 Manitoba electoral district | |||
|---|---|---|---|
 Location in Winnipeg | |||
| Provincial electoral district | |||
| Legislature | Legislative Assembly of Manitoba | ||
| MLA |
New Democratic | ||
| District created | 1957 | ||
| First contested | 1958 | ||
| Last contested | 2023 | ||
Fort Garry is a provincial electoral division in the Canadian province of Manitoba that existed from 1958 to 2011 and was re-created in 2019. It was first created by redistribution in 1957 from parts of Iberville, Assiniboia and St. Boniface, and formally existed beginning with the 1958 provincial election. The riding is in the south-central and southwestern region of the city of Winnipeg. It is named for the historical Fort Garry which was occupied by supporters of Louis Riel during the Red River Rebellion of 1870.
Fort Garry was bordered to the east by Riel and St. Vital (across the Red River of the North), to the south by St. Norbert, to the north by Lord Roberts, and to the west by Fort Whyte. It was a mostly middle-class residential area, with some small businesses. It contained the University of Manitoba's main campus until electoral redistribution in 2008 took effect at the 2011 Manitoba general election, placing the campus in the new district of Fort Richmond.
The riding's population in 1996 was 20,383. In 1999, the average family income was $50,720, and the unemployment rate was 6.40% (though, conversely, it may be noted that 26% of the riding's residents are listed as low-income). Over 16% of Fort Garry's residents were immigrants, with 5% listing German as their ethnic origin. Almost 23% of the riding's residents have a university degree.
The service sector accounted for 17% of Fort Garry's industry, with a further 12% each in the retail trade and educational services.
Historically, Fort Garry was a safe seat for the Progressive Conservatives, who represented the riding from 1958 to 1988 and again from 1990 to 2003. Future Premier Sterling Lyon was Fort Garry's first member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA). In the provincial election of 1999, however, the New Democratic Party (NDP) came within only 30 votes of winning the riding. They made it their primary target in the 2003 election, and won it for the first time in their history.
Fort Garry's last MLA before dissolution was Kerri Irvin-Ross of the NDP, who was re-elected in the 2007 provincial election with 53% of the vote.
Following the 2008 electoral boundary redistribution, Fort Garry was abolished. Most of its territory was divided between the new ridings of Fort Garry-Riverview and Fort Richmond, with a smaller portion going to St. Norbert.
Following the 2018 redistribution, the riding was re-created from Fort Garry-Riverview, Fort Rouge, River Heights, and Fort Richmond. Fort Garry was contested in the 2019 provincial election. It is bordered by River Heights to the northwest; Fort Rouge to the northeast; Riel and St. Vital to the east, across the Red River; Fort Richmond to the south; Waverley to the southwest; and Fort Whyte to the west.[1]
List of provincial representatives
| Name | Party | Took office | Left office |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sterling Lyon | PC | 1958 | 1969 |
| Bud Sherman | PC | 1969 | 1984 |
| Charles Birt | PC | 1984 | 1988 |
| Laurie Evans | Lib | 1988 | 1990 |
| Rosemary Vodrey | PC | 1990 | 1999 |
| Joy Smith | PC | 1999 | 2003 |
| Kerri Irvin-Ross | NDP | 2003 | 2011 |
| Riding abolished | |||
| Mark Wasyliw | NDP | 2019 | |
Election results
1958 general election
