Fort Rouge (electoral district)

Fort Rouge
Manitoba electoral district
Provincial electoral district
Legislature Legislative Assembly of Manitoba
MLA
 
 		 

Wab Kinew
New Democratic

District created 1957
First contested 1958
Last contested 2016

Fort Rouge is a provincial electoral division in the Canadian province of Manitoba. It was created by redistribution in 1957, and formally came into existence in the general election of 1958. The riding was eliminated in 1989, and re-established in 1999. It is located in the central section of the City of Winnipeg.

Fort Rouge is bordered on the east by St. Boniface, to the south by Fort Garry-Riverview, to the north by Logan, and to the west by River Heights. The actual Legislative Assembly of Manitoba building is located across the river from Fort Rouge.

The riding's population in 1996 was 20,364. In 1999, the average family income was $49,361, and the unemployment rate was 8.70%. 39.6% of Fort Rouge's residents are listed as low-income, the sixth-highest rate in the province. Almost 80% of occupied dwelling are rentals, and over 20% of households are single-parent families. Almost 25% of Fort Rouge's residents have a university degree—one of the highest rates in the province.

Fort Rouge has an immigrant population of 20%. Eight per cent of the riding's residents are aboriginal. The service sector accounts for 21% of Fort Rouge's industry, with a further 11% in social services.

The seat was held by the Progressive Conservatives from 1958 to 1973, and was a rare bastion of Liberal strength in the province from 1973 to 1981. Lloyd Axworthy was the riding's representative from 1973 to 1979; for a time, he was the only Liberal in the legislature.

In recent years the Liberal Party have been the main challengers to the NDP and the Liberal Leader, Rana Bokhari ran here for the 2016 provincial election, where she lost to the NDP star candidate Wab Kinew. At the 2015 federal election, according to Elections Canada data, Fort Rouge voted heavily Liberal.[1]

List of provincial representatives

Name Party Took Office Left Office
Gurney Evans PC 1958 1969
Inez Trueman PC 1969 1973
Lloyd Axworthy Lib 1973 1979
June Westbury Lib 1979 1981
Roland Penner NDP 1981 1988
Jim Carr Lib 1988 1990
See Broadway, Osborne, Crescentwood (1990-1999)
Tim Sale NDP 1999 2007
Jennifer Howard NDP 2007 2016
Wab Kinew NDP 2016 present

Opinion polls

Polling Firm Last Date of Polling Link NDP Liberal PC Green Other
Mainstreet Research/Postmedia March 22, 2016 HTML 29 32 30 8

Electoral results

Manitoba general election, 2016
Party Candidate Votes%∆%
New DemocraticWab Kinew 3,360 37.63 –13.32
Progressive ConservativeAudrey Gordon 2,571 28.80 +8.76
LiberalRana Bokhari 1,792 20.07 –2.92
GreenGrant Sharp 983 11.01 +5.60
ManitobaMatthew Ostrove 175 1.96 –
CommunistPaula Ducharme 47 0.53 –
Total valid votes 8,928100.0  
Total rejected and declined ballots 1251.38
Turnout 9,05365.15
Eligible voters 13,896
New Democratic hold Swing –11.04
Source: Elections Manitoba[2][3]
Manitoba general election, 2011
Party Candidate Votes%∆%Expenditures
New DemocraticJennifer Howard 4,501 50.95 +3.98
LiberalPaul Hesse 2,031 22.99 −7.54
     Progressive Conservative Sonny Dominique 1,770 20.04 +5.29
GreenStephen Weedon 478 5.41 −0.86
Total valid votes 8,780
Rejected and declined votes 54
Turnout 8834 61.22%
Electors on the lists 14429


Manitoba general election, 2007
Party Candidate Votes%∆%Expenditures
New DemocraticJennifer Howard 3,828 46.97 −10.66 $25.968.04
LiberalPaul Hesse 2,488 30.53 +13.57 $23,866.84
     Progressive Conservative Christine Waddell 1,202 14.75 −4.97 $11,369.89
GreenGerald H. Enns 511 6.27 +1.34 $905.51
     Independent Ron Nash 92 1.13 +1.13 $261.98
CommunistFrank Komarniski 29 0.36 +.36
Total valid votes 8,150 100.00
Rejected and declined votes 53
Turnout 8,203 62.29 +7.64
Electors on the lists 13,169

[4]

Manitoba general election, 2003
Party Candidate Votes%∆%Expenditures
New DemocraticTim Sale 4,118 57.63 +9.21 $16,724.33
     Progressive Conservative Mike Francis 1,409 19.72 −10.51 $8,860.98
LiberalDavid Henteleff 1,212 16.96 −2.07 $4,299.83
GreenMikel Magnusson 355 4.93 +3.14 $48.24
LibertarianJim Weidman 51 0.71 $0.00
Total valid votes 7,145 100.00
Rejected and declined votes 59
Turnout 7,204 54.65 −15.94
Electors on the lists 13,182
Manitoba general election, 1999
Party Candidate Votes%Expenditures
New Democratic Tim Sale 4,759 48.42 $25,152.00
     Progressive Conservative Ron Paley 2,971 30.23 $26,322.65
Liberal John Shanski 1,870 19.03 $24,461.96
GreenAlex Reid 176 1.79 $256.65
Total valid votes 9,776 99.47
Rejected and declined votes 52
Turnout 9,828 70.59
Electors on the lists 13,923

[5]

Previous boundaries

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

References

  1. ↑ CBC "2015 federal election: How did your Manitoba neighbours vote?" 2 March 2016
  2. ↑ "Candidates: 41st General Election". Elections Manitoba. 29 March 2016. Retrieved 31 March 2016.
  3. ↑ "41st General Election Official Results" (PDF). Elections Manitoba. 2016. Retrieved 16 September 2016.
  4. ↑ http://www.elections.mb.ca/en/Results/39_division_results/39_fort-rouge_summary_results.html - 2007 results
  5. ↑ http://www.electionsmanitoba.ca/apps/results/37gen/pbp.asp?ED=14 - 1999 Results

Coordinates: 49°52′23″N 97°08′49″W / 49.873°N 97.147°W / 49.873; -97.147

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