Fort Whyte

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Fort Whyte
Flag of Manitoba.svg Manitoba electoral district
Manitoba 2018 Fort Whyte.svg
Location in Winnipeg
Provincial electoral district
Legislature Legislative Assembly of Manitoba
MLA
 
 		 
Obby Khan
Progressive Conservative
District created1999
First contested 1999
Last contested2022
Demographics
Census division(s) Division No. 11
Census subdivision(s) Winnipeg

Fort Whyte is a provincial electoral division in the Canadian province of Manitoba. It was created in 1999, after the provincial electoral boundaries commission determined that southwestern Winnipeg had experienced enough population growth to deserve an extra seat. Fort Whyte was created from territory formerly belonging to the divisions of Tuxedo, Fort Garry and St. Norbert.

Contents

The current MLA for Fort Whyte is Obby Khan, a Progressive Conservative. Khan succeeded fellow Progressive Conservative and former Premier of Manitoba Brian Pallister following his resignation in 2021.

Constituency profile

Geography

Following Manitoba's 2018 electoral redistribution, Fort Whyte is bordered to the east by Fort Garry, to the south by Waverley, to the west by Roblin, and to the north by River Heights and Tuxedo. [1]

Demographics

The constituency's population in 2018 was 21,780. The average family income in 2018 was $117,535. The unemployment rate is 4.9%, and 19.2% of the population is above 65 years of age. Almost 42% of the population have university degrees. Health and social services account for 13.5% of Fort Whyte's industry, with a further 10.4% in Retail Trade.

Fort Whyte is an ethnically diverse constituency, with an immigrant population of 25.6%. 6.7% of the riding's residents are East Indian, 5.6% are Chinese.

Political history

The constituency has been held by the Progressive Conservative Party of Manitoba (PCs) for its entire existence, and has always been comfortably safe for that party. The riding's first Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA), John Loewen, won it handily in 1999 even as the Tories were soundly defeated by the New Democratic Party of Manitoba in that year's provincial election, after having been in government for over eleven years. On September 23, 2005, Loewen announced that he was leaving provincial politics to seek the Liberal Party of Canada's nomination for Charleswood—St. James—Assiniboia in the federal election anticipated. He formally resigned from the legislature on September 26.

On December 13, 2005, a by-election was held to fill Loewen's seat. The winner was another Tory, Hugh McFadyen. A few months later, McFadyen became leader of the provincial PCs. McFadyen was easily re-elected in the 2007 provincial election, but was one of only four PC MLAs returned from Winnipeg. After the PCs were again defeated in 2011, McFadyen announced he would retire from politics as soon as a successor was chosen.

Former provincial MLA and federal MP Brian Pallister was elected his successor, and easily won Fort Whyte in the ensuing by-election. Pallister served as Premier of Manitoba while MLA for Fort Whyte from 2016, leading the party to a second electoral mandate in 2019, until 2021, when he resigned first as premier and later as an MLA.

A by-election to replace his vacancy was held on March 22, 2022. Obby Khan, a fellow Progressive Conservative, won the seat, defeating Liberal candidate Willard Reaves. Khan successfully won reelection in 2023. [2]

List of provincial representatives

ParliamentYearsMemberParty
Riding created from Tuxedo, Fort Garry and St. Norbert
37th 1999–2003   John Loewen Progressive Conservative
38th 2003–2005
2005–2007 Hugh McFadyen
39th 2007–2011
40th 2011–2012
2012–2016 Brian Pallister
41st 2016–2019
42nd 2019–2021
2022–2023 Obby Khan
43rd 2023–present