| 1958 Manitoba general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
| Progressive Conservative | Sterling Lyon | 3,731 | 52.01 | |||||
| Liberal–Progressive | Leslie Raymond "Ray" Fennell | 2,408 | 33.57 | |||||
| Co-operative Commonwealth | Nena Woodward | 1,035 | 14.43 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 7,174 | – | ||||||
| Rejected | 44 | – | ||||||
| Eligible voters / Turnout | 11,813 | 61.10 | ||||||
Source(s)
Source:[2][3] Manitoba. Chief Electoral Officer (1999). Statement of Votes for the 37th Provincial General Election, September 21, 1999 (PDF) (Report). Winnipeg: Elections Manitoba. | ||||||||
1959 general election
| 1959 Manitoba general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Sterling Lyon | 4,842 | 58.69 | 6.68 | ||||
| Liberal–Progressive | Stan Farwell | 2,035 | 24.67 | -8.90 | ||||
| Co-operative Commonwealth | Mrs. Nena Woodward | 1,373 | 16.64 | 2.22 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 8,250 | – | – | |||||
| Rejected | 49 | – | ||||||
| Eligible voters / Turnout | 12,062 | 68.80 | 7.70 | |||||
| Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | +7.79 | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: [4][5]Manitoba. Chief Electoral Officer (1999). Statement of Votes for the 37th Provincial General Election, September 21, 1999 (PDF) (Report). Winnipeg: Elections Manitoba. | ||||||||
1962 general election
| 1962 Manitoba general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Sterling Lyon | 4,721 | 54.16 | -4.53 | ||||
| Liberal | David Albert Bowles | 2,828 | 32.44 | 7.77 | ||||
| New Democratic | Cliff Brownridge | 1,168 | 13.40 | -3.24 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 8,717 | – | – | |||||
| Rejected | 105 | – | ||||||
| Eligible voters / Turnout | 13,357 | 66.05 | -2.76 | |||||
| Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | -6.15 | ||||||
Source(s)
Source:[6][7] Manitoba. Chief Electoral Officer (1999). Statement of Votes for the 37th Provincial General Election, September 21, 1999 (PDF) (Report). Winnipeg: Elections Manitoba. | ||||||||
1966 general election
| 1966 Manitoba general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Sterling Lyon | 6,131 | 59.32 | 5.16 | ||||
| Liberal | Peter Ronald Stokes | 2,435 | 23.56 | -8.88 | ||||
| New Democratic | Victor Ratsma | 1,769 | 17.12 | 3.72 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 10,335 | – | – | |||||
| Rejected | 26 | – | ||||||
| Eligible voters / Turnout | 15,489 | 66.89 | 0.84 | |||||
| Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | +7.02 | ||||||
Source(s)
Source:[8][9] Manitoba. Chief Electoral Officer (1999). Statement of Votes for the 37th Provincial General Election, September 21, 1999 (PDF) (Report). Winnipeg: Elections Manitoba. | ||||||||
1969 general election
| 1969 Manitoba general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Bud Sherman | 3,570 | 47.17 | -12.16 | ||||
| New Democratic | G. Grant Cosby | 2,063 | 27.26 | 10.14 | ||||
| Liberal | Richard Alan "Dick" Wankling | 1,936 | 25.58 | 2.02 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 7,569 | – | – | |||||
| Rejected | 20 | – | ||||||
| Eligible voters / Turnout | 9,906 | 76.61 | 9.72 | |||||
Source(s)
Source: Manitoba. Chief Electoral Officer (1999). Statement of Votes for the 37th Provincial General Election, September 21, 1999 (PDF) (Report). Winnipeg: Elections Manitoba. | ||||||||
1973 general election
| 1973 Manitoba general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Bud Sherman | 4,783 | 36.46 | -10.71 | ||||
| Liberal | Henry Janzen | 4,331 | 33.01 | 7.43 | ||||
