Provencher (electoral district)

Provencher
Manitoba electoral district
Provencher in relation to other Manitoba federal electoral districts
Federal electoral district
Legislature House of Commons
MP
 
 		  
Vic Toews
Conservative
District created 1871
First contested 1871
Last contested 2006
District webpage profile, map
Demographics
Population (2006) 87,737
Electors (2011) 62,392
Area (km²) 22,920
Pop. density (per km²) 3.8
Census divisions
Census subdivisions Springfield, Hanover, Steinbach, Taché, Ritchot, Ste. Anne, La Broquerie, De Salaberry, Alexander, Lac du Bonnet

Provencher is a federal electoral district in Manitoba, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1871. It is largely a rural district, the largest community being the city of Steinbach, Manitoba.

Contents

Demographics

Population, 2001 81,910
Electors 60,617
Area (km²)
Population density (people per km²)

Geography

The district is in the extreme southeastern part of Manitoba.

History

The electoral district was created in 1871 after Manitoba joined the Canadian Confederation in 1870. It is notable for being the district that elected rebel Louis Riel to the House of Commons.

The riding is considered pretty safe for Conservative members, though the area elected Liberal Party of Canada MPs from 1904-1957, intermittently since then, and as recently as 1993-2000 when vote splitting between the Conservatives and Canadian Alliance allowed the Liberals to win again.

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following Members of Parliament:

Parliament Years Member Party
1st 1871–1872     Pierre Delorme Conservative
2nd 1872–1873     George-Étienne Cartier Liberal-Conservative
1873–1874     Louis Riel Independent
3rd 1874–1875
1875–1878     Andrew Bannatyne Liberal
4th 1878–1879     Joseph Dubuc Conservative
1879–1882     Joseph Royal Conservative
5th 1882–1887
6th 1887–1889
1889–1891     Alphonse Alfred Clément Larivière Conservative
7th 1891–1896
8th 1896–1900
9th 1900–1904
10th 1904–1908     Joseph Ernest Cyr Liberal
11th 1908–1911     John Patrick Molloy Liberal
12th 1911–1917
13th 1917–1921
14th 1921–1925     Arthur-Lucien Beaubien Liberal
15th 1925–1926
16th 1926–1930
17th 1930–1935
18th 1935–1940
19th 1940–1945     René Jutras Liberal
20th 1945–1949
21st 1949–1953
22nd 1953–1957
23rd 1957–1958     Warner Jorgenson Progressive Conservative
24th 1958–1962
25th 1962–1963
26th 1963–1965
27th 1965–1968
28th 1968–1972     Mark Smerchanski Liberal
29th 1972–1974     Jake Epp Progressive Conservative
30th 1974–1979
31st 1979–1980
32nd 1980–1984
33rd 1984–1988
34th 1988–1993
35th 1993–1997     David Iftody Liberal
36th 1997–2000
37th 2000–2003     Vic Toews Canadian Alliance
2003–2004     Conservative
38th 2004–2006
39th 2006–2008
40th 2008–2011
41st 2011–present

Current Member of Parliament

Its Member of Parliament is Vic Toews, a former lawyer and member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba. He was first elected in 2000. He is a member of the Conservative Party of Canada, and serves in the cabinet of Stephen Harper. Toews originally served as President of the Treasury Board and then was moved to the position of Minister of Public Safety in a 2010 cabinet reshuffle.

Election results

Canadian federal election, 2011
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
     Conservative Vic Toews[1] 27,820 70.60 +5.95
     New Democrat Al Mackling 7,051 17.89 +4.17
     Liberal Terry Hayward 2,645 6.71 -5.86
     Green Janine Gibson 1,164 2.95 -2.84
     Christian Heritage David Reimer 510 1.29 -1.95
     Pirate Ric Lim[2] 215 0.55 -
Total valid votes/Expense limit 39,405 100.00 -
Total rejected ballots 169 0.43 0.00
Turnout 39,574 63.64 +5.63
Eligible voters 62,180
Canadian federal election, 2008
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
     Conservative Vic Toews 23,303 64.65 -1.03 $67,419
     New Democrat Ross Martin 4,947 13.72 +0.01 $6,406
     Liberal Shirley Hiebert 4,531 12.57 -3.27 $16,369
     Green Janine Gibson 2,089 5.79 +1.02 $1,093
     Christian Heritage David Reimer 1,170 3.24 $10,130
Total valid votes/Expense limit 36,040 100.00 $87,213
Total rejected ballots 156 0.43 +0.02
Turnout 36,196 58.01 -7.04
2006 federal election : Provencher edit
Party Candidate Votes % +/- Expenditures
     Conservative (x)Vic Toews 25,199 65.68 +2.66 $40,862.19
     Liberal Wes Penner 6,077 15.84 -9.08 $75,239.46
     New Democratic Party Patrick O'Connor 5,259 13.71 +4.70 $2,266.71
     Green Janine Gibson 1,830 4.77 +1.72 $87.31
Total valid votes 38,365 100.00
Total rejected ballots 157 0.41 -0.02
Turnout 38,522 65.05 +5.38
Electors on the lists 59,216

