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Encyclopedia > Elmwood (Manitoba riding)

Elmwood is a provincial electoral division in the Canadian province of Manitoba.


Original Riding

The original Elmwood riding existed from 1914 to 1920, in what was then a suburban community in the north of Winnipeg. Its provincial MLAs were:

Name Party Took Office Left Office
Harry Mewhirter Cons 1914 1915
Thomas Hamilton Lib 1915 1920

Modern Riding

The modern Elmwood riding was created by redistribution in 1957, and has formally existed since the provincial election of 1958. It is located in the northeastern section of the amalgamated City of Winnipeg; the Red River forms its western and part of its southern boundary.


Elmwood is mostly working-class and industrial. According to the 1999 Canadian census, manufacturing accounted for 18% of all industry in the riding. Thirty-one per cent of the riding's residents are listed as low-income. The average family income in Elmwood was $41,842, and the unemployment rate was 9.40%.


The riding has a significant immigrant population, including 9% of German background and 8% of Ukrainian background. 18% of the riding's residents over age 65.


The New Democratic Party of Manitoba (and its predecessor, the Manitoba Cooperative Commonwealth Federation) have won Elmwood in every provincial election since the riding's creation. It is considered a safe seat for the party.


List of provincial representatives

Name Party Took Office Left Office
Steve Peters CCF 1958 1961
NDP 1961 1966
Russell Doern NDP 1966 1984
Independent 1984 1986
Jim Maloway NDP 1986 present

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