325 | 53.76 | -7.75 | $17,603.25 | |||
| Progressive Conservative | Adrian Schulz | 913 | 21.11 | 0.10 | $15,919.78 | |||
| Liberal | Regan Wolfrom | 877 | 20.28 | 2.79 | $27,106.33 | |||
| Green | James R. Beddome | 210 | 4.86 | – | $1,115.73 | |||
| Total valid votes | 4,325 | – | – | |||||
| Rejected | 14 | – | ||||||
| Eligible voters / turnout | 11,907 | 36.44 | −13.54 | |||||
Source(s)
Source: | ||||||||
2011
| 2011 Manitoba general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| New Democratic | Jim Maloway | 3,864 | 54.61 | 0.85 | $29,133.44 | |||
| Progressive Conservative | David Hutten | 2,399 | 33.90 | 12.79 | $21,896.70 | |||
| Liberal | Anthony Dratowany | 467 | 6.60 | -13.68 | $4,024.51 | |||
| Green | Ray Eskritt | 346 | 4.89 | 0.03 | $84.00 | |||
| Total valid votes | 7,076 | – | – | |||||
| Rejected | 60 | – | ||||||
| Eligible voters / turnout | 13,578 | 52.56 | 16.12 | |||||
Source(s)
Source: Manitoba. Chief Electoral Officer (2011). Statement of Votes for the 40th Provincial General Election, October 4, 2011 (PDF) (Report). Winnipeg: Elections Manitoba. "Election Returns: 40th General Election". Elections Manitoba. 2011. Retrieved September 12, 2018. | ||||||||
2016
| 2016 Manitoba general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| New Democratic | Jim Maloway | 2,993 | 46.35 | -8.26 | $29,589.01 | |||
| Progressive Conservative | Sarah Langevin | 2,886 | 44.69 | 10.79 | $6,843.54 | |||
| Manitoba | Albert Ratt | 579 | 8.97 | – | $619.01 | |||
| Total valid votes | 6,458 | – | – | |||||
| Rejected | 234 | – | ||||||
| Eligible voters / turnout | 12,171 | 54.98 | 2.43 | |||||
Source(s)
Source: Manitoba. Chief Electoral Officer (2016). Statement of Votes for the 41st Provincial General Election, April 19, 2016 (PDF) (Report). Winnipeg: Elections Manitoba. "Election Returns: 41st General Election". Elections Manitoba. 2016. Retrieved September 10, 2018. | ||||||||
2019
| 2019 Manitoba general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| New Democratic | Jim Maloway | 3,886 | 48.68 | 2.34 | $21,807.88 | |||
| Progressive Conservative | Mayra Dubon | 2,540 | 31.82 | -12.87 | $10,984.79 | |||
| Green | Nicolas Geddert | 765 | 9.58 | – | $0.00 | |||
| Liberal | Regan Wolfrom | 746 | 9.35 | – | $694.83 | |||
| Communist | German Lombana | 45 | 0.56 | – | $310.80 | |||
| Total valid votes | 7,982 | – | – | |||||
| Rejected | 49 | – | ||||||
| Eligible voters / turnout | 15,990 | 50.23 | -4.76 | |||||
Source(s)
Source: Manitoba. Chief Electoral Officer (2019). Statement of Votes for the 42nd Provincial General Election, September 10, 2019 (PDF) (Report). Winnipeg: Elections Manitoba. "Candidate Election Returns". Elections Manitoba. Elections Manitoba. Retrieved March 2, 2020. | ||||||||
2023
| 2023 Manitoba general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| New Democratic | Jim Maloway | 4,933 | 62.21 | +13.53 | $20,119.73 | |||
| Progressive Conservative | Joshua Okello | 2,188 | 27.59 | -4.23 | $18,511.55 | |||
| Liberal | Donovan Debattista | 452 | 5.70 | -3.65 | $1,435.88 | |||
| Green | Nicolas Geddert | 304 | 3.83 | -5.75 | $568.45 | |||
| Communist | German Lombana | 52 | 0.66 | +0.09 | $106.40 | |||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 7,929 | 99.10 | – | $63,324.00 | ||||
| Total rejected and declined ballots | 72 | 0.90 | – | |||||
| Turnout | 8,001 | 49.32 | -0.90 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 16,221 | |||||||
| New Democratic hold | Swing | +8.88 | ||||||
Source(s) | ||||||||
Previous boundaries
