Dauphin—Swan River—Marquette (formerly known as Dauphin and Dauphin—Swan River) was a federal

electoral district An electoral district, also known as an election district, legislative district, voting district, constituency, riding, ward, division, or (election) precinct is a subdivision of a larger state (a country, administrative region, or other polity ...

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, Canada, that was represented in the

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from 1904 to 2015. Its population in 2011 was 74,800. The riding became known as

Dauphin—Swan River—Neepawa Dauphin—Swan River—Neepawa is a federal electoral district in Manitoba. It encompasses a portion of Manitoba previously included in the electoral districts of Dauphin—Swan River—Marquette, Brandon—Souris and Portage—Lisgar. Dauphin ...

for the 2015 federal election.

Demographics

:''According to the Canada 2011 Census'' Languages: 83% English, 2.03% French, 14.97% Other :''According to the Canada 2006 Census'' Racial groups: 75.02% White, 24.21% Aboriginal
Average income: $16,388
Religions (2001): 47.30% Protestant, 32.18% Catholic, 14.45% Non religious, 3.27% Christian Orthodox, 1.99% Other Christian

Riding associations

Riding associations are the local branches of the national political parties:

Geography

The riding was located in between southern and central

, west of Lake Winnipegosis and

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History

The electoral district was created as "Dauphin" riding in 1903 from Macdonald, Marquette and Saskatchewan (Provisional District) ridings. In 1983, it was renamed "Dauphin–Swan River". In 2004, it was renamed "Dauphin–Swan River–Marquette".

Members of Parliament

The riding elected the following Members of Parliament:

Last Member of Parliament

The seat was last held by

Robert Sopuck Robert Sopuck (born July 11, 1951) is a Canadian politician who served as a Member of Parliament in the House of Commons of Canada from 2010 to 2019. First elected in a by-election on November 29, 2010, Sopuck represented the riding of Dauphi ...

, a fisheries biologist. When the riding became known as

, Sopuck handily won the election.

Election results

Dauphin—Swan-River—Marquette was a conservative riding for much of the last half-century of its existence. It was held by the Liberals from 1993–1997, with that party's sweeping victory in the 1993 general election. The only other time that it was not represented by a centre-right party after 1958 was from 1980 to 1984, when it was held by the NDP.

Dauphin—Swan River—Marquette, 2004–present

;2010 by-election

Dauphin—Swan River, 1983–2004

^ Change is from the total of Progressive Conservative and Canadian Alliance votes in the 2000 election. , - Note: Canadian Alliance vote is compared to Reform Party vote in 1997 election. , - , - , align="left" colspan=2, Liberal gain from Progressive Conservative , align="right", Swing , align="right", -18.85 , align="right",

Dauphin, 1904–1983

Note: NDP vote is compared to CCF vote in 1958 election.

References

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Expenditures -2008Expenditures - 2004Expenditures - 2000Expenditures - 1997Notice of vacancy - Dauphin-Swan River-Marquette, Elections Canada, September 16, 20102010 by-elections results from Elections Canada

Notes

{{DEFAULTSORT:Dauphin-Swan River-Marquette Dauphin, Manitoba Former federal electoral districts of Manitoba