River East
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Defunct provincial electoral district | |
Legislature | Legislative Assembly of Manitoba |
District created | 1979 |
First contested | 1981 |
Last contested | 2016 |
River East was a provincial electoral division in the Canadian province of Manitoba. It was officially created by redistribution in 1979, and formally existed since the provincial election of 1981 until 2019.
The riding was located on the northeast corner of the City of Winnipeg, bordered by the Red River to the west, the city limit, by Springfield to the north and east, and by the riding of Rossmere to the south.
It was replaced for the 2019 election by the new Kildonan-River East district.
River East was an affluent district with an average income of $62,534 and an unemployment rate of 5.60% in 1999. It also had a large immigrant population, at 17% of the total population. Twelve per cent of River East's residents listed German as their ethnic origin, while a further 9% listed Ukrainian. The riding's total population in 1996 was 19,840.
History
River East was the only riding in the northern part of Winnipeg to be represented by a Progressive Conservative up until the 2016 general election. Bonnie Mitchelson was the Member of the Legislative Assembly for the area from 1986 to 2016, and was re-elected five times. Bonnie Mitchelson announced her retirement in October, 2014,[1] and did not seek re-election in the 2016 general election. The seat was won by Cathy Cox, who held it for the Progressive Conservatives while defeating NDP challenger Jody Gillis. Once considered safe for the Progressive Conservatives, the seat became extremely marginal, with Mitchelson being re-elected in the 2007 provincial election by only 52 votes over the New Democrat candidate. Since then, the PC majorities have increased in 2011 and 2016.
List of provincial representatives
Name | Party | Took office | Left office |
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Phil Eyler | NDP | 1981 | 1986 |
Bonnie Mitchelson | PC | 1986 | 2016 |
Cathy Cox | PC | 2016 | 2023 |
Electoral results
2016
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
Progressive Conservative | Cathy Cox | 6,154 | 65.71 | +14.63 | $24,565.22 | |||
New Democratic | Jody Gillis | 2,435 | 26 | -17.92 | $13,778.08 | |||
Liberal | Piero Scaramuzzi | 776 | 8.29 | +6.46 | $1,807.54 | |||
Total valid votes/expense limit | 9365 | 100.0 | ||||||
Total rejected ballots | 64 | |||||||
Total declined ballots | 146 | |||||||
Turnout | 9575 | 65.94 | – | |||||
Registered voters | 14521 | |||||||
Source: Elections Manitoba[2][3] |
2011
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
Progressive Conservative | Bonnie Mitchelson | 5,247 | 51.08 | +4.45 | $34,898.69 | |||
New Democratic | Kurt Penner | 4,512 | 43.92 | −2.15 | $29,899.44 | |||
Green | Kelly Mitchell | 274 | 2.67 | – | $0.00 | |||
Liberal | Chris Pelda | 188 | 1.83 | −4.97 | $376.14 | |||
Total valid votes | 10,221 | |||||||
Rejected and declined ballots | 52 | |||||||
Turnout | 10,273 | 67.00 | ||||||
Electors on the lists | 15,332 | |||||||
Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | - | ||||||
Source: Elections Manitoba[4] |
2007
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
Progressive Conservative | Bonnie Mitchelson | 4,361 | 46.63 | −4.65 | $29,722.71 | |||
New Democratic | Kurt Penner | 4,309 | 46.07 | −0.33 | $24,605.30 | |||
Liberal | Margaret von Lau | 639 | 6.80 | +3.83 | $8,485.65 | |||
Total valid votes | 9,309 | 99.54 | ||||||
Rejected and declined ballots | 43 | |||||||
Turnout | 9,352 | 67.60 | −0.41 | |||||
Electors on the lists | 13,835 | |||||||
Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | - |
[5]
2003
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
Progressive Conservative | Bonnie Mitchelson | 4,935 | 51.28 | +1.29 | $28,259.55 | |||
New Democratic | Doug Longstaffe | 4,402 | 45.74 | +2.67 | $19,179.77 | |||
Liberal | Fred Curry | 286 | 2.97 | −3.89 | $239.00 | |||
Total valid votes | 9,623 | 100.00 | ||||||
Rejected and declined ballots | 35 | |||||||
Turnout | 9,658 | 68.01 | ||||||
Electors on the lists | 14,201 | |||||||
Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | - |
[6]
1999
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
Progressive Conservative | Bonnie Mitchelson | 5,366 | 49.99 | $29,856.57 | ||||
New Democratic | Ross Eadie | 4,624 | 43.07 | $15,953.00 | ||||
Liberal | Patrick Saydak | 688 | 6.86 | – | $1,187.72 | |||
Total valid votes | 10,678 | 100.00 | ||||||
Rejected and declined ballots | 57 | |||||||
Turnout | 10,735 | 77.30 | ||||||
Electors on the lists | 13,877 | |||||||
Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | - |
[7]
Previous boundaries
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/RiverEast98.png/220px-RiverEast98.png)
References
- ^ "River East MLA Bonnie Mitchelson Announces Retirement". CJOB. October 17, 2014.
- ^ "Election Night Results 2016". Elections Manitoba. April 19, 2016. Retrieved May 23, 2016.
- ^ "Election Returns: 41st General Election". Elections Manitoba. 2016. Retrieved September 10, 2018.
- ^ "Election Returns: 40th General Election". Elections Manitoba. 2011. Retrieved September 10, 2018.
- ^ "River East — Official Results — 2007 Provincial Election". Archived from the original on July 16, 2011. Retrieved August 7, 2010., 2007 Results
- ^ "River East — Official Results — 2003 Provincial Election". Archived from the original on July 16, 2011. Retrieved December 10, 2009., 2003 Results
- ^ "Summary of Results - 1999 General Election". Archived from the original on July 17, 2011. Retrieved August 7, 2010., 1999 Results
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