Winnipeg Centre

Winnipeg Centre
Manitoba electoral district
	Winnipeg Centre in relation to other Manitoba federal electoral districts as of the 2013 Representation Order. Dotted line shows Winnipeg city limits.
Federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
MP	Leah Gazan; New Democratic
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District created	1996
First contested	1997
Last contested	2021
District webpage	profile, map
Demographics
Population (2011)	82,026
Electors (2015)	54,719
Area (km²)	28.42
Pop. density (per km²)	2,886.2
Census division(s)	Division No. 11
Census subdivision(s)	Winnipeg

Winnipeg Centre (French: Winnipeg-Centre) is a federal electoral district in Manitoba, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1917 to 1925 and since 1997.

History[]

This riding was originally created in 1914 from Winnipeg and Selkirk ridings.

In 1924, it was abolished, and parts transferred to Winnipeg North Centre and Winnipeg South Centre ridings.

In 1997, it was re-created from Winnipeg North Centre and Winnipeg South Centre.

This riding was left unchanged after the 2012 electoral redistribution.

Members of Parliament[]

This riding has elected the following Members of Parliament:

Parliament	Years		Party
Winnipeg Centre Riding created from Winnipeg and Selkirk
13th	1917–1921	George William Andrews	Government (Unionist)
14th	1921–1925	J.S. Woodsworth	Independent Labour
Riding dissolved into Winnipeg North Centre and Winnipeg South Centre
Riding re-created from Winnipeg North Centre, Winnipeg St. James, Winnipeg North and Winnipeg South Centre
36th	1997–2000	Pat Martin	New Democratic
37th	2000–2004
38th	2004–2006
39th	2006–2008
40th	2008–2011
41st	2011–2015
42nd	2015–2019	Robert-Falcon Ouellette	Liberal
43rd	2019–2021	Leah Gazan	New Democratic
44th	2021–present	Leah Gazan	New Democratic

Election results[]

1997–present[]

Graph of election results in Winnipeg Centre (Since 1997, minor parties that never got 2% of the vote or didn't run consistently are omitted)

v 2021 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Leah Gazan	14,962	50.3	+9.1
	Liberal	Paul Ong	8,446	28.4	-5.3
	Conservative	Sabrina Brenot	3,818	12.8	-4.7
	People's	Bhavni Bhakoo	1,229	4.1	+2.6
	Green	Andrew Brown	708	2.4	-2.8
	Libertarian	Jamie Buhler	373	1.3	N/A
	Animal Protection	Debra Wall	213	0.7	N/A
Total valid votes			29,749	98.8
Total rejected ballots			365	1.2
Turnout			30,114	52.2
Eligible voters			57,672
	New Democratic hold		Swing		+7.2
Source: Elections Canada^[3]

v 2019 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Leah Gazan	13,073	41.21	+13.2	$81,565.86
	Liberal	Robert-Falcon Ouellette	10,704	33.74	-20.8	none listed
	Conservative	Ryan Dyck	5,561	17.53	+5.1	$16,427.27
	Green	Andrea Shalay	1,661	5.24	+1.1	none listed
	People's	Yogi Henderson	474	1.49	–	none listed
	Christian Heritage	Stephanie Hein	251	0.79	+0.1	none listed
Total valid votes/expense limit			31,724	100.0
Total rejected ballots			274
Turnout			31,998	54.2
Eligible voters			59,012
	New Democratic gain from Liberal		Swing		+17.0
Source: Elections Canada^[4]^[5]

2015 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Robert-Falcon Ouellette	18,471	54.51	+43.44	$78,138.26
	New Democratic	Pat Martin	9,490	28.01	-25.65	$104,378.44
	Conservative	Allie Szarkiewicz	4,189	12.36	-15.28	$32,966.82
	Green	Don Woodstock	1,379	4.07	-2.98	$38,782.49
	Christian Heritage	Scott Miller	221	0.65	–	$1,210.15
	Communist	Darrell Rankin	135	0.40	-0.19	–
Total valid votes/Expense limit			33,885	100.00		$192,170.62
Total rejected ballots			281	0.82	–
Turnout			34,166	61.41	–
Eligible voters			55,633
	Liberal gain from New Democratic		Swing		+34.59
Source: Elections Canada^[6]^[7]

