Winnipeg North

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Demographics
Winnipeg North in relation to the other Winnipeg ridings
Population, 2001	79,332
Electors	55,372
Area (km²)
Population density (people per km²)

For information on the historical provincial constituency, see Winnipeg North (provincial electoral constituency).

Winnipeg North is a federal electoral district that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1917. It covers the northern portion of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.

1 Geography
2 History
- 2.1 Members of Parliament
- 2.2 Current Member of Parliament
3 Election results
- 3.1 Winnipeg North, 2004-present
- 3.2 Winnipeg North, 1917 - 1993
4 See also
5 External links

[edit] Geography

The riding includes the neighbourhoods of Jefferson North, Mandalay West, Maple Glen, Garden City, Jefferson, St. John's, Inkster Faraday, William Whyte, Dufferin, North End, Burrows Central, Robertson, Selkirk, Mynarski, Northwood, Shaughnessy Heights, Lord, Tyndall Park, Garden Grove, Oak Point, Inkster Gardens, Luxton, the south part of The Maples and the north part of Logan CPR in the City of Winnipeg.

[edit] History

This riding was originally created in 1914 from Winnipeg and Selkirk ridings.

In 1997, it was re-named "Winnipeg North Centre".

In 2003, Winnipeg North Centre was abolished with parts transferred to Winnipeg North, Winnipeg Centre and Kildonan—St. Paul ridings. Winnipeg North was re-created from parts of Winnipeg North Centre and Winnipeg North—St. Paul.

[edit] Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following Members of Parliament:

1917-1921: Mathew Robert Blake - Unionist
1921-1925: Edward James McMurray - Liberal
1925-1940: A.A. Heaps - Labour Party (1925-1935), Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (1935-1940)
1940-1945: Charles Stephen Booth - Liberal
1945-1958: Alistair Stewart - Co-operative Commonwealth Federation
1958-1962: Murray Smith - Progressive Conservative
1962-1988: David Orlikow - New Democratic Party
1988-1997: Rey Pagtakhan - Liberal
1997-present: Judy Wasylycia-Leis - New Democratic Party

[edit] Current Member of Parliament

Its Member of Parliament is Judy Wasylycia-Leis, a former policy adviser. She was first elected in 1997. She represents the New Democratic Party and is their Caucus Chair and critic for Finance, Financial Institutions, Pensions and National Revenue. In the last parliamentary session, she served as vice-chair on the 'Standing Joint Committee for the Scrutiny of Regulations' and as a member on the 'Standing Committee on Finance' and the 'Subcommittee on Fiscal Imbalance'.

[edit] Election results

[edit] Winnipeg North, 2004-present

Canadian federal election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democrat	Judy Wasylycia-Leis	15,582	57.2%		$52,916
	Liberal	Parmjeet Gill	5,752	21.1%		$64,979
	Conservative	Garreth McDonald	4,810	17.6%		N/A
	Green	David Carey	779	2.9%		$397.50
	Christian Heritage	Eric Truijen	207	0.8%		N/A
	Communist	Darrell Rankin	123	0.5%		$295.28
Total valid votes			27,253	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			137
Turnout			27,390

Canadian federal election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democrat	Judy Wasylycia-Leis	12,507	48.16%		$49,921
	Liberal	Rey Pagtakhan	9,491	36.55%		$66,996
	Conservative	Kris Stevenson	3,186	12.26%		$10,733
	Green	Alon Weinberg	531	2.04%		$2,287
	Christian Heritage	Eric Truijen	141	0.54%		$1,000
	Communist	Darrell Rankin	111	0.42%		$654
Total valid votes			25,967	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			128	0.50%
Turnout			26,095	47.13%

[edit] Winnipeg North, 1917 - 1993

Canadian federal election, 1993
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Rey Pagtakhan	22,180
	New Democrat	Judy Wasylycia-Leis	13,706
	Reform	Mike Wiens	4,124
	Progressive Conservative	Lynn Filbert	1,992
	National	Anna Polonyi	767
	Natural Law	Federico Papetti	211
	Not affiliated	Mary Stanley	184
	Canada Party	Joe Lynch	135

Canadian federal election, 1988
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Rey Pagtakhan	16,375
	New Democrat	David Orlikow	14,612
	Progressive Conservative	Norman Perry Isler	10,527
	Reform	Ritchie W. Gural	793
	Independent	Stephen Keki	214
	Communist	Frank Goldspink	150
	Not affiliated	Gurdeep Singh	79

Canadian federal election, 1984
Party		Candidate	Votes
	New Democrat	David Orlikow	18,209
	Progressive Conservative	Luba Fedorkiw	12,705
	Liberal	Chris Lorenc	10,421
	Communist	Paula Fletcher	283
	Independent	William Hawryluk	243
	Independent	E.T. Dolski	180

