Flin Flon (electoral district)
Provincial electoral district in Manitoba, Canada
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Flin Flon is a provincial electoral district in the Canadian province of Manitoba. It was created by redistribution in 1957, and has formally existed since the provincial election of 1958.
 Manitoba electoral district | |||
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| Provincial electoral district | |||
| Legislature | Legislative Assembly of Manitoba | ||
| MLA |
New Democratic | ||
| District created | 1958 | ||
| Last contested | 2023 | ||
| Demographics | |||
| Population (2016) | 22,930 | ||
| Electors (2019) | 14,896 | ||
| Area (km²) | 158,845 | ||
| Pop. density (per km²) | 0.14 | ||
At about 80,000 square kilometres, Flin Flon occupies roughly 20% of Manitoba's total area, and is the second largest riding in the province after Rupertsland. It was a smaller riding before 1989, when it gained a significant amount of territory from the former riding of Churchill. It is a mostly rural and sparsely populated riding, located in the province's northwestern corner.
Flin Flon is bordered by Saskatchewan to the west, Nunavut to the north, the ridings of Rupertsland and Thompson to the east, and the riding of The Pas to the south. The actual city of Flin Flon is located in the southwestern corner of the riding, and is its only urban centre.
The riding's population in 1996 was 14,470. In 1999, the average family income was $55,113, and the unemployment rate was 9.70%. Manufacturing accounts for 17% of Flin Flon's economy, followed by mining and oil production at 16%.
73.4% of Flin Flon's residents are aboriginal.[1]
Flin Flon has been held by the New Democratic Party of Manitoba (NDP) since 1969. The current MLA is Tom Lindsey, who was elected in the provincial election of 2016. He replaced the incumbent, Clarence Pettersen who was de-selected by the NDP and decided to contest the election as an Independent.[2]
Members of the Legislative Assembly
| Assembly | Years | Member | Party | |
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| Riding created from The Pas | ||||
| 25th | 1958-1959 | Francis Bud Jobin | Liberal-Progressive | |
| 26th | 1959-1962 | Charles Witney | Progressive Conservative | |
| 27th | 1962-1966 | |||
| 28th | 1966-1969 | |||
| 29th | 1969-1973 | Thomas Barrow | New Democratic | |
| 30th | 1973-1977 | |||
| 31st | 1977-1981 | |||
| 32nd | 1982-1985 | Jerry Storie | ||
| 33rd | 1985-1988 | |||
| 34th | 1988-1990 | |||
| 35th | 1990-1995 | |||
| 36th | 1995-1999 | Gerard Jennissen | ||
| 37th | 1999-2003 | |||
| 38th | 2003-2007 | |||
| 39th | 2007-2011 | |||
| 40th | 2011-2016 | Clarence Pettersen | ||
| 41st | 2016–2019 | Tom Lindsey | ||
| 42nd | 2019–2023 | |||
| 43rd | 2023–present | |||
Election results
2023
| 2023 Manitoba general election | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| New Democratic | Tom Lindsey | 2,951 | 76.25 | +13.06 | $26,700.07 | |||
| Progressive Conservative | Charlotte Larocque | 919 | 23.75 | -3.28 | $0.00 | |||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 3,870 | 99.21 | – | $64,119.00 | ||||
| Total rejected and declined ballots | 31 | 0.79 | – | |||||
| Turnout | 3,901 | 44.17 | +10.26 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 8,832 | |||||||
| New Democratic hold | Swing | +8.17 | ||||||
Source(s) | ||||||||
2019
| 2019 Manitoba general election | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| New Democratic | Tom Lindsey | 3,173 | 63.19 | 30.35 | $23,174.56 | |||
| Progressive Conservative | Theresa Wride | 1,357 | 27.03 | -1.31 | $21,639.00 | |||
| Liberal | James Lindsay | 299 | 5.95 | -22.20 | $2,047.30 | |||
| Green | Saara Murnick | 192 | 3.82 | – | $0.00 | |||
| Total valid votes | 5,021 | 99.41 | – | |||||
| Rejected | 30 | 0.59 | ||||||
| Turnout | 5,051 | 33.91 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 14,896 | |||||||
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. | ||||||||
2016
