Wolseley (Manitoba electoral district)

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Wolseley
Flag of Manitoba.svg Manitoba electoral district
Manitoba 2018 Wolseley.svg
Location in Winnipeg
Provincial electoral district
Legislature Legislative Assembly of Manitoba
MLA
 
 
 
Lisa Naylor
New Democratic
District created1957
First contested 1958
Last contested 2023

Wolseley is a provincial electoral division in the Canadian province of Manitoba. It was created by redistribution in 1957, and has formally existed since the 1958 provincial election. The riding is located in the centre of the City of Winnipeg. It is named for Col. Garnet Joseph Wolseley, the nineteenth-century army officer who played a significant role in crushing the Red River Rebellion in 1870.

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Wolseley is bordered to the east by Fort Rouge, to the south by River Heights, to the north by Minto, and to the west by St. James. The University of Winnipeg is located in the northeast corner of the riding. The Legislative Assembly of Manitoba is located at the meeting point of Wolseley and Fort Rouge.

The riding was predominantly Anglo-Saxon when it was first created; a news report from 1969 indicates that its population had become more diverse by that time. [1]

The riding's population in 1996 was 20,472. In 1999, the average family income was $37,794, and the unemployment rate was 16.30%. Half of the riding's residents are categorized as low-income, the second-highest rate in the province. Thirty per cent of families in the riding are single-parent.

The aboriginal population of Wolseley is 19% of the total. Five per cent of the riding's residents are Filipino.

Health and social services account for 13% of Wolseley's industry, with a further 12% in manufacturing.

Wolseley has undergone a number of dramatic political shifts since its creation. It was initially represented by Dufferin Roblin, a Red Tory who served as Premier of Manitoba from 1958 to 1967. He was succeeded by another Progressive Conservative, but in a 1972 by-election the riding was won by Izzy Asper, leader of the Manitoba Liberal Party and subsequently a prominent media baron in Canada. He retained the riding until his retirement in 1975.

The New Democratic Party of Manitoba (NDP) did not manage to win the seat until 1981. However, the riding has been in NDP hands for all but two years since then. In the 2003 election, Green Party leader Markus Buchart ran in this riding and finished second with almost 20% of the vote.

Wolseley also holds the dubious distinction of having elected one of the few MLAs in Manitoba's history to be expelled from parliament: Robert Wilson, who was stripped of his seat in 1981 after being convicted of marijuana-related charges.

List of provincial representatives

NamePartyTook officeLeft office
Dufferin Roblin PC 19581968
Leonard Claydon PC 19691971
Israel Asper Lib 19721975
Robert Wilson PC 19751980
Independent PC19801980
Independent19801981
Myrna Phillips NDP 19811988
Harold Taylor Lib 19881990
Jean Friesen NDP 19902003
Rob Altemeyer NDP 20032019
Lisa Naylor NDP 2019present

