Elmwood—Transcona

Elmwood—Transcona is a federal electoral district in Manitoba, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1988. Its population in 2006 was 78,700.

The riding was created in 1987 from Winnipeg North Centre and Winnipeg—Birds Hill ridings.

It was previously named Winnipeg—Transcona from 1987 to 2003.

1 Members of Parliament
2 Geography
3 Election results
- 3.1 Winnipeg—Transcona, 1996-2003
- 3.2 Winnipeg Transcona, 1987-1996
4 See also
5 References
6 Sources

Members of Parliament

Parliament	Years		Party
34th	1988–1993	Bill Blaikie	New Democratic
35th	1993–1997
36th	1997–2000
37th	2000–2004
38th	2004–2006
39th	2006–2008
40th	2008–2011	Jim Maloway	New Democratic
41st	2011–present	Lawrence Toet	Conservative

Geography

Elmwood–Transcona contains the neighbourhoods of Transcona, South Transcona, Peguis, Regent, Mission Gardens, Melrose, Kildonan Meadows, North Transcona, Kildare Redonda, Kern Park, Canterbury Park, Kildonan Drive, Rossmere, Valley Gardens, Munroe, West Elmwood, Chalmers, Braeside, Talbot Grey, East Elmwood, Mission and Tyne-Tees within the city of Winnipeg. It covers 46 km².

Election results

Canadian federal election, 2011
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Lawrence Toet	15,298	46.40	+5.66
	New Democrat	Jim Maloway	14,998	45.49	-0.28
	Liberal	Ilona Niemczyk	1,660	5.03	-1.60
	Green	Ellen Young	1,017	3.08	-2.78
Total valid votes/Expense limit			32,973	100.00		-
Total rejected ballots			112	0.34	+0.02
Turnout			33,085	56.70	+2.66
Eligible voters			58,352

Source: Elections Canada

2008 federal election : Elmwood–Transcona edit
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	+/-	Expenditures
	New Democratic Party	Jim Maloway	14,355	45.77	-5.08	$73,584.88
	Conservative	Thomas Steen	12,776	40.74	+8.61	$60,628.72
	Liberal	Wes Penner	2,079	6.63	-5.68	$30,542.33
	Green	Chris Hrynkow	1,839	5.86	+2.23	$847.16
	Christian Heritage	Robert Scott	312	0.99	-0.10	$2,735.85
Total valid votes/Expense limit			31,361	100.00		$77,369.61
Total rejected ballots			100	0.32	-0.08
Turnout			31,461	54.04	-4.16
Electors on the lists			58,216
	New Democratic Party hold		Swing	-6.8

2006 federal election : Elmwood—Transcona edit
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	+/-	Expenditures
	New Democratic Party	(x)Bill Blaikie	16,967	50.85	-1.14	$40,314.57
	Conservative	Linda West	10,720	32.13	+6.02	$68,007.66
	Liberal	Tanya Parks	4,108	12.31	-4.50	$12,622.61
	Green	Tanja Hutter	1,211	3.63	+1.17	$240.77
	Christian Heritage	Robert Scott	363	1.09	-0.23	$706.54
Total valid votes			33,369	100.00
Total rejected ballots			133	0.40	+0.13
Turnout			33,502	58.20	+7.55
Electors on the lists			57,561
	New Democratic Party hold		Swing	-3.58

Sources: Official Results, Elections Canada and Financial Returns, Elections Canada.

2004 federal election : Elmwood–Transcona edit
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	+/-	Expenditures
	New Democratic Party	(x)Bill Blaikie	15,221	51.99	+3.84	$37,459.54
	Conservative	Bryan McLeod	7,644	26.11	-5.58	$33,737.79
	Liberal	Tanya Parks	4,923	16.81	-1.56	$20,165.52
	Green	Elijah Gair	719	2.46		$204.72
	Christian Heritage	Robert Scott	386	1.32		$2,599.64
	Marijuana	Gavin Whittaker	311	1.06		-
	Communist	Paul Sidon	74	0.25		$654.57
Total valid votes			29,278	100.00
Total rejected ballots			80	0.27	-0.21
Turnout			29,358	50.65	-7.73
Electors on the lists			57,965

Percentage change figures are factored for redistribution. Conservative Party percentages are contrasted with the combined Canadian Alliance and Progressive Conservative percentages from 2000. Sources: Official Results, Elections Canada and Financial Returns, Elections Canada.

