Burrows is a provincial electoral division in the Canadian province of

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. It was created by redistribution in 1957 from part of

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, and formally came into existence in the provincial election of 1958. The riding is located in the northern part of

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. Burrows is named after

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, who served as

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of Manitoba from 1926 to 1929. It is bordered to the east by St. Johns and

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, to the south by

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, to the north by Kildonan and The Maples, and to the west by Tyndall Park. The riding's boundaries were significantly redrawn in 1999, taking in a considerable amount of territory which was previously a part of the now-defunct Inkster. The riding's population in 1996 was 18,718. In 1999, the average family income was $35,575, one of the lowest rates in the province. Thirty-nine per cent of the riding's residents are listed as low-income, with an unemployment rate of 13%. One household in four has only one parent. Nineteen per cent of the riding's residents are over sixty-five years of age. The total immigrant population in Burrows is 21%, with almost one in three residents speaking a first language other than English or French. The Aboriginal population is 15%. Manufacturing accounts for 22% of Burrows' industry, with a further 15% in the service sector. The CCF and its successor the

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have won Burrows on all but three occasions since the riding was created, with the Liberals winning the other three elections.

List of provincial representatives

Electoral results

Previous boundaries

References

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