Assiniboia is a provincial electoral division in the
Canadian province
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of
Manitoba
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. It was first created for the
1879 provincial election, was eliminated in 1888, and was re-established in 1903. It is located in the westernmost tip of the City of
Winnipeg
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.
Assiniboia is bordered on the east by
St. James and
Lakeside, to the south by
Kirkfield Park
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, to the north by Lakeside, and to the west by
Morris
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.
The riding's population in 1996 was 20,441. In 1999, the average family income was $53,881, and the unemployment rate was 6.50%. Retail trade accounts for 15% of the riding's industry.
Until 1920, Assiniboia was a marginal riding between the
Manitoba Liberal Party
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and
Conservative Party
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. Between 1920 and 1949, it was a hotly contested riding between the Conservatives and candidates of the
Independent Labour Party
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and
Manitoba Co-operative Commonwealth Federation
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(CCF).
The riding was dominated by the Liberals from 1949 until 1977, and then by the Progressive Conservatives from 1977 to 1999. The
New Democratic Party of Manitoba
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's (NDP) victory in 1999 was completely unexpected, and occurred by a margin of only three votes.
List of provincial representatives
Electoral results
1879 general election
1883 general election
1886 general election
1888 by-election
1903 general election
1907 general election
1910 general election
1914 general election
1915 general election
1920 general election
1922 general election
1927 general election
1932 general election
1936 general election
1941 general election
1945 general election
1949 general election
1953 general election
1958 general election
1959 general election
1962 general election
1966 general election
1969 general election
1973 general election
1977 general election
1981 general election
1986 general election
1988 general election
1990 general election
1995 general election
1999 general election
2003 general election
2007 general election
2011 general election
2016 general election
2019 general election
Previous Boundaries
References
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Manitoba provincial electoral districts
Politics of Winnipeg
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