The Pas (electoral district)

The Pas is a provincial electoral division in the Canadian province of Manitoba. It was created in 1912 following the expansion of the province's northern border, and has existed continuously since that time. It is named for the rural city of The Pas.

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 cabinet ministers by newly elected provincial governments; Edward Brown and John Bracken were both elected in this manner.

The Pas is located in the north of the province. It is bordered by Rupertsland to the east and south, Thompson and Flin Flon to the north, Swan River and Lake Winnipeg to the south, and the province of Saskatchewan to the west. Besides The Pas, it also includes Easterville and Norway House.

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 has been represented by candidates of the New Democratic Party since 1969 (and for all but 11 years since 1943), and is now considered safe for the party. The district is currently held by Amanda Lathlin, daughter of former NDP MLA Oscar Lathlin following the resignation of Frank Whitehead on May 16, 2014. He had previously won a by-election on March 24, 2009 following the death in office of his predecessor Oscar Lathlin.

List of provincial representatives

Name	Party	Took Office	Left Office
Robert Orok	Conservative	1912	1915
Edward Brown	Liberal	1915	1922
John Bracken	Progressive	1922	1932
	Liberal-Progressive	1932	1943
Beresford Richards	Co-operative Commonwealth	1943	1945
	Independent CCF	1945	1945
	Co-operative Commonwealth	1945	1949
	Independent CCF	1949	1949
Francis Bud Jobin	Liberal-Progressive	1949	1958
John Carroll	Progressive Conservative	1958	1969
Ron McBryde	New Democrat	1969	1977
Harry Harapiak	New Democrat	1977	1990
Oscar Lathlin	New Democrat	1990	2008
Frank Whitehead	New Democrat	2009	2014
Amanda Lathlin	New Democrat	2015

Electoral results

Manitoba general election, 2016
The 2016 general election will be held on April 19.
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	Tyler Duncan	–	–	–
	New Democratic	Amanda Lathlin	–	–	–
	Progressive Conservative	Doug Lauvstad	–	–	–
	Green	Patrick Wood	–	–	–
Total valid votes			–	100.0
Eligible voters			–
Source: Elections Manitoba^[1]

Manitoba provincial by-election, April 21, 2015
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	New Democratic	Amanda Lathlin	1,557	56.76	-16.84
	Prog. Cons.	Jacob Nasekapow	817	29.78	+6.22
	Liberal	Inez Vystrcil-Spence	369	13.45	+10.63
Total valid votes			2,743	99.49
Rejected and declined votes			14	0.51
Turnout			2,757	22.10
Electors on the lists			12,475
	New Democratic hold		Swing		-11.53

Manitoba general election, 2011
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Frank Whitehead	2,995	73.61	−1.51	$20,683.92
	Prog. Cons.	Alfred McDonald	959	23.57	+5.18	$ 5,562.86
	Liberal	Girma Tessema	115	2.83	−3.67	$ 0.00
Total valid votes			4,069	99.46
Rejected and declined ballots			22	0.54
Turnout			4,091	30.40
Electors on the lists			13,459
	New Democratic hold		Swing		−3.34

Manitoba provincial by-election, March 24, 2009
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Frank Whitehead	2,949	75.11	+6.25
	Prog. Cons.	Edna Nabess	722	18.39	−3.06
	Liberal	Maurice Berens	255	6.50	−3.19
Total valid votes			3,926	99.32
Rejected and declined ballots			27	0.68
Turnout			3,953	29.65
Electors on the lists			13,334
	New Democratic hold		Swing		+4.66

Manitoba general election, 2007
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Oscar Lathlin	3,262	68.30%	+2.95%	$22,521.26
	Progressive Conservative	George Muswaggon	1,016	21.27%	+4.62%	$7,505.06
	Liberal	James Houston	459	9.61%	−7.99%	$224.51
Total valid votes			4,737	99.18
Rejected and declined ballots			39
Turnout			4,776	36.63
Electors on the lists			13,038

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Manitoba general election, 2003
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Oscar Lathlin	3,104	65.35%	+18.50%	$ 18,254.02
	Progressive Conservative	Richard Goudy	791	16.65%	−26.79%	$ 6,302.87
	Liberal	Mark Sweeny	836	17.60%	+7.89%	$ 4,258.53
Total valid votes			4,731	99.60%
Rejected and declined ballots			19
Turnout			4,750	40.46%
Electors on the lists			11,739

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Manitoba general election, 1999
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Oscar Lathlin	2,952	46.85%	−4.91%
	Progressive Conservative	Ron Evans	2,737	43.44%	+7.82%
	Liberal	Don Sandberg	612	9.71%	−2.78%
Total valid votes			6,301	98.42%
Rejected and declined ballots			101
Turnout			6,402	51.72%
Electors on the lists			12,377

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Previous boundaries

The 1998-2011 boundaries for The Pas highlighted in red

References

↑ "Candidates: 41st General Election". Elections Manitoba. 29 March 2016. Retrieved 31 March 2016.
↑ http://www.electionsmanitoba.ca/en/Results/39_division_results/39_the-pas_summary_results.html - 2007 results
↑ http://www.electionsmanitoba.ca/downloads/2003_statvotes_t-w.pdf
↑ http://www.electionsmanitoba.ca/downloads/1999_statvotes_s-w.pdf

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: 54°12′04″N 98°51′54″W / 54.201°N 98.865°W / 54.201; -98.865

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