Winnipeg South

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Demographics
Winnipeg South in relation to the other Winnipeg ridings
Population, 2001	76,871
Electors	59,572
Area (km²)	116
Population density (people per km²)	663.5

Winnipeg South is a Canadian federal electoral district in Manitoba, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1917 to 1979, and since 1988. It covers the south of the city of Winnipeg. The seat has been held by Rod Bruinooge since the 2006 election.

Contents 1 History 1.1 Members of Parliament 1.2 Current Member of Parliament 2 Election results 2.1 1988 - present 2.2 1917 - 1979 3 See also 4 External links

[edit] History

The electoral district was created in 1914 from Winnipeg riding.

In 1976, it was abolished when it was redistributed into Provencher, Winnipeg—Assiniboine and Winnipeg—Fort Garry ridings.

In 1987, it was re-created from Winnipeg—Assiniboine and Winnipeg—Fort Garry ridings.

[edit] Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following members of the Canadian House of Commons:

1917 - 1979

• 1917-1921: George William Allan - Unionist
• 1921-1925: Albert Hudson - Liberal
• 1925-1926: Robert Rogers - Conservative
• 1926-1930: Albert Hudson - Liberal
• 1930-1935: Robert Rogers - Conservative
• 1935-1953: Leslie Hutch - Liberal
• 1953-1957: Owen Trainor - Progressive Conservative
• 1957-1963: Gordon Chown - Progressive Conservative
• 1963-1965: Margaret Konantz - Liberal
• 1965-1968: Bud Sherman - Progressive Conservative
• 1968-1979: James Richardson - Liberal

1988 - present

• 1988-1993: Dorothy Dobbie - Progressive Conservative
• 1993-2006: Reg Alcock - Liberal
• 2006-present: Rod Bruinooge - Conservative

[edit] Current Member of Parliament

Its current Member of Parliament is Rod Bruinooge.

[edit] Election results

[edit] 1988 - present

Canadian federal election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Rod Bruinooge	17,328	41.4%	+7.2%	$68,461
	Liberal	Reg Alcock	17,217	41.2%	-10.1%	$57,453
	New Democrat	Robert Page	5,743	13.7%	+2.5%	$1,973
	Green	Wesley Owen Whiteside	1,289	3.1%	+0.4%	N/A
	Christian Heritage	Heidi Loewen-Steffano	259	0.6%	-0.2%	$503
Total valid votes			41,836	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			111	0.26%
Turnout			41,947

Canadian federal election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Reg Alcock	19,270	51.31%		$64,283
	Conservative	Rod Bruinooge	12,770	34.00%		$68,040
	New Democrat	Catherine Green	4,217	11.22%		$6,919
	Green	Ron Cameron	1,003	2.67%		$702
	Christian Heritage	Jane MacDiarmid	296	0.78%		$2,540
Total valid votes			37,556	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			110	0.29%
Turnout			37,666	63.23%

Canadian federal election, 2000
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Reg Alcock	21,433
	Canadian Alliance	Bill Hancock	12,638
	New Democrat	Duane Nicol	4,224
	Progressive Conservative	Geoffrey Lambert	3,599
	Independent	Didz Zuzens	183

Canadian federal election, 1997
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Reg Alcock	18,800
	Reform	Greg Yost	7,510
	Progressive Conservative	Bill Mackness	6,547
	New Democrat	Iris Taylor	4,629
	Independent	M. Rhino Olito	191
	Natural Law	Larry Decter	153
	Marxist-Leninist	Diane Zack	94

Canadian federal election, 1993
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Reg Alcock	25,953
	Reform	Mark Hughes	14,833
	Progressive Conservative	Dorothy Dobbie	6,432
	National	Shirley Loewen	2,490
	New Democrat	Rose Buss	2,274
	Natural Law	Richard Lepinsky	201
	Independent	Mike Olito	111
	Marxist-Leninist	Rubin Kantorovich	69
	Canada Party	Bill Martens	52

Canadian federal election, 1988
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Dorothy Dobbie	22,865
	Liberal	Allan Kaufman	22,150
	New Democrat	Len Van Roon	3,151
	Reform	Gary Cummings	1,428
	Libertarian	Jim Weidman	168

