electoral division
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in the
Canadian
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province of
Manitoba
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that existed from 1958 to 2011 and was re-created in 2019. It was first created by redistribution in 1957 from parts of Iberville,
Assiniboia
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and St. Boniface, and formally existed beginning with the 1958 provincial election. The riding is in the south-central and southwestern region of the city of
Winnipeg
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. It is named for the historical
Fort Garry
Fort Garry, also known as Upper Fort Garry, was a Hudson's Bay Company trading post at the confluence of the Red and Assiniboine rivers in what is now downtown Winnipeg. It was established in 1822 on or near the site of the North West Company's ...
which was occupied by supporters of
Louis Riel
Louis Riel (; ; 22 October 1844 – 16 November 1885) was a Canadian politician, a founder of the province of Manitoba, and a political leader of the Métis people. He led two resistance movements against the Government of Canada and its first ...
during the
Red River Rebellion
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of 1870.
Fort Garry was bordered to the east by
Riel Riel may refer to:
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*Riel (electoral district), a provincial electoral district in Manitoba, Canada, named after Louis Riel
* Riel, Winnipeg, a community committee comprising three city wards
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Red River of the North
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Fort Whyte
Fort Whyte is a provincial electoral division in the Canadian province of Manitoba. It was created in 1999, after the provincial electoral boundaries commission determined that southwestern Winnipeg had experienced enough population growth to ...
. It was a mostly middle-class residential area, with some small businesses. It contained the
University of Manitoba
The University of Manitoba (U of M, UManitoba, or UM) is a Canadian public research university in the province of Manitoba.electoral redistribution in 2008 took effect at the
2011 Manitoba general election
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, placing the campus in the new district of Fort Richmond.
The riding's population in 1996 was 20,383. In 1999, the average family income was $50,720, and the unemployment rate was 6.40% (though, conversely, it may be noted that 26% of the riding's residents are listed as low-income). Over 16% of Fort Garry's residents were immigrants, with 5% listing
German
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as their ethnic origin. Almost 23% of the riding's residents have a university degree.
The service sector accounted for 17% of Fort Garry's industry, with a further 12% each in the retail trade and educational services.
Historically, Fort Garry was a
safe seat
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for the Progressive Conservatives, who represented the riding from 1958 to 1988 and again from 1990 to 2003. Future
Premier
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Sterling Lyon
Sterling Rufus Lyon (January 30, 1927 – December 16, 2010) was a Canadian lawyer, cabinet minister, and the 17th premier of Manitoba from 1977 to 1981. His government introduced several fiscally-conservative measures, and was sometimes seen a ...
New Democratic Party
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(NDP) came within only 30 votes of winning the riding. They made it their primary target in the 2003 election, and won it for the first time in their history.
Fort Garry's last MLA before dissolution was
Kerri Irvin-Ross
Kerri Irvin-Ross is a Canadian former politician in Manitoba. A member of the New Democratic Party, she served as a cabinet minister under premiers Gary Doer and Greg Selinger, including as Selinger's deputy premier from 2015 to 2016.
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of the NDP, who was re-elected in the 2007 provincial election with 53% of the vote.
Following the 2008 electoral boundary redistribution, Fort Garry was largely divided between the new ridings of Fort Garry-Riverview and Fort Richmond, with a portion going to St. Norbert.
Following the 2018 redistribution, the riding was re-created from Fort Garry-Riverview, Fort Rouge, River Heights, and Fort Richmond. Fort Garry was contested in the 2019 provincial election. It is bordered by Fort Rouge and River Heights to the north; Fort Rouge, Riel, and St. Vital to the east, the latter two across the Red River; Fort Richmond and
Waverley Waverley may refer to:
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to the south; and Fort Whyte to the west.
Elections Manitoba
Elections Manitoba (french: Élections Manitoba) is the non-partisan agency of the Government of Manitoba responsible for the conduct and regulation of provincial elections in Manitoba.
Its responsibilities are to operate free of political influe ...