Emerson is a former provincial electoral district of Manitoba, Canada. It was created by redistribution in 1879 and eliminated prior the 2019 general election. Most of its territory was redistributed to the newly created Borderland riding. The eastern part of the former riding was transferred to the La Verendrye riding.
It was located in the southeastern corner of the province. It is bordered to the north by Carman, Morris, Steinbach and La Verendrye, to the west by Pembina, to the east by the province of Ontario and to the south by the American state of North Dakota. The riding included the communities/municipalities of Emerson, Altona, Dominion City, Rhineland, Gretna, Woodridge, and St. Jean Baptiste.Elections Manitoba, Provincial Electoral Divisions Map: Emerson.
The riding's population in 2008 was 20,370.Manitoba Electoral Boundaries Commission, Emerson Electoral District . In 2011, the average family income was $61,951, and the unemployment rate was 2.9%.CBCNews Manitoba Riding Profile: Emerson, 2011. Agriculture accounted for 24% of the riding's industry, followed by manufacturing at 16%. Over 27% of Emerson's residents had less than a Grade Nine education. Emerson was an ethnically diverse riding, with only 51% of its residents listing English as their mother tongue. 26% of the riding's residents listed themselves as either German, French, Ukrainian, Polish or Mennonite, while a further 5% were aboriginal.
Members of the Legislative Assembly Name Party Took office Left office William Nash Opposition/Conservative 1879 1880 Thomas Carney Cons 1880 1883 Frederick Burnham Lib 1883 1883 Charles Douglas Cons 1883 1888 James Thomson Lib 1888 1892 David McFadden Cons 1892 1907 George Walton Lib 1907 1910 David McFadden Cons 1910 1915 John Baskerville Lib 1915 1920 Dmytro Yakimischak Farmer 1920 1922 Independent 1922 1927 Robert Curran Lib-Prog 1927 1932 Lib-Prog 1932 1936 Herbert Wright Independent/Liberal 1936 1941 John Solomon Independent/Pro-Coalition 1941 1945 Lib-Prog 1945 1953 Independent Liberal-Progressive 1953 1957 John Tanchak Lib-Prog 1957 1969 Gabriel Girard PC 1969 1973 Steve Derewianchuk NDP 1973 1977 Albert Driedger PC 1977 1990 Jack Penner PC 1990 2007Cliff Graydon PC 2007 2018 Independent 2018 2019
Electoral results
1879
1880 by-election
1883
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Previous boundaries
See also List of Manitoba provincial electoral districts Canadian provincial electoral districts
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