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

2004 federal election : Provencher edit
Party Candidate Votes % +/- Expenditures
     Conservative (x)Vic Toews 22,694 63.02 +4.99 $70,851.00
     Liberal Peter Epp 8,975 24.92 -10.94 $64,895.23
     New Democratic Party Sarah Zaharia 3,244 9.01 +2.90 $1,472.79
     Green Janine Gibson 1,100 3.05 $480.59
Total valid votes 36,013 100.00
Total rejected ballots 155 0.43 +0.07
Turnout 36,168 59.67 -10.36
Electors on the lists 60,617

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

2000 federal election : Provencher edit
Party Candidate Votes % +/- Expenditures
     Canadian Alliance Vic Toews 21,358 52.76 +17.68 $65,896.75
     Liberal (x)David Iftody 14,419 35.62 -4.38 $60,917.43
     Progressive Conservative Henry C. Dyck 2,726 6.73 -9.59 $7,780.05
     New Democratic Party Peter Hiebert 1,980 4.89 -3.71 $210.45
Total valid votes 40,483 100.00
Total rejected ballots 148 0.36 -0.10
Turnout 40,631 70.03 +5.09
Electors on the lists 58,020

Sources: Official Results, Elections Canada and Financial Returns, Elections Canada. Note: Canadian Alliance vote is compared to the Reform vote in 1997 election.

1997 federal election : Provencher edit
Party Candidate Votes % +/- Expenditures
     Liberal (x)David Iftody 14,595 40.00 -0.82 $61,072
     Reform Larry Tardiff 12,798 35.08 -2.09 $42,111
     Progressive Conservative Clare Braun 5,955 16.32 +5.43 $60,432
     New Democratic Party Martha Wiebe Owen 3,137 8.60 +1.62 $1,793
Total valid votes 36,485 100.00
Total rejected ballots 170 0.46 +0.13
Turnout 36,655 64.94 -5.61
Electors on the lists 56,442

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

1993 federal election : Provencher edit
Party Candidate Votes % +/- Expenditures
     Liberal David Iftody 16,119 44.04 +11.5 $42,045
     Reform Dean Whiteway 13,463 36.78 +33.1 $49,513
     Progressive Conservative Kelly Clark 3,765 10.29 -45.2 $48,359
     New Democratic Party Martha Wiebe Owen 1,818 4.97 -2.3 $7,277
     National Wes Penner 1,212 3.3 $23,719
     Natural Law Corrine Ayotte 157 0.43 +0.1 $12
     Canada Party Ted Bezan 69 0.19 $0
Total valid votes 36,603 100.00
Total rejected ballots 126 0.34 +0.0
Turnout 36,729 69.52 -1.4
Electors on the lists 52,835

