Elmwood is a provincial electoral district of Manitoba, Canada.
History
1914–1920 The original Elmwood riding existed from 1914 to 1920, in what was then a suburban community in the north of Winnipeg. It was created out of Springfield, Kildonan-St. Andrews, Winnipeg North, and St. Boniface. It was abolished into Springfield, Winnipeg and St. Boniface.
Its provincial Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLAs) were:
Parliament Years Member Party 14th 1914–1915 Harry Mewhirter Conservative 15th 1915–1920 Thomas Hamilton Liberal
1958–present 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. The Elmwood riding existing from 1958 to 1969 was confined to the actual Elmwood area of the city of Winnipeg. In the redistribution in advance of the 1969 Manitoba general election, part of East Kildonan was added. Since 1981, the Elmwood riding has moved further north into East Kildonan, taking in much of the old Kildonan riding (existing between 1958 and 1981) while the eastern part of the Elmwood area has been removed and added to the Concordia riding created in 1981.
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. Eighteen per cent of the riding's residents were over age 65.
The New Democratic Party of Manitoba (and its predecessor, the Manitoba Co-operative Commonwealth Federation) have won Elmwood in every provincial election since the riding's re-creation. In the 1988 general election, when the NDP fell from majority government to third-party status, Elmwood, along with adjoining Concordia, Logan, and St. Johns were the only four constituencies in Winnipeg to elect NDP MLAs.
Members of the Legislative Assembly Parliament Years Member Party 25th 1958–1959 Steve Peters Co-operative Commonwealth 26th 1959–1961 1961–1962 New Democratic 27th 1962–1966 28th 1966–1969 Russell Doern New Democratic 29th 1969–1973 30th 1973–1977 31st 1977–1981 32nd 1981–1984 1984–1986 Independent 33rd 1986–1988 Jim Maloway New Democratic 34th 1988–1990 35th 1990–1995 36th 1995–1999 37th 1999–2003 38th 2003–2007 39th 2007–2008 2008–2011 Bill Blaikie New Democratic 40th 2011–2016 Jim Maloway New Democratic 41st 2016–2019 42nd 2019–2023 43rd 2023–present
Election results
1914
1915
1958
1959
1962
1966
1969
1973
1977
1981
1986
1988
1990
1995
1999
2003
2007
2009 by-election
2011
2016
2019
2023
Previous boundaries
See also List of Manitoba provincial electoral districts Canadian provincial electoral districts
References