Dawson Trail (electoral district)

This article is about the Manitoba electoral district. For the historic Dawson Trail, see Dawson Road.

Dawson Trail

Manitoba electoral district
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of Manitoba
MLA	Bob Lagassé Progressive Conservative
District created	2008
First contested	2011
Last contested	2023
Demographics
Population (2016)	23,230
Electors (2019)	14,386
Area (km²)	1,698
Pop. density (per km²)	13.7
Census division(s)	Division 2
Census subdivision(s)	Ritchot, Ste. Anne, Taché

Dawson Trail (French : Chemin-Dawson) is a provincial electoral district of Manitoba Canada. It was created by redistribution in 2008, out of parts of Morris and La Verendrye.

Communities in the riding include Ste. Anne, Lorette, Landmark, Grande Pointe, Giroux, Hazelridge, Anola, and Sapton. St. Adolphe and Ile des Chênes were previously located in the riding until redistribution in 2018. ^[1]

The riding's population in 2006 was 19,530.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Assembly	Years	Member		Party
Riding created from La Verendrye and Morris
40th	2011-2016		Ron Lemieux	New Democratic
41st	2016–2019		Bob Lagassé	Progressive Conservative
42nd	2019–2023
43rd	2023–present

Election results

2011

v t e 2011 Manitoba general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Ron Lemieux	4,291	52.55	$27,025.87
	Progressive Conservative	Laurent "Larry" Tetrault	3,554	43.52	$31,739.93
	Liberal	Sandra Hoskins	321	3.93	$930.06
Total valid votes			8,166	–
Rejected			48	–
Eligible voters / turnout			14,118	58.18
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

v t e 2016 Manitoba general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Progressive Conservative	Bob Lagassé	4,330	52.96	9.44	$28,988.69
	New Democratic	Roxane Dupuis	1,678	20.52	-32.02	$28,310.57
	Liberal	Terry Hayward	1,652	20.21	16.27	$12,386.01
	Manitoba	David Sutherland	516	6.31	–	$2,489.77
Total valid votes			8,176	–	–
Rejected			138	–
Eligible voters / turnout			14,561	57.10	-1.08
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

v t e 2019 Manitoba general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Progressive Conservative	Bob Lagassé	4,555	55.41	2.45	$10,313.59
	Liberal	Robert Rivard	1,880	22.87	2.67	$6,688.18
	New Democratic	Echo Asher	1,785	21.72	1.19	$2,019.24
Total valid votes			8,220	–	–
Rejected			101	–
Eligible voters / turnout			14,386	57.84	0.74
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

v t e 2023 Manitoba general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Progressive Conservative	Bob Lagassé	4,592	50.70	-4.71	$20,743.64
	New Democratic	Chris Wiebe	4,049	44.71	+22.99	$15,476.68
	Green	Marcel Broesky	416	4.59	–	$0.00
Total valid votes/expense limit			9,057	99.24	–	$62,568.00
Total rejected and declined ballots			69	0.76	–
Turnout			9,126	56.86	-0.98
Eligible voters			16,049
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		-13.85
Source(s) Source: Elections Manitoba [2] [3] [4]

See also

• List of Manitoba provincial electoral districts
• Canadian provincial electoral districts

References

1. "What to know about the Dawson Trail riding for Manitoba's 2023 election". CBC News . September 1, 2023. Retrieved September 1, 2023.
2. "Summary of Votes Received" (PDF). Elections Manitoba . Retrieved May 4, 2024.
3. "CANDIDATE ELECTION RETURNS GENERAL ELECTION 2023". Elections Manitoba . Retrieved May 5, 2024.
4. "2023 GENERAL ELECTION CANDIDATE AND REGISTERED PARTY ELECTION EXPENSE LIMITS - FINAL EXPENSE LIMIT" (PDF). Elections Manitoba . Retrieved May 4, 2024.

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