Springfield was a provincial electoral division in the
Canadian province
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of
Manitoba
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. It was created by the province's first electoral redistribution in 1874 and existed until 2011, except for the period from 1914 to 1920.
Springfield was located to the immediate east of the City of
Winnipeg
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. It was bordered to the north by
Selkirk and
Gimli, to the east by
Lac Du Bonnet and to the south by
La Verendrye. The riding included the municipalities of
Springfield
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* Springfield (toponym), the place name in general
Places and locations Australia
* Springfield, New South Wales (Central Coast)
* Springfield, New South Wales (Snowy Monaro Regional Council)
* Springfield, Queenslan ...
and
East St. Paul
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, as well as
Anola
Anola is an unincorporated community in the Canadian province of Manitoba. It is located east of Winnipeg and north of Steinbach in the Rural Municipality of Springfield. The community has a population of approximately 200 people.
History
Th ...
,
Dugald,
Birds Hill and
Oakbank. Before 1989, the riding stretched as far as the
Ontario
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border.
The riding's population in 1996 was 18,599. In 1999, the average family income was $67,794, and the unemployment rate was 4.50%. Manufacturing accounted for 12% of all industry in the riding, followed by 11% in the service sector. Springfield had significant
Ukrainian
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and
German
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**Ge ...
populations, at 9% and 8% respectively.
Springfield was represented by various political parties over its long history, without any one party dominating for an extended period of time. This pattern hd begun to change, as the riding had been represented by the
Progressive Conservatives since 1990, and the last member,
Member of the Legislative Assembly
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,
Ron Schuler
Ronald Reinhold Schuler is a Canadian politician. He is currently a member of the Manitoba Legislature and a representative of the Progressive Conservative Party (PCs). He was first elected in the 1999 provincial election. and was re-elected in ...
, was re-elected with over 60% of the vote in 2003. The seat was considered safe for the Progressive Conservatives.
Following the
2008 electoral redistribution, the riding was dissolved into
La Verendrye and the new riding of
St. Paul
Paul; grc, Παῦλος, translit=Paulos; cop, ⲡⲁⲩⲗⲟⲥ; hbo, פאולוס השליח (previously called Saul of Tarsus;; ar, بولس الطرسوسي; grc, Σαῦλος Ταρσεύς, Saũlos Tarseús; tr, Tarsuslu Pavlus; ...
. This took effect for the
2011 election.
List of provincial representatives
Electoral results
,
Progressive Conservative
,
Ron Schuler
Ronald Reinhold Schuler is a Canadian politician. He is currently a member of the Manitoba Legislature and a representative of the Progressive Conservative Party (PCs). He was first elected in the 1999 provincial election. and was re-elected in ...
, style="text-align:right;" , 4,917
, style="text-align:right;" , 60.62
, style="text-align:right;" , +11.15
, style="text-align:right;" , $18,435.49
, - style="background-color:white"
! style="text-align:right;" colspan=3 , Total valid votes
! style="text-align:right;" , 8,111
! style="text-align:right;" , 99.58
! style="text-align:right;" ,
, - style="background-color:white"
! style="text-align:right;" colspan=3 , Rejected and declined votes
! style="text-align:right;" , 34
! style="text-align:right;" , 0.42
! style="text-align:right;" ,
, - style="background-color:white"
! style="text-align:right;" colspan=3 , Turnout
! style="text-align:right;" , 8,145
! style="text-align:right;" , 55.79
! style="text-align:right;" ,
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! style="text-align:right;" colspan=3 , Registered voters
! style="text-align:right;" , 14,599
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[ - 1999 Results]
References
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Former provincial electoral districts of Manitoba