Pembina (provincial electoral district)

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Pembina is a provincial electoral division in the Canadian province of Manitoba.

1 Historical Riding
2 List of provincial representatives
3 Current Riding
4 List of provincial representatives
5 See also

[edit] Historical Riding

The original riding of Pembina was created in 1878, in what was then the southwestern corner of the province. It was eliminated in 1879. The riding's sole MP was John Stevenson, who was elected in opposition to John Norquay's government, but supported Norquay's short-lived anglophone ministry in 1879.

[edit] List of provincial representatives

Name	Party	Took Office	Left Office

John Stevenson	Opposition/Conservative	1878	1879
John Stevenson	Government/Conservative	1879	1879

[edit] Current Riding

The modern Pembina constituency was created by redistribution in 1956, and has formally existed since the provincial election of 1958.

Pembina is located in the southern part of the province. It is bordered to the north by Carman, to the east by Emerson, to the west by Turtle Mountain, and to the south by the American state of North Dakota.

The main communities in the riding are Morden and Winkler.

Pembina's population in 1996 was 20,177. As of 1999, the average family income was $44,624, and the unemployment rate was 5.00%. Manufacturing accounts for 17% of the riding's industry, followed by agriculture at 16%. A quarter of the riding's population has less than a Grade Nine education.

Twenty-four per cent of the riding's residents list German as their ethnic origin, followed by Mennonites at 9% and Dutch at 8%.

The riding has been held by the Progressive Conservative Party since its creation, and is considered extremely safe for that party. The current MLA, Peter George Dyck, was re-elected with over 75% of the vote in 2003, despite the fact that his party lost other seats across the province.