Fort Rouge (electoral district)

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Fort Rouge
Manitoba electoral district
FortRougeED2011.jpg
Provincial electoral district
LegislatureLegislative Assembly of Manitoba
MLA
 
 		 
Wab Kinew
New Democratic
District created1957
First contested1958
Last contested2019

Fort Rouge is a provincial electoral division in the Canadian province of Manitoba. It was created by redistribution in 1957, and formally came into existence in the general election of 1958. The riding was eliminated in 1989, and re-established in 1999. It is located in the central section of the City of Winnipeg.

Fort Rouge is bordered on the east by St. Boniface, to the south by Fort Garry-Riverview, to the north by Logan, and to the west by River Heights. The actual Legislative Assembly of Manitoba building is located across the river from Fort Rouge.

The riding's population in 1996 was 20,364. In 1999, the average family income was $49,361, and the unemployment rate was 8.70%. 39.6% of Fort Rouge's residents are listed as low-income, the sixth-highest rate in the province. Almost 80% of occupied dwelling are rentals, and over 20% of households are single-parent families. Almost 25% of Fort Rouge's residents have a university degree—one of the highest rates in the province.

Fort Rouge has an immigrant population of 20%. Eight per cent of the riding's residents are aboriginal. The service sector accounts for 21% of Fort Rouge's industry, with a further 11% in social services.

The seat was held by the Progressive Conservatives from 1958 to 1973, and was a rare bastion of Liberal strength in the province from 1973 to 1981. Lloyd Axworthy was the riding's representative from 1973 to 1979; for a time, he was the only Liberal in the legislature.

In recent years the Liberal Party have been the main challengers to the NDP and the Liberal Leader, Rana Bokhari ran here for the 2016 provincial election, where she lost to the NDP star candidate Wab Kinew. At the 2015 federal election, according to Elections Canada data, Fort Rouge voted heavily Liberal.[1]

The district is represented by NDP leader Wab Kinew.

List of provincial representatives[]

Name Party Took Office Left Office
Gurney Evans PC 1958 1969
Inez Trueman PC 1969 1973
Lloyd Axworthy Lib 1973 1979
June Westbury Lib 1979 1981
Roland Penner NDP 1981 1988
Jim Carr Lib 1988 1990
See Broadway, Osborne, Crescentwood (1990-1999)
Tim Sale NDP 1999 2007
Jennifer Howard NDP 2007 2016
Wab Kinew NDP 2016 present

Opinion polls[]

Polling Firm Last Date of Polling Link NDP Liberal PC Green Other
Mainstreet Research/Postmedia March 22, 2016 HTML 29 32 30 8

Electoral results[]

