Dauphin—Swan River—Marquette

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Dauphin—Swan River—Marquette (formerly known as Dauphin and Dauphin—Swan River) is a federal electoral district in Manitoba, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1904. Its population in 2001 was 77,586.

Its current Member of the Canadian Parliament is Inky Mark. Previous to Mark, the riding was held by Marlene Cowling, a Liberal. Mark was elected in 1997 and now sits as a Conservative.

Contents 1 Demographics 2 Geography 3 History 3.1 Members of Parliament 3.2 Current Member of Parliament 4 Election results 4.1 Dauphin—Swan River—Marquette, 2004-present 4.2 Dauphin—Swan River, 1983-2004 4.3 Dauphin, 1904-1983 5 See also 6 External links

[edit] Demographics

Population, 2001	77,586
Electors	57,267
Area (km²)
Population density (people per km²)

[edit] Geography

The riding is located in between southern and central Manitoba, west of Lake Winnipegosis and Lake Manitoba.

[edit] History

The electoral district was created as "Dauphin" riding in 1903 from Macdonald, Marquette and Saskatchewan (Provisional District) ridings.

In 1983, it was re-named "Dauphin—Swan River".

In 2004, it was re-named "Dauphin—Swan River—Marquette".

[edit] Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following Members of Parliament:

• 1904-1908: Theodore Arthur Burrows - Liberal
• 1908-1911: Glenlyon Archibald Campbell - Conservative
• 1911-1921: Robert Cruise - Liberal (1911-1917), Unionist Party (1918-1921)
• 1921-1930: William John Ward, Progressive (1921-1926), Liberal-Progressive (1926-1930)
• 1930-1935: James Langstaff Bowman - Conservative
• 1935-1945: William John Ward - Liberal
• 1945-1949: Fred Samuel Zaplinty - Co-operative Commonwealth Federation
• 1949-1953: William John Ward - Liberal
• 1953-1958: Fred Samuel Zaplinty - CCF
• 1958-1968: R. Elmer Forbes - Progressive Conservative
• 1968-1980: Gordon Ritchie - Progressive Conservative
• 1980-1984: Laverne Lewycky - New Democratic Party
• 1984-1993: Brian White - Progressive Conservative
• 1993-1997: Marlene Cowling - Liberal
• 1997-present: Inky Mark - Reform (1997-2000), Canadian Alliance (2000-2002), Progressive Conservative (2002-2004), Conservative (2004-present)

[edit] Current Member of Parliament

Its Member of Parliament is Inky Mark, a former teacher. He was first elected in 1997. He represents the Conservative Party of Canada. In the last parliamentary session he served as vice-chair on the 'Standing Committee on Citizenship and Immigration'.

[edit] Election results

[edit] Dauphin—Swan River—Marquette, 2004-present

Canadian federal election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Inky Mark	20,084	59.1%		$42,115
	New Democrat	Walter Kolisnyk	6221	18.3%		$21,849
	Liberal	Don Dewar	6171	18.2%		$19,220
	Green	Kathy Storey	1246	3.7%		$2,759
	Christian Heritage	Iris Yawney	273	0.8%		$920
Total valid votes			33,995	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			154
Turnout			34,149	%

[edit] Dauphin—Swan River, 1983-2004

Canadian federal election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Inky Mark	18,025	53.95%		$45,456
	New Democrat	Walter Kolisnyk	7,341	21.97%		$41,153
	Liberal	Don Dewar	6,809	20.38%		$31,775
	Green	Lindy Clubb	673	2.01%		$593
	Christian Heritage	David Andres	560	1.67%		$2,974
Total valid votes			33,408	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			168	0.50%
Turnout			33,576	58.63%

Canadian federal election, 2000
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Canadian Alliance	Inky Mark	15,855	47.66%		$30,460
	Liberal	Jane Dawson	7,091	21.31%		$32,160
	New Democrat	Wayne Kines	5,813	17.47%		$24,855
	Progressive Conservative	Keith Eliasson	3,946	11.86%		$3,345
	Canadian Action	Terry Drul	372	1.11%		$3,068
	Not affiliated	Iris Yawney	189	0.56%		$5,508
Total valid votes			33,266	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			148	0.44%
Turnout			33,414	63.49%

Canadian federal election, 1997
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Reform	Inky Mark	12,668	35.49%		$32,650
	Progressive Conservative	Lorne Boguski	7,716	21.61%		$50,353
	New Democrat	Betty Findlay	7,575	21.22%		$48,818
	Liberal	Marlene Cowling	7,408	20.75%		$44,417
	Independent	Tony Riley	326	0.91%		$2,130
Total valid votes			35,693	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			122	0.34%
Turnout			35,815	65.41%

Canadian federal election, 1993
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Marlene Cowling	10,600
	Reform	Dale Brown	9,864
	New Democrat	Stan Struthers	7,405
	Progressive Conservative	Bill Galloway	5,255
	Canada Party	Tony Riley	262

Canadian federal election, 1988
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Brian White	14,719
	New Democrat	Eric Irwin	11,881
	Liberal	Alain Bouchard	6,985
	Reform	Peter J. Neufeld	1,209
	Confederation of Regions	Joseph Hagyard	394
	Not affiliated	Terry Drul	393

[edit] Dauphin, 1904-1983

Canadian federal election, 1984
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Brian White	11,973
	New Democrat	Laverne Lewycky	10,219
	Liberal	Doug Cowling	4,352
	Confederation of Regions	Douglas Switzer	1,589