Canadian federal election, 1980
Party		Candidate	Votes
	New Democrat	David Orlikow	18,561
	Liberal	Walter Hlady	9,517
	Progressive Conservative	Roy Koniuk	8,313
	Communist	William C. Ross	195
	Marxist-Leninist	Brian Ostrow	149

Canadian federal election, 1979
Party		Candidate	Votes
	New Democrat	David Orlikow	22,417
	Progressive Conservative	Anne Steen	11,749
	Liberal	Walter Hlady	8,002
	Communist	William C. Ross	242
	Marxist-Leninist	Brian Ostrow	141

Canadian federal election, 1974
Party		Candidate	Votes
	New Democrat	David Orlikow	15,026
	Progressive Conservative	Anne Steen	12,196
	Liberal	Robert Parashin	8,677
	Social Credit	William Hawryluk	410
	Communist	William C. Ross	390
	Marxist-Leninist	Avrum Rosner	80

Canadian federal election, 1972
Party		Candidate	Votes
	New Democrat	David Orlikow	15,931
	Liberal	Serge Radchuk	11,150
	Progressive Conservative	Anne Steen	9,446
	Not affiliated	W.C. Ross	587
	Not affiliated	C. Aili Waldman	114

Canadian federal election, 1968
Party		Candidate	Votes
	New Democrat	David Orlikow	15,608
	Liberal	Cecil W. Semchyshyn	14,645
	Progressive Conservative	Gary Raymond Scherbain	3,206
	Communist	W.C. Ross	869

Canadian federal election, 1965
Party		Candidate	Votes
	New Democrat	David Orlikow	22,950
	Liberal	Robert Taft	13,420
	Progressive Conservative	Walter Paschak	10,992
	Social Credit	Jacob Willms	771

Canadian federal election, 1963
Party		Candidate	Votes
	New Democrat	David Orlikow	18,512
	Liberal	Paul Parashin	16,081
	Progressive Conservative	Don Thompson	14,391
	Social Credit	Nick Halas	1,729

Canadian federal election, 1962
Party		Candidate	Votes
	New Democrat	David Orlikow	18,236
	Liberal	Paul Parashin	14,270
	Progressive Conservative	Murray Smith	14,000
	Social Credit	John De Fehr	1,733
	Communist	W.C. Ross	1,504

Canadian federal election, 1958
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Murray Smith	19,629
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Alistair Stewart	19,414
	Liberal	Nina Partrick	5,700
	Labour-Progressive	William Cecil Ross	1,503

Canadian federal election, 1957
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Alistair Stewart	20,354
	Liberal	Peter Taraska	9,806
	Progressive Conservative	Murray Smith	6,905
	Social Credit	Nick Halas	3,161
	Labour-Progressive	William Cecil Ross	1,579

Canadian federal election, 1953
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Alistair Stewart	15,005
	Liberal	Frank L. Chester	9,094
	Progressive Conservative	John Kereluk	3,876
	Labour-Progressive	Joseph Zuken	2,515

Canadian federal election, 1949
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Alistair Stewart	12,432
	Liberal	Peter Taraska	11,962
	Labour-Progressive	Joseph Zuken	5,406
	Progressive Conservative	John Hunter Restall	1,816

Canadian federal election, 1945
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Alistair Stewart	13,055
	Labour-Progressive	Joseph Zuken	9,116
	Liberal	Peter Taraska	8,839
	Progressive Conservative	William John English	2,584
	Social Credit	864

Canadian federal election, 1940
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Charles Stephen Booth	13,015
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Abraham Albert Heaps	11,249
	Communist	Leslie Tom Morris	5,315
	National Government	Percy Ellor	2,255

Canadian federal election, 1935
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Co-operative Commonwealth	A. A. Heaps	12,093
	Liberal	C.S. Booth	8,412
	Communist	Tim Buck	7,276
	Social Credit	Fred John Welwood	905

Canadian federal election, 1930
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	A. A. Heaps	6,907
	Conservative	Matthew Robert Blake	5,011
	Liberal	Leslie Morris	2,164

Canadian federal election, 1926
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	A. A. Heaps	6,171
	Conservative	Richard R. Knox	3,555
	Liberal	George Boyd McTavish	2,821

Canadian federal election, 1925
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	A. A. Heaps	4,781
	Conservative	Matthew Robert Blake	3,882
	Liberal	Edward James McMurray	3,573

Party		Candidate	Votes
By-election on 24 October 1923 Due to McMurray's appointment to an "office of emoulment"
	Liberal	Edward James McMurray	5,628
	Labour	Abraham Albert Heaps	2,835
	Unknown	Paul Gigejczuc	199
	Unknown	Joseph Martin	39

Canadian federal election, 1921
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Edward James McMurray	3,809
	Socialist	Robert Boyd Russell	3,094
	Conservative	Matthew Robert Blake	3,045
	Labour	Jacob Penner	565

Canadian federal election, 1917
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Government	Matthew Robert Blake	9,656
	Opposition	Richard Arthur Rigg	3,472

[edit] See also

[edit] External links

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