2019 Manitoba general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
New Democratic Wab Kinew 5,055 51.0 +13.4 $23,922.64
Progressive Conservative Edna Nabess 1,857 18.7 -10.1 $7,290.07
Green James Beddome 1,580 15.9 +4.9 $8,974.33
Liberal Cyndy Friesen 1,290 13.0 -7.1 $8,223.63
Manitoba Michael McCracken 54 0.5 -1.5 $582.58
Independent Bradley Hebert 30 0.3 -0.2 $0.00
Total valid votes 100.0  
Total rejected ballots 30
Turnout 9,913
Eligible voters 16,870
Source: Elections Manitoba[2]
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2016 Manitoba general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
New Democratic Wab Kinew 3,360 37.63 –13.32 $39,199.49
Progressive Conservative Audrey Gordon 2,571 28.80 +8.76 $42,245.54
Liberal Rana Bokhari 1,792 20.07 –2.92 $30,238.82
Green Grant Sharp 983 11.01 +5.60 $322.90
Manitoba Matthew Ostrove 175 1.96 – $945.26
Communist Paula Ducharme 47 0.53 – $33.67
Total valid votes/Expense limit 8,928 100.0   $44,855.00
Total rejected and declined ballots 125 1.38
Turnout 9,053 65.15
Eligible voters 13,896
New Democratic hold Swing –11.04
Source: Elections Manitoba[3][4][5]
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2011 Manitoba general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
New Democratic Jennifer Howard 4,501 50.95 +3.98 $28,361.23
Liberal Paul Hesse 2,031 22.99 −7.54 $31,673.03
Progressive Conservative Sonny Dominique 1,770 20.04 +5.29 $17,369.18
Green Stephen Weedon 478 5.41 −0.86 $24.14
Total valid votes 8,780
Rejected and declined votes 54
Turnout 8834 61.22%
Electors on the lists 14429
Source: Elections Manitoba[6]
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2007 Manitoba general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
New Democratic Jennifer Howard 3,828 46.97 −10.66 $25.968.04
Liberal Paul Hesse 2,488 30.53 +13.57 $23,866.84
Progressive Conservative Christine Waddell 1,202 14.75 −4.97 $11,369.89
Green Gerald H. Enns 511 6.27 +1.34 $905.51
Independent Ron Nash 92 1.13 +1.13 $261.98
Communist Frank Komarniski 29 0.36 +.36
Total valid votes 8,150 100.00
Rejected and declined votes 53
Turnout 8,203 62.29 +7.64
Electors on the lists 13,169
Source: Elections Manitoba[7]
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2003 Manitoba general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
New Democratic Tim Sale 4,118 57.63 +9.21 $16,724.33
Progressive Conservative Mike Francis 1,409 19.72 −10.51 $8,860.98
Liberal David Henteleff 1,212 16.96 −2.07 $4,299.83
Green Mikel Magnusson 355 4.93 +3.14 $48.24
Libertarian Jim Weidman 51 0.71 $0.00
Total valid votes 7,145 100.00
Rejected and declined votes 59
Turnout 7,204 54.65 −15.94
Electors on the lists 13,182
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1999 Manitoba general election
Party Candidate Votes % Expenditures
New Democratic Tim Sale 4,759 48.42 $25,152.00
Progressive Conservative Ron Paley 2,971 30.23 $26,322.65
Liberal John Shanski 1,870 19.03 $24,461.96
Green Alex Reid 176 1.79 $256.65
Total valid votes 9,776 99.47
Rejected and declined votes 52
Turnout 9,828 70.59
Electors on the lists 13,923
Source: Elections Manitoba[8]
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1988 Manitoba general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Jim Carr 5,127 48.91
New Democratic Roland Penner 2,912 27.78
Progressive Conservative Robert Haier 2,303 21.97
Progressive Gordon Pratt 75
Libertarian Dennis Owens 66
Total valid votes 10,483 100.00
Rejected ballots 50 – –
Turnout 10,533 69.95
Eligible voters 15,057
Source: Elections Manitoba[9]

Previous boundaries[]

The 1999-2011 boundaries of the riding of Fort Rouge highlighted in red.

References[]

  1. ^ CBC "2015 federal election: How did your Manitoba neighbours vote?" 2 March 2016
  2. ^ "2019 Voting Area Maps and Station-by-Station Results" (PDF). Elections Manitoba. Retrieved June 27, 2020.
  3. ^ "Candidates: 41st General Election". Elections Manitoba. March 29, 2016. Retrieved March 31, 2016.
  4. ^ "41st General Election Official Results" (PDF). Elections Manitoba. 2016. Retrieved September 16, 2016.
  5. ^ "Election Returns: 41st General Election". Elections Manitoba. 2016. Retrieved August 23, 2018.
  6. ^ "Election Returns: 40th General Election". Elections Manitoba. 2011. Retrieved August 23, 2018.
  7. ^ "Fort Rouge — SUMMARY OF OFFICIAL RESULTS".
  8. ^ "Summary of Electoral Results - 1999 General Election".
  9. ^ "Candidates: 34th General Election" (PDF). Elections Manitoba. April 26, 1988. Retrieved October 2, 2018.

Coordinates: 49°52′23″N 97°08′49″W / 49.873°N 97.147°W / 49.873; -97.147

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