Elmwood—Transcona

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Elmwood—Transcona

Manitoba electoral district
Elmwood—Transcona in relation to other federal electoral districts in winnipeg
Federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
MP		Bill Blaikie NDP
District created	2003
First contested	2004
Last contested	2006
District webpage	profile, map
Demographics
Population (2006)	78,700
Electors (2006)	57,561
Area (km²)	46
Pop. density (per km²)	1,710.9
Census divisions	Winnipeg
Census subdivisions	Winnipeg

For other uses, see Elmwood.

Elmwood—Transcona is a federal electoral district in Manitoba, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 2004. Its population in 2001 was 77,977.

The riding was created in 2003 from Winnipeg—Transcona riding. It has been represented since 2004 by New Democratic Party (NDP) Member of Parliament (MP) Bill Blaikie.

Contents 1 Geography 2 Member of Parliament 3 Election results 4 See also 5 External links

[edit] Geography

Elmwood—Transcona contains the neighbourhoods of Transcona, South Transcona, Peguis, Regent, Mission Gardens, Melrose, Kildonan Meadows, North Transcona, Kildare Redonda, Kern Park, Canterbury Park, Kildonan Drive, Rossmere, Valley Gardens, Munroe, West Elmwood, Chalmers, Braeside, Talbot Grey, East Elmwood, Mission and Tyne-Tees within the city of Winnipeg. It covers 46 sq. km.

[edit] Member of Parliament

Its MP is Bill Blaikie, a former clergyperson. He was first elected in 1979. He is currently the Deputy Speaker of the House of Commons. He has announced that he will not be running in the next election

[edit] Election results

2006 federal election : Elmwood—Transcona edit
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	+/-	Expenditures
	New Democratic Party	(x)Bill Blaikie	16,967	50.85	-1.14	$40,314.57
	Conservative	Linda West	10,720	32.13	+6.02	$68,007.66
	Liberal	Tanya Parks	4,108	12.31	-4.50	$13,374.72
	Green	Tanja Hutter	1,211	3.63	+1.17	$240.77
	Christian Heritage	Robert Scott	363	1.09	-0.23	$706.54
Total valid votes			33,369	100.00
Total rejected ballots			133
Turnout			33,502	58.20	+7.55
Electors on the lists			57,561

2004 federal election : Elmwood—Transcona edit
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	+/-	Expenditures
	New Democratic Party	(x)Bill Blaikie	15,221	51.99	+3.84	$37,459.54
	Conservative	Bryan McLeod	7,644	26.11	-5.58	$33,737.79
	Liberal	Tanya Parks	4,923	16.81	-1.56	21,665.52
	Green	Elijah Gair	719	2.46		$204.72
	Christian Heritage	Robert Scott	386	1.32		$2,599.64
	Marijuana	Gavin Whittaker	311	1.06		-
	Communist	Paul Sidon	74	0.25		$654.57
Total valid votes			29,278	100.00
Total rejected ballots			80
Turnout			29,358	50.65
Electors on the lists			57,965

[edit] See also

• List of Canadian federal electoral districts
• Past Canadian electoral districts

[edit] External links

• Riding history for Elmwood—Transcona (2003– ) from the Library of Parliament

v • d • e Federal ridings in Manitoba Conservative Brandon—Souris • Charleswood—St. James—Assiniboia • Dauphin—Swan River—Marquette • Kildonan—St. Paul • Portage—Lisgar • Provencher • Selkirk—Interlake • Winnipeg South Liberal Churchill • Saint Boniface • Winnipeg South Centre New Democratic Elmwood—Transcona • Winnipeg Centre • Winnipeg North

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