Seven Oaks (electoral district)
Defunct provincial electoral district in Manitoba, Canada
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Seven Oaks is a former provincial electoral district of Manitoba, Canada. It was created in 1956, and eliminated in 1989.
The riding was located in north-end Winnipeg, and was a safe seat for the Cooperative Commonwealth Federation and New Democratic Party for most of its history.
Members of the Legislative Assembly
| Name | Party | Took office | Left office |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arthur Wright | CCF | 1958 | 1961 |
| NDP | 1961 | 1966 | |
| Saul Miller | NDP | 1966 | 1981 |
| Eugene Kostyra | NDP | 1981 | 1988 |
| Mark Minenko | Lib | 1988 | 1990 |
Election results
| 1986 Manitoba general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| New Democratic | Eugene Kostyra | 5,158 | 64.71 | +8.73 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | George Finkle | 1,841 | 23.10 | -0.69 | ||||
| Liberal | Wayne Glowacki | 907 | 11.38 | +6.07 | ||||
| Communist | Harold Dyck | 65 | 0.82 | n/a | ||||
| Turnout | 7,988 | 63.36 | -8.74 | |||||
| New Democratic hold | Swing | +4.71 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Manitoba[1] | ||||||||
| 1988 Manitoba general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Mark Minenko | 3,885 | 42.81 | +31.43 | ||||
| New Democratic | Eugene Kostyra | 3,553 | 39.16 | -25.55 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | George Finkle | 1,636 | 18.03 | -5.07 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 9,074 | 100.00 | ||||||
| Rejected ballots | 17 | |||||||
| Turnout | 9,091 | 72.37 | +9.01 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 12,561 | |||||||
| Liberal gain from New Democratic | Swing | +28.49 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Manitoba[2] | ||||||||