Winnipeg—Transcona, 1996-2003

2000 federal election : Winnipeg—Transcona edit
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	+/-	Expenditures
	New Democratic Party	(x)Bill Blaikie	15,680	47.85	-2.42	$35,468.07
	Canadian Alliance	Shawn Rattai	8,336	25.44	+8.21	$21,800.25
	Liberal	Bret Dobbin	6,041	18.43	-3.03	$17,596.32
	Progressive Conservative	Chris Brewer	2,133	6.51	-2.46	-
	Green	C. David Nickarz	229	0.70		-
	N/A (Christian Heritage)	Robert Scott	146	0.45	-0.83	$3,639.93
	Independent	Theresa Ducharme	118	0.36	-0.13	-
	Communist	James Hogaboam	87	0.27		$263.77
Total valid votes			32,770	100.00
Total rejected ballots			127	0.39	-0.21
Turnout			32,897	58.38	-1.98
Electors on the lists			56,345

Sources: Official Results, Elections Canada and Financial Returns, Elections Canada.

1997 federal election : Winnipeg—Transcona edit
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	+/-	Expenditures
	New Democratic Party	(x)Bill Blaikie	16,640	50.27	+11.11	$37,996
	Liberal	Rosemary Broadbent	7,105	21.46	-16.84	$25,771
	Reform	Helen Sterzer	5,703	17.23	+3.37	$19,506
	Progressive Conservative	Glenn Buffie	2,968	8.97	+3.93	$7,682
	Christian Heritage	Robert Scott	423	1.28		$3,633
	Independent	Theresa Ducharme	161	0.49		$111
	Marxist-Leninist	Ken Kalturnyk	104	0.31		$11
Total valid votes			33,104	100.00
Total rejected ballots			199	0.60	+0.25
Turnout			33,303	60.36	-9.64
Electors on the lists			55,177

Percentage change figures are factored for redistribution. Sources: Official Results, Elections Canada and Financial Returns, Elections Canada.

Winnipeg Transcona, 1987-1996

1993 federal election : Winnipeg—Transcona edit
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	+/-	Expenditures
	New Democratic Party	(x)Bill Blaikie	16,074	38.86	-2.27	$33,353
	Liberal	Art Miki	15,855	38.33	+6.45	$45,977
	Reform	Helen Sterzer	5,829	14.09		$7,111
	Progressive Conservative	Brett Eckstein	2,112	5.11	-20.51	$13,422
	National	Marnie Johnston	900	2.18		$14,483
	Christian Heritage	Robert Scott	362	0.88		$2,688
	Natural Law	Geoff Danyluk	150	0.36		$78
	Marxist-Leninist	Ken Kalturnyk	42	0.10	-0.17	$216
	Canada Party	Bill Tataryn	39	0.09		$0
Total valid votes			41,363	100.00
Total rejected ballots			144	0.35	+0.04
Turnout			41,507	70.15	-5.32
Electors on the lists			59,169

Source: Thirty-fifth General Election, 1993: Official Voting Results, Published by the Chief Electoral Officer of Canada. Financial figures taken from official contributions and expenses provided by Elections Canada.

1988 federal election : Winnipeg—Transcona edit
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	+/-
	New Democratic Party	(x)Bill Blaikie	17,361	41.13	-7.8
	Liberal	Shirley Timm-Rudolph	13,460	31.88	+20.6
	Progressive Conservative	Mike Thompson	10,815	25.62	-9.9
	Ind. (Western Independence)	Fred Cameron	308	0.73
	Independent	Gerry West	156	0.37
	N/A (Marxist-Leninist)	Karen Naylor	115	0.27
Total valid votes			42,215	100.00
Total rejected ballots			130	0.31
Turnout			42,345	75.47
Electors on the lists			56,110

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