Brandon East is a provincial electoral division in the

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. It encompasses half of the City of

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, the other half being represented in Brandon West.

Historical riding

The original riding of Brandon East existed from 1886 to 1888, when the City and riding of

was divided into two electoral districts for the first time. The city was re-established as a single riding in 1888.

Current riding

The modern riding of Brandon East was created in 1968, when the City of Brandon was again divided into two separate ridings. It has formally existed since the provincial election of 1969. The riding borders on Brandon West to the west, and by Minnedosa in all other directions. Brandon itself is the second-largest city in Manitoba (after

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), and is in the southwestern region of the province. Brandon East's population in 1996 was 19,850. In 1999, the average family income was $40,233, and the unemployment rate was 8.60%. The service sector accounts for 19% of the riding's industry, followed by retail trade at 15% and health and social services at 14%. Eleven per cent of the riding's residents are aboriginal. Brandon East had been a

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for the

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since its re-creation. This changed at the 2016 election, in which Progressive Conservative candidate

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defeated the NDP incumbent

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. At the

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, according to data from

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, Brandon East voted heavily

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. A provincial riding opinion poll in December 2015 showed Brandon East to be a

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between the Conservative and

parties, with the NDP trailing a poor third.Probe Research, December 2015

List of provincial representatives

Opinion polls

Election Results

1886 general election

1888 by-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

References

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