River East is a provincial electoral division in the

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. It was officially created by redistribution in 1979, and has formally existed since the provincial election of 1981. The riding is located on the northeast corner of the City of

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. It is bordered by the Red River to the west, the city limit, by

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to the north and east, and by the riding of

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to the south. River East is an affluent district with an average income of $62,534 and an unemployment rate of 5.60% in 1999. It also has a large immigrant population, at 17% of the total population. Twelve per cent of River East's residents list

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as their ethnic origin, while a further 9% list

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. The riding's total population in 1996 was 19,840.

History

River East was the only riding in the northern part of Winnipeg to be represented by a Progressive Conservative up until the 2016 general election. Bonnie Mitchelson was the

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for the area from 1986 to 2016, and was re-elected five times. Bonnie Mitchelson announced her retirement in October, 2014, and did not seek re-election in the 2016 general election. The seat was won by Cathy Cox, who held it for the Progressive Conservatives while defeating NDP challenger Jody Gillis. Once considered safe for the Progressive Conservatives, the seat became extremely marginal, with Mitchelson being re-elected in the 2007 provincial election by only 52 votes over the

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candidate. Since then, the PC majorities have increased in 2011 and 2016.

List of provincial representatives

Electoral results

2016 Manitoba general election

2011 Manitoba general election

2007 Manitoba general election

2003 Manitoba general election

1999 Manitoba general election

, 1999 Results

Previous boundaries

References

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