Thompson is a provincial electoral division in the
Canadian province
Within the geographical areas of Canada, the ten provinces and three territories are sub-national administrative divisions under the jurisdiction of the Canadian Constitution. In the 1867 Canadian Confederation, three provinces of British North ...
of
Manitoba. It was created by
redistribution in 1968 from parts of
Churchill and
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 ...
, and has formally existed since the
provincial election of 1969.
Thompson is located in the north of the province. It is bordered by
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 ...
to the east, and
Flin Flon to the west. The city of
Thompson was incorporated shortly before the riding's creation, and is its only major urban centre. Almost half of the riding's residents live in that community.
The riding's population in 1996 was 19,349. In 1999, the average family income was $56,402, and the unemployment rate was 12.60%. The riding's character is primarily working-class, with 17% of its economy coming from the mining sector.
Forty-two per cent of the riding's residents are aboriginal, the third highest rate in the province.
Thompson is usually considered safe for the
New Democratic Party
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, which represented the riding almost continually since its creation. The current MLA is New Democrat
Eric Redhead
Eric Redhead is a Canadian politician, who was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba in a by-election in 2022. Before entering provincial politics, Redhead served two terms as chief of the Shamattawa First Nation, and briefly served as ...
, who was elected in the provincial by-election on June 7, 2022. His predecessor
Danielle Adams was previously elected in the
2019 Manitoba general election
The 2019 Manitoba general election was held on September 10, 2019, to elect the 57 members to the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba.
The incumbent Progressive Conservatives, led by Premier Brian Pallister, were re-elected to a second majority g ...
on September 10, 2019, until her death on December 9, 2021.
List of provincial representatives
Electoral results
[ - 1999 Results]
Previous boundaries
File:Thompson98.png, The 1998-2011 boundaries for Thompson highlighted in red.
File:ThompsonED2011.jpg, The 2011-2019 boundaries for Thompson highlighted in red.
References
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Thompson
Thompson, Manitoba