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2016 Manitoba general election: Thompson

Steve Ashton
Manitoba Minister of Infrastructure and Transportation
In office April 9, 2015 –May 3, 2016
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Progressive Conservative	Kelly Bindle	1,712	44.16	+15.86	$11,544.03
	New Democratic	Steve Ashton	1,527	39.39	-29.14	$17,980.87
	Liberal	Inez Vystrcil-Spence	638	16.46	+13.28	$7,318.95
Total valid votes/expense limit			3,877	99.13		$32,545.00
Total rejected ballots			34	0.87	+0.39
Turnout			3,911	37.36	+0.64
Eligible voters			10,469
	Progressive Conservative gain from New Democratic		Swing		+22.50
Source: Elections Manitoba [16]

v t e 2011 Manitoba general election : Thompson
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Steve Ashton	2,586	68.52	−5.38	$11,696.80
	Progressive Conservative	Anita Campbell	1,068	28.30	+18.17	$16,809.87
	Liberal	Ken Dillen	120	3.18	−12.79	$462.91
Total valid votes			3,774	99.53
Rejected and declined votes			18	0.47	-0.15
Turnout			3,792	36.72	−3.10
Registered voters			10,328
	New Democratic hold		Swing		-11.78

v t e 2007 Manitoba general election : Thompson
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Steve Ashton	3,036	73.90	-8.83	$9,356.43
	Liberal	Kenny Braun	656	15.97	+12.07	$7,377.03
	Progressive Conservative	Cory Phillips	416	10.13	-3.25	$688.99
Total valid votes			4,108	99.37
Rejected and declined votes			26	0.63	-0.05
Turnout			4,134	39.82	+2.28
Registered voters			10,382
	New Democratic hold		Swing		-10.45

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2003 Manitoba general election : Thompson
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Steve Ashton	3,291			$9,804.99
	Progressive Conservative	Bill Archer	532			$2,448.27
	Liberal	Myrle Traverse	155			$627.36
Total valid votes/Expense limit				100.0		$
Eligible voters			–
Source: Elections Manitoba [18] [19]

v t e 1999 Manitoba general election : Thompson
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Steve Ashton	3,793	70.99	+9.29	$7,846.00
	Progressive Conservative	Cecil Thorne	1,306	24.44	+1.94	$20,487.52
	Liberal	Pascal Bighetty	244	4.57	-11.22	$2,661.92
Total valid votes			5,343	99.42
Rejected and declined votes			31	0.58	+0.25
Turnout			5,374	54.40	−0.47
Registered voters			9,879
	New Democratic hold		Swing		+3.67

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1995 Manitoba general election : Thompson
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic	Steve Ashton	3,619	61.71	+1.78
	Progressive Conservative	Chuck Shabe	1,320	22.51	-7.36
	Liberal	Tim Johnston	926	15.79	+5.57
Total valid votes			5,865	100.00
Rejected votes			19
Turnout			5,884	54.87
Registered voters			10,724
Source: Elections Manitoba [21]

1990 Manitoba general election : Thompson
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic	Steve Ashton	4,099	59.93	+11.83
	Progressive Conservative	Loretta Clarke	2,043	29.87	-2.10
	Liberal	Don McIvor	698	10.20	-9.73
Total valid votes			6,840	99.65
Rejected and declined votes			24	0.35	+0.16
Turnout			6,864	63.05	-10.11
Registered voters			10,887
	New Democratic hold		Swing		+6.97
Source: Elections Manitoba [22] [23]

1988 Manitoba general election : Thompson
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic	Steve Ashton	2,992	48.10	-18.51
	Progressive Conservative	Ken Collin	1,989	31.97	+6.07
	Liberal	Janice Pronteau	1,240	19.93	+12.45
Total valid votes			6,221	99.81
Rejected and declined votes			12	0.19	-0.08
Turnout			6,233	73.16	+1.66
Registered voters			8,520
	New Democratic hold		Swing		-12.29
Source: Elections Manitoba [24] [25]

1986 Manitoba general election : Thompson
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic	Steve Ashton	3,852	66.61	+17.17
	Progressive Conservative	Ken Biglow	1,498	25.90	-22.30
	Liberal	George Printeau	433	7.49	+5.13
Total valid votes			5,783	99.72
Rejected and declined votes			16	0.28	-0.03
Turnout			5,799	71.50	-9.14
Registered voters			8,111
	New Democratic hold		Swing		+19.74
Source: Elections Manitoba [26] [27]

1981 Manitoba general election : Thompson
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic	Steve Ashton	2,890	49.44	+7.69
	Progressive Conservative	Ken MacMaster	2,818	48.20	-6.16
	Liberal	Cy Hennessey	138	2.36	-1.54
Total valid votes			5,846	99.69
Rejected and declined votes			18	0.31	-0.13
Turnout			5,864	80.64	+13.02
Registered voters			7,272
	New Democratic gain from Progressive Conservative		Swing		+6.92
Source: Elections Manitoba [28] [29]

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