Emerson (electoral district)

The 2011 boundaries of Emerson highlighted in red.

This article is about the provincial riding in southern Manitoba. For the town, see Emerson, Manitoba.

Emerson is a provincial electoral division in the Canadian province of Manitoba. It has existed since 1879, when it was created by redistribution.

It is located in the southeastern corner of the province. It is bordered to the north by Carman, Morris, Steinbach and La Verendrye, to the west by Pembina, to the east by the province of Ontario and to the south by the American state of North Dakota.

The riding includes the communities/municipalities of Emerson, Altona, Dominion City, Rhineland, Gretna, Woodridge and St. Jean Baptiste.

The riding's population in 1996 was 19,006. In 1999, the average family income was $42,863, and the unemployment rate was 5.90%. Agriculture accounts for 24% of the riding's industry, followed by manufacturing at 16%. Over 27% of Emerson's residents have less than a Grade Nine education.

Emerson is an ethnically diverse riding, with only 51% of its residents listing English as their mother tongue. 26% of the riding's residents list themselves as either German, French, Ukrainian, Polish or Mennonite, while a further 5% are aboriginal.

The riding has generally been safe for the Progressive Conservative Party of Manitoba since 1969, although the New Democratic Party of Manitoba (NDP) won it in 1973.

List of provincial representatives

Name	Party	Took Office	Left Office
William Nash	Opposition/Conservative	1879	1880
Thomas Carney	Cons	1880	1883
Frederick Burnham	Lib	1883	1883
Charles Douglas	Cons	1883	1888
James Thomson	Lib	1888	1892
David McFadden	Cons	1892	1907
George Walton	Lib	1907	1910
David McFadden	Cons	1910	1915
John Baskerville	Lib	1915	1920
Dmytro Yakimischak	Farmer	1920	1922
	Independent	1922	1927
Robert Curran	Lib-Prog	1927	1932
	Lib-Prog	1932	1936
Herbert Wright	Independent/Liberal	1936	1941
John Solomon	Independent/Pro-Coalition	1941	1945
	Lib-Prog	1945	1953
	Independent Liberal-Progressive	1953	1957
John Tanchak	Lib-Prog	1957	1969
Gabriel Girard	PC	1969	1973
Steve Derewianchuk	NDP	1973	1977
Albert Driedger	PC	1977	1990
Jack Penner	PC	1990	2007
Cliff Graydon	PC	2007	present

Electoral results

Manitoba general election, 2011
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	Progressive Conservative	Cliff Graydon	3,982	71.98	+12.42
	New Democratic	Lorie Fiddler	1,084	19.60	−2.33
	Liberal	Michelene Belliveau	415	7.50	−10.80
Total valid votes			5,481
Rejected and declined ballots			51
Turnout			5,532	44.42
Electors on the lists			12,453

Manitoba general election, 2007
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	Progressive Conservative	Cliff Graydon	3,635	59.56	+0.74	$22,391.66
	New Democratic	Chris Murash	1,296	21.93	+2.87	$939.37
	Liberal	Monica Guetre	1,117	18.30	−2.82	$6,183.77
Total valid votes			6,049	99.08%
Rejected and declined ballots			56
Turnout			6,105	49.51
Electors on the lists			12,330

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Manitoba general election, 2003
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	Progressive Conservative	Jack Penner	3,509	58.82	−2.57	$17,612.69
	Liberal	Len Schieman	1,260	21.12	+6.17	$13,304.08
	New Democratic	Murray Cliff	1,137	19.06	−3.60	$2,277.16
Total valid votes			5,936	100.00
Rejected and declined ballots			30
Turnout			5,966	48.54
Electors on the lists			12,229

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Manitoba general election, 1999
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	Progressive Conservative	(X) Jack Penner	3,994	53.87		$27,307.39
	Liberal	Ted Klassen	2,054	27.70	–	$15,533.42
	New Democratic	David Kiansky	1,332	17.97		$4,971.00
Total valid votes			7,380	99.54
Rejected and declined ballots			34
Turnout			7,414	62.17
Electors on the lists			11,926

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Previous boundaries

1998-2011 boundaries of Emerson highlighted in red.

References

↑ http://www.electionsmanitoba.ca/en/Results/39_division_results/39_emerson_summary_results.html - 2007 results
↑ http://www.elections.mb.ca/en/Results/38_division_results/38_emerson_summary_results.html - 2003 results
↑ http://www.electionsmanitoba.ca/apps/results/37gen/pbp.asp?ED=11 - 1999 Results

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 Kildonan Kirkfield Park Logan 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°05′49″N 97°14′56″W / 49.097°N 97.249°W / 49.097; -97.249

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