Winnipeg—Birds Hill

Winnipeg—Birds Hill was a federal electoral district in Manitoba, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1979 to 1988.

This riding was created in 1976 from parts of Selkirk and St. Boniface ridings. For its entire history, its Member of Parliament was Bill Blaikie.

It was abolished in 1987 when it was redistributed into Provencher, Selkirk and Winnipeg Transcona ridings.

Election results[]

v t 1984 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic	Bill Blaikie	23,903	45.81	−8.46
	Progressive Conservative	John Hare	20,644	39.56	+10.12
	Liberal	Lil Johnson	5,447	10.44	−5.00
	Confederation of Regions	Al MacDonald	1,069	2.05
	Rhinoceros	Honest Don Bergen	569	1.09	+0.38
	Independent	Edward G. Price	549	1.05
Total valid votes			52,181	100.00
Total rejected ballots			163
Turnout			52,344	76.70	+7.32
Electors on the lists			68,248

v t 1980 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic	Bill Blaikie	24,672	54.27	+4.11
	Progressive Conservative	John Froese	13,385	29.44	−9.00
	Liberal	Ron Wally	7,020	15.44	+4.28
	Rhinoceros	Honest Don Bergen	322	0.71	–
	Marxist–Leninist	Karen Naylor	60	0.13	+0.02
Total valid votes			45,459	100.00
Total rejected ballots			84
Turnout			45,543	69.38	−12.28
Electors on the lists			65,647

v t 1979 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic	Bill Blaikie	25,492	50.16
	Progressive Conservative	Dean Whiteway	19,536	38.44
	Liberal	Ronald Wally	5,674	11.16
	Communist	Harold J. Dyck	62	0.12
	Marxist–Leninist	Karen Naylor	56	0.11
Total valid votes			50,820	100.00
Total rejected ballots			107
Turnout			50,927	81.66
Electors on the lists			62,361