Spruce Woods (electoral district)

Spruce Woods
Manitoba electoral district
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of Manitoba
MLA	Colleen Robbins; Progressive Conservative
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District created	2008
First contested	2011
Last contested	2023
Demographics
Population (2016)	22,810
Electors (2019)	14,746
Area (km²)	6,125
Pop. density (per km²)	3.7
Census division(s)	Division No. 6, Division No. 7, Division No. 8
Census subdivision(s)	Brandon, Cornwallis, Elton, Glenboro-South Cypress, Oakland-Wawanesa, Riverdale, Sifton, Souris-Glenwood, Swan Lake 7A, Victoria, Whitehead

Spruce Woods is a provincial electoral district of Manitoba, Canada. It was created by redistribution in 2008 out of parts of Minnedosa and Turtle Mountain and notably gained parts of the city of Brandon and Arthur-Virden in the 2018 redistribution.^[1]

District created2008

First contested2011

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Following the 2018 redistribution, Spruce Woods includes the municipalities of Cornwallis, Elton, Glenboro – South Cypress, Oakland – Wawanesa, Riverdale, Sifton, Souris – Glenwood, Victoria, Whitehead and the portion of the city of Brandon located north of the Assiniboine River.^[2]

Outside of the city of Brandon, communities in the constituency include Glenboro, Holland, Oak Lake, Rivers, Souris, and Wawanesa.^[3] The constituency also includes the part of CFB Shilo that is within the Municipality of Glenboro - South Cypress.

The riding's population based on the 2016 census was 22,810.^[4]

Assembly	Years		Party
Riding created from Minnedosa and Turtle Mountain
40th	2011–2016	Cliff Cullen	Progressive Conservative
41st	2016–2019
42nd	2019–2023
43rd	2023–2025	Grant Jackson
43rd	2025–present	Colleen Robbins

Manitoba provincial by-election, August 26, 2025 Resignation of Grant Jackson
Preliminary results — Not yet official
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Progressive Conservative	Colleen Robbins	2,805	46.88	-14.93
	New Democratic	Ray Berthelette	2,735	45.71	+21.71
	Liberal	Stephen Reid	444	7.42	-6.77
Total valid votes/expense limit			5,984	99.60	–
Total rejected and declined ballots			24	0.40	-0.38
Turnout			6,008	40.71	-15.83
Eligible voters			14,757
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		-18.32

v t e 2023 Manitoba general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Progressive Conservative	Grant Jackson	4,986	61.81	-6.26	$13,312.67
	New Democratic	Melissa Ghidoni	1,936	24.00	+8.13	$168.00
	Liberal	Michelle Budiwski	1,145	14.19	+7.98	$6,413.47
Total valid votes/expense limit			8,067	99.23	–	$56,314.00
Total rejected and declined ballots			63	0.77	+0.24
Turnout			8,130	56.54	-0.21
Eligible voters			14,379
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		-7.19
Source(s) Source: Elections Manitoba^[5]^[6]^[7]

v t e 2019 Manitoba general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Progressive Conservative	Cliff Cullen	5,665	68.06	-3.3	$12,334.55
	New Democratic	Justin Shannon	1,321	15.87	+2.3	$1,211.77
	Green	Gordon Beddome	820	9.85	+8.2	$0.00
	Liberal	Jennifer Harcus	517	6.21	-1.2	$0.00
Total valid votes			8,323	99.46	–
Rejected			45	0.54
Turnout			8,368	56.75
Eligible voters			14,746
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		-2.8
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.

2016 provincial election redistributed results^[8]
Party		%
	Progressive Conservative	71.4
	New Democratic	13.6
	Liberal	7.4
	Manitoba	6.0
	Green	1.7

Members of the Legislative Assembly