| 2016 Manitoba general election | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| New Democratic | Tom Lindsey | 1,106 | 32.85 | -24.29 | $43,604.96 | |||
| Progressive Conservative | Angela Enright | 954 | 28.33 | 4.24 | $18,686.00 | |||
| Liberal | Leslie Joan Beck | 948 | 28.16 | 12.74 | $19,946.62 | |||
| Independent | Clarence Pettersen | 359 | 10.66 | – | $6,320.44 | |||
| Total valid votes | 3,367 | – | – | |||||
| Rejected | 36 | – | ||||||
| Eligible voters / turnout | 9,880 | 34.44 | -0.90 | |||||
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."Candidates: 41st General Election". Elections Manitoba. March 29, 2016. Retrieved March 31, 2016. | ||||||||
2011
| 2011 Manitoba general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| New Democratic | Clarence Pettersen | 1,890 | 57.13 | -20.46 | $28,114.64 | |||
| Progressive Conservative | Darcy Linklater | 797 | 24.09 | – | $14,069.96 | |||
| Liberal | Thomas Heine | 510 | 15.42 | -6.98 | $10,115.06 | |||
| Green | Saara Harvie | 111 | 3.36 | – | $0.00 | |||
| Total valid votes | 3,308 | – | – | |||||
| Rejected | 17 | – | ||||||
| Eligible voters / turnout | 9,409 | 35.34 | -0.91 | |||||
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. | ||||||||
2007
| 2007 Manitoba general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| New Democratic | Gerard Jennissen | 2,262 | 77.60 | 4.39 | $10,879.75 | |||
| Liberal | Garry Zanzow | 653 | 22.40 | 5.42 | $3,607.58 | |||
| Total valid votes | 2,915 | – | – | |||||
| Rejected | 33 | – | ||||||
| Eligible voters / turnout | 8,133 | 36.25 | -2.93 | |||||
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. | ||||||||
2003
| 2003 Manitoba general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| New Democratic | Gerard Jennissen | 2,402 | 73.21 | 8.30 | $11,470.02 | |||
| Liberal | Garry Zamzow | 557 | 16.98 | – | $8,001.78 | |||
| Progressive Conservative | Lloyd McDonald | 322 | 9.81 | -19.53 | $210.08 | |||
| Total valid votes | 3,281 | – | – | |||||
| Rejected | 19 | – | ||||||
| Eligible voters / turnout | 8,424 | 39.17 | -12.43 | |||||
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. | ||||||||
1999
| 1999 Manitoba general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| New Democratic | Gerard Jennissen | 3,026 | 64.91 | 12.86 | $18,573.00 | |||
| Progressive Conservative | Tom Therlen | 1,368 | 29.34 | -9.08 | $22,044.17 | |||
| Manitoba Party | Philip Ng | 268 | 5.75 | – | $1,209.00 | |||
| Total valid votes | 4,662 | – | – | |||||
| Rejected | 23 | – | ||||||
| Eligible voters / turnout | 9,078 | 51.61 | -5.48 | |||||
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 | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| New Democratic | Gerard Jennissen | 2,732 | 52.05 | -17.03 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Scott Merrell | 2,017 | 38.43 | 19.70 | ||||
| Liberal | Florence Allen | 500 | 9.53 | -2.67 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 5,249 | – | – | |||||
| Rejected | 17 | – | ||||||
| Eligible voters / turnout | 9,225 | 57.08 | -5.43 | |||||
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 | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| New Democratic | Jerry Storie | 4,153 | 69.08 | 14.26 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Ron Black | 1,126 | 18.73 | -10.33 | ||||
| Liberal | Pascall Bighetty | 733 | 12.19 | -3.93 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 6,012 | – | – | |||||
| Rejected | 31 | – | ||||||
| Eligible voters / turnout | 9,666 | 62.52 | 0.10 | |||||
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 | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| New Democratic | Jerry Storie | 2,948 | 54.82 | -14.67 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Gordon Mitchell | 1,563 | 29.06 | 6.60 | ||||
| Liberal | J. Brian King | 867 | 16.12 | 8.07 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 5,378 | – | – | |||||
| Rejected | 16 | – | ||||||
| Eligible voters / turnout | 8,642 | 62.42 | 6.03 | |||||
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 | Jerry Storie | 3,316 | 69.49 | 6.90 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Mary Semaniuk | 1,072 | 22.46 | -14.95 | ||||