Election results

2023 Manitoba general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%Expenditures
Progressive Conservative Obby Khan 5,44247.87-9.32$45,760.93
Liberal Willard Reaves 4,21337.06+19.44$19,603.06
New Democratic Trudy Schroeder1,71415.08-2.81$0.00
Total valid votes/Expense limit11,36999.61–$66,506.00
Total rejected and declined ballots450.39–
Turnout11,41464.37+4.02
Eligible voters17,732
Progressive Conservative hold Swing -14.38
Source(s)
Source: Elections Manitoba [3] [4] [5]
Manitoba provincial by-election, March 22, 2022
Resignation of Brian Pallister
PartyCandidateVotes%±%Expenditures
Progressive Conservative Obby Khan 3,05042.51-14.68
Liberal Willard Reaves 2,85339.77+22.53
New Democratic Trudy Schroeder1,11215.50-2.38
Independent Patrick Allard1011.41—
Green Nicolas Geddert550.77-6.00
Total valid votes7,174
Total rejected ballots150.21-0.33
Turnout7,18942.62-14.57
Eligible voters15,907—-0.29
Progressive Conservative hold Swing -18.61
Source: Elections Manitoba [6]
2019 Manitoba general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%Expenditures
Progressive Conservative Brian Pallister 5,61957.19-8.2$10,131.35
New Democratic Beatrice Bruske 1,75717.88+2.2$106.40
Liberal Darrel Morin1,73117.62+6.2$545.68
Green Sara Campbell6656.77-0.4$0.00
Manitoba First Jason Holenski540.55-1.1$1,210.90
Total valid votes9,82699.36
Total rejected ballots630.64–
Turnout9,88960.35–
Eligible voters16,386
Progressive Conservative hold Swing -5.2
Source: Elections Manitoba [7] [8] [9]
2016 provincial election redistributed results [10]
Party %
  Progressive Conservative 65.4
  New Democratic 15.7
  Liberal 11.4
  Green 7.2
  Manitoba 1.3
2016 Manitoba general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%Expenditures
Progressive Conservative Brian Pallister 6,77564.18+8.96$14,965.48
New Democratic George Wong1,71816.28+5.02$18,573.44
Liberal Peter Bastians1,20511.42-20.10$8,194.92
Green Carli Runions7316.92+5.20$10.00
Manitoba Daryl Newis1271.20$920.97
Total valid votes/expense limit10,55698.79  $54,710.00
Total rejected ballots1291.21+1.06
Turnout10,68560.71+19.07
Eligible voters17,599
Progressive Conservative hold Swing +1.97
Source: Elections Manitoba [11]
Manitoba provincial by-election, September 4, 2012
Resignation of Hugh McFadyen
PartyCandidateVotes%±%Expenditures
  Progressive Conservative Brian Pallister 3,62655.22-7.22$32,215.06
Liberal Bob Axworthy2,06931.51+23.59$28,872.72
New Democratic Brandy Schmidt73911.25-18.38$10,860.67
Green Donnie Benham1131.72–$789.44
  Independent Darrell Ackman190.29211.37
Total valid votes6,56699.85
Total rejected ballots100.15-0.34
Turnout6,57641.64-20.27
Eligible voters15,792–
Progressive Conservative hold Swing -15.40
2011 Manitoba general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%Expenditures
Progressive Conservative Hugh McFadyen 5,59462.44+10.49$23,755.75
New Democratic Sunny Dhaliwal2,65529.64−4.20$99.38
Liberal Chae Tsai7107.92−6.29$829.64
Total valid votes 8,95999.51
Rejected and declined votes440.49+0.16
Turnout9,003 61.91 +2.76
Electors on the lists14,542
Progressive Conservative hold Swing +7.34
Source: Elections Manitoba [12] [13]

* Percent change is not based on redistributed results

2007 Manitoba general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%Expenditures
Progressive Conservative Hugh McFadyen 5,98151.95−0.31$20,363.37
New Democratic Sunny Dhaliwal3,89533.83+9.40$5,331.36
Liberal Angelina Olivier-Job1,63714.22−7.41$2,162.37
Total valid votes11,513 99.67
Rejected and declined votes380.33+0.24
Turnout11,551 59.15 +21.08
Electors on the lists19,527
Progressive Conservative hold Swing -4.90
Manitoba provincial by-election, December 16, 2005
Resignation of John Loewen
PartyCandidateVotes%±%Expenditures
Progressive Conservative Hugh McFadyen 3,54252.26−0.45$27,219.00
New Democratic Christina McDonald1,65024.34−3.79$18,333.89
Liberal Jean Paterson1,46621.63+2.47$6,134.47
Green Shelagh Pizey-Allen1201.77–$233.71
Total valid votes6,778 99.91
Rejected ballots60.09-0.17
Turnout6,784 38.07 −18.54
Registered voters17,820
Progressive Conservative hold Swing +1.67
2003 Manitoba general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%Expenditures
Progressive Conservative John Loewen 4,96052.71−9.02$13,693.53
New Democratic Janine Ballingall Scotten2,64728.13+1.31$18,368.88
Liberal Gerry Sankar1,80319.16+7.71$14,257.51
Total valid votes9,41099.75
Rejected and declined votes240.25-0.37
Turnout9,43456.61−19.81
Electors on the lists16,664
Progressive Conservative hold Swing -5.17
1999 Manitoba general election
PartyCandidateVotes%Expenditures
Progressive Conservative John Loewen 6,48061.73$25,444.88
New Democratic Bidhu Jha 2,81526.82$24,511.00
Liberal Malli Aulakh 1,20211.45$18,808.08
Total valid votes10,497 99.38
Rejected and declined votes660.62
Turnout10,563 76.43
Registered voters13,821

Previous boundaries

The 1999-2011 boundaries of the riding of Fort Whyte highlighted in red. FortWhyte98.png
The 1999–2011 boundaries of the riding of Fort Whyte highlighted in red.

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