Electoral results

2023 Manitoba general election
** Preliminary results — Not yet official **
PartyCandidateVotes%±%Expenditures
New Democratic Lisa Naylor 6,54475.30+29.02
Progressive Conservative Mickey Leuzzi8599.88+0.84
Liberal Philip Spevack5876.75–1.63
Green Janine Gibson 5486.31–29.99
Communist Cam Scott1521.75
Total valid votes/Expense limit8,69099.52
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots420.48
Turnout8,73254.09
Eligible voters16,143
New Democratic hold Swing +14.09
Source(s)
Source: "2023 Election Results Map". Elections Manitoba. October 3, 2023. Retrieved October 6, 2023.
2019 Manitoba general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%Expenditures
New Democratic Lisa Naylor 4,25346.28+4.37$29,044.71
Green David Nickarz3,33636.30-0.14$28,329.32
Progressive Conservative Elizabeth Hildebrand8319.04-3.92$521.28
Liberal Shandi Strong7708.38-0.61$8,359.72
Independent Eddie Hendrickson1291.38New$0.00
Total valid votes/Expense limit100.0  $55,109
Total rejected ballots
Turnout
Eligible voters
Source: Elections Manitoba [2]
2016 Manitoba general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%Expenditures
New Democratic Rob Altemeyer 3,03741.27-19.46$32,887.29
Green David Nickarz2,64535.94+16.30$15,710.81
Progressive Conservative Raquel Dancho 94512.84+0.64$7,262.81
Liberal Shandi Strong6538.87+1.45$3,844.07
Manitoba Wayne Sturby791.07$1,094.12
Total valid votes/expense limit7,35998.92 $39,244.00
Total rejected ballots801.08+0.29
Turnout7,43963.26+7.66
Eligible voters11,759
New Democratic hold Swing -17.88
Source: Elections Manitoba [3] [4]
2011 Manitoba general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%Expenditures
New Democratic Rob Altemeyer 4,22960.72−3.1621,048.39
Green James Beddome 1,36819.64+7.575,635.36
Progressive Conservative Harpreet Turka85012.20+0.898,750.53
Liberal Eric Stewart5177.42−4.025,479.79
Total valid votes6,96499.21
Rejected and declined votes550.78
Turnout7,01955.60
Registered voters12,624
Majority2,86125.6841.08
Source: Elections Manitoba [5]
2007 Manitoba general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%Expenditures
New Democratic Rob Altemeyer 4,03863.88+6.98$21,917.13
Green Ardythe Basham76312.07-7.42$1,096.00
Liberal Raven Thundersky72311.44-1.08$4,743.98
Progressive Conservative Gustav Nelson71511.31+0.22$3,946.16
Communist David Tymoshchuk821.30$373.87
Total valid votes6,321100.00
Rejected and declined votes53
Turnout6,37455.28
Registered voters11,531
2003 Manitoba general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%Expenditures
New Democratic Rob Altemeyer 3,48256.90-12.25$20,948.83
Green Markus Buchart 1,19319.49+14.83$5,307.87
Liberal Val Mollison76612.52$4,591.54
Progressive Conservative Ashley Burner67911.09-10.97$1,006.54
Total valid votes6,120100.00
Rejected and declined votes77
Turnout6,19753.14
Registered voters11,662
1999 Manitoba general election
PartyCandidateVotes%Expenditures
New Democratic Jean Friesen 5,28269.15$16,153.00
Progressive Conservative Carol Roberts1,68522.06$13,845.42
Green Phyllis Abbé3564.66$4,591.54
Communist David Allison1331.74$0.00
Total valid votes7,456100.00
Rejected and declined votes182
Turnout7,63853.14
Registered voters11,464

[6]

1988 Manitoba general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Harold Taylor 3,61842.78+
New Democratic Myrna Phillips 3,11236.79-
Progressive Conservative Kirk Stanley1,57918.67-
Progressive Derek Shettler1491.76
Total valid votes8,458100.00-
Rejected ballots33
Turnout8,49174.44
Eligible voters11,406
Source: Elections Manitoba [7]
1977 Manitoba general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive Conservative Robert Wilson 2,76341.01+18.63
New Democratic Murdoch MacKay 2,68939.90+1.12
Liberal Norma McCormick 1,28619.09-19.74
Turnout6,87374.98
Progressive Conservative gain from Liberal Swing +19.18
Source: Elections Manitoba [8]
Manitoba provincial by-election, February 20, 1969
PartyCandidateVotes%±%Expenditures
Progressive Conservative Leonard Claydon 2,16146.62$2,640.69
Liberal Julius Koteles1,52833.01$10,753.19
New Democratic Archie Stone 94420.37$1,423.50
Total valid votes4,633 100
Rejected and discarded votes75
Turnout4,708 41.97
Electors on the lists11,217
1966 Manitoba general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive Conservative Dufferin Roblin 3,13248.88
Liberal Julius Koteles1,78027.78
New Democratic Cecil Wood1,49523.33
Total valid votes6,407100.00
Rejected and discarded votes45
Turnout6,45255.52
Electors on the lists11,621

Previous boundaries

The 1999-2011 boundaries for Wolseley highlighted in red Wolseley98.png
The 1999-2011 boundaries for Wolseley highlighted in red

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