| New Democratic | C. G. "Giff" Gifford | 4,006 | 30.53 | 3.28 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 13,120 | – | – | |||||
| Rejected | 58 | – | ||||||
| Eligible voters / Turnout | 15,928 | 82.73 | 6.12 | |||||
Source(s)
Source: Manitoba. Chief Electoral Officer (1999). Statement of Votes for the 37th Provincial General Election, September 21, 1999 (PDF) (Report). Winnipeg: Elections Manitoba. | ||||||||
1977 general election
| 1977 Manitoba general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Bud Sherman | 10,052 | 60.44 | 23.98 | ||||
| New Democratic | Ruth Pear | 4,157 | 24.99 | -5.54 | ||||
| Liberal | Beth Candlish | 2,423 | 14.57 | -18.44 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 16,632 | – | – | |||||
| Rejected | 27 | – | ||||||
| Eligible voters / Turnout | 21,742 | 76.62 | -6.11 | |||||
Source(s)
Source: Manitoba. Chief Electoral Officer (1999). Statement of Votes for the 37th Provincial General Election, September 21, 1999 (PDF) (Report). Winnipeg: Elections Manitoba. | ||||||||
1981 general election
| 1981 Manitoba general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Bud Sherman | 6,227 | 55.71 | -4.73 | ||||
| New Democratic | Hans Wittich | 3,705 | 33.15 | 8.15 | ||||
| Liberal | Lil Haus | 1,042 | 9.32 | -5.25 | ||||
| Progressive | James Goodridge | 203 | 1.82 | – | ||||
| Total valid votes | 11,177 | – | – | |||||
| Rejected | 12 | – | ||||||
| Eligible voters / Turnout | 15,346 | 72.91 | -3.71 | |||||
Source(s)
Source: Manitoba. Chief Electoral Officer (1999). Statement of Votes for the 37th Provincial General Election, September 21, 1999 (PDF) (Report). Winnipeg: Elections Manitoba. | ||||||||
1984 by-election
| Manitoba provincial by-election, October 2, 1984 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Charlie Birt | 3,561 | 44.59 | -11.12 | ||||
| Liberal | Sharon Carstairs | 1,993 | 24.96 | 15.63 | ||||
| New Democratic | Shirley Lord | 1,211 | 15.16 | -17.98 | ||||
| Progressive | Sidney Green | 1,035 | 12.96 | 11.14 | ||||
| WCC | Fred Cameron | 186 | 2.33 | – | ||||
| Total valid votes | 7,986 | – | – | |||||
| Rejected | N/A | – | ||||||
| Eligible voters / Turnout | N/A | – | – | |||||
Source(s)
Source: Manitoba. Chief Electoral Officer (1999). Statement of Votes for the 37th Provincial General Election, September 21, 1999 (PDF) (Report). Winnipeg: Elections Manitoba. | ||||||||
1986 general election
| 1986 Manitoba general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Charlie Birt | 5,146 | 48.45 | 3.86 | ||||
| New Democratic | Nora Losey | 3,158 | 29.73 | 14.57 | ||||
| Liberal | Ian Band | 2,114 | 19.90 | -5.05 | ||||
| WCC | Ivan Merritt | 204 | 1.92 | -0.41 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 10,622 | – | – | |||||
| Rejected | 23 | – | ||||||
| Eligible voters / Turnout | 16,072 | 66.23 | – | |||||
Source(s)
Source: Manitoba. Chief Electoral Officer (1999). Statement of Votes for the 37th Provincial General Election, September 21, 1999 (PDF) (Report). Winnipeg: Elections Manitoba. | ||||||||
1988 general election
| 1988 Manitoba general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Laurie Evans | 6,055 | 46.58 | 26.68 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Charlies Birt | 5,173 | 39.80 | -8.65 | ||||
| New Democratic | Brian Pannell | 1,553 | 11.95 | -17.78 | ||||
| Western Independence | Ivan Merritt | 173 | 1.33 | -0.60 | ||||
| Communist | Millie Lamb | 45 | 0.35 | – | ||||
| Total valid votes | 12,999 | – | – | |||||
| Rejected | 12 | – | ||||||
| Eligible voters / turnout | 16,634 | 78.22 | 11.99 | |||||