| Liberal | J. Brian King | 384 | 8.05 | – | ||||
| Total valid votes | 4,772 | – | – | |||||
| Rejected | 12 | – | ||||||
| Eligible voters / turnout | 8,485 | 56.38 | -9.32 | |||||
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 | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| New Democratic | Jerry Storie | 3,557 | 62.59 | 11.84 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Bob McNeil | 2,126 | 37.41 | -6.47 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 5,683 | – | – | |||||
| Rejected | 40 | – | ||||||
| Eligible voters / turnout | 8,711 | 65.70 | -9.64 | |||||
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 | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| New Democratic | Thomas Barrow | 2,917 | 50.75 | -2.83 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Nyall Hyndman | 2,522 | 43.88 | 12.83 | ||||
| Liberal | Walter Shmon | 309 | 5.38 | -10.00 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 5,748 | – | – | |||||
| Rejected | 37 | – | ||||||
| Eligible voters / turnout | 7,679 | 75.34 | 1.10 | |||||
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 | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| New Democratic | Thomas Barrow | 3,112 | 53.58 | 12.65 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | George Njegovan | 1,803 | 31.04 | -2.48 | ||||
| Liberal | Roy Veness | 893 | 15.38 | -10.17 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 5,808 | – | – | |||||
| Rejected | 32 | – | ||||||
| Eligible voters / turnout | 7,867 | 74.23 | 4.38 | |||||
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 | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| New Democratic | Thomas Barrow | 2,045 | 40.93 | 13.06 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Charles Witney | 1,675 | 33.53 | -11.22 | ||||
| Liberal | Francis Lawrence Jobin | 1,276 | 25.54 | -1.84 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 4,996 | – | – | |||||
| Rejected | 19 | – | ||||||
| Eligible voters / turnout | 7,179 | 69.86 | -5.00 | |||||
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 | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Charles Witney | 1,750 | 44.75 | -14.66 | ||||
| New Democratic | Scott Day | 1,090 | 27.87 | 16.66 | ||||
| Liberal | Mickey Perepeluk | 1,071 | 27.38 | -2.01 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 3,911 | – | – | |||||
| Rejected | 22 | – | ||||||
| Eligible voters / turnout | 5,254 | 74.86 | 1.90 | |||||
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. | ||||||||
1962
| 1962 Manitoba general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Charles Witney | 2,375 | 59.40 | 18.83 | ||||
| Liberal | Eli Ross | 1,175 | 29.39 | – | ||||
| New Democratic | Alfred Ledieu | 448 | 11.21 | – | ||||
| Total valid votes | 3,998 | – | – | |||||
| Rejected | 27 | – | ||||||
| Eligible voters / turnout | 5,517 | 72.96 | -5.38 | |||||
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 | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Charles Witney | 1,810 | 40.57 | 2.77 | ||||
| Liberal–Progressive | Francis Lawrence Jobin | 1,728 | 38.74 | -8.06 | ||||
| Co-operative Commonwealth | Frederick S. Pope | 923 | 20.69 | 5.29 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 4,461 | – | – | |||||
| Rejected | 16 | – | ||||||
| Eligible voters / turnout | 5,715 | 78.34 | 6.18 | |||||
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. | ||||||||
1958
| 1958 Manitoba general election | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
| Liberal–Progressive | Francis Lawrence Jobin | 1,935 | 46.80 | |||||
| Progressive Conservative | Charles Witney | 1,563 | 37.80 | |||||
| Co-operative Commonwealth | Conrad Kerr | 637 | 15.41 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 4,135 | – | ||||||
| Rejected | 25 | – | ||||||
| Eligible voters / turnout | 5,765 | 72.16 | ||||||
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. | ||||||||
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