Concordia (electoral district)

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Concordia
Flag of Manitoba.svg Manitoba electoral district
Manitoba 2018 Concordia.svg
Provincial electoral district
Legislature Legislative Assembly of Manitoba
MLA
 
 
 
Matt Wiebe
New Democratic
District created1979
First contested 1981
Last contested 2023

Concordia is a provincial electoral division in the Canadian province of Manitoba. It is in the northeastern part of the city of Winnipeg.

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It is bordered to the south by St. Boniface, to the west by Elmwood, to the north by Rossmere, and to the east by Radisson. The riding was created by redistribution in 1979, and formally came into existence with the provincial election of 1981.

Concordia is an ethnically diverse riding, with 16% of its human population born outside Canada. According to a 1999 census report, 9% of the riding's residents are aboriginal, with a further 9% of German background and 7% of Ukrainian background.

Concordia's population in 1996 was 20,318. The average family income of the riding in 1999 was $39,613, one of the lowest in the province. Thirty-two percent of the riding's residents are listed as low-income, and 21% of its households are single-parent families. The unemployment rate in 1996 was 9.50%.

The riding's primary industry in 1999 was manufacturing (18%), followed by services (14%) and the retail trade (14%).

The New Democratic Party has represented Concordia since its creation. Gary Doer was its Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) from 1986, leader of the NDP from 1988, and Premier of Manitoba from 1999; he gave up all three of these positions when he was appointed as Ambassador to the United States in 2009. He had been re-elected in 2003 and 2007 with 77% and 70% of the popular vote. A by-election to succeed Doer was scheduled for March 2, 2010. [1] In the event, Matt Wiebe, who previously worked for Doer as a constituency assistant, retained Concordia for the NDP, [2] and he has continued to represent it since.

List of provincial representatives

ParliamentYearsMemberParty
Riding created from Rossmere, Kildonan, Elmwood and Radisson
32nd 1981–1986   Peter Fox New Democratic
33rd 1986–1988 Gary Doer
34th 1988–1990
35th 1990–1995
36th 1995–1999
37th 1999–2003
38th 2003–2007
39th 2007–2009
2010–2011 Matt Wiebe
40th 2011–2016
41st 2016–2019
42nd 2019–2023
43rd 2023–present

Election results

1981

1981 Manitoba general election
PartyCandidateVotes%
New Democratic Peter Fox 5,33360.91
Progressive Conservative Scotty McVicar2,58629.54
Liberal Gail Stapon3093.53
Progressive Josephine Young3063.50
Independent Bob Fraser2212.52
Total valid votes8,755
Rejected15
Eligible voters / Turnout12,58969.54
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.

1986

1986 Manitoba general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
New Democratic Gary Doer 4,52554.37-6.54
Progressive Conservative Brent Aubertin2,68432.252.71
Liberal Gail Stapon90910.927.39
WCCFred Cameron2042.45
Total valid votes8,322
Rejected13
Eligible voters / Turnout12,58766.22
New Democratic hold Swing -4.63
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%±%
New Democratic Gary Doer 3,70237.71-16.66
Liberal Barbara Blomeley2,94830.0319.11
Progressive Conservative Victor Rubiletz2,63426.83-5.42
Independent Bill Seman 3583.65
Western Independence Fred Cameron1141.16
Progressive Charles Henry610.62
Total valid votes9,817
Rejected10
Eligible voters / turnout12,85776.4310.21
New Democratic hold Swing -17.89
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%±%
New Democratic Gary Doer 4,58858.1720.46
Progressive Conservative Vic Hubiletz1,93724.56-2.27
Liberal Gunther Grosskamper1,05913.43-16.60
Western Independence Fred Cameron1682.130.97
Libertarian Guy Beaudry1351.71
Total valid votes7,887
Rejected12
Eligible voters / turnout11,55168.38-8.05
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%±%Expenditures
New Democratic Gary Doer 4,82763.585.41$17,879.00
Progressive Conservative Paul Murphy1,84524.30-0.26$13,105.33
Liberal Bret Dobbin81610.75-2.68$11,467.33
Libertarian Guy Beaudry1041.37-0.34$477.96
Total valid votes7,592
Rejected30
Eligible voters / turnout11,40666.82-1.56
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
New Democratic Gary Doer 5,69170.096.51$13,477.00
Progressive Conservative Paul Murphy1,89823.37-0.93$21,285.31
Liberal Chris Hlady4445.47-5.28$193.61
Green Dave Nickarz871.07$25.00
Total valid votes8,120
Rejected48
Eligible voters / turnout12,70364.30-2.52
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.

2003

2003 Manitoba general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%Expenditures
New Democratic Gary Doer 4,45076.676.59$20,354.04
Progressive Conservative Conor Lloyd93516.11-7.26$0.00
Liberal Tanya Parks4197.221.75$1,033.77
Total valid votes5,804
Rejected38
Eligible voters / turnout12,56446.50-17.80
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
New Democratic Gary Doer 3,86269.05-7.62$14,144.95
Progressive Conservative Ken Waddell1,20921.625.51$15,745.09
Liberal Leslie Worthington3366.01-1.21$340.30
Green Andrew Basham1863.33$199.88
Total valid votes5,593
Rejected28
Eligible voters / turnout11,85347.420.92
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.

2010 by-election

Manitoba provincial by-election, March 2, 2010
PartyCandidateVotes%±%Expenditures
New Democratic Matt Wiebe 2,06558.90-10.15$20,394.67
Progressive Conservative Brian Biebrich69419.79-1.82$9,160.24
Liberal Judi Heppner61317.4811.48$5,750.52
Green Ellen Young1343.820.50$762.27
Total valid votes3,506
Rejected11
Eligible voters / Turnout11,15031.44-15.98
Source(s)
Source:

2011

2011 Manitoba general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%Expenditures
New Democratic Matt Wiebe 4,00863.064.16$15,634.85
Progressive Conservative Naseer Warraich1,80328.378.57$29,145.84
Green Ryan Poirier3084.851.02$0.00
Liberal Isaiah Oyeleru2373.73-13.76$641.00
Total valid votes6,356
Rejected34
Eligible voters / turnout12,83449.7918.35
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
New Democratic Matt Wiebe 2,76144.97-18.09$28,493.70
Progressive Conservative Andrew Frank2,48340.4412.07$21,965.28
Liberal Donovan Martin64210.466.73$7,841.60
Manitoba Terry Scott2544.14$548.47
Total valid votes6,140
Rejected101
Eligible voters / Turnout11,53854.094.30
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.

2019

2019 Manitoba general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%Expenditures
New Democratic Matt Wiebe 4,30559.69+14.72$18,272.23
Progressive Conservative Andrew Frank2,29531.82-8.62$11,453.01
Liberal Maria Albo6128.49-1.97$0.00
Total valid votes7,212
Rejected67
Eligible voters / Turnout15,02148.46-5.63
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

2023 Manitoba general election
** Preliminary results — Not yet official **
PartyCandidateVotes%±%Expenditures
New Democratic Matt Wiebe 4,20364.46+4.77
Progressive Conservative Alex Rogers1,83628.16-3.66
Liberal Trish Rawsthorne4817.38-1.11
Total valid votes/expense limit6,52099.27
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots480.73
Turnout6,56843.97-4.49
Eligible voters14,936
New Democratic hold Swing +4.22
Source(s)

Previous boundaries

The 1999-2011 boundaries of Concordia highlighted in red. Concordia98.png
The 1999–2011 boundaries of Concordia highlighted in red.

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