Charleswood (electoral district)

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Charleswood
Flag of Manitoba.svg Manitoba electoral district
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Defunct provincial electoral district
Legislature Legislative Assembly of Manitoba
District created1968
First contested 1969
Last contested 2016

Charleswood was a provincial electoral division in the Canadian province of Manitoba. It was created by redistribution in 1968, and formally existed from the provincial election of 1969 until that of 2019. The riding was in the westernmost tip of Manitoba's capital and largest city, Winnipeg.

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Charleswood was bordered to the east by Tuxedo and Fort Whyte, to the north by Kirkfield Park, and to the south and west by the rural riding of Morris.

Charleswood's population in 1996 was 20,262. The riding's character is middle- and upper-middle class: in 1999, the average family income was $70,417, and the unemployment rate was 5.20%. Eleven per cent of the riding's residents are immigrants, with over half being of German origin.

The service sector accounts for 15% of Charleswood's industry, with a further 12% in the retail trade and 11% in health and social sciences.

Members of the Progressive Conservative Party represented Charleswood throughout its lifetime. Sterling Lyon was premier of Manitoba from 1977 to 1981 while representing Charleswood.

List of provincial representatives

AssemblyYearsMemberParty
Riding created from Fort Garry and River Heights
29th 19691973 Arthur Moug Progressive Conservative
30th 19731977
31st 19771981 Sterling Lyon
32nd 19811986
33rd 19861988 Jim Ernst
34th 19881990
35th 19901995
36th 19951997
19971999 Myrna Driedger
37th 19992003
38th 20032006
39th 20072011
40th 20112016
41st 20162019
Riding abolished into Roblin

Electoral results

1969

1969 Manitoba general election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Progressive Conservative Arthur Moug 3,40147.99
Liberal J. Duncan Edmonds2,36133.31
New Democratic Jan K. "John" Hilgenga1,32518.70
Total valid votes7,087
Rejected20
Eligible voters / Turnout10,42668.17
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

1973 Manitoba general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive Conservative Arthur Moug 6,18046.85-1.14
New Democratic Roy Neil Benson3,55426.948.25
Liberal Jim Spencer3,45626.20-7.11
Total valid votes13,190
Rejected41
Eligible voters / Turnout16,14381.9613.80
Progressive Conservative hold Swing -4.69
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

1977 Manitoba general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive Conservative Sterling Lyon 10,55964.9118.05
New Democratic Maureen Hemphill 4,21625.92-1.03
Liberal Beverly Riley1,4939.18-17.02
Total valid votes16,268
Rejected31
Eligible voters / Turnout20,76378.50-3.46
Progressive Conservative hold Swing +9.54
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

1981 Manitoba general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive Conservative Sterling Lyon 6,33458.77-6.13
New Democratic Toni Vosters3,24330.094.18
Liberal Ken Brown9698.99-0.19
Progressive Demetre Mastoris2312.14
Total valid votes10,777
Rejected12
Eligible voters / Turnout14,45474.64-3.86
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

1986 Manitoba general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive Conservative Jim Ernst 6,52456.43-2.34
New Democratic Mike MacIsaac2,82624.44-5.65
Liberal Shari Nelson2,21119.1210.13
Total valid votes11,561
Rejected24
Eligible voters / Turnout16,66569.52-5.13
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

1988 Manitoba general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive Conservative Jim Ernst 6,67048.13-8.30
Liberal Shan Nelson5,85042.2123.09
New Democratic Bruno Zimmer1,1808.51-15.93
Independent David Hollins1581.14
Total valid votes13,858
Rejected15
Eligible voters / Turnout17,32880.0610.54
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

1990 Manitoba general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive Conservative Jim Ernst 5,41957.569.43
Liberal Ken Brown2,91230.93-11.28
New Democratic Toni Vosters1,08411.513.00
Total valid votes9,415
Rejected14
Eligible voters / Turnout12,63174.65-5.41
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

1995 Manitoba general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive Conservative Jim Ernst 5,73758.000.44
Liberal Gail Watson2,95829.90-1.03
New Democratic Dale Walker1,19712.100.59
Total valid votes9,892
Rejected37
Eligible voters / Turnout13,29674.680.03
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.

1998 by-election

Manitoba provincial by-election, April 28, 1998
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive Conservative Myrna Driedger 2,76752.68-5.31
Liberal Alana McKenzie1,52429.02-0.89
New Democratic Barrie Farrow96118.306.20
Total valid votes5,252
RejectedN/A
Eligible voters / TurnoutN/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.

1999

1999 Manitoba general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%Expenditures
Progressive Conservative Myrna Driedger 5,43754.722.04$31,177.73
Liberal Alana McKenzie2,32323.38-5.64$16,326.45
New Democratic Darryl Livingstone2,17621.903.60$717.00
Total valid votes9,936
Rejected47
Eligible voters / turnout13,51573.87
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

2003 Manitoba general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%Expenditures
Progressive Conservative Myrna Driedger 3,96148.32-6.40$25,048.27
Liberal Rick Ross2,80034.1610.78$25,935.42
New Democratic Mel Willis1,43617.52-4.38$2,543.79
Total valid votes8,197
Rejected43
Eligible voters / turnout13,67760.25-13.62
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

2007 Manitoba general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%Expenditures
Progressive Conservative Myrna Driedger 4,46954.616.29$24,822.62
New Democratic Mel Willis2,60331.8114.29$3,884.04
Liberal Michael Rosenberg1,11113.58-20.58$5,037.50
Total valid votes8,183
Rejected38
Eligible voters / turnout13,83259.43-0.81
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.

2011

2011 Manitoba general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%Expenditures
Progressive Conservative Myrna Driedger 4,83855.831.21$23,063.10
New Democratic Paula Beckta2,60130.01-1.80$5,373.80
Liberal Matthew Ostrove7558.71-4.86$2,417.99
Green Dirk Hoeppner4725.45$6.81
Total valid votes8,666
Rejected39
Eligible voters / turnout14,24961.091.66
Source(s)
Source: Manitoba. Chief Electoral Officer (2011). Statement of Votes for the 40th Provincial General Election, October 4, 2011 (PDF) (Report). Winnipeg: Elections Manitoba.
"Election Returns: 40th General Election". Elections Manitoba. 2011. Retrieved September 12, 2018.

2016

2016 Manitoba general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%Expenditures
Progressive Conservative Myrna Driedger 5,29860.674.84$26,417.84
Liberal Paul Brault1,18713.594.88$12,500.46
New Democratic Janna Barkman1,16813.37-16.64$4,990.15
Green Kevin Nichols1,08012.376.92$713.41
Total valid votes8,733
Rejected97
Eligible voters / Turnout13,45065.654.56
Source(s)
Source: Manitoba. Chief Electoral Officer (2016). Statement of Votes for the 41st Provincial General Election, April 19, 2016 (PDF) (Report). Winnipeg: Elections Manitoba.
"Election Returns: 41st General Election". Elections Manitoba. 2016. Retrieved September 10, 2018.

Previous boundaries

The 1999-2011 boundaries of Charleswood highlighted in red. Charleswood98.png
The 1999–2011 boundaries of Charleswood highlighted in red.

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