Winnipeg—Fort Garry was a federal

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, Canada, that was represented in the

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from 1979 to 1988. It consisted of the Fort Rouge and Fort Garry areas of

Winnipeg Winnipeg () is the capital and largest city of the province of Manitoba in Canada. It is centred on the confluence of the Red and Assiniboine rivers, near the longitudinal centre of North America. , Winnipeg had a city population of 749,6 ...

. This riding was created in 1976. Most of the territory from the former Winnipeg South riding transferred to this district, except for the River Heights area, which went to

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. It was contested at federal elections in

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, and

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. For its entire history, its

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was

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Lloyd Axworthy. Boundary redistribution in 1987 abolished Winnipeg—Fort Garry: Fort Garry was reassigned to Winnipeg South and Fort Rouge to Winnipeg South Centre, both of which were re-formed with considerably different territory than prior to the federal election of 1979. Axworthy continued to serve as MP for Winnipeg South Centre from the 1988 federal election until he retired from Parliament in

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Election results

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Winnipeg-Fort Garry Former federal electoral districts of Manitoba Fort Garry, Winnipeg Fort Rouge, Winnipeg

Election results

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