Canadian federal election, 1980
Party		Candidate	Votes
	New Democrat	Laverne Lewycky	12,960
	Progressive Conservative	Orville Heschuk	11,116
	Liberal	Ron Hale	4,849

Canadian federal election, 1979
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Gordon Ritchie	12,239
	New Democrat	Laverne Lewycky	11,770
	Liberal	Robert Klimchuk	4,311

Canadian federal election, 1974
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Gordon Ritchie	11,439
	New Democrat	Laverne Lewycky	7,743
	Liberal	Ronald Hale	5,300

Canadian federal election, 1972
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Gordon Ritchie	12,584
	New Democrat	Bernhard Dirauf	6,234
	Liberal	Ferdinand A. Guiboche	4,305

Canadian federal election, 1968
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Gordon Ritchie	8,701
	Liberal	Raymond-J. Allard	6,770
	New Democrat	Evelyn Syme	6,737
	Social Credit	Dean Waldon Whiteway	1,194

Canadian federal election, 1965
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	R. Elmer Forbes	6,545
	Liberal	Siggi Sigurdson	4,082
	New Democrat	John Zaplitny	3,202
	Social Credit	Lawrence A. Milner	2,558

Canadian federal election, 1963
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	R. Elmer Forbes	7,541
	Liberal	Siggi T. Sigurdson	5,526
	Social Credit	Lawrence A. Milner	3,334
	New Democrat	Ray Taylor	1,148

Canadian federal election, 1962
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	R. Elmer Forbes	7,158
	Liberal	Sigurdur Thorberg Sigurdson	4,620
	New Democrat	Fred Samuel Zaplitny	4,619
	Social Credit	Lawrence A. Milner	1,665

Canadian federal election, 1958
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	R. Elmer Forbes	8,674
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Fred Samuel Zaplitny	6,023
	Liberal	A. Thomas Warnock	3,981

Canadian federal election, 1957
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Fred Samuel Zaplitny	6,706
	Progressive Conservative	W. Gordon Ritchie	3,463
	Liberal	Alfred Hallam Parker	2,896
	Social Credit	Sherman S. Hunt	2,442
	Independent Liberal	William John Ward	1,304

Canadian federal election, 1953
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Fred Samuel Zaplitny	6,839
	Liberal	Alfred Hallam Parker	5,050
	Progressive Conservative	R. Elmer Forbes	2,136
	Social Credit	Sherman Stanley Hunt	1,866

Canadian federal election, 1949
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	William John Ward	7,896
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Fred Samuel Zaplitny	7,089
	Progressive Conservative	Michael F. Szewczyk	2,541

Canadian federal election, 1945
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Fred Samuel Zaplitny	6,226
	Liberal	William John Ward	5,550
	Progressive Conservative	George Craig Dowler	4,599

Canadian federal election, 1940
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	William John Ward	5,953
	National Government	James Langstaff Bowman	5,900
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Ronald S. Moore	5,142

Canadian federal election, 1935
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	William John Ward	7,091
	Conservative	James Langstaff Bowman	5,628
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Robert Arthur D. McKellar	2,508

Canadian federal election, 1930
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	James Langstaff Bowman	7,083
	Liberal-Progressive	William John Ward	6,399

Canadian federal election, 1926
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal-Progressive	William John Ward	7,260
	Conservative	James Langstaff Bowman	5,502

Canadian federal election, 1925
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive	William John Ward	5,102
	Conservative	James Langstaff Bowman	4,883

Canadian federal election, 1921
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive	William John Ward	7,779
	Conservative	Robert Cruise	2,138

Canadian federal election, 1917
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Government	Robert Cruise	acclaimed

Canadian federal election, 1911
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Robert Cruise	3,674
	Conservative	Glenlyon Archibald Campbell	2,926

Canadian federal election, 1908
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Glenlyon Archibald Campbell	3,206
	Liberal	Theodore Arthur Burrows	2,989

Canadian federal election, 1904
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Theodore Arthur Burrows	acclaimed

[edit] See also

• Swan River (disambiguation)
• List of Canadian federal electoral districts
• Past Canadian electoral districts

[edit] External links

• Riding history for Dauphin—Swan River (1983–2004) from the Library of Parliament
• Riding history for Dauphin—Swan River—Marquette (2004– ) from the Library of Parliament
• Expenditures - 2004
• Expenditures - 2000
• Expenditures - 1997

Federal Ridings in Manitoba
Conservative	Brandon—Souris | Charleswood—St. James—Assiniboia | Dauphin—Swan River—Marquette | Kildonan—St. Paul | Portage—Lisgar | Provencher | Selkirk—Interlake | Winnipeg South
Liberal	Churchill | Saint Boniface | Winnipeg South Centre
New Democratic	Elmwood—Transcona | Winnipeg Centre | Winnipeg North

v • d • e Federal Ridings in the Prairies
Rural Manitoba	Brandon—Souris • Churchill • Dauphin—Swan River—Marquette • Portage—Lisgar • Provencher • Selkirk—Interlake
Winnipeg	Charleswood—St. James—Assiniboia • Elmwood—Transcona • Kildonan—St. Paul • Saint Boniface
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Rural Alberta	Crowfoot • Fort McMurray—Athabasca • Lethbridge • Macleod • Medicine Hat • Peace River • Red Deer • Vegreville—Wainwright • Westlock—St. Paul • Wetaskiwin • Wild Rose • Yellowhead
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