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 : Provencher edit
Party Candidate Votes % +/-
     Progressive Conservative Jake Epp 19,000 55.5 -2.7
     Liberal Wes Penner 11,121 32.5 +12.4
     New Democratic Party Mary Sabovitch 2,490 7.3 -6.8
     Reform Lawrence Feilberg 1,246 3.6
     Confederation of Regions John Weibe 357 1.0 -5.8
Total valid votes 34,214 100.0
Total rejected ballots 106 0.3
Turnout 34,320 70.9
Electors on the lists 48,385
Canadian federal election, 1984
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
     Progressive Conservative Jake Epp 20,077 58.3 +13.3
     New Democrat Ron Buzahora 6,941 20.1 -8.3
     Liberal Wally Rempel 4,859 14.1 -11.2
     Confederation of Regions Ron Bowers 2,347 6.8
     Libertarian Donald Ives 232 0.7
Total valid votes 34,456 100.0
Canadian federal election, 1980
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
     Progressive Conservative Jake Epp 14,677 44.9 -6.7
     New Democrat Richard Rattai 9,281 28.4 +2.7
     Liberal Clare Cremer 8,271 25.3 +2.7
     Rhino Lawrence Feilberg 433 1.3
Total valid votes 32,662 100.0
Canadian federal election, 1979
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
     Progressive Conservative Jake Epp 17,030 51.7 -3.1
     New Democrat Richard C. Greenway 8,473 25.7 +5.7
     Liberal Howard Loewen 7,459 22.6 -0.1
Total valid votes 32,962 100.0
Canadian federal election, 1974
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
     Progressive Conservative Jake Epp 13,405 54.8 +9.4
     Liberal Tom Copeland 5,558 22.7 -3.4
     New Democrat Jack Feely 4,907 20.0 -5.3
     Social Credit Jake Wall 613 2.5 -0.7
Total valid votes 24,483 100.0
Canadian federal election, 1972
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
     Progressive Conservative Jake Epp 11,262 45.3 +9.4
     Liberal Mark Smerchanski 6,489 26.1 -15.5
     New Democrat Alf Chorney 6,304 25.4 +11.2
     Social Credit Jake Wall 784 3.2 -5.0
Total valid votes 24,839 100.0
Canadian federal election, 1968
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
     Liberal Mark Smerchanski 9,021 41.6 +2.7
     Progressive Conservative Warner Jorgenson 7,791 36.0 -12.1
     New Democrat Harry Blake-Knox 3,078 14.2 +10.2
     Social Credit Lorne Reznowski 1,773 8.2 -0.7
Total valid votes 21,663 100.0
Canadian federal election, 1965
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
     Progressive Conservative Warner Jorgenson 6,470 48.1 +2.0
     Liberal Gordon Barkman 5,243 39.0 +2.3
     Social Credit Wilbert J. Tinkler 1,195 8.9 -8.3
     New Democrat Francis Clement Anderson 542 4.0
Total valid votes 13,450 100.0
Canadian federal election, 1963
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
     Progressive Conservative Warner Jorgenson 6,729 46.1 +2.6
     Liberal Stan C. Roberts 5,351 36.7 -0.4
     Social Credit Elie J. Dorge 2,512 17.2 -0.3
Total valid votes 14,592 100.0
Canadian federal election, 1962
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
     Progressive Conservative Warner Jorgenson 6,214 43.5 -11.0
     Liberal Stan C. Roberts 5,290 37.1 +2.4
     Social Credit John P. Loewen 2,504 17.5 +8.6
     New Democrat Peter Kruszelnicki 263 1.8 0.0
Total valid votes 14,271 100.0

Note: NDP vote is compared to CCF vote in 1958 election.

Canadian federal election, 1958
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
     Progressive Conservative Warner Jorgenson 8,278 54.5 +19.3
     Liberal René Préfontaine 5,268 34.7 +1.3
     Social Credit Wilbert James Tinkler 1,363 9.0 -20.7
     Co-operative Commonwealth Jacob John Siemens 281 1.8 0.0
Total valid votes 15,190 100.0
Canadian federal election, 1957
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
     Progressive Conservative Warner Jorgenson 4,739 35.2 +13.8
     Liberal René Jutras 4,489 33.3 -32.6
     Social Credit Hugh M. Campbell 3,992 29.6 +17.0
     Co-operative Commonwealth Charles Biesick 246 1.8
Total valid votes 13,466 100.0
Canadian federal election, 1953
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
     Liberal René Jutras 6,632 66.0 +2.9
     Progressive Conservative Abram J. Thiessen 2,151 21.4
     Social Credit Wilbert Tinkler 1,269 12.6
Total valid votes 10,052 100.0
Canadian federal election, 1949
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
     Liberal René Jutras 6,834 63.0 +23.3
     Independent Bruce MacKenzie 4,008 37.0
Total valid votes 10,842 100.0
Canadian federal election, 1945
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
     Liberal René Jutras 4,541 39.7 +8.9
     Independent Leo Arthur Slater 2,220 19.4 -7.8
     Social Credit Paul Prince 1,940 17.0 +10.1
     Co-operative Commonwealth Alexander Duncan Miller 1,838 16.1 +9.2
     Progressive Conservative Dalton Madill Boyd 894 7.8 -4.0
Total valid votes 11,433 100.0

Note: Progressive Conservative vote is compared to "National Government" vote in 1940 election. Social Credit vote is compared to New Democracy vote in 1940 election.

Canadian federal election, 1940
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
     Liberal René Jutras 3,768 30.8 -31.9
     Independent Leo A. Slater 3,329 27.2
     Independent Harry Matthew Podolsky 1,765 14.4
     National Government William Richard Johnston 1,441 11.8 -25.5
     New Democracy Albert Banville 1,099 9.0
     Co-operative Commonwealth Évariste Rupert Gagnon 841 6.9
Total valid votes 12,243 100.0

Note: "National Government" vote is compared to Conservative vote in 1935 election.

