Inkster (electoral district)

Last updated September 16, 2023

The 1998-2011 boundaries for Inkster highlighted in red Inkster98.png — The 1998-2011 boundaries for Inkster highlighted in red

Inkster was a provincial electoral division in the Canadian province of Manitoba. It was located in the northwestern corner of the city of Winnipeg. Officially created by redistribution in 1957, it has existed since the provincial election of 1958.^[1]

Like many other north-end Winnipeg ridings, Inkster traditionally supported the New Democratic Party and its predecessor, the Cooperative Commonwealth Federation, although Liberal Kevin Lamoureux represented the riding for all but four years from 1988 to 2010. For the 2011 election, Inkster was dissolved into The Maples and the new riding of Tyndall Park.

List of provincial representatives

Name	Party	Took office	Left office
Morris Gray	CCF	1958	1961
	NDP	1961	1966
Sidney Green	NDP	1966	1979
	Independent NDP	1979	1981
	Prog	1981	1981
Don Scott	NDP	1981	1988
Kevin Lamoureux	Lib	1988	1997
	Independent Liberal	1997	1998
	Lib	1998	1999
Becky Barrett	NDP	1999	2003
Kevin Lamoureux (2nd time)	Lib	2003	2010

Electoral history

v t e 2007 Manitoba general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Kevin Lamoureux	3,962	57.49	+4.10	$26,490.96
	New Democratic	Romulo Magsino	2,358	34.13	−7.33	$26,612.09
	Progressive Conservative	Roger Bennett	543	7.89	+4.24	$8,590.43
Total valid votes			6,863	99.58
Rejected and declined votes			29
Turnout			6,892	61.43	+0.07
Electors on the lists			11,215

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v t e 2003 Manitoba general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Kevin Lamoureux	3,671	53.39	+10.75	$27,970.42
	New Democratic	Mario Santos	2,851	41.46	−2.99	$21,230.80
	Progressive Conservative	Michael T. Ledarney	251	3.65	−9.26	$10.69
	Green	Mario Ducusin	103	1.50	+1.50	$174.48
Total valid votes			6,876	100.0
Total rejected ballots			79	–	–
Turnout			6,955	61.36	−10.91
Eligible voters			11,335
	Liberal gain from New Democratic		Swing		+6.87

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v t e 1999 Manitoba general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Becky Barrett	3,501	44.45	+14.22	$22,767.00
	Liberal	Kevin Lamoureux	3,358	42.64	-7.50	$23,318.00
	Progressive Conservative	George Sandhu	1,017	12.91	-2.88	$27,661.71
Total valid votes			7,876	100.00	–
Rejected and declined ballots			50	0.63	0
Turnout			7,926	72.27	+4.82
Electors on the lists			10,967
	New Democratic gain from Liberal		Swing		+10.86

v t e 1995 Manitoba general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Kevin Lamoureux	4,394	50.80	+4.93
	New Democratic	Poy Gomez	2,649	30.62	-2.96
	Progressive Conservative	Scott Fielding	1,384	16.00	-2.03
	Independent	Scott Kowall	223	2.58	n/a
Total valid votes			8,706	100.00	-
Rejected ballots			56	–	–
Turnout			8,650	67.03
Eligible voters			12,989
Source: Elections Manitoba ^[4]

v t e 1990 Manitoba general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Kevin Lamoureux	3,602	45.87	+4.37
	New Democratic	Ajit Deol	2,637	33.58	-4.50
	Progressive Conservative	Raj Mehta	1,416	18.03	-1.96
	Western Independence	Gordon Haddad	198	2.52	n/a
Total valid votes			7,898	100.00	-
Rejected ballots			45	–
Turnout			7,853	64.28
Eligible voters			12,287
Source: Elections Manitoba ^[5]

v t e 1988 Manitoba general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Kevin Lamoureux	4,466	41.50	+
	New Democratic	Harry Daniels	4,098	38.08	-
	Progressive Conservative	Bob Vandewater	2,151	19.99	+
	Communist	Nancy Watkins	46	0.43	+
Total valid votes			10,825	100.00	-
Rejected ballots			17	–	–
Turnout			10,761	69.45
Eligible voters			15,586
Source: Elections Manitoba ^[6]

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References

↑ Mutimer, David (2002). Canadian annual review of politics and public affairs 1996. University of Toronto Press. p. 177. ISBN 0-8020-3715-1.
↑ "Inkster — Official Results — 2007 Provincial Election". Archived from the original on April 3, 2012. Retrieved November 24, 2010. - 2007 results
↑ "Inkster — Official Results — 2003 Provincial Election". Archived from the original on July 6, 2011. Retrieved December 10, 2009.
↑ "Candidates: 36th General Election" (PDF). Elections Manitoba. April 25, 1995. Retrieved September 25, 2018.
↑ "Candidates: 35th General Election" (PDF). Elections Manitoba. September 11, 1990. Retrieved September 25, 2018.
↑ "Candidates: 34th General Election" (PDF). Elections Manitoba. April 26, 1988. Retrieved September 25, 2018.

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[1] Mutimer, David (2002). Canadian annual review of politics and public affairs 1996. University of Toronto Press. p. 177. ISBN 0-8020-3715-1.

[2] "Inkster — Official Results — 2007 Provincial Election". Archived from the original on April 3, 2012. Retrieved November 24, 2010. - 2007 results

[3] "Inkster — Official Results — 2003 Provincial Election". Archived from the original on July 6, 2011. Retrieved December 10, 2009.

[4] "Candidates: 36th General Election" (PDF). Elections Manitoba. April 25, 1995. Retrieved September 25, 2018.

[5] "Candidates: 35th General Election" (PDF). Elections Manitoba. September 11, 1990. Retrieved September 25, 2018.

[6] "Candidates: 34th General Election" (PDF). Elections Manitoba. April 26, 1988. Retrieved September 25, 2018.

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v t e Manitoba provincial electoral districts
North	Flin Flon Keewatinook Swan River The Pas-Kameesak Thompson
Southwest	Agassiz Brandon East Brandon West Dauphin Midland Portage la Prairie Riding Mountain Spruce Woods Turtle Mountain
Southeast	Borderland Dawson Trail Interlake-Gimli Lac du Bonnet Lakeside La Verendrye Morden-Winkler Red River North Selkirk Springfield-Ritchot Steinbach
Winnipeg	Assiniboia Burrows Concordia Elmwood Fort Garry Fort Richmond Fort Rouge Fort Whyte Kildonan-River East Kirkfield Park Lagimodière McPhillips Notre Dame Point Douglas Radisson Riel River Heights Roblin Rossmere Seine River Southdale St. Boniface St. James St. Johns St. Vital The Maples Transcona Tuxedo Tyndall Park Union Station Waverley Wolseley
See also: 2019 election List of elections Politics of Manitoba

Inkster (electoral district)

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List of provincial representatives

Electoral history

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