Gimli was a provincial electoral division in the
Canadian province of
Manitoba
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. It was created by redistribution in 1899, and existed continuously until the 2019 election.
Gimli was located to the immediate north of the City of
Winnipeg
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. It was bordered to the north by
Interlake, to the west by Interlake and
Lakeside, and to the east by
Lake Winnipeg
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and
Selkirk.
Communities in the riding included
Gimli,
Winnipeg Beach,
Petersfield
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,
Clandeboye
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and
Matlock.
The riding's population in 1996 was 19,700. In 1999, the average family income was $58,790, and the unemployment rate was 7.90%. The service sector accounts for 15% of industry in the riding, with a further 11% each in manufacturing and the retail trade. There is also a significant fishing and tourism economy in the riding.
Gimli is home to the largest Icelandic community in the world outside
Iceland
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, and many of its MLAs have been from this background. It also has significant
Ukrainian and
German
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communities, at 12% and 6% respectively.
Gimli was a "
bellwether
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" riding, and has elected a candidate from a governing party in all but five elections since its establishment (the exceptions were 1907, 1920, 1922, 1936 and 1999).
List of provincial representatives
Electoral results
1899 general election
1903 general election
1907 general election
1910 general election
1913 by-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
Previous boundaries
References
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Former provincial electoral districts of Manitoba