Kelly Bindle
Canadian provincial politician
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Kelly Bindle is a Canadian provincial politician, who was elected as the Member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba for the riding of Thompson in the 2016 election.[1] He is a member of the Progressive Conservative Party of Manitoba. He defeated incumbent New Democratic Party MLA Steve Ashton in the election. Ashton had served continuously since 1981.
Preceded bySteve Ashton
Succeeded byDanielle Adams
Kelly Bindle | |
|---|---|
| Member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba for Thompson | |
| In office April 19, 2016 – August 12, 2019 | |
| Preceded by | Steve Ashton |
| Succeeded by | Danielle Adams |
| Personal details | |
| Born | |
| Party | Progressive Conservative |
After serving for the three-and-a-half-year-long 41st Manitoba Legislature, Bindle lost his seat to NDP challenger Danielle Adams in 2019. He did not serve in the cabinet led by Brian Pallister while the latter was Premier of Manitoba.
Election results
| 2019 Manitoba general election: Thompson | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| New Democratic | Danielle Adams | 2,686 | 54.55 | +16.1 | $13,643.39 | |||
| Progressive Conservative | Kelly Bindle | 1,757 | 35.68 | -4.8 | $37,215.90 | |||
| Green | Meagan Jemmett | 298 | 6.05 | $0.00 | ||||
| Liberal | Darla Contois | 183 | 3.72 | -17.2 | $0.00 | |||
| Total valid votes | 4,924 | 99.58 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 21 | 0.42 | ||||||
| Turnout | 4,945 | 37.27 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 13,267 | |||||||
| New Democratic gain from Progressive Conservative | Swing | +10.5 | ||||||
| 2016 Manitoba general election: Thompson | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Progressive Conservative | Kelly Bindle | 1,712 | 44.16 | +15.86 | $11,544.03 | |||
| New Democratic | Steve Ashton | 1,527 | 39.39 | -29.14 | $17,980.87 | |||
| Liberal | Inez Vystrcil-Spence | 638 | 16.46 | +13.28 | $7,318.95 | |||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 3,877 | 99.13 | $32,545.00 | |||||
| Total rejected ballots | 34 | 0.87 | +0.39 | |||||
| Turnout | 3,911 | 37.36 | +0.64 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 10,469 | |||||||
| Progressive Conservative gain from New Democratic | Swing | +22.50 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Manitoba[2] | ||||||||
