Pembina was a provincial electoral division in the Canadian province of Manitoba.
Pembina was a provincial electoral division in the Canadian province of Manitoba.
The original riding of Pembina was created in 1878, in what was then the southwestern corner of the province. It was eliminated in 1879. The riding's sole Member of the Legislative Assembly was John Stevenson, who was elected in opposition to John Norquay's government, but supported Norquay's short-lived anglophone ministry in 1879.
The most recent Pembina constituency was created by redistribution in 1956, and existed from the 1958 provincial election until the 2011 election.
Pembina was located in the southern part of the province. It was bordered to the north by Carman, to the east by Emerson, to the west by Turtle Mountain, and to the south by the American state of North Dakota.
The main communities in the riding were Morden and Winkler.
Pembina's population in 1996 was 20,177. In 1999, the average family income was $44,624, and the unemployment rate was 5.00%. Manufacturing accounts for 17% of the riding's industry, followed by agriculture at 16%. A quarter of the riding's population has less than a Grade Nine education. Twenty-four per cent of the riding's residents listed German as their ethnic origin, followed by Mennonites at 9% and Dutch at 8%.
The riding was only held by the Progressive Conservative Party, and was considered extremely safe for that party. The last MLA, Peter George Dyck, was re-elected with over 75% of the vote in 2003, despite his party losing other seats across the province.
Following the 2008 electoral redistribution, Pembina was dissolved into Emerson and the newly created ridings of Midland and Morden-Winkler for the 2011 election.
| Name | Party | Took office | Left office |
|---|---|---|---|
| John Stevenson | Opposition/Conservative | 1878 | 1879 |
| John Stevenson | Government/Conservative | 1879 | 1879 |
| Name | Party | Took office | Left office |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maurice Ridley | PC | 1958 | 1960 |
| Carolyne Morrison | PC | 1960 | 1969 |
| George Henderson | PC | 1969 | 1977 |
| Donald Orchard | PC | 1977 | 1995 |
| Peter George Dyck | PC | 1995 | 2011 |
| 1878 Manitoba general election : Pembina | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
| Undeclared | John Stevenson | 111 | 58.12 | |||||
| Undeclared | Julius Frazelle Galbraith | 53 | 27.75 | |||||
| Undeclared | J. Morris | 27 | 14.14 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 191 | – | ||||||
| Rejected | N/A | – | ||||||
| Eligible voters / Turnout | 1,370 | 13.94 | ||||||
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. | ||||||||
| 1958 Manitoba general election : Pembina | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Maurice Ridley | 2,683 | 63.99 | – | ||||
| Liberal–Progressive | Kenneth C. Hartwell | 1,510 | 36.01 | – | ||||
| Total valid votes | 4,193 | – | – | |||||
| Rejected | 43 | – | ||||||
| Eligible voters / Turnout | 6,359 | 66.61 | 52.67 | |||||
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 Manitoba general election : Pembina | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Maurice Ridley | 3,077 | 71.96 | 7.97 | ||||
| Liberal–Progressive | Lynwood Clarence Graham | 1,199 | 28.04 | -7.97 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 4,276 | – | – | |||||
| Rejected | 23 | – | ||||||
| Eligible voters / Turnout | 6,469 | 66.46 | -0.16 | |||||
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. | ||||||||
| Manitoba provincial by-election, 1960: Pembina | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Carolyne Morrison | 2,132 | 43.21 | -28.75 | ||||
| Liberal–Progressive | Charles F. Cousins | 1,491 | 30.22 | 2.18 | ||||
| Social Credit | Bruce G. Wannop | 1,311 | 26.57 | – | ||||
| Total valid votes | 4,934 | – | – | |||||
| Rejected | N/A | – | ||||||
| Eligible voters / Turnout | N/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. | ||||||||
| 1962 Manitoba general election : Pembina | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Carolyne Morrison | 2,436 | 52.26 | 9.05 | ||||
| Liberal | Charles F. Cousins | 2,225 | 47.74 | – | ||||
| Total valid votes | 4,661 | – | – | |||||
| Rejected | 22 | – | ||||||
| Eligible voters / Turnout | 6,378 | 73.42 | – | |||||
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 Manitoba general election : Pembina | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Carolyne Morrison | 2,057 | 44.63 | -7.63 | ||||
| Liberal | Vernon Norris Spangelo | 1,545 | 33.52 | -14.22 | ||||
| Social Credit | Frederick Hamm | 878 | 19.05 | – | ||||
| New Democratic | Robert Keith Wallcraft | 129 | 2.80 | – | ||||
| Total valid votes | 4,609 | – | – | |||||
| Rejected | 48 | – | ||||||
| Eligible voters / Turnout | 6,266 | 74.32 | 0.90 | |||||
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 Manitoba general election : Pembina | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | George Henderson | 2,823 | 51.37 | 6.74 | ||||
| Liberal | Kenneth John Draper | 1,815 | 33.03 | -0.49 | ||||
| Social Credit | David Harms | 521 | 9.48 | -9.57 | ||||
| New Democratic | Edith Alsop | 336 | 6.11 | 3.32 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 5,495 | – | – | |||||
