Springfield was a provincial electoral district of Manitoba, Canada. It was created by the province's first electoral redistribution in 1874 and existed until 2011, except for the period from 1914 to 1920.
Springfield was located to the immediate east of the city of Winnipeg. It was bordered to the north by Selkirk and Gimli, to the east by Lac Du Bonnet, and to the south by La Verendrye. The riding included the municipalities of Springfield and East St. Paul, as well as Anola, Dugald, Birds Hill, and Oakbank. Before 1989, the riding stretched as far as the Ontario border.
In 1914, the riding was abolished into St. Clements and Elmwood. In 1920, it was recreated out of Elmwood.
The riding's population in 1996 was 18,599. In 1999, the average family income was $67,794, and the unemployment rate was 4.50%. Manufacturing accounted for 12% of all industry in the riding, followed by 11% in the service sector. Springfield had significant Ukrainian and German populations, at 9% and 8% respectively.
Springfield was represented by various political parties over its long history, without any one party dominating for an extended period of time. This pattern had begun to change, as the riding had been represented by the Progressive Conservatives since 1990, and the last member, Member of the Legislative Assembly, Ron Schuler, was re-elected with over 60% of the vote in 2003. The seat was considered safe for the Progressive Conservatives.
Following the 2008 electoral redistribution, the riding was dissolved into La Verendrye and the new riding of St. Paul. This took effect for the 2011 election.
Members of the Legislative Assembly Name Party Took office Left office William Dick Opposition 1874 1878 Arthur Ross Opposition/Liberal 1878 1879 Government/Liberal 1879 1882 Charles Edie Conservative 1882 1883 John Bell Independent Liberal 1883 1886 Thomas Smith Liberal-Conservative 1886 1888(?) Independent 1888(?) 1889(?) Liberal 1889(?) 1903 W.H. Corbett Conservative 1903 1907 Donald Ross Liberal 1907 1914 Arthur Moore Dominion Labour 1920 1920 Independent Labour Party 1920 1922 Clifford Barclay Progressive 1922 1927 Murdoch Mackay Liberal 1927 1932 Clifford Barclay Independent Farmer-Labour 1932 1936 Evelyn Shannon Liberal-Progressive 1936 1945 George Olive Co-operative Commonwealth 1945 1949 William Lucko Liberal-Progressive 1949 1959 Fred Klym Progressive Conservative 1959 1969 Rene Toupin New Democrat 1969 1977 Bob Anderson Progressive Conservative 1977 1981 Andy Anstett New Democrat 1981 1986 Gilles Roch Progressive Conservative 1986 1988 Gilles Roch Liberal 1988 1990 Glen Findlay Progressive Conservative 1990 1999 Ron Schuler Progressive Conservative 1999 2011
Electoral results
1874
1878
1879
1882 by-election
1883
1886
1888
1892
1896
1899
1903
1907
1910
1920
1922
1927
1932
1936
1941
1945
1949
1953
1958
1959
1962
1966
1969
1973
1977
1981
1986
1988
1990
1995
1999
2003
2007
See also List of Manitoba provincial electoral districts Canadian provincial electoral districts
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