Radisson (electoral district)

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The 2011- boundaries for Radisson highlighted in red.

Radisson is a provincial electoral division in the Canadian province of Manitoba. It was created by redistribution in 1957, and has formally existed since the 1958 provincial election. The riding is located in the northeastern section of the City of Winnipeg and is named after Pierre-Esprit Radisson, a seventeenth-century explorer.

Radisson is bordered on the east by Transcona and Springfield, to the south by Southdale, to the north by River East, and to the west by Rossmere, Concordia and St. Boniface. The Canadian National Railway Symington Yards are in the southern part of the riding.

The riding's population in 1996 was 20,113. As of 1999, the average family income was $54084, and the unemployment rate was 4.60%. Radisson's francophone population is 9%, and there are also significant Ukrainian (7%) and German (6%) communities.

Manufacturing accounts for 14% of Radisson's industry, with a further 13% in the retail trade.

Radisson normally elects New Democratic Party MLAs (former party leader Russell Paulley represented the riding for many years), although the boundaries changed dramatically with the 1998 redistribution, and as a result it is not considered completely safe for the party. The Progressive Conservatives won the riding in 1977, and the Liberals did the same in 1988. In both cases, the NDP regained the seat after a single term.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

This riding has elected the following MLAs:

Parliament	Years		Party
22nd	1958-1959	Russell Paulley	CCF
23rd	1959-1961		CCF
23rd	1961-1962		New Democratic Party
24th	1962-1966
25th	1966-1969
26th	1969-1973	Harry Shafransky	New Democratic Party
27th	1973-1977	Harry Shafransky	New Democratic Party
28th	1977-1981	Abe Kovnats	Progressive Conservative
29th	1981-1986	Gerard Lecuyer	New Democratic Party
30th	1986-1988	Gerard Lecuyer	New Democratic Party
31st	1988-1990	Allan Patterson	Liberal
32nd	1990-1993	Marianne Cerilli	New Democratic Party
33rd	1995-1999
34th	1999-2003
35th	2003-2007	Bidhu Jha	New Democratic Party
36th	2007-	Bidhu Jha	New Democratic Party

Electoral results

v t e Manitoba general election, 2011: Radisson
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±pp	Expenditures
	New Democrat	Bidhu Jha	5,033	54.95	-1.77
	Progressive Conservative	Desmond Penner	3,588	39.17	+3.89
	Liberal	Shirley Robert	506	5.52	-2.47
Total valid votes			9,127
Rejected and declined ballots			33
Turnout			9,160	61.48
Electors on the lists			14,899

v t e Manitoba general election, 2007: Radisson
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±pp	Expenditures
	New Democrat	Bidhu Jha	4,804	56.72	+4.27	$38,067.77
	Progressive Conservative	Linda West	2,988	35.28	-3.85	$31,483.45
	Liberal	Murray Cliff	677	7.99	-0.43	none reported
Total valid votes			8,469	100.00
Rejected and declined ballots			57
Turnout			8,526	60.33	+6.28
Electors on the lists			14,132

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v t e Manitoba general election, 2003: Radisson
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±pp	Expenditures
	New Democratic Party	Bidhu Jha	3,888	52.45	-2.57	$26,913.04
	Progressive Conservative	Linda West	2,901	39.13	+6.17	$17,661.88
	Liberal	Murray Cliff	624	8.42	-3.60	$2,277.16
Total valid votes			7,413	100.00
Rejected and declined ballots			37
Turnout			7,450	54.05
Electors on the lists			13,783

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v t e Manitoba general election, 1999: Radisson
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±pp	Expenditures
	New Democratic Party	Marianne Cerilli	5,198	55.02		$17,431.00
	Progressive Conservative	Henry A. McDonald	3,114	32.96		$21,837.83
	Liberal	Betty Ann Watts	1,136	12.02	–	$15,219.75
Total valid votes			9,448	100.00
Rejected and declined ballots			38
Turnout			9,486	71.79
Electors on the lists			13,213

Previous boundaries

The 1999-2011 boundaries for Radisson highlighted in red.

References

v t e Manitoba provincial electoral districts

North	Flin Flon Kewatinook Swan River The Pas Thompson

Southwest	Agassiz Arthur-Virden Brandon East Brandon West Dauphin Midland Portage la Prairie Riding Mountain Spruce Woods

Southeast	Dawson Trail Emerson Gimli Interlake Lac du Bonnet Lakeside La Verendrye Morden-Winkler Morris Selkirk Steinbach St. Paul

Winnipeg	Assiniboia Burrows Charleswood Concordia Elmwood Fort Garry-Riverview Fort Richmond Fort Rouge Fort Whyte Inkster Kildonan Kirkfield Park Minto Point Douglas Radisson Riel River East River Heights Rossmere Seine River Southdale St. Boniface St. James St. Johns St. Norbert St. Vital The Maples Transcona Tuxedo Tyndall Park Wolseley

See also: 2011 election List of elections Politics of Manitoba

Coordinates: 49°53′02″N 97°02′38″W / 49.884°N 97.044°W / 49.884; -97.044

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