Union Station (electoral district)

Union Station
Manitoba electoral district
	Location in Winnipeg
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of Manitoba
MLA	Uzoma Asagwara ; New Democratic
;
District created	2018
First contested	2019
Last contested	2023
Demographics
Population (2016)	21,885
Census division(s)	Division No. 11
Census subdivision(s)	Winnipeg

Last updated October 25, 2024

Union Station (French : Gare-Union) is a provincial electoral district (riding) in the Canadian province of Manitoba that was first contested at the 2019 Manitoba general election. Uzoma Asagwara of the New Democratic Party was elected its first representative to the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba.

History

The riding was created by the 2018 provincial redistribution out of parts of Logan, Wolseley and Minto. The riding is presumably named for Union Station and according to the boundaries commission "to recognize the important role of the railway in the establishment of Winnipeg".

Location

The riding contains most of Downtown Winnipeg and parts of the neighbourhoods of West Broadway and Spence.

Election results

v t e 2023 Manitoba general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Uzoma Asagwara	3,714	70.78	+18.16	$11,910.44
	Progressive Conservative	Aaron Croning	917	17.48	+0.32	$0.00
	Liberal	Iqra Tariq	616	11.74	-6.99	$6,798.42
Total valid votes/Expense limit			5,247	98.93	–	$49,273.00
Total rejected and declined ballots			57	1.07	–
Turnout			5,304	42.21	-1.85
Eligible voters			12,567
	New Democratic hold		Swing		+8.92
Source(s) Source: Elections Manitoba ^[2]^[3]^[4]

v t e 2019 Manitoba general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Uzoma Asagwara	2,635	52.23	+13.3	$17,642.20
	Liberal	Harold Davis	949	18.81	-4.0	$4,328.11
	Progressive Conservative	Tara Fawcett	908	18.00	-1.6	$521.28
	Green	Andrea Shalay	473	9.38	-4.8	$2,067.06
	Communist	Elsa Cubas	48	0.95		$310.80
	Manitoba Forward	James Yau	32	0.63		$0.00
Total valid votes			5,045	100.0
Total rejected ballots
Turnout				43.9
Eligible voters
	New Democratic hold		Swing		+8.2

2016 provincial election redistributed results^[5]
Party		%
	New Democratic	39.9
	Liberal	22.8
	Progressive Conservative	19.6
	Green	14.2
	Others	3.5

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References

↑ "Final Report 2018" (PDF). Manitoba Electoral Divisions Boundaries Commission. November 29, 2018. Retrieved September 8, 2019.
↑ "Summary of Votes Received" (PDF). Elections Manitoba . Retrieved May 4, 2024.
↑ "CANDIDATE ELECTION RETURNS GENERAL ELECTION 2023". Elections Manitoba . Retrieved May 7, 2024.
↑ "2023 GENERAL ELECTION CANDIDATE AND REGISTERED PARTY ELECTION EXPENSE LIMITS - FINAL EXPENSE LIMIT" (PDF). Elections Manitoba . Retrieved May 4, 2024.
↑ Marcoux, Jacques (August 27, 2019). "New Manitoba election boundaries give upper hand to Progressive Conservatives, CBC News analysis finds". CBC. Retrieved September 14, 2019.

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[boundariescommission-1] "Final Report 2018" (PDF). Manitoba Electoral Divisions Boundaries Commission. November 29, 2018. Retrieved September 8, 2019.

[2] "Summary of Votes Received" (PDF). Elections Manitoba . Retrieved May 4, 2024.

[3] "CANDIDATE ELECTION RETURNS GENERAL ELECTION 2023". Elections Manitoba . Retrieved May 7, 2024.

[4] "2023 GENERAL ELECTION CANDIDATE AND REGISTERED PARTY ELECTION EXPENSE LIMITS - FINAL EXPENSE LIMIT" (PDF). Elections Manitoba . Retrieved May 4, 2024.

[5] Marcoux, Jacques (August 27, 2019). "New Manitoba election boundaries give upper hand to Progressive Conservatives, CBC News analysis finds". CBC. Retrieved September 14, 2019.

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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