Gimli (electoral district)

The 2011 boundary for Gimli highlighted in red

Gimli is a provincial electoral division in the Canadian province of Manitoba. It was created by redistribution in 1899, and has existed continuously since that time.

Gimli is located to the immediate north of the City of Winnipeg. It is bordered to the north by Interlake, to the west by Interlake and Lakeside, and to the east by Lake Winnipeg and Selkirk.

Communities in the riding include Gimli, Winnipeg Beach, Petersfield, Clandeboye and Matlock.

The riding's population in 1996 was 19,700. In 1999, the average family income was $58,790, and the unemployment rate was 7.90%. The service sector accounts for 15% of industry in the riding, with a further 11% each in manufacturing and the retail trade. There is also a significant fishing and tourism economy in the riding.

Gimli is home to the largest Icelandic community in the world outside of Iceland, and many of its MLAs have been from this background. It also has significant Ukrainian and German communities, at 12% and 6% respectively.

Gimli is a "bellwether" riding, and has elected a candidate from a governing party in all but five elections since its establishment (the exceptions were 1907, 1920, 1922, 1936 and 1999). It is currently regarded as a Progressive Conservative/New Democratic Party marginal.

The present Member of the Legislative Assembly for Gimli is Peter Bjornson of the NDP.

List of provincial representatives

Name Party Took Office Left Office
Baldwin Baldwinson Cons 1899 1907
Sigtryggur Jonasson Lib 1907 1910
Baldwin Baldwinson Cons 1910 1913
Edmund Taylor Cons 1913 1914
Sveinn Thorvaldson Cons 1914 1915
Taras Dempster Ferley Lib 1915 1920
Gudmundur Fjelsted Farmer 1920 1922
Michael Rojeski Lib, later Independent 1922 1927
Ingimar Ingaldson Prog 1927 1932
Einar Jonasson Lib-Prog 1932 1935
Joseph Wawrykow ILP/CCF 1936 1945
Steinn Thompson Lib-Prog 1945 1958
George Johnson PC 1958 1969
John Gottfried NDP 1969 1977
Keith Cosens PC 1977 1981
John Bucklaschuk NDP 1981 1988
Ed Helwer PC 1988 2003
Peter Bjornson NDP 2003 2015

Electoral results

Manitoba general election, 2011
Party Candidate Votes%∆%
New DemocraticPeter Bjornson 5,012 51.43 −7.00
Progressive ConservativeJeff Wharton 4,210 43.20 +9.30
GreenGlenda Whiteman 309 3.17 –
LiberalLawrence Einarsson 197 2.02 −5.12
Total valid votes 9,728
Rejected and declined votes 17
Turnout 9,74565.98
Registered voters 14,769
Manitoba general election, 2007
Party Candidate Votes%∆%Expenditures
New DemocraticPeter Bjornson 5,946 58.43 $24,714.95
     Progressive Conservative Chris Bourgeois 3,450 33.90 $27,803.47
LiberalLynn Greenberg 727 7.14 – $763.27
Total valid votes 10,123 99.48
Rejected and declined votes 53
Turnout 10,176 62.92
Registered voters 16,174

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June 2003:

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Manitoba general election, 1999
Party Candidate Votes%∆%Expenditures
     Progressive Conservative Ed Helwer 5,488 47.10 $29,615.58
New DemocraticFran Frederickson 5,086 43.65 $29,695.00
LiberalPat Carroll 1,019 8.75 – $10,777.10
Total valid votes 11,593 99.50
Rejected and declined votes 58
Turnout 11,651 77.96
Registered voters 14,944

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Previous boundaries

The 1998-2011 boundaries for Gimli highlighted in red

References

  1. ↑ http://www.electionsmanitoba.ca/en/Results/39_division_results/39_gimli_summary_results.html - 2007 results
  2. ↑ http://www.elections.mb.ca/en/Results/38_division_results/38_gimli_summary_results.html
  3. ↑ http://www.electionsmanitoba.ca/apps/results/37gen/pbp.asp?ED=16 - 1999 Results

Coordinates: 50°45′50″N 97°03′50″W / 50.764°N 97.064°W / 50.764; -97.064

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