Spruce Woods is a provincial electoral division in the Canadian province of Manitoba. It was created by redistribution in 2008 out of parts of Minnedosa and Turtle Mountain and notably gained parts of the City of Brandon and Arthur-Virden in the 2018 redistribution.[1]
 Manitoba electoral district | |||
|---|---|---|---|
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| Provincial electoral district | |||
| Legislature | Legislative Assembly of Manitoba | ||
| MLA |
Progressive Conservative | ||
| District created | 2008 | ||
| First contested | 2011 | ||
| Last contested | 2023 | ||
| Demographics | |||
| Population (2016) | 22,810 | ||
| Electors (2019) | 14,746 | ||
| Area (km²) | 6,125 | ||
| Pop. density (per km²) | 3.7 | ||
Following the 2018 redistribution, Spruce Woods includes the municipalities of Cornwallis, Elton, Glenboro – South Cypress, Oakland – Wawanesa, Riverdale, Sifton, Souris – Glenwood, Victoria, Whitehead and the portion of the City of Brandon located north of the Assiniboine River.[2]
Outside of the City of Brandon, communities in the constituency include Glenboro, Holland, Oak Lake, Rivers, Souris, and Wawanesa.[3] The constituency also includes the part of CFB Shilo that is within the Municipality of Glenboro - South Cypress.
The riding's population based on the 2016 census was 22,810.[4]
List of provincial representatives
edit| Assembly | Years | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Riding created from Minnedosa and Turtle Mountain | ||||
| 40th | 2011-2016 | Cliff Cullen | Progressive Conservative | |
| 41st | 2016–2019 | |||
| 42nd | 2019–2023 | |||
| 43rd | 2023–present | Grant Jackson | ||
Electoral results
edit2023
edit| 2023 Manitoba general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Progressive Conservative | Grant Jackson | 4,986 | 61.81 | -6.26 | $13,312.67 | |||
| New Democratic | Melissa Ghidoni | 1,936 | 24.00 | +8.13 | $168.00 | |||
| Liberal | Michelle Budiwski | 1,145 | 14.19 | +7.98 | $6,413.47 | |||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 8,067 | 99.23 | – | $56,314.00 | ||||
| Total rejected and declined ballots | 63 | 0.77 | – | |||||
| Turnout | 8,130 | 56.54 | -0.21 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 14,379 | |||||||
| Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | -7.19 | ||||||
Source(s) | ||||||||
2019
edit| 2019 Manitoba general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Progressive Conservative | Cliff Cullen | 5,665 | 68.06 | -3.3 | $12,334.55 | |||
| New Democratic | Justin Shannon | 1,321 | 15.87 | +2.3 | $1,211.77 | |||
| Green | Gordon Beddome | 820 | 9.85 | +8.2 | $0.00 | |||
| Liberal | Jennifer Harcus | 517 | 6.21 | -1.2 | $0.00 | |||
| Total valid votes | 8,323 | 99.46 | – | |||||
| Rejected | 45 | 0.54 | ||||||
| Turnout | 8,368 | 56.75 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 14,746 | |||||||
| Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | -2.8 | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Manitoba. Chief Electoral Officer (2019). Statement of Votes for the 42nd Provincial General Election, September 10, 2019 (PDF) (Report). Winnipeg: Elections Manitoba. "Candidate Election Returns". Elections Manitoba. Elections Manitoba. Retrieved March 2, 2020. | ||||||||
2016
edit| 2016 provincial election redistributed results[8] | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Party | % | ||
| Progressive Conservative | 71.4 | ||
| New Democratic | 13.6 | ||
| Liberal | 7.4 | ||
| Manitoba | 6.0 | ||
| Green | 1.7 | ||
| 2016 Manitoba general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Progressive Conservative | Cliff Cullen | 5,210 | 73.12 | 6.47 | $13,262.74 | |||
| Manitoba | Malcolm McKellar | 738 | 10.36 | – | $3,614.69 | |||
| New Democratic | Amanda Chmelyk | 665 | 9.33 | -19.28 | $146.90 | |||
| Liberal | Jaron Hart | 512 | 7.19 | 2.46 | $5.84 | |||
| Total valid votes | 7,125 | – | – | |||||
| Rejected | 103 | – | ||||||
| Eligible voters / turnout | 13,904 | 51.99 | 3.35 | |||||
Source(s)
Source: Manitoba. Chief Electoral Officer (2016). Statement of Votes for the 41st Provincial General Election, April 19, 2016 (PDF) (Report). Winnipeg: Elections Manitoba. "Election Returns: 41st General Election". Elections Manitoba. 2016. Retrieved September 10, 2018. | ||||||||
2011
edit| 2011 Manitoba general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | Expenditures | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Cliff Cullen | 4,495 | 66.65 | $14,786.56 | ||||
| New Democratic | Cory Szczepanski | 1,930 | 28.62 | $5,104.39 | ||||
| Liberal | Trenton Zazalak | 319 | 4.73 | $2,227.13 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 6,744 | – | ||||||
| Rejected | 36 | – | ||||||
| Eligible voters / turnout | 13,940 | 48.64 | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Manitoba. Chief Electoral Officer (2011). Statement of Votes for the 40th Provincial General Election, October 4, 2011 (PDF) (Report). Winnipeg: Elections Manitoba. "Election Returns: 40th General Election". Elections Manitoba. 2011. Retrieved September 12, 2018. | ||||||||
References
edit- ^ "Final Report 2018" (PDF). Manitoba Electoral Divisions Boundaries Commission. Retrieved July 22, 2019.
- ^ "2018 Electoral Division Names, Populations, and Variations - Spruce Woods". Manitoba Electoral Divisions Boundary Commission. Retrieved July 22, 2019.
- ^ "MLA Cliff Cullen To Seek Re-election". Discover Westman. Retrieved July 22, 2019.
- ^ "Final Report 2018" (PDF). Manitoba Electoral Divisions Boundaries Commission. Retrieved July 22, 2019.
- ^ "Summary of Votes Received" (PDF). Elections Manitoba. Retrieved May 4, 2024.
- ^ "CANDIDATE ELECTION RETURNS GENERAL ELECTION 2023". Elections Manitoba. Retrieved May 6, 2024.
- ^ "2023 GENERAL ELECTION CANDIDATE AND REGISTERED PARTY ELECTION EXPENSE LIMITS - FINAL EXPENSE LIMIT" (PDF). Elections Manitoba. Retrieved May 4, 2024.
- ^ Marcoux, Jacques (August 27, 2019). "New Manitoba election boundaries give upper hand to Progressive Conservatives, CBC News analysis finds". CBC. Retrieved September 6, 2023.