Fort Rouge (electoral district)

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Fort Rouge
Flag of Manitoba.svg Manitoba electoral district
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Location in Winnipeg
Provincial electoral district
Legislature Legislative Assembly of Manitoba
MLA
 
 
 
Wab Kinew
New Democratic
District created1957
First contested 1958
Last contested 2023

Fort Rouge (French : 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.

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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. Roland Penner's election for the New Democratic Party in 1981, however, foretold of future NDP successes in the riding. Though Jim Carr would win the riding back for the Liberals in 1988, the seat would be broken into Crescentwood, Broadway and Osborne for the 1990 election. By the time the seat was reestablished in 1999, Crescentwood, Broadway and Osborne would all have NDP representatives, with Crescentwood MLA Tim Sale becoming the first MLA of the reestablished Fort Rouge. It has been continuously represented by the NDP since the riding was reestablished in 1999.

In the 2007, 2011 and 2016 provincial elections the Liberals were the main challengers to the NDP, though the party would continue to hold the seat with Jennifer Howard. In 2016, Liberal leader Rana Bokhari ran in Fort Rouge, losing to the NDP star candidate Wab Kinew. At the 2015 federal election, according to Elections Canada data, Fort Rouge voted heavily Liberal. [1] In the 2019 and 2023 elections, the Progressive Conservatives finished second behind the NDP, with the Liberals falling behind Green candidate James Beddome in 2019.

The district is represented by NDP leader and Premier Wab Kinew.

List of provincial representatives

AssemblyYearsMemberParty
Riding created from Winnipeg South
25th 1958–1959 Gurney Evans Progressive Conservative
26th 1959–1962
27th 1962–1966
28th 1966–1969
29th 1969–1973 Inez Trueman
30th 1973–1977 Lloyd Axworthy Liberal
31st 1977–1979
1979–1981 June Westbury
32nd 1981–1986 Roland Penner New Democratic
33rd 1986–1988
34th 1988–1990 Jim Carr Liberal
Riding dissolved into Broadway, Crescentwood and Osborne
Riding re-created from Broadway, Crescentwood and Osborne
37th 1999–2003 Tim Sale New Democratic
38th 2003–2007
39th 2007–2011 Jennifer Howard
40th 2011–2016
41st 2016–2019 Wab Kinew
42nd 2019–2023
43rd 2023–present

Opinion polls

Polling firmLast date of pollingLink NDP Liberal PC Green Other
Mainstreet Research/PostmediaMarch 22, 2016 HTML 2932308

Election results

1958

1958 Manitoba general election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Progressive Conservative Gurney Evans 3,64754.83
Liberal–Progressive James Edward "Jimmy" Wilson1,86227.99
Co-operative Commonwealth Ernest Draffin 1,14317.18
Total valid votes6,652
Rejected26
Eligible voters / Turnout12,01055.60
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.

1959

1959 Manitoba general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive Conservative Gurney Evans 4,35256.341.52
Liberal–Progressive Jerry Marrin1,94725.21-2.78
Co-operative Commonwealth Robert C. Murdoch1,42518.451.27
Total valid votes7,724
Rejected55
Eligible voters / Turnout12,18363.858.25
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.

1962

1962 Manitoba general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive Conservative Gurney Evans 3,50752.94-3.41
Liberal Brock McArthur2,12832.126.91
New Democratic William R. Reid99014.94-3.51
Total valid votes6,625
Rejected76
Eligible voters / Turnout11,98955.89-7.96
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.

1966

1966 Manitoba general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive Conservative Gurney Evans 3,76746.72-6.22
Liberal Francis C. Muldoon 2,45130.40-1.72
New Democratic Len Green1,84522.887.94
Total valid votes8,063
Rejected22
Eligible voters / Turnout13,10561.695.80
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.

1969

1969 Manitoba general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive Conservative Inez Trueman 2,75038.53-8.19
New Democratic Una Decter2,44634.2711.39
Liberal Jane Sayler Heffelfinger1,94127.20-3.20
Total valid votes7,137
Rejected51
Eligible voters / Turnout12,32858.31-3.39
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%±%
Liberal Lloyd Axworthy 4,18136.499.30
New Democratic Samia Friesen3,61431.54-2.73
Progressive Conservative Inez Trueman 3,53130.82-7.71
Independent Lane McDonald1311.14
Total valid votes11,457
Rejected79
Eligible voters / Turnout14,34080.4522.14
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%±%
Liberal Lloyd Axworthy 4,15339.543.05
Progressive Conservative Julian Hugh McDonald3,48633.192.37
New Democratic Ermano Barone2,86327.26-4.28
Total valid votes10,502
Rejected55
Eligible voters / Turnout14,27273.97-6.48
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.

