Kewatinook is a provincial electoral division in the Canadian province of Manitoba. Starting with the 2011 election, the riding was renamed Kewatinook which means "from the north” in Cree.
It was created in 1916 from territories that were added to the province four years earlier, and has existed continuously since that time. It was originally named Rupertsland but its name was changed as part of the 2008 riding redistribution by the Manitoba Boundaries Commission that happens every few years.
Kewatinook is currently the largest riding in the province, a sprawling northern constituency which occupies most of the eastern half of Manitoba. It was a smaller constituency until 1989, when it gained a significant amount of territory from the former riding of Churchill.
The current Kewatinook riding stretches from the Ontario border in the southeast to the Nunavut border in the north; it is also bordered by Lac Du Bonnet to the south and Flin Flon, The Pas and Thompson to the west. Churchill, Manitoba is the most significant community in this wide region.
For logistical reasons, elections in Kewatinook before 1966 were usually deferred until a later date than the rest of the province.
Kewatinook's population in 2006 was 15,560.[1] As of 1999, the average family income was $33,787 (the fourth-lowest in Manitoba), and the unemployment rate was 25%. Over 34% of the riding's population have less than a Grade 9 education, the highest such rate in the province. Government services account for 21% of the riding's industry, followed by education services at 17%.
Eighty-seven per cent of Kewatinook's residents are aboriginal, the highest percentage in the province. Over half the population list Cree as their mother tongue. As of 1999, there was only a 1% immigrant population.
The New Democratic Party has represented this riding since 1969, and it is considered extremely safe for the party. The current MLA is Eric Robinson, who was re-elected in 2003 with over 86% of the vote—the highest percentage in the province.
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| Name | Party | Took Office | Left Office |
|---|---|---|---|
| John Morrison | Independent | 1916 | 1920 |
| Lib | 1920 | 1922 | |
| Francis Black | Prog | 1922 | 1927 |
| Herbert Beresford | Independent Progressive | 1927 | 1932 |
| Ewan McPherson | Lib-Prog | 1932 | 1936 |
| Michael Rojeski | Lib/Non-Coalition | 1936 | 1941 |
| Daniel Hamilton | Lib-Prog | 1941 | 1953 |
| Roy Brown | Lib-Prog | 1953 | 1958 |
| Joseph Jeannotte | PC | 1958 | 1969 |
| Jean Allard | NDP | 1969 | 1972 |
| Independent | 1972 | 1973 | |
| Harvey Bostrom | NDP | 1973 | 1981 |
| Elijah Harper | NDP | 1981 | 1992 |
| Eric Robinson | NDP | 1993 | present |
| 2011 Manitoba provincial election : Kewatinook edit | ||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | +/- | Expenditures | |
| New Democrat | Eric Robinson | |||||
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| Liberal | Craig Cook | |||||
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| 2007 Manitoba provincial election : Rupertsland edit | ||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | +/- | Expenditures | |
| New Democratic Party | Eric Robinson | 2,092 | 58.21 | $23,296.64 | ||
| Progressive Conservative | David Harper | 1,285 | 35.75 | $8,233.12 | ||
| Liberal Party of Manitoba | Earl Fontaine | 202 | 5.62 | $3,911.36 | ||
| Total valid votes | 3,579 | 99.58 | ||||
| Rejected and declined ballots | 15 | |||||
| Turnout | 3,594 | 33.34 | ||||
| Electors on the lists | 10,780 | |||||
| 1999 Manitoba provincial election : Rupertsland edit | ||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | +/- | Expenditures | |
| New Democratic Party | Eric Robinson | 2,007 | 58.94 | $25,058.00 | ||
| Liberal Party of Manitoba | Darcy Wood | 708 | 20.79 | $28,387.14 | ||
| Progressive Conservative | Fred Harper | 678 | 19.91 | $31,774.52 | ||
| Total valid votes | 3,392 | 99.62 | ||||
| Rejected and declined ballots | 12 | |||||
| Turnout | 3,405 | 38.72 | ||||
| Electors on the lists | 8,793 | |||||
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