2011 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Pat Martin	13,928	53.66	+4.74	–
	Conservative	Bev Pitura	7,173	27.64	+5.99	–
	Liberal	Allan Wise	2,872	11.07	-4.55	–
	Green	Jacqueline Romanow	1,830	7.05	-4.01	–
	Communist	Darrell Rankin	152	0.59	+0.12	–
Total valid votes/Expense limit			25,955	100.00		–
Total rejected ballots			248	0.95	+0.05
Turnout			26,203	49.02	+6
Eligible voters			53,452	–	–

2008 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Pat Martin	12,285	48.92	+0.5	$42,608
	Conservative	Kenny Daodu	5,437	21.65	+2.1	$20,177
	Liberal	Daniel Hurley	3,922	15.62	-8.7	$37,980
	Green	Jessie Klassen	2,777	11.06	+4.0	$2,733
	Independent	Joe Chan	226	0.90	–	–
	First Peoples National	Lyle Morrisseau	212	0.84	–	–
	Independent	Ed Ackerman	135	0.54	–	–
	Communist	Darrell Rankin	119	0.47	-0.2	–
Total valid votes/Expense limit			25,113	100.00		$77,206
Total rejected ballots			227	0.90	+0.1
Turnout			25,340	43	-6

2006 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Pat Martin	13,805	48.4	+3.0	$58,778
	Liberal	Ray St. Germain	6,940	24.3	-10.4	$27,375
	Conservative	Helen Sterzer	5,554	19.5	+5.9	$37,740
	Green	Gary Gervais	2,010	7.1	+2.8	$2,651
	Communist	Anna-Celestrya Carr	199	0.7	+0.3	$295
Total valid votes			28,508	100.0		–
Total rejected ballots			231	0.8	+0.1
Turnout			28,739	49	+4

2004 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Pat Martin	12,149	45.4	+4.1	$51,914
	Liberal	David Northcott	9,285	34.7	+0.6	$67,134
	Conservative	Robert Eng	3,631	13.6	-8.0	$7,572
	Green	Robin (Pilar) Faye	1,151	4.3	+1.7	$2,087
	Marijuana	John M. Siedleski	346	1.3	–	–
	Communist	Anna-Celestrya Carr	114	0.4	-0.1	$654
	Independent	Douglas Edward Schweitzer	92	0.3	–	–
Total valid votes			26,768	100.0		–
Total rejected ballots			188	0.7
Turnout			26,956	45.1

Note: Conservative vote is compared to the total of the Canadian Alliance vote and Progressive Conservative vote in 2000 election.

v t 2000 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Pat Martin	11,263	41.26	$55,756.93
	Liberal	Kevin Lamoureux	9,310	34.11	$55,979.28
	Alliance	Reg Smith	3,975	14.56	$8,032.54
	Progressive Conservative	Michel Allard	1,915	7.02	$1,460.02
	Green	Mikel Magnusson	698	2.56	$1,572.64
	Communist	Harold Dyck	134	0.49	$288.78
Total valid votes			27,295	100.00
Total rejected ballots			236
Turnout			27,531	52.56
Electors on the lists			52,383
Sources: Official Results, Elections Canada and Financial Returns, Elections Canada.

v t 1997 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Pat Martin	10,979	40.89	$48,662
	Liberal	David Walker	9,895	36.86	$47,283
	Reform	Reginald A. Smith	3,095	11.53	$3,175
	Progressive Conservative	Campbell Alexander	2,442	9.10	$6,171
	Independent	Greg Krawchuk	148	0.55	$163
	Marxist–Leninist	Glenn Michalchuk	136	0.51	$11
	Communist	Darrell Rankin	108	0.40	$1,913
	Libertarian	Didz Zuzens	44	0.16	$0
Total valid votes			26,847	100.00
Rejected ballots			374
Turnout			27,221	57.00
Electors on the lists			47,753
Sources: Official Results, Elections Canada and Financial Returns, Elections Canada.