[edit] 1917 - 1979

Canadian federal election, 1974
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	James Armstrong Richardson	23,297
	Progressive Conservative	Sterling Lyon	22,031
	New Democrat	Jill Oliver	5,016
	Social Credit	William Frank Zemianski	141
	Not affiliated	Ross F. Clancy Smith	86
	Marxist-Leninist	Glen A. Brown	80
	Communist	Harold James Dyck	79

Canadian federal election, 1972
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	James Armstrong Richardson	25,534
	Progressive Conservative	Boyd Robertson	17,022
	New Democrat	James Gilbert Burrows	7,413
	Not affiliated	Diane Lynne Waldman	205

Canadian federal election, 1968
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	James Armstrong Richardson	23,457
	Progressive Conservative	Bud Sherman	15,209
	New Democrat	William John Hutton	5,499

Canadian federal election, 1965
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Bud Sherman	23,576
	Liberal	Margaret Konantz	20,396
	New Democrat	Sidney Green	10,371

Canadian federal election, 1963
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Margaret Konantz	24,467
	Progressive Conservative	Gordon Chown	22,316
	New Democrat	Lloyd Stinson	7,867
	Social Credit	James C. MacPherson	1,515

Canadian federal election, 1962
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Gordon Chown	21,743
	Liberal	Margaret Konantz	21,351
	New Democrat	Sidney Green	7,993
	Social Credit	James C. MacPherson	1,834

Canadian federal election, 1958
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Gordon Chown	32,308
	Liberal	Charlie Avery	12,524
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Fred Paulley	6,305

Canadian federal election, 1957
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Gordon Chown	23,855
	Liberal	Edward H. Crawford	12,713
	Co-operative Commonwealth	David A. Mulligan	7,112
	Social Credit	Gordon Charles Smith	2,332

Canadian federal election, 1953
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Owen C. Trainor	12,597
	Liberal	Charles Russell Simonite	12,277
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Ernest R. Draffin	6,247
	Labour-Progressive	Martin Joseph Forkin	470

Canadian federal election, 1949
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Leslie Alexander Mutch	16,235
	Progressive Conservative	Gunnar Solmundur Thorvaldson	9,942
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Frederick George Tipping	7,765

Canadian federal election, 1945
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Leslie Alexander Mutch	11,921
	Progressive Conservative	Frederick George Thompson	9,589
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Frederick George Tipping	9,033

Canadian federal election, 1940
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Leslie Alexander Mutch	15,461
	National Government	Phipps Baker	8,445
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Dave Mulligan	3,912

Canadian federal election, 1935
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Leslie Alexander Mutch	10,871
	Conservative	Edwin Godfrey Phipps Baker	7,158
	Co-operative Commonwealth	William Campbell	3,690
	Reconstruction	Robert Alexander Gillespie	2,216
	Social Credit	Percy Black Hayward	800

Canadian federal election, 1930
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Robert Rogers	10,117
	Liberal	John Stewart McDiarmid	9,774
	Independent Labour	Charles Albert Tanner	256

Canadian federal election, 1926
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	John Stewart McDiarmid	8,809
	Conservative	Robert Rogers	7,638

Canadian federal election, 1925
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Robert Rogers	7,017
	Liberal	Tobias Crawford Norris	5,400
	Labour	John Kelly	3,206

Canadian federal election, 1921
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Albert Hudson	10,570
	Conservative	George Nelson Jackson	7,704
	Liberal	William Robert Hogarth	1,185

Canadian federal election, 1917
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Government	George William Allan	19,031
	Opposition	Neil Thomas MacMillan	2,516

[edit] See also

• List of Canadian federal electoral districts
• Past Canadian electoral districts

[edit] External links

• Riding history for Winnipeg South (1914–1976) from the Library of Parliament

• Riding history for Winnipeg South (1987– ) from the Library of Parliament
• Expenditures - 2004

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
Edmonton and environs	Edmonton Centre • Edmonton East • Edmonton—Leduc • Edmonton—Mill Woods—Beaumont • Edmonton—St. Albert • Edmonton—Sherwood Park • Edmonton—Spruce Grove • Edmonton—Strathcona
Calgary	Calgary Centre • Calgary Centre-North • Calgary East • Calgary Northeast • Calgary—Nose Hill • Calgary Southeast • Calgary Southwest • Calgary West