Thompson (electoral district)
Manitoba electoral district | |||
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Provincial electoral district | |||
Legislature | Legislative Assembly of Manitoba | ||
MLA | |||
District created | 1968 | ||
First contested | 1969 | ||
Last contested | 2019 | ||
Demographics | |||
Census division(s) | Division No. 21, Division No. 22, Division No. 23 | ||
Census subdivision(s) | Churchill, , , , Fox Lake 2, Gillam, Ilford, Mooseocoot, Mystery Lake, Nelson House 170, Split Lake 171, Thompson, York Landing |
Thompson is a provincial electoral division in the Canadian province of Manitoba. It was created by redistribution in 1968 from parts of Churchill and Rupertsland, and has formally existed since the provincial election of 1969.
Thompson is located in the north of the province. It is bordered by Keewatinook to the east, and Flin Flon to the west. The city of Thompson was incorporated shortly before the riding's creation, and is its only major urban centre. Almost half of the riding's residents live in that community.
The riding's population in 1996 was 19,349. In 1999, the average family income was $56,402, and the unemployment rate was 12.60%. The riding's character is primarily working-class, with 17% of its economy coming from the mining sector.
Forty-two per cent of the riding's residents are aboriginal, the third highest rate in the province.
Thompson is usually considered safe for the New Democratic Party, which represented the riding almost continually since its creation. The current MLA was New Democrat Danielle Adams, who defeated Progressive Conservative Kelly Bindle in the 2019 election. Bindle had previously defeated longtime MLA Steve Ashton as part of his party's landslide victory in the 2016 election. Bindle was only the second Tory ever to win the seat, and the first since 1977.
The seat has been vacant since December 9, 2021, after the death of Danielle Adams.
List of provincial representatives[]
Name | Party | Took Office | Left Office |
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Joseph Borowski | NDP | 1969 | 1972 |
Independent/NDP | 1972 | 1973 | |
Ken Dillen | NDP | 1973 | 1977 |
Ken MacMaster | PC | 1977 | 1981 |
Steve Ashton | NDP | 1981 | 2016 |
Kelly Bindle | PC | 2016 | 2019 |
Danielle Adams | NDP | 2019 | 2021 |
Electoral results[]
2019 Manitoba general election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
New Democratic | Danielle Adams | 2,686 | 54.55 | +16.1 | $13,643.39 | |||
Progressive Conservative | Kelly Bindle | 1,757 | 35.68 | -4.8 | $37,215.90 | |||
Green | Meagan Jemmett | 298 | 6.05 | $0.00 | ||||
Liberal | Darla Contois | 183 | 3.72 | -17.2 | $0.00 | |||
Total valid votes | 4,924 | 99.58 | ||||||
Total rejected ballots | 21 | 0.42 | ||||||
Turnout | 4,945 | 37.27 | ||||||
Eligible voters | 13,267 | |||||||
New Democratic gain from Progressive Conservative | Swing | +10.5 |
2016 provincial election redistributed results[1] | |||
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Party | % | ||
Progressive Conservative | 40.5 | ||
New Democratic | 38.4 | ||
Liberal | 20.9 | ||
Independent | 0.1 |
2016 Manitoba general election | ||||||||
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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[2] |
2011 Manitoba general election | ||||||||
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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 |
2007 Manitoba general election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
New Democratic | Steve Ashton | 3,036 | 73.90 | $9,356.43 | ||||
Liberal | Kenny Braun | 656 | 15.97 | – | $7,377.03 | |||
Progressive Conservative | Cory Phillips | 416 | 10.13 | $688.99 | ||||
Total valid votes | 4,108 | 99.37 | ||||||
Rejected and declined votes | 26 | 0.63 | ||||||
Turnout | 4,134 | 39.82 | ||||||
Registered voters | 10,382 |
2003 Manitoba general election | ||||||||
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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[4][5] |
1999 Manitoba general election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
New Democratic | Steve Ashton | 3,793 | 70.58 | $7,846.00 | ||||
Progressive Conservative | Cecil Thorne | 1,306 | 24.03 | $20,487.52 | ||||
Liberal | Pascal Bighetty | 244 | 4.54 | – | $2,661.92 | |||
Total valid votes | 5,343 | 100.00 | ||||||
Rejected and declined votes | 31 | |||||||
Turnout | 5,374 | 57.48 | ||||||
Registered voters | 9,879 |
1995 Manitoba general election | ||||||||
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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[7] |
1973 Manitoba general election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
New Democratic | Ken Dillen | 2,742 | 37.54 | |||||
Progressive Conservative | Anna Denby | 2,480 | 33.95 | |||||
Liberal | Blain Johnston | 2,083 | 28.51 | |||||
Total valid votes | 7,305 | 100.00 | ||||||
Rejected votes | 33 | |||||||
Turnout | 7,338 | 71.30 | ||||||
Electors on the lists | 10,292 |
Previous boundaries[]
The 1998-2011 boundaries for Thompson highlighted in red.
The 2011-2019 boundaries for Thompson highlighted in red.
References[]
- ^ Marcoux, Jacques (August 27, 2019). "New Manitoba election boundaries give upper hand to Progressive Conservatives, CBC News analysis finds". CBC. Retrieved September 14, 2019.
- ^ "2016 Statement of Votes" (PDF). Elections Manitoba. 2016. Retrieved December 25, 2021.
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on March 21, 2012. Retrieved November 25, 2010.
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: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - 2007 results - ^ "Election Returns: 38th General Election". Elections Manitoba. 2003. Retrieved September 16, 2018.
- ^ http://www.elections.mb.ca/en/Results/38_division_results/38_thompson_summary_results.html
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on September 28, 2011. Retrieved August 10, 2010.
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: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - 1999 Results - ^ "Election Returns: 36th General Election" (PDF). Elections Manitoba. 1995. Retrieved October 16, 2018.
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