| Liberal gain from Progressive Conservative | Swing | +17.67 | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Manitoba. Chief Electoral Officer (1999). Statement of Votes for the 37th Provincial General Election, September 21, 1999 (PDF) (Report). Winnipeg: Elections Manitoba. | ||||||||
1990 general election
| 1990 Manitoba general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Rosemary Vodrey | 5,105 | 47.07 | 7.27 | ||||
| Liberal | Laurie Evans | 3,992 | 36.81 | -9.77 | ||||
| New Democratic | Shirley Lord | 1,500 | 13.83 | 1.88 | ||||
| Western Independence | Jan Mandseth | 249 | 2.30 | 0.96 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 10,846 | – | – | |||||
| Rejected | 17 | – | ||||||
| Eligible voters / turnout | 14,890 | 72.96 | -5.26 | |||||
| Progressive Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | +8.52 | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Manitoba. Chief Electoral Officer (1999). Statement of Votes for the 37th Provincial General Election, September 21, 1999 (PDF) (Report). Winnipeg: Elections Manitoba. | ||||||||
1995 general election
| 1995 Manitoba general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Progressive Conservative | Rosemary Vodrey | 5,959 | 48.29 | 1.22 | $32,899.54 | |||
| Liberal | Jim Woodman | 4,434 | 35.93 | -0.88 | $34,086.38 | |||
| New Democratic | Brock Holowachuk | 1,857 | 15.05 | 1.22 | $1,399.00 | |||
| Libertarian | Alex Pressey | 91 | 0.74 | – | $124.74 | |||
| Total valid votes | 12,341 | – | – | |||||
| Rejected | 53 | – | ||||||
| Eligible voters / turnout | 17,418 | 71.16 | -1.80 | |||||
Source(s)
Source: Manitoba. Chief Electoral Officer (1999). Statement of Votes for the 37th Provincial General Election, September 21, 1999 (PDF) (Report). Winnipeg: Elections Manitoba. | ||||||||
1999 general election
| 1999 Manitoba general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Progressive Conservative | Joy Smith | 4,436 | 43.92 | -4.37 | $28,543.84 | |||
| New Democratic | Lawrie Cherniack | 4,406 | 43.62 | 28.57 | $29,325.00 | |||
| Liberal | Ted Gilson | 1,143 | 11.32 | -24.61 | $9,808.98 | |||
| Manitoba | Denise Van Rooyen | 116 | 1.15 | – | $1,032.59 | |||
| Total valid votes | 10,101 | – | – | |||||
| Rejected | 37 | – | ||||||
| Eligible voters / turnout | 13,502 | 75.09 | 3.93 | |||||
Source(s)
Source: Manitoba. Chief Electoral Officer (1999). Statement of Votes for the 37th Provincial General Election, September 21, 1999 (PDF) (Report). Winnipeg: Elections Manitoba. | ||||||||
2003 general election
| 2003 Manitoba general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| New Democratic | Kerri Irvin-Ross | 3,852 | 46.75 | 3.13 | $21,049.74 | |||
| Progressive Conservative | Joy Smith | 3,765 | 45.69 | 1.78 | $29,935.35 | |||
| Liberal | Taran Malik | 562 | 6.82 | -4.50 | $13,984.00 | |||
| Independent | Didz Zuzens | 61 | 0.74 | – | $395.34 | |||
| Total valid votes | 8,240 | – | – | |||||
| Rejected | 55 | – | ||||||
| Eligible voters / turnout | 13,066 | 63.49 | -11.60 | |||||
Source(s)
Source: Manitoba. Chief Electoral Officer (2003). Statement of Votes for the 38th Provincial General Election, June 3, 2003 (PDF) (Report). Winnipeg: Elections Manitoba. | ||||||||
2007 general election
| 2007 Manitoba general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| New Democratic | Kerri Irvin-Ross | 4,291 | 52.60 | 5.85 | $28,543.84 | |||
| Progressive Conservative | Shaun McCaffrey | 2,101 | 25.75 | -19.94 | $16,517.08 | |||
| Liberal | Craig Hildahl | 1,500 | 18.39 | 11.57 | $14,094.14 | |||
