Springfield is a provincial electoral division in the Canadian province of Manitoba. It was created by the province's first-ever redistribution in 1874 and has existed continuously since that time, except for the period from 1914 to 1920.
Springfield is located to the immediate east of the City of Winnipeg. It is bordered to the north by Selkirk and Gimli, to the east by Lac Du Bonnet and to the south by La Verendrye. The riding includes the municipalities of Springfield and East St. Paul, as well as Anola, Dugald, Birds Hill and Oakbank. Before 1989, the riding stretched as far as the Ontario border; now, it is significantly smaller.
The riding's population in 1996 was 18,599. As of 1999, the average family income was $67,794, and the unemployment rate was 4.50%. Manufacturing accounts for 12% of all industry in the riding, followed by 11% in the service sector.
Springfield has significant Ukrainian and German populations, at 9% and 8% respectively.
Springfield has been represented by various political parties over its long history, without any one party dominating for an extended period of time. This pattern may be changing, however: the riding has been represented by the Progressive Conservatives since 1990, and current Member of the Legislative Assembly, Ron Schuler, was re-elected with over 60% of the vote in 2003. On a notional level at least, the seat appears safe for the Tories.
In the next election, the riding will be dissolved into La Verendrye and the new riding of St. Paul
| Name | Party | Took Office | Left Office |
|---|---|---|---|
| William Dick | Opposition | 1874 | 1878 |
| Arthur Ross | Opposition/Liberal | 1878 | 1879 |
| Government/Liberal | 1879 | 1882 | |
| Charles Edie | Conservative | 1882 | 1883 |
| John Bell | Independent Liberal | 1883 | 1886 |
| Thomas Smith | Liberal-Conservative | 1886 | 1888(?) |
| Independent | 1888(?) | 1889(?) | |
| Liberal | 1889(?) | 1903 | |
| W.H. Corbett | Conservative | 1903 | 1907 |
| Donald Ross | Liberal | 1907 | 1914 |
| Arthur Moore | Dominion Labour | 1920 | 1920 |
| Independent Labour Party | 1920 | 1922 | |
| Clifford Barclay | Progressive | 1922 | 1927 |
| Murdoch Mackay | Liberal | 1927 | 1932 |
| Clifford Barclay | Independent Farmer-Labour | 1932 | 1936 |
| Evelyn Shannon | Liberal-Progressive | 1936 | 1945 |
| George Olive | Co-operative Commonwealth | 1945 | 1949 |
| William Lucko | Liberal-Progressive | 1949 | 1959 |
| Fred Klym | Progressive Conservative | 1959 | 1969 |
| Rene Toupin | New Democrat | 1969 | 1977 |
| Bob Anderson | Progressive Conservative | 1977 | 1981 |
| Andy Anstett | New Democrat | 1981 | 1986 |
| Gilles Roch | Progressive Conservative | 1986 | 1988 |
| Liberal | 1988 | 1990 | |
| Glen Findlay | Progressive Conservative | 1990 | 1999 |
| Ron Schuler | Progressive Conservative | 1999 | 2011 |
| 2007 Manitoba provincial election : Springfield edit | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | +/- | Expenditures | |
| Progressive Conservative | Ron Schuler | 5,165 | 58.16 | $25,538.14 | ||
| New Democratic Party | Ernest Muswagon | 2,656 | 29.91 | $7,505.06 | ||
| Liberal | James Johnston | 1,014 | 11.42 | $4,606.05 | ||
| Total valid votes | 8,835 | 99.48 | ||||
| Rejected and declined votes | 46 | |||||
| Turnout | 8,881 | 56.78 | ||||
| Registered voters | 15,642 | |||||
June, 2003[2]:
| 1999 Manitoba provincial election : Springfield edit | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | +/- | Expenditures | |
| Progressive Conservative | Ron Schuler | 4,969 | 49.47 | $25,718.76 | ||
| New Democratic Party | Leonard Kimacovich | 4,058 | 40.40 | $26,227.00 | ||
| Liberal | Patricia Aitken | 771 | 7.68 | $13,962.00 | ||
| Manitoba Party | Roger Woloshyn | 203 | 2.02 | $2,703.08 | ||
| Total valid votes | 10,001 | 99.56 | ||||
| Rejected and declined votes | 44 | |||||
| Turnout | 10,045 | 77.12 | ||||
| Registered voters | 13,025 | |||||
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