Lac du Bonnet (electoral district)

Lac du Bonnet is a provincial electoral division in the Canadian province of Manitoba. It was created by redistribution in 1957, and has formally existed since the provincial election of 1958. It is a relatively large constituency, located to the northeast of Winnipeg.

Lac du Bonnet is bordered to the west by Selkirk and Springfield, to the south by La Verendrye, to the north by Rupertsland and to the east by the Ontario border. Communities in the riding include Lac Du Bonnet, Pinawa, Beausejour (known as the birthplace of Edward Schreyer) and Whitemouth.

The riding is currently regarded as a Progressive Conservative/New Democratic Party marginal. The Tories have held the seat since 1988, though they retained it by only a narrow majority in 2003.

Demographics

The riding's population in 1996 was 20,035. In 1999, the average family income was $45,693, and the unemployment rate was 9.00%. There are a number of diverse economic communities in the riding, including farming, forestry and nuclear research. The service sector accounted for 12% of the riding's industry in 1999, followed by 10% in health and social services.

Lac Du Bonnet is an ethnically diverse riding. Eighteen per cent of the riding's residents are aboriginal, along with 9% German and 6% Ukrainian. Six per cent of the riding's residents are francophone.

List of provincial representatives

This riding has elected the following MLAs:

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
22nd	1958-1959		A.A. Trapp	Liberal-Progressive
23rd	1959-1962		Oscar Bjornson	Progressive Conservative
24th	1962-1966
25th	1966-1969
26th	1969-1973		Sam Uskiw	New Democratic Party
27th	1973-1977
28th	1977-1981
29th	1981-1986
30th	1986-1988		Clarence Baker	New Democratic Party
31st	1988-1990		Darren Praznik	Progressive Conservative
32nd	1990-1995
33rd	1995-1999
34th	1999-2002
34th	2002-2003		Gerald Hawranik	Progressive Conservative
35th	2003-2007
36th	2007-2011
	Wayne Ewasko	Progressive Conservative
37th			2011-2016
38th			2016–present

Electoral results

Manitoba general election, 2016
The 2016 general election will be held on April 19.
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Progressive Conservative	Wayne Ewasko	–	–	–
	New Democratic	Wendy Sol	–	–	–
Total valid votes			–	100.0
Eligible voters			–
Source: Elections Manitoba^[1]

Manitoba general election, 2011
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	Progressive Conservative	Wayne Ewasko	4,266	54.94	−3.87
	New Democratic	Elana Spence	2,853	36.74	+3.23
	Liberal	Charlett Millen	351	4.52	−2.81
	Green	Dan Green	295	3.80	–
Total valid votes			8,011
Rejected and declined votes			24
Turnout			8,035	58.04
Registered voters			13,844

Manitoba general election, 2007
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	Progressive Conservative	Gerald Hawranik	4,866	58.81	+7.56	$24,695.70
	New Democratic	Patrick O'Connor	2,773	33.51	−11.83	$11,782.23
	Liberal	Christopher Gmiterek	607	7.33	+3.94	$340.29
Total valid votes			8,246	99.67
Rejected and declined votes			27
Turnout			8,273	58.54
Registered voters			14,132

^[2]

Manitoba general election, 2003
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Gerald Hawranik	4,380	51.25%
	NDP	Michael Hameluck	3,875	45.34%
	Liberal	Cheryl Appleyard	290	3.39%

Lac du Bonnet by-election, 2002
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Gerald Hawranik	3,398	40.9%
	NDP	Michael Hameluck	3,234	38.9%
	Liberal	Harbottle	1,647	19.8%

Manitoba general election, 1999
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Expenditures
	Progressive Conservative	Darren Praznik	4,835	50.44%	$26,804.49
	New Democratic	Michael Hameluck	4,686	48.89%	$29,666.00
Total valid votes			9,521
Rejected and declined votes			64
Turnout			9,585	66.56
Registered voters			14,397

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Previous boundaries

The 1998-2011 electoral boundaries for Lac du Bonnet

References

↑ "Candidates: 41st General Election". Elections Manitoba. 29 March 2016. Retrieved 31 March 2016.
↑ http://www.electionsmanitoba.ca/en/Results/39_division_results/39_lac-du-bonnet_summary_results.html - 2007 results
↑ http://www.electionsmanitoba.ca/apps/results/37gen/pbp.asp?ED=22 - 1999 Results

Manitoba provincial electoral districts

North	Flin Flon Kewatinook Swan River The Pas Thompson

Southwest	Agassiz Arthur-Virden Brandon East Brandon West Dauphin Midland Portage la Prairie Riding Mountain Spruce Woods

Southeast	Dawson Trail Emerson Gimli Interlake Lac du Bonnet Lakeside La Verendrye Morden-Winkler Morris Selkirk Steinbach St. Paul

Winnipeg	Assiniboia Burrows Charleswood Concordia Elmwood Fort Garry-Riverview Fort Richmond Fort Rouge Fort Whyte Kildonan Kirkfield Park Logan Minto Point Douglas Radisson Riel River East River Heights Rossmere Seine River Southdale St. Boniface St. James St. Johns St. Norbert St. Vital The Maples Transcona Tuxedo Tyndall Park Wolseley

See also: 2011 election List of elections Politics of Manitoba

Coordinates: 50°53′20″N 95°51′58″W / 50.889°N 95.866°W / 50.889; -95.866

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