Canadian federal election, 1935
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
     Liberal Arthur-Lucien Beaubien 6,308 62.7 +4.8
     Conservative Philippe Bourgeois 3,751 37.3 +8.4
Total valid votes 10,059 100.0
Canadian federal election, 1930
Party Candidate Votes %
     Liberal-Progressive Arthur-Lucien Beaubien 4,562 58.0
     Conservative Joseph-Arthur Belanger 2,274 28.9
     Independent Conservative Wasyl Kobzar 715 9.1
     Liberal Alexandre Ayotte 321 4.1
Total valid votes 7,872 100.0
Canadian federal election, 1926
Party Candidate Votes
     Liberal-Progressive Arthur-Lucien Beaubien acclaimed
Canadian federal election, 1925
Party Candidate Votes %
     Progressive Arthur-Lucien Beaubien 2,736 50.7
     Liberal Edmond Comeault 2,656 49.3
Total valid votes 5,392 100.0
Canadian federal election, 1921
Party Candidate Votes %
     Liberal Arthur-Lucien Beaubien 3,189 46.9
     Liberal John P. Molloy 2,177 32.0
     Independent Albert Préfontaine 1,428 21.0
Total valid votes 6,794 100.0
Canadian federal election, 1917
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
     Opposition John Patrick Molloy 2,035 52.4 -1.0
     Government John Robert Johns 1,850 47.6 1.0
Total valid votes 3,885 100.0

Note: Unionist vote is compared to Conservative vote in 1911 election.

Canadian federal election, 1911
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
     Liberal John Patrick Molloy 3,049 53.3 -1.3
     Conservative Joseph Alfred Féréol Bleau 2,668 46.7 +1.3
Total valid votes 5,717 100.0
Canadian federal election, 1908
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
     Liberal John Patrick Molloy 2,719 54.6 +4.5
     Conservative Alphonse-Alfred-Clément Larivière 2,259 45.4 -4.5
Total valid votes 4,978 100.0
Canadian federal election, 1904
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
     Liberal Joseph-Ernest Cyr 1,896 50.1 +0.9
     Conservative Alphonse-Alfred-Clément Larivière 1,886 49.9 -0.9
Total valid votes 3,782 100.0
Canadian federal election, 1900
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
     Conservative Alphonse-Alfred-Clément Larivière 1,528 50.7 -13.8
     Liberal S.A.D. Bertrand 1,484 49.3 +13.8
Total valid votes 3,012 100.0
Canadian federal election, 1896
Party Candidate Votes %
     Conservative Alphonse-Alfred-Clément Larivière 1,476 64.6
     Liberal George Walton 810 35.4
Total valid votes 2,286 100.0
Canadian federal election, 1891
Party Candidate Votes
     Conservative Alphonse-Alfred-Clément Larivière acclaimed
By-election on 24 January 1889

On Mr. Royal being appointed Lieutenant-Governor of the North West Territories, 4 July 1918
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
     Conservative Alphonse-Alfred-Clément Larivière 797 48.3 -9.8
     Unknown Richard 583 35.4
     Unknown Clarke 269 16.3
Total valid votes 1,649 100.0
Canadian federal election, 1887
Party Candidate Votes %
     Conservative Joseph Royal 1,081 58.1
     Independent Liberal J.E. Cyr 778 41.9
Total valid votes 1,859 100.0
Canadian federal election, 1882
Party Candidate Votes
     Conservative Joseph Royal acclaimed
By-election on 30 December 1879

On Mr. Dubuc being appointed Puisne Judge of the Court of Queen's Bench for Manitoba
Party Candidate Votes %
     Conservative Joseph Royal 652 62.6
     Unknown John Molloy 269 25.8
     Unknown S. Hamelin 121 11.6
Total valid votes 1,042 100.0
Canadian federal election, 1878
Party Candidate Votes
     Conservative Joseph Dubuc acclaimed
By-election on 31 March 1875

On Mr. Riel being unseated and declared an outlaw, 25 February 1875
Party Candidate Votes
     Liberal Andrew Bannatyne acclaimed
By-election on 3 September 1874

On Mr. Riel being expelled from the House of Commons, 16 April 1874
Party Candidate Votes
     Independent Louis Riel acclaimed
Canadian federal election, 1874
Party Candidate Votes %
     Independent Louis Riel 195 73.9
     Unknown J. Hamelin 69 26.1
Total valid votes 264 100.0
By-election on 13 October 1873

On Mr. Cartier's death, 20 May 1873
Party Candidate Votes
     Independent Louis Riel acclaimed
Canadian federal election, 1872
Party Candidate Votes
     Liberal-Conservative George-Étienne Cartier acclaimed
By-election on 3 March 1871

As a result of Manitoba joining Confederation, 15 July 1870
Party Candidate Votes %
     Conservative Pierre Delorme 172 85.6
     Liberal William Dease 29 14.4
Total valid votes 201 100.0

See also

References

  1. ^ Elections Canada accessed 21 April 2011
  2. ^ Pirate Party of Canada. "Candidates". https://www.pirateparty.ca/about/candidates. Retrieved March 26, 2011. 

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