The Pas was a provincial electoral division in the

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. It was created in 1912 following the expansion of the province's northern border, and existed until its dissolution in 2018. It was named for the rural city of

The Pas The Pas ( ; french: Le Pas) is a town in Manitoba, Canada, located at the confluence of the Pasquia River and the Saskatchewan River and surrounded by the unorganized Northern Region of the province. It is approximately northwest of the provinc ...

. Until the 1960s, elections in The Pas were deferred until a few weeks after the rest of the province for logistical reasons. It was not unheard of for politicians from the south of the province to run in The Pas after being chosen as

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s by newly elected provincial governments; Edward Brown and

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were both elected in this manner. The Pas was located in the north of the province. It was bordered by

Rupertsland Keewatinook is a provincial electoral division in the Canadian province of Manitoba. The riding existed previously under the name Rupertsland. Starting with the 2011 election, the riding was renamed Kewatinook which means "from the north" in C ...

to the east and south,

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and

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to the north, Swan River and

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to the south, and the province of

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to the west. Besides The Pas, it also includes Easterville and

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. The riding's population in 1996 was 19,449. In 1999, the average family income was $42,878, and the unemployment rate was 17.80%. Health and social services account for 14% of the riding's economy, with retail trade accounting for another 14%. Sixty-seven per cent of the riding's residents are aboriginal, the second-highest rate in the province. The Pas was represented by candidates of the

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from 1969 onward (and for all but 11 years since 1943), and for much of that time was considered safe for the party. Its last three MLAs–

Oscar Lathlin Oscar Lathlin (May 20, 1947 – November 1, 2008) was a politician in Manitoba, Canada, and was a cabinet minister in the New Democratic Party government of Gary Doer. Biography Life and career Lathlin was born and raised at the Opaskwayak ...

, Frank Whitehead, and Oscar's daughter

Amanda Lathlin Amanda Lathlin (born July 17, 1976) is a Canadian politician, who was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba in a by-election on April 22, 2015.by-election A by-election, also known as a special election in the United States and the Philippines, a bye-election in Ireland, a bypoll in India, or a Zimni election (Urdu: ضمنی انتخاب, supplementary election) in Pakistan, is an election used to f ...

on March 24, 2009 following Oscar Lathlin's death. He held it until his resignation in 2014, and Amanda Lathlin won the ensuing by-election. Following the 2018 redistribution, the riding was abolished, and its area was re-distributed into

The Pas-Kameesak The Pas-Kameesak is a provincial electoral district in the Canadian province of Manitoba that came into effect at the 2019 Manitoba general election. It elects one member to the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba. The riding was created by the 20 ...

and

Keewatinook Keewatinook is a provincial electoral division in the Canadian province of Manitoba. The riding existed previously under the name Rupertsland. Starting with the 2011 election, the riding was renamed Kewatinook which means "from the north" in ...

ridings. Amanda Lathlin transferred to The Pas-Kameesak.

List of provincial representatives

Electoral results

1912 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

1943 by-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

2009 by-election

2011 general election

2015 by-election

2016 general election

Previous boundaries

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Pas Former provincial electoral districts of Manitoba The Pas