Fort Whyte

For the environmental, education and recreation center, see FortWhyte Alive.

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The 2011+ boundaries for Fort Whyte highlighted in red.

Fort Whyte is a provincial electoral division in the Canadian province of Manitoba. It was created in 1999, after the provincial electoral boundaries commission determined that southwestern Winnipeg had experienced enough population growth to deserve an extra seat. Fort Whyte was created from territory formerly belonging to Fort Garry and St. Norbert.

Fort Whyte is bordered on the east by Fort Garry and St. Norbert, to the south by St. Norbert, to the north by River Heights and Tuxedo, and to the west by Charleswood and Morris.

The constituency's population in 1996 was 19,396. The average family income in 1999 was $78,422, the second-highest in the province. The unemployment rate is 4.00%, and only 4% of the population is above 65 years of age. Almost 30% of the population have university degrees, once again the second highest rating in the province. Health and social services account for 13% of Fort Whyte's industry, with a further 12% in educational services.

Fort Whyte is an ethnically diverse constituency, with an immigrant population of 21%. Eight per cent of the riding's residents are Chinese, 5% are German and 4% are East Indian.

The constituency has been held by the Progressive Conservative Party of Manitoba for its entire existence, and has always been comfortably safe for that party. The riding's first MLA, John Loewen, won it handily in 1999 even as the Tories were soundly defeated by the New Democratic Party of Manitoba in that year's provincial election. On September 23, 2005, Loewen announced that he was leaving provincial politics to seek the Liberal Party of Canada's nomination for Charleswood—St. James—Assiniboia. He formally resigned from the legislature on September 26.

On December 13, 2005, a by-election was held to fill Loewen's seat. The winner was Hugh McFadyen, a fellow Tory. A few months later, McFadyen became leader of the provincial Tories. McFadyen was easily re-elected in the 2007 provincial election, but was one of only four PC MLAs returned from Winnipeg. After the Tories were again defeated in 2011, McFadyen announced he would retire from politics as soon as a successor was chosen. Former provincial MLA and federal MP Brian Pallister was elected his successor, and easily won Fort Whyte in the ensuing by-election.

List of provincial representatives

Name		Party	Took Office	Left Office
	John Loewen	Progressive Conservative	1999	2005
	Hugh McFadyen	Progressive Conservative	2005	2012
	Brian Pallister	Progressive Conservative	2012

Electoral history

Manitoba provincial by-election, September 4, 2012
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	Progressive Conservative	Brian Pallister	3,626	55.18	-7.29
	Liberal	Bob Axworthy	2,074	31.56	+23.64
	New Democratic	Brandy Schmidt	739	11.25	-18.36
	Green	Donnie Benham	113	1.72	–
	Independent	Darrell Ackman	19	0.29
Total valid votes			6,571	100.00
Rejected and declined votes			8
Turnout			6,579	42.28	-19.63
Electors on the lists			15,560

Manitoba general election, 2011
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	Progressive Conservative	Hugh McFadyen	5,588	62.47	+10.52
	New Democratic	Sunny Dhaliwal	2,649	29.61	−4.22
	Liberal	Chae Tsai	708	7.92	−6.30
Total valid votes			8,959
Rejected and declined votes			44
Turnout			9,003	61.91	+2.75
Electors on the lists			14,542

* Percent change is not based on redistributed results

Manitoba general election, 2007
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	Progressive Conservative	Hugh McFadyen	5,981	51.95	−0.76	$20,363.37
	New Democratic	Sunny Dhaliwal	3,895	33.83	+5.70	$5,331.36
	Liberal	Angelina Olivier-Job	1,637	14.22	−4.94	$2,162.37
Total valid votes			11,513	100.00
Rejected and declined votes			38
Turnout			11,551	59.16	+2.55
Electors on the lists			19,526

Manitoba provincial by-election, December 16, 2005
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	Progressive Conservative	Hugh McFadyen	3,542	52.26	−0.45	$27,219.00
	New Democratic	Christina McDonald	1,650	24.34	−3.79	$18,333.89
	Liberal	Jean Paterson	1,466	21.63	+2.47	$6,134.47
	Green	Shelagh Pizey-Allen	120	1.77	–	$233.71
Total valid votes			6,778	100.00
Rejected ballots			6
Turnout			6,784	38.07	−18.54
Registered voters			17,820

Manitoba general election, 2003
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	Progressive Conservative	John Loewen	4,960	52.71	−9.02	$13,693.53
	New Democratic	Janine Ballingall Scotten	2,647	28.13	+1.31	$18,368.88
	Liberal	Gerry Sankar	1,803	19.16	+7.71	$14,257.51
Total valid votes			9,410	99.75
Rejected and declined votes			24
Turnout			9,434	56.61	−19.72
Electors on the lists			16,664

Manitoba general election, 1999
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	Progressive Conservative	John Loewen	6,480	61.73		$25,444.88
	New Democratic	Bidhu Jha	2,815	26.82		$24,511.00
	Liberal	Malli Aulakh	1,202	11.45	–	$18,808.08
Total valid votes			10,497	99.38
Rejected and declined votes			66
Turnout			10,563	76.33
Registered voters			13,838

Previous boundaries

File:FortWhyte98.png

The 1999-2011 boundaries of the riding of Fort Whyte highlighted in red.