| Green | Alon Weinberg | 266 | 3.26 | – | $55.55 | |||
| Total valid votes | 8,158 | – | – | |||||
| Rejected | 36 | – | ||||||
| Eligible voters / turnout | 12,404 | 66.06 | 2.57 | |||||
Source(s)
Source: Manitoba. Chief Electoral Officer (2007). Statement of Votes for the 39th Provincial General Election, May 22, 2007 (PDF) (Report). Winnipeg: Elections Manitoba. | ||||||||
2019 general election
| 2016 provincial election redistributed results[10] | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Party | % | ||
| Progressive Conservative | 37.7 | ||
| New Democratic | 35.9 | ||
| Liberal | 13.5 | ||
| Green | 12.5 | ||
| Others | 0.4 | ||
| 2019 Manitoba general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| New Democratic | Mark Wasyliw | 4,003 | 42.35 | +6.5 | $23,569.90 | |||
| Progressive Conservative | Nancy Cooke | 3,007 | 31.81 | -5.9 | $29,491.08 | |||
| Liberal | Craig Larkins | 1,719 | 18.19 | +4.7 | $5,839.65 | |||
| Green | Casey Fennessy | 723 | 7.65 | -4.8 | $15.08 | |||
| Total valid votes | 9,452 | – | – | |||||
| Rejected | 47 | – | ||||||
| Eligible voters / Turnout | 15,399 | 61.69 | -4.37 | |||||
| New Democratic notional gain from Progressive Conservative | Swing | +6.2 | ||||||
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. | ||||||||
2023 general election
| 2023 Manitoba general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ** Preliminary results — Not yet official ** | ||||||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| New Democratic | Mark Wasyliw | 5,307 | 58.81 | +16.46 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Rick Shone | 2,380 | 26.37 | -5.44 | ||||
| Liberal | Shandi Strong | 1,100 | 12.19 | -6.00 | ||||
| Green | Aaron Kowal | 237 | 2.63 | -5.02 | ||||
| Total valid votes/Expense limit | 9,024 | 99.51 | ||||||
| Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots | 44 | 0.49 | ||||||
| Turnout | 9,068 | 59.32 | -2.37 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 15,285 | |||||||
| New Democratic hold | Swing | +10.95 | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Elections Manitoba[11] | ||||||||
References
- ↑ Elections Manitoba electoral map of Winnipeg
- ↑ "1958 Manitoba Election: Fort Garry". Canadian Elections Database. Retrieved December 25, 2021.
- ↑ "Province of Manitoba Twenty-Fifth General Election Held June 16, 1958 Summary of Results" (PDF). Elections Manitoba. Retrieved December 25, 2021.
- ↑ "1959 Manitoba Election: Fort Garry". Canadian Elections Database. Retrieved December 25, 2021.
- ↑ "Province of Manitoba Twenty-Sixth General Election Held May 14, 1959 Summary of Results" (PDF). Elections Manitoba. Retrieved December 25, 2021.
- ↑ "1962 Manitoba Election: Fort Garry". Canadian Elections Database. Retrieved December 25, 2021.
- ↑ "Province of Manitoba Twenty-Seventh General Election Held December 14, 1962 Summary of Results" (PDF). Elections Manitoba. Retrieved December 25, 2021.
- ↑ "1966 Manitoba Election: Fort Garry". Canadian Elections Database. Retrieved December 25, 2021.
- ↑ "Province of Manitoba Twenty-Eighth General Election Held June 23, 1966 Summary of Results" (PDF). Elections Manitoba. Retrieved December 25, 2021.
- ↑ Marcoux, Jacques (August 27, 2019). "New Manitoba election boundaries give upper hand to Progressive Conservatives, CBC News analysis finds". CBC. Retrieved September 14, 2019.
- ↑ "Elections Manitoba - Manitoba's 43rd General Election - October 3, 2023 - Unofficial Results". results.electionsmanitoba.ca. Elections Manitoba. Retrieved October 5, 2023.
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