Assiniboia is a provincial electoral district of Manitoba, Canada. It was first created for the 1879 provincial election, was eliminated in 1888, and was re-established in 1903. It is located in the westernmost tip of the city of Winnipeg.

Assiniboia is bordered on the east by St. James and Lakeside, to the south by Kirkfield Park, to the north by Lakeside, and to the west by Morris.

The riding's population in 1996 was 20,441. In 1999, the average family income was $53,881, and the unemployment rate was 6.50%. Retail trade accounts for 15% of the riding's industry.

Until 1920, Assiniboia was a marginal riding between the Manitoba Liberal Party and Conservative Party. Between 1920 and 1949, it was a hotly contested riding between the Conservatives and candidates of the Independent Labour Party and Manitoba Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (CCF).

The riding was dominated by the Liberals from 1949 until 1977, and then by the Progressive Conservatives from 1977 to 1999. The New Democratic Party of Manitoba's (NDP) victory in 1999 was completely unexpected, and occurred by a margin of only three votes.

The NDP took the seat in the 2023 Manitoba general election.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Assembly Years Member Party4th1879-1883Alexander MurrayLiberal-Conservative5th1883–1886 6th1886–18881888Duncan MacArthurLiberalRiding abolished from 1888 to 190311th1903–1907Joseph PrefontaineLiberal12th1907–1910Aimé BénardConservative13th1910–191414th1914–1915John Thomas Haig14th1915–1920John W. WiltonLiberal 16th1920 William BayleyDominion Labour1920–1922Independent Labour 17th1922–1927 18th1927–1932Joseph Cotter Conservative 19th1932–1936Ralph Webb 20th1936–1941James AikenIndependent Labour/Co-operative Commonwealth Federation 21st1941–1945David BestConservative/Progressive Conservative 22nd1945–1949Ernest DraffinCo-operative Commonwealth Federation 23rd1949–1953 Reginald Wightman Liberal-Progressive 24th1953–1958 25th1958–1959Donovan SwailesCo-operative Commonwealth Federation 26th1959–1962George JohnsonProgressive Conservative 27th1962–1966 Stephen Patrick Liberal 28th1966–1969 29th1969–1973 30th1973–1977 31st1977–1981Norma Price Progressive Conservative 32nd1981–1986Ric Nordman 33rd 1986–1988 34th 1988–1990Ed MandrakeLiberal35th1990–1995Linda McIntoshProgressive Conservative36th1995–199937th1999–2003Jim RondeauNew Democratic38th2003–200739th2007–2011 40th2011–2016 41st2016–2017Steven FletcherProgressive Conservative2017–2018Independent2018–2019Manitoba2019–2019Manitoba First42nd 2019–2023 Scott JohnstonProgressive Conservative43rd2023–present Nellie KennedyNew Democratic

Election results

2023

2019

2016 2016 provincial election redistributed results Party %   Progressive Conservative 45.1   New Democratic 28.6   Liberal 18.8   Green 7.4

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Previous boundaries

See also List of Manitoba provincial electoral districts Canadian provincial electoral districts

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