| Rejected | 18 | – | ||||||
| Eligible voters / Turnout | 8,147 | 67.67 | -6.65 | |||||
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 Manitoba general election : Pembina | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | George Henderson | 4,408 | 63.21 | 11.83 | ||||
| Liberal | Robert Stewart "Bob" McKenzie | 1,553 | 22.27 | -10.76 | ||||
| New Democratic | Paul Klassen | 1,013 | 14.53 | 8.41 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 6,974 | – | – | |||||
| Rejected | 41 | – | ||||||
| Eligible voters / Turnout | 8,934 | 78.52 | 10.85 | |||||
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 Manitoba general election : Pembina | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Donald Orchard | 5,214 | 69.78 | 6.57 | ||||
| Liberal | Victor Epp | 1,141 | 15.27 | -7.00 | ||||
| New Democratic | Marianne Martin | 1,117 | 14.95 | 0.42 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 7,472 | – | – | |||||
| Rejected | 9 | – | ||||||
| Eligible voters / Turnout | 9,802 | 76.32 | -2.20 | |||||
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 Manitoba general election : Pembina | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Donald Orchard | 6,361 | 77.64 | 7.86 | ||||
| New Democratic | Jeff Taylor | 862 | 10.52 | -4.43 | ||||
| Liberal | Ken Popkes | 696 | 8.50 | -6.78 | ||||
| Progressive | John Brooks | 274 | 3.34 | – | ||||
| Total valid votes | 8,193 | – | – | |||||
| Rejected | 20 | – | ||||||
| Eligible voters / Turnout | 12,229 | 67.16 | -9.16 | |||||
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 Manitoba general election : Pembina | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Donald Orchard | 5,270 | 65.19 | -12.45 | ||||
| Confederation of Regions | Abe Giesbrecht | 944 | 11.68 | – | ||||
| New Democratic | Edourd Hiebert | 913 | 11.29 | 0.77 | ||||
| Liberal | Lynn Rempel | 849 | 10.50 | 2.01 | ||||
| Progressive | John M. Brooks | 108 | 1.34 | -2.01 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 8,084 | – | – | |||||
| Rejected | 5 | – | ||||||
| Eligible voters / Turnout | 12,660 | 63.89 | -3.27 | |||||
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 Manitoba general election : Pembina | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Donald Orchard | 6,043 | 66.44 | 1.25 | ||||
| Liberal | Marilyn Skubovius | 2,171 | 23.87 | 13.37 | ||||
| Confederation of Regions | Abe Giesbrecht | 499 | 5.49 | -6.19 | ||||
| New Democratic | Hans Wittich | 382 | 4.20 | -7.09 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 9,095 | – | – | |||||
| Rejected | 7 | – | ||||||
| Eligible voters / Turnout | 12,823 | 70.98 | 7.09 | |||||
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 Manitoba general election : Pembina | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Donald Orchard | 5,497 | 78.73 | 12.29 | ||||
| Liberal | Marilyn Skubovis | 833 | 11.93 | -11.94 | ||||
| New Democratic | Bert Siemens | 652 | 9.34 | 5.14 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 6,982 | – | – | |||||
| Rejected | 28 | – | ||||||
| Eligible voters / Turnout | 12,017 | 58.33 | -12.65 | |||||
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 Manitoba general election : Pembina | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Peter Dyck | 5,092 | 62.28 | -16.45 | ||||
| Liberal | Walter Hoeppner | 2,632 | 32.19 | 20.26 | ||||
| New Democratic | Sean Espey | 452 | 5.53 | -3.81 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 8,176 | – | – | |||||
| Rejected | 32 | – | ||||||
| Eligible voters / Turnout | 13,287 | 61.77 | 3.44 | |||||
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 Manitoba general election : Pembina | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Progressive Conservative | Peter Dyck | 4,808 | 69.01 | 6.73 | $22,051.63 | |||
| New Democratic | Celso Arevalo | 1,120 | 16.08 | 10.55 | $231.00 | |||
| Liberal | Marilyn Skubovius | 1,039 | 14.91 | -17.28 | $959.87 | |||
| Total valid votes | 6,967 | – | – | |||||
| Rejected | 42 | – | ||||||
| Eligible voters / turnout | 13,336 | 52.56 | -9.22 | |||||
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. | ||||||||
| 2003 Manitoba general election : Pembina | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Progressive Conservative | Peter Dyck | 4,694 | 76.24 | 7.23 | $7,710.31 | |||
| New Democratic | Mary Johnson | 877 | 14.24 | -1.83 | $716.46 | |||
| Liberal | Marilyn Skubovius | 505 | 8.20 | -6.71 | $238.00 | |||
| Communist | Aaron Crossman | 81 | 1.32 | – | $388.23 | |||
| Total valid votes | 6,157 | – | – | |||||
| Rejected | 18 | – | ||||||
| Eligible voters / turnout | 14,326 | 43.10 | -9.45 | |||||
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 Manitoba general election : Pembina | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Progressive Conservative | Peter Dyck | 5,192 | 77.24 | 1.00 | $12,384.46 | |||
| New Democratic | Lisa Moore | 960 | 14.28 | 0.04 | $517.81 | |||
| Liberal | Ralph Gowan | 570 | 8.48 | 0.28 | $2636.35 | |||
| Total valid votes | 6,722 | – | – | |||||
| Rejected | 16 | – | ||||||
| Eligible voters / turnout | 14,989 | 44.95 | 1.85 | |||||
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. | ||||||||
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