Charleswood—St. James—Assiniboia

Charleswood—St. James—Assiniboia

Manitoba electoral district

Charleswood—St. James—Assiniboia in relation to other Manitoba federal electoral districts

Federal electoral district

Legislature

House of Commons

Steven Fletcher
Conservative

District created

1996

First contested

Last contested

District webpage

Demographics

Population (2006)

81,469

Electors (2011)

63,508

Area (km²)

207

Pop. density (per km²)

393.6

Census divisions

Census subdivisions

Winnipeg, Headingley

Charleswood—St. James—Assiniboia (formerly known as Charleswood—Assiniboine) is a federal electoral district in Manitoba, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1997.

Contents

1 History
- 1.1 Members of Parliament
- 1.2 Current Member of Parliament
2 Election results
3 See also
4 References
5 Sources

History

In 1996, it was created as "Charleswood—Assiniboine" from Winnipeg–St. James riding.

In 1998, it was re-named "Charleswood St. James—Assiniboia".

In 2003, it was abolished, but the entire district was transferred to "Charleswood—St. James", and small parts of Winnipeg Centre and Winnipeg South Centre were added.

In 2004, it was re-named "Charleswood—St. James—Assiniboia".

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following Members of Parliament:

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
36th	1997–2000		John Harvard	Liberal
37th	2000–2004		John Harvard	Liberal
38th	2004–2006		Steven Fletcher	Conservative
39th	2006–2008
40th	2008–2011
41st	2011–present

Current Member of Parliament

Its Member of Parliament is Steven Fletcher, a former engineer. He was first elected in 2004. He is a member of the Conservative Party of Canada, and was their critic on Health when the party was in opposition. In the last parliamentary session he served as a member of the Standing Committee on Health. Fletcher is the parliamentary secretary to the Minister of Health and the Minister for the Federal Economic Development Initiative for Northern Ontario.

After the 2008 election, Fletcher was appointed to cabinet as Minister of State (Democratic Reform) and member of the Treasury Board cabinet committee. Fletcher is only the third Conservative cabinet minister from Winnipeg since Confederation. The other two were Gordon Churchill and Hugh A. MacDonald at the end of the 19th century.

Election results

Charleswood—St. James—Assiniboia, 2004–present

Canadian federal election, 2011
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Steven Fletcher	23,264	57.56	+3.73
	New Democrat	Tom Paulley	8,134	20.12	+2.20
	Liberal	Rob Clement	7,433	18.39	-2.83
	Green	Denali Enns	1,587	3.93	-2.63
Total valid votes/Expense limit			40,418	100.00		-
Total rejected ballots			135	0.33	-0.01
Turnout			40,553	65.67	+2.31
Eligible voters			61,755

Canadian federal election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Steven Fletcher	21,588	53.83	+6.86	$69,196
	Liberal	Bob Friesen	8,514	21.22	-15.15	$32,010
	New Democrat	Fiona Shiells	7,190	17.92	+5.12	$14,322
	Green	Brian Timlick	2,632	6.56	+2.72	$2,383
	Christian Heritage	Mark Price	180	0.44
Total valid votes/Expense limit			40,104	100.00		$78,841
Total rejected ballots			136	0.34	-0.01
Turnout			40,240	63.36	-6.03

Canadian federal election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Steven Fletcher	20,791	46.97	+2.7	$71,903
	Liberal	John Loewen	16,099	36.37	-6.2	$68,104
	New Democrat	Dennis Kshyk	5,669	12.80	+2.7	$1,977
	Green	Michael Johannson	1,700	3.84	+1.7	$397.50
Total valid votes			44,259	100.00
Total rejected ballots			157	0.35	+0.1
Turnout			44,416	69.39	+3.9

Charleswood—St. James, 2003–2004

Canadian federal election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Steven Fletcher	18,688	44.3	-11.9	$71,182
	Liberal	Glen Murray	17,954	42.6	+6.3	$71,685
	New Democrat	Peter Carney	4,283	10.2	+2.9	$6,030
	Green	Andrew Basham	880	2.1		$1,061
	Marijuana	Dan Zupansky	337	0.8
	Communist	Beatriz Alas	49	0.1	-0.2	$654
Total valid votes			42,191	100.0
Total rejected ballots			109	0.3	0.0
Turnout			42,300	65.5	-1.6

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

Charleswood St. James—Assiniboia, 1998–2003

Canadian federal election, 2000
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	John Harvard	13,901	36.2	-6.8	$56,399
	Canadian Alliance	Cyril McFate	11,569	30.1	+7.5	$51,131
	Progressive Conservative	Curtis Moore	9,991	26.0	+2.7	$18,126
	New Democrat	Dennis Kshyk	2,786	7.3	-3.3	$1,741
	Communist	Greg Crowe	138	0.4		$287
Total valid votes			38,385	100.0
Total rejected ballots			89	0.2	-0.1
Turnout			38,474	67.0	-0.6

Note: Canadian Alliance vote is compared to the Reform vote in 1997 election.

Charleswood—Assiniboine, 1996–1998

Canadian federal election, 1997
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	John Harvard	15,925	43.0		$37,585
	Progressive Conservative	Felix Holtmann	8,664	23.4		$51,089
	Reform	Cyril McFate	8,398	22.7		$21,501
	New Democrat	Rupert Forde	3,923	10.6		$1,850
	Marxist–Leninist	Mary Stanley	154	0.4		$11
Total valid votes			37,064	100.0
Total rejected ballots			262	0.4
Turnout			37,326	67.6

See also

References

Sources

Federal ridings in Manitoba

Conservative	Brandon—Souris • Charleswood—St. James—Assiniboia • Dauphin—Swan River—Marquette • Elmwood—Transcona • Kildonan—St. Paul • Portage—Lisgar • Provencher • Saint Boniface • Selkirk—Interlake • Winnipeg South • Winnipeg South Centre

New Democratic	Churchill • Winnipeg Centre

Liberal	Winnipeg North

Federal ridings in the Prairies

Rural Manitoba	Brandon—Souris • Churchill • Dauphin—Swan River—Marquette • Portage—Lisgar • Provencher • Selkirk—Interlake

Winnipeg	Charleswood—St. James—Assiniboia • Elmwood—Transcona • Kildonan—St. Paul • Saint Boniface • Winnipeg Centre • Winnipeg North • Winnipeg South • Winnipeg South Centre

Saskatchewan (South, North)	Battlefords—Lloydminster • Blackstrap • Cypress Hills—Grasslands • Desnethé—Missinippi—Churchill River • Palliser • Prince Albert • Regina—Lumsden—Lake Centre • Regina—Qu'Appelle • Saskatoon—Humboldt • Saskatoon—Rosetown—Biggar • Saskatoon—Wanuskewin • Souris—Moose Mountain • Wascana • Yorkton—Melville

Rural Alberta	Crowfoot • Fort McMurray—Athabasca • Lethbridge • Macleod • Medicine Hat • Peace River • Red Deer • Vegreville—Wainwright • Westlock—St. Paul • Wetaskiwin • Wild Rose • Yellowhead

Edmonton and environs	Edmonton Centre • Edmonton East • Edmonton—Leduc • Edmonton—Mill Woods—Beaumont • Edmonton—St. Albert • Edmonton—Sherwood Park • Edmonton—Spruce Grove • Edmonton—Strathcona

Calgary	Calgary Centre • Calgary Centre-North • Calgary East • Calgary Northeast • Calgary—Nose Hill • Calgary Southeast • Calgary Southwest • Calgary West