Interlake

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Interlake
Flag of Manitoba.svg Manitoba electoral district
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Defunct provincial electoral district
Legislature Legislative Assembly of Manitoba
District created1979
First contested 1981
Last contested 2016

Interlake was a provincial electoral division in the Canadian province of Manitoba. It was created by redistribution in 1979, and has formally existed since the 1981 provincial election. Previously, much of the Interlake region was included in the constituency of St. George. As its name implies, Interlake was located between Lake Winnipeg and Lake Manitoba, in the mid-northern section of the province.

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Interlake was bordered to the east by Lake Winnipeg, to the south by Lakeside and Gimli, to the north by Swan River, and to the west by Lake Manitoba. Communities in the riding include Arborg, Riverton, Ashern, Fraserwood. The Black and Deer Islands are also located in the riding.

Prior to the 2019 Manitoba general election, Interlake was abolished and its area was redistributed to the new riding of Interlake-Gimli.

In 1996, the riding's population was 18,653. In 1999, the average family income was $32,570, and the unemployment rate was 10.60%. Twenty-two per cent of the riding's residents are listed as low-income. Almost 25% of the riding's residents have less than a Grade 9 education.

Agriculture accounts for 22% of Interlake's industry, followed by government services at 13%.

Interlake had been represented continuously by members of the New Democratic Party since its creation. That ended with the 2016 election. In 1995, local members of the Progressive Conservative Party attempted to rig the voting results by promoting a candidate from Independent Native Voice, a minor party. The plan was unsuccessful, but caused a major provincial scandal when its details were revealed to the public in 1998-99.

List of provincial representatives

NamePartyTook officeLeft office
Bill Uruski NDP 19811990
Clif Evans NDP 19901999
Tom Nevakshonoff NDP 19992016
Derek Johnson Prog. Cons. 20162019 (riding abolished)

Electoral results

1981

1981 Manitoba general election
PartyCandidateVotes%
New Democratic Bill Uruski 4,59964.30
Progressive Conservative Neil Dueck2,18130.49
Liberal Bob Lundale3725.20
Total valid votes7,152
Rejected34
Eligible voters / Turnout10,58567.89
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.

1986

1986 Manitoba general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
New Democratic Bill Uruski 4,63461.30-3.00
Progressive Conservative Joe Schwartz2,18128.85-1.64
Liberal Bob Lundale4556.020.82
Confederation of Regions Dieter Wenzel2893.82
Total valid votes7,559
Rejected18
Eligible voters / Turnout11,46666.08-1.81
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 Bill Uruski 3,05739.99-21.31
Progressive Conservative Ed Dandeneau2,81036.767.91
Liberal Clyde Sigurdson1,77723.2517.23
Total valid votes7,644
Rejected13
Eligible voters / Turnout11,32967.591.51
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 Clif Evans 2,94140.540.55
Progressive Conservative Ed Trachuk2,53334.91-1.85
Liberal Duncan Edward Geisler1,78124.551.30
Total valid votes7,255
Rejected16
Eligible voters / Turnout11,56262.89-4.70
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%±%
New Democratic Clif Evans 3,79151.1710.64
Progressive Conservative Ed Trachuk2,56234.58-0.33
Liberal Duncan Edward Geisler76610.34-14.21
Independent Darryl Sutherland2893.90
Total valid votes7,408
Rejected28
Eligible voters / Turnout11,60264.091.21
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 Tom Nevakshonoff 3,80948.59-2.58$22,797.00
Progressive Conservative Betty Green3,26041.597.00$28,978.73
Liberal Margaret Swan7709.82-0.52$7,010.62
Total valid votes7,839
Rejected66
Eligible voters / turnout12,55062.99-1.10
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 Tom Nevakshonoff 3,85863.7615.17$19,548.96
Progressive Conservative Betty Green1,79629.68-11.91$8,870.79
Liberal Leslie Jacobson3976.56-3.26$4,774.14
Total valid votes6,051
Rejected22
Eligible voters / Turnout12,17049.90-13.09
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 Tom Nevakshonoff 4,04759.51-4.25$19,408.47
Progressive Conservative Garry Wasylowski2,44535.956.27$24,946.26
Liberal Franklin Swark3094.54-2.02$340.30
Total valid votes6,801
Rejected25
Eligible voters / turnout12,07456.536.63
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 Tom Nevakshonoff 3,37450.46-9.04$30,369.21
Progressive Conservative Steve Lupky2,90343.427.47$26,066.30
Independent John Zasitko2153.22$3,199.84
Liberal Albert Ratt1942.90-1.64$2,837.87
Total valid votes6,686
Rejected30
Eligible voters / turnout12,58653.36-3.17
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.

2016

2016 Manitoba general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%Expenditures
Progressive Conservative Derek Johnson 3,68551.327.90$27,224.05
Liberal Jamal Abas2,06828.8025.90$8,951.25
New Democratic Tom Nevakshonoff 1,42819.89-30.58$19,403.09
Total valid votes7,181
Rejected58
Eligible voters / turnout11,86861.007.64
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.

Previous boundaries

The 1998-2011 boundaries for Interlake highlighted in red Interlake98.png
The 1998-2011 boundaries for Interlake highlighted in red

References

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