Assiniboia (provincial electoral district)

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The 2011 boundaries of Assiniboia highlighted in red.

Assiniboia is a provincial electoral division in the Canadian province of Manitoba. It was first created for the 1879 provincial election, was eliminated in 1888, and was re-established in 1903. It is located in the westernmost tip of the City of Winnipeg.

Assiniboia is bordered on the east by St. James and Lakeside, to the south by Kirkfield Park, to the north by Lakeside, and to the west by Morris.

The riding's population in 1996 was 20,441. In 1999, the average family income was $53,881, and the unemployment rate was 6.50%. Retail trade accounts for 15% of the riding's industry.

Until 1920, Assiniboia was a marginal riding between the Manitoba Liberal Party and Conservative Party. Between 1920 and 1949, it was a hotly contested riding between the Conservatives and candidates of the Independent Labour Party and Manitoba Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (CCF).

The riding was dominated by the Liberals from 1949 until 1977, and then by the Progressive Conservatives from 1977 to 1999. The New Democratic Party of Manitoba's (NDP) victory in 1999 was completely unexpected, and occurred by a margin of only three votes.

The current MLA is New Democrat Jim Rondeau, who was re-elected in the provincial election of 2003 with over 60% support. Rondeau won handily again in the 2007 provincial election. Given Rondeau's personal popularity, it remains to be seen whether the riding will become "safe" for the New Democrats in the long-term.

List of provincial representatives

Name	Party	Took Office	Left Office
Alexander Murray	Lib-Cons	1879	1888
Duncan MacArthur	Lib	1888	1888
Joseph Prefontaine	Lib	1903	1907
Aime Benard	Cons	1907	1914
John Thomas Haig	Cons	1914	1915
John Wilton	Lib, later Ind	1915	1920
William Bayley	DLP	1920	1920
	ILP	1920	1927
Joseph Cotter	Cons	1927	1932
Ralph Webb	Cons	1932	1936
James Aiken	ILP/CCF	1936	1941
David Best	Cons/PC	1941	1945
Ernest Draffin	CCF	1945	1949
Reginald Wightman	Lib-Prog	1949	1958
Donovan Swailes	CCF	1958	1959
George Johnson	PC	1959	1962
Stephen Patrick	Lib	1962	1977
Norma Price	PC	1977	1981
Ric Nordman	PC	1981	1988
Ed Mandrake	Lib	1988	1990
Linda McIntosh	PC	1990	1999
Jim Rondeau	NDP	1999	present

Electoral results

Manitoba general election, 2011
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Jim Rondeau	5,095	58.00	−4.21
	Progressive Conservative	Susan Auch	3.258	37.09	+4.81
	Green	Anlina Sheng	204	2.33	–
	Liberal	Moe Bokhari	194	2.21	−3.31
Total valid votes			8,751
Rejected and declined votes			34
Turnout			8,785	62.00	+0.17
Electors on the lists			14,170

Manitoba general election, 2007
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Jim Rondeau	5,177	62.21	−0.84	$33,430.38
	Progressive Conservative	Kelly de Groot	2,686	32.28	+4.63	$32,070.95
	Liberal	Bernie Bellan	459	5.52	−2.53	$340.32
Total valid votes			8,322	100.00
Rejected and declined ballots			51
Turnout			8,373	61.83	+1.96
Electors on the lists			13,541

Manitoba general election, 2003
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Jim Rondeau	5,147	63.05	+18.81	$24,846.66
	Progressive Conservative	Dennis Wishanski	2,257	27.65	−16.55	$23,921.25
	Liberal	Monique Graboski	657	8.05	−3.51	$5,664.36
	Green	Jesse Tottle	102	1.25	–	$14.14
Total valid votes			8,163	100.00
Rejected and declined ballots			22
Turnout			8,185	59.87	−12.50
Electors on the lists			13,671

Manitoba general election, 1999
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Jim Rondeau	4,347	44.24		$12,989.00
	Progressive Conservative	Linda McIntosh	4,344	44.20		$26,190.58
	Liberal	J. Deborah Shiloff	1,136	11.56	–	$5,744.56
Total valid votes			9,827	100.00
Rejected and declined ballots			53
Turnout			9,880	72.37
Electors on the lists			13,653

Previous Boundaries

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The 1999-2011 boundaries of Assiniboia highlighted in red.