1917–1925[]

1921 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	James Shaver Woodsworth	7,774	40.1	–
	Conservative	Norman Kitson McIvor	4,034	20.8	-63.8
	Liberal	John W. Wilton	4,032	20.8	+5.4
	Independent	Harriet S. Dick	2,314	11.9	–
	Independent	George William Andrews	1,220	6.3	–
Total valid votes			19,374	100.0

Note: Conservative vote is compared to Unionist vote in 1917 election.

1917 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Government (Unionist)	George William Andrews	25,580	84.6
	Opposition (Laurier Liberals)	Robert Sinclair Ward	4,650	15.4
Total valid votes			30,230	100.0

References[]

"(Code 46011) Census Profile". 2011 census. Statistics Canada. 2012. Retrieved March 3, 2011.

Notes[]

^ Statistics Canada: 2011
^ Statistics Canada: 2011
^ "List of confirmed candidates – September 20, 2021 Federal Election". Elections Canada. Retrieved September 2, 2021.
^ "List of confirmed candidates". Elections Canada. Retrieved October 4, 2019.
^ "Election Night Results". Elections Canada. Retrieved November 9, 2019.
^ Elections Canada – Confirmed candidates for Winnipeg Centre, 30 September 2015
^ Elections Canada – Preliminary Election Expenses Limits for Candidates

External links[]

Coordinates: 49°53′42″N 97°10′01″W / 49.895°N 97.167°W / 49.895; -97.167

[1] Statistics Canada: 2011

[2] Statistics Canada: 2011

[3] "List of confirmed candidates – September 20, 2021 Federal Election". Elections Canada. Retrieved September 2, 2021.

[4] "List of confirmed candidates". Elections Canada. Retrieved October 4, 2019.

[5] "Election Night Results". Elections Canada. Retrieved November 9, 2019.

[6] Elections Canada – Confirmed candidates for Winnipeg Centre, 30 September 2015

[7] Elections Canada – Preliminary Election Expenses Limits for Candidates

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v t Federal ridings in Manitoba
Conservative	Brandon—Souris Charleswood—St. James—Assiniboia—Headingley Dauphin—Swan River—Neepawa Kildonan—St. Paul Portage—Lisgar Provencher Selkirk—Interlake—Eastman
Liberal	Saint Boniface—Saint Vital Winnipeg North Winnipeg South Winnipeg South Centre
New Democratic	Churchill—Keewatinook Aski Elmwood—Transcona Winnipeg Centre

v t Federal ridings in the Canadian Prairies
Rural Manitoba	Brandon—Souris Churchill—Keewatinook Aski Dauphin—Swan River—Neepawa Portage—Lisgar Provencher Selkirk—Interlake—Eastman
Winnipeg	Charleswood—St. James—Assiniboia—Headingley Elmwood—Transcona Kildonan—St. Paul Saint Boniface—Saint Vital Winnipeg Centre Winnipeg North Winnipeg South Winnipeg South Centre
Saskatchewan (South, North)	Battlefords—Lloydminster Carlton Trail—Eagle Creek Cypress Hills—Grasslands Desnethé—Missinippi—Churchill River Prince Albert Moose Jaw—Lake Centre—Lanigan Regina—Lewvan Regina—Qu'Appelle Regina—Wascana Saskatoon—Grasswood Saskatoon—University Saskatoon West Souris—Moose Mountain Yorkton—Melville
Rural Alberta	Banff—Airdrie Battle River—Crowfoot Bow River Foothills Fort McMurray—Cold Lake Grande Prairie—Mackenzie Lakeland Lethbridge Medicine Hat—Cardston—Warner Peace River—Westlock Red Deer—Lacombe Red Deer—Mountain View Sturgeon River—Parkland Yellowhead
Edmonton and environs	Edmonton Centre Edmonton Griesbach Edmonton Manning Edmonton Mill Woods Edmonton Riverbend Edmonton Strathcona Edmonton West Edmonton—Wetaskiwin St. Albert—Edmonton Sherwood Park—Fort Saskatchewan
Calgary	Calgary Centre Calgary Confederation Calgary Forest Lawn Calgary Heritage Calgary Midnapore Calgary Nose Hill Calgary Rocky Ridge Calgary Shepard Calgary Signal Hill Calgary Skyview