Winnipeg—Birds Hill

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

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Canadian federal election, 1979
Party Candidate Votes
     New Democrat BLAIKIE, Bill 25,492
     Progressive Conservative WHITEWAY, Dean 19,536
     Liberal WALLY, Ronald 5,674
     Communist DYCK, Harold J. 62
     Marxist-Leninist NAYLOR, Karen 56


Canadian federal election, 1980
Party Candidate Votes
     New Democrat BLAIKIE, Bill 24,672
     Progressive Conservative FROESE, John 13,385
     Liberal WALLY, Ron 7,020
     Rhino BERGEN, Honest Don 322
     Marxist-Leninist NAYLOR, Karen 60


Canadian federal election, 1984
Party Candidate Votes
     New Democrat BLAIKIE, Bill 23,903
     Progressive Conservative HARE, John 20,644
     Liberal JOHNSON, Lil 5,447
     Confederation of Regions MACDONALD, Al 1,069
     Rhino BERGEN, Honest Don 569
     Independent PRICE, Edward G. 549

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