1979 by-election

Manitoba provincial by-election, October 16, 1979
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal June Westbury 2,65939.22-0.33
New Democratic Victor Steven "Vic" Savino2,29133.796.53
Progressive Conservative Julian Hugh McDonald1,83026.99-6.20
Total valid votes6,780
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.

1981

1981 Manitoba general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
New Democratic Roland Penner 4,34244.5710.77
Progressive Conservative Perry Schulman2,84329.182.19
Liberal June Westbury 2,41524.79-14.43
Progressive Bud Boyce 1431.47
Total valid votes9,743
Rejected77
Eligible voters / Turnout13,67171.83
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 Roland Penner 4,22348.864.30
Progressive Conservative Robert P. Haier2,59029.970.79
Liberal Lionel Ditz1,68319.47-5.31
Libertarian Clancy Smith1011.17
Communist Nigel Hanrahan460.53
Total valid votes8,643
Rejected53
Eligible voters / Turnout13,51764.33-7.50
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%±%
Liberal Jim Carr 5,12748.9129.44
New Democratic Roland Penner 2,91227.78-21.08
Progressive Conservative Robert Haier2,30321.97-8.00
Progressive Gordon Pratt750.72
Libertarian Dennis Owens660.63-0.54
Total valid votes10,483
Rejected50
Eligible voters / turnout15,05769.955.62
Liberal gain from New Democratic Swing +25.22
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 Tim Sale 4,75948.68$25,152.00
Progressive Conservative Ron Paley2,97130.39$26,322.65
Liberal John Shanski1,87019.13$24,461.96
Green Alex Reid1761.80$256.65
Total valid votes9,776
Rejected52
Eligible voters / turnout14,06469.88
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 Tim Sale 4,11857.638.95$16,724.33
Progressive Conservative Mark Francis1,40919.72-10.67$8,860.98
Liberal David Henteleff1,21216.96-2.17$4,299.83
Green Mikel Magnusson3554.973.17$48.24
Libertarian Jim Weidman510.71$0.00
Total valid votes7,145
Rejected59
Eligible voters / turnout13,18254.65-15.23
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 Jennifer Howard 3,82846.97-10.67$25.968.04
Liberal Paul Hesse2,48830.5313.56$23,866.84
Progressive Conservative Christine Waddell1,20214.75-4.97$11,369.89
Green Gerald H. Enns5116.271.30$905.51
Independent Ron Nash921.13$261.98
Communist Frank Komarniski290.36
Total valid votes8,150
Rejected53
Eligible voters / turnout13,16962.297.64
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
New Democratic Jennifer Howard 4,50151.264.29$28,361.23
Liberal Paul Hesse2,03123.13-7.40$31,673.03
Progressive Conservative Sonny Dominique1,77020.165.41$17,369.18
Green Stephen Weedon4785.44-0.83$24.14
Total valid votes8,780
Rejected54
Eligible voters / turnout14,42961.22-1.07
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 Wab Kinew 3,36037.63-13.63$39,199.49
Progressive Conservative Audrey Gordon 2,57128.808.64$42,245.54
Liberal Rana Bokhari 1,79220.07-3.06$30,238.82
Green Grant Sharp98311.015.57$322.90
Manitoba Matthew Ostrove1751.96$945.26
Communist Paula Ducharme470.53$33.67
Total valid votes / expense limit8,928$44,855.00
Rejected125
Eligible voters / turnout13,89665.153.92
New Democratic hold Swing –11.04
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 Wab Kinew 5,05551.2413.60$23,922.64
Progressive Conservative Edna Nabess1,85718.82-9.97$7,290.07
Green James Beddome 1,58016.015.00$8,974.33
Liberal Cyndy Friesen1,29013.08-7.00$8,223.63
Manitoba First Michael McCracken540.55-1.41$582.58
Manitoba Forward Bradley Hebert300.30$0.00
Total valid votes9,866
Rejected47
Eligible voters / turnout16,87058.76-6.39
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
PartyCandidateVotes%±%Expenditures
New Democratic Wab Kinew 6,76170.57+19.33$23,088.15
Progressive Conservative Rejeanne Caron1,56616.34-2.48$0.00
Liberal Katherine Johnson1,15212.02-1.05$5,193.76
Communist Robert Crooks1021.06$106.40
Total valid votes/expense limit9,58199.59$64,588.00
Total rejected and declined ballots390.41
Turnout9,62058.04-0.73
Eligible voters16,576
New Democratic hold Swing +10.90
Source(s)

Previous boundaries

The 1999-2011 boundaries of the riding of Fort Rouge highlighted in red. FortRouge98.png
The 1999-2011 boundaries of the riding of Fort Rouge highlighted in red.

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