Ste. Rose (electoral district)

The 1998-2011 borders for Ste. Rose highlighted in red

Ste. Rose was a provincial electoral division in the Canadian province of Manitoba. It was created by redistribution in 1914, and existed until 2011.

Ste. Rose was located in the southwestern section of the province. It was bordered to the north by Swan River, to the west by Russell, Dauphin-Roblin and Minnedosa, to the south by Turtle Mountain and to the east by Lake Manitoba.

Communities in the riding included Gladstone, Neepawa, McCreary, Ste. Rose, Ste. Rose du Lac and Westbourne.

The riding's population in 1996 was 19,038. In 1999, the average family income was $36,883, and the unemployment rate was 7.60%. Much of the riding was farmland and agriculture accounted for 29% of its industry, followed by health and social services at 11%. Twenty-six per cent of Ste. Rose's population was aboriginal, and 8% were German. There was once a significant francophone population in this region, and 4% of the riding's residents listed themselves as francophone. Over 25% of the population had less than a Grade Nine education, one of the highest rates in the province.

From the 1930s to the 1970s, Ste. Rose was a safe seat for the Manitoba Liberal Party (formerly known as the Liberal-Progressive Party). The New Democratic Party held the seat from 1971 to 1986, at which time it was won by Glen Cummings of the Progressive Conservative Party. He held the seat until 2007 when he retired. The riding was won by Progressive Conservative Party candidate Stu Briese.

Following the 2008 electoral redistribution, Ste. Rose was dissolved into the riding of Interlake and the new ridings of Dauphin, and Agassiz. This change took effect for the 2011 election.

List of provincial representatives

Name	Party	Took Office	Left Office
Joseph Hamelin	Cons	1914	1920(?)
	Independent/Conservative	1920(?)	1927
Maurice Dane MacCarthy	Prog	1927	1932
	Lib-Prog	1932	1953
Gildas Molgat	Lib-Prog	1953	1961
	Lib	1961	1970
Aime Adam	NDP	1971	1986
Glen Cummings	PC	1986	2007
Stu Briese	PC	2007	2011

Electoral results

Manitoba general election, 2007
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	Progressive Conservative	Stu Briese	3,599	58.89		$18,703.39
	New Democratic	Denise Harder	2,022	33.08		$5,421.04
	Liberal	Janelle Mailhot	465	7.51	–	$606.90
Total valid votes			6,086	99.57
Rejected and declined ballots			26
Turnout			6,112	50.71
Electors on the lists			12,054

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June, 2003:^[2]

(x)Glen Cummings (PC) 3709
John Harapiak (NDP) 2301
Wendy Menzies (L) 538

Manitoba general election, 1999
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	Progressive Conservative	Glen Cummings	3,871	49.67		$25,226.25
	New Democratic	Louise Wilson	3,293	42.26		$20,154.00
	Liberal	Fred Juskowiak	591	7.58	–	$9,389.28
Total valid votes			7,755	99.51
Rejected and declined ballots			38
Turnout			7,793	61.98
Electors on the lists			12,574

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References

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°45′50″N 99°03′07″W / 50.764°N 99.052°W / 50.764; -99.052

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