River East

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River East
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

River East was a provincial electoral district of Manitoba, Canada. It was officially created by redistribution in 1979, and formally existed since the provincial election of 1981 until 2019.

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The riding was located on the northeast corner of the city of Winnipeg, bordered by the Red River to the west, the city limit, by Springfield, to the north and east, and by the riding of Rossmere to the south.

It was replaced for the 2019 election by the new Kildonan-River East district.

River East was an affluent district with an average income of $62,534 and an unemployment rate of 5.60% in 1999. It also had a large immigrant population, at 17% of the total population. Twelve per cent of River East's residents listed German as their ethnic origin, while a further 9% listed Ukrainian. The riding's total population in 1996 was 19,840.

History

River East was the only riding in the northern part of Winnipeg to be represented by a Progressive Conservative up until the 2016 general election. Bonnie Mitchelson was the Member of the Legislative Assembly for the area from 1986 to 2016, and was re-elected five times. Bonnie Mitchelson announced her retirement in October, 2014, [1] and did not seek re-election in the 2016 general election. The seat was won by Cathy Cox, who held it for the Progressive Conservatives while defeating NDP challenger Jody Gillis. Once considered safe for the Progressive Conservatives, the seat became extremely marginal, with Mitchelson being re-elected in the 2007 provincial election by only 52 votes over the New Democrat candidate. Since then, the PC majorities have increased in 2011 and 2016.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

NamePartyTook officeLeft office
Phil Eyler NDP 19811986
Bonnie Mitchelson PC 19862016
Cathy Cox PC 20162023

Electoral results

2016

2016 Manitoba general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%Expenditures
Progressive Conservative Cathy Cox 6,15465.71+14.63$24,565.22
New Democratic Jody Gillis2,43526-17.92$13,778.08
Liberal Piero Scaramuzzi7768.29+6.46$1,807.54
Total valid votes/expense limit9365100.0  
Total rejected ballots64
Total declined ballots146
Turnout957565.94
Registered voters14521
Source: Elections Manitoba [2] [3]

2011

2011 Manitoba general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%Expenditures
Progressive Conservative Bonnie Mitchelson 5,24751.08+4.45$34,898.69
New Democratic Kurt Penner4,51243.92−2.15$29,899.44
Green Kelly Mitchell2742.67$0.00
Liberal Chris Pelda1881.83−4.97$376.14
Total valid votes10,221
Rejected and declined ballots52
Turnout10,27367.00
Electors on the lists15,332
Progressive Conservative hold Swing -
Source: Elections Manitoba [4]

2007

2007 Manitoba general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%Expenditures
Progressive Conservative Bonnie Mitchelson 4,36146.63−4.65$29,722.71
New Democratic Kurt Penner4,30946.07−0.33$24,605.30
Liberal Margaret von Lau6396.80+3.83$8,485.65
Total valid votes9,30999.54
Rejected and declined ballots43
Turnout9,35267.60−0.41
Electors on the lists13,835
Progressive Conservative hold Swing -

[5]

2003

2003 Manitoba general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%Expenditures
Progressive Conservative Bonnie Mitchelson 4,93551.28+1.29$28,259.55
New Democratic Doug Longstaffe4,40245.74+2.67$19,179.77
Liberal Fred Curry2862.97−3.89$239.00
Total valid votes9,623100.00
Rejected and declined ballots35
Turnout9,65868.01
Electors on the lists14,201
Progressive Conservative hold Swing -

[6]

1999

1999 Manitoba general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%Expenditures
Progressive Conservative Bonnie Mitchelson 5,36649.99$29,856.57
New Democratic Ross Eadie4,62443.07$15,953.00
Liberal Patrick Saydak6886.86$1,187.72
Total valid votes10,678100.00
Rejected and declined ballots57
Turnout10,73577.30
Electors on the lists13,877
Progressive Conservative hold Swing -

[7]

Previous boundaries

The 1999-2011 boundaries for River East highlighted in red RiverEast98.png
The 1999–2011 boundaries for River East highlighted in red

See also

References

  1. "River East MLA Bonnie Mitchelson Announces Retirement". CJOB. October 17, 2014.
  2. "Election Night Results 2016". Elections Manitoba. April 19, 2016. Retrieved May 23, 2016.
  3. "Election Returns: 41st General Election". Elections Manitoba. 2016. Retrieved September 10, 2018.
  4. "Election Returns: 40th General Election". Elections Manitoba. 2011. Retrieved September 10, 2018.
  5. "River East — Official Results — 2007 Provincial Election". Archived from the original on July 16, 2011. Retrieved August 7, 2010., 2007 Results
  6. "River East — Official Results — 2003 Provincial Election". Archived from the original on July 16, 2011. Retrieved December 10, 2009., 2003 Results
  7. "Summary of Results - 1999 General Election". Archived from the original on July 17, 2011. Retrieved August 7, 2010., 1999 Results

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