Winnipeg Centre

Manitoba electoral district
Winnipeg Centre in relation to other federal electoral districts in Winnipeg
Federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
MP		Pat Martin NDP
District created	1996
First contested	1997
Last contested	2006
District webpage	profile, map
Demographics
Population (2006)	81,017
Electors (2006)	58,612
Area (km²)	29
Pop. density (per km²)	2,793.7
Census divisions	Winnipeg
Census subdivisions	Winnipeg

Winnipeg Centre is a federal electoral district in Manitoba, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1917 to 1925 and since 1997. The riding is the 2nd poorest in Canada with a median household income of $27,349, the riding of Vancouver East is the poorest with a median household income of $22,144.

Contents 1 History 1.1 Members of Parliament 1.2 Current Member of Parliament 2 Election results 2.1 1997 - present 2.2 1917 - 1925 3 See also 4 External links

[edit] History

This riding was originally created in 1914 from Winnipeg and Selkirk ridings.

In 1924, it was abolished, and parts transferred to Winnipeg North Centre and Winnipeg South Centre ridings.

In 1997, it was re-created from Winnipeg North Centre and Winnipeg South Centre.

[edit] Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following Members of Parliament:

1917-1925

• 1917-1921: George William Andrew - Conservative
• 1921-1925: James Shaver Woodsworth - Co-operative Commonwealth Federation

1997-present

• 1997-present: Pat Martin - New Democratic Party

[edit] Current Member of Parliament

Its Member of Parliament is Pat Martin, a former carpenter. He was first elected in 1997. He represents the New Democratic Party and is their critic for Government Operations and Indian Affairs and Northern Development. In the last parliamentary session, he served as vice-chair of the Standing Committee on Government Operations and Estimates and as a member of the Standing Committee on Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development.

[edit] Election results

[edit] 1997 - present

Canadian federal election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democrat	Pat Martin	12,285	48.9%	+0.5%	$42,608
	Conservative	Kenny Daodu	5,437	21.7%	+2.1%	$20,177
	Liberal	Daniel Hurley	3,922	15.6%	-8.7%	$37,980
	Green	Jessie Klassen	2,777	11.1%	+4.0%	$2,733
	Independent	Joe Chan	226	0.9%	--
	First Peoples	Lyle Morrisseau	212	0.8%	--
	Independent	Ed Ackerman	135	0.5%	--
	Communist	Darrell Rankin	119	0.5%	-0.2%
Total valid votes/Expense limit			25,113	100.0%		$77,206
Total rejected ballots
Turnout				%

Canadian federal election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democrat	Pat Martin	13,805	48.4%	+3.0%	$58,778
	Liberal	Ray St. Germain	6,940	24.3%	-10.4%	$27,375
	Conservative	Helen Sterzer	5,554	19.5%	+5.9%	$37,740
	Green	Gary Gervais	2,010	7.1%	+2.8%	$2,651
	Communist	Anna-Celestrya Carr	199	0.7%	+0.3%	$295
Total valid votes			28,508	100.0%
Total rejected ballots			231	0.8%
Turnout			28,739

Canadian federal election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democrat	Pat Martin	12,149	45.4%	+4.1%	$51,914
	Liberal	David Northcott	9,285	34.7%	+0.6%	$67,134
	Conservative	Robert Eng	3,631	13.6%	-8.0%	$7,572
	Green	Robin (Pilar) Faye	1,151	4.3%	+1.7%	$2,087
	Marijuana	John M. Siedleski	346	1.3%
	Communist	Anna-Celestrya Carr	114	0.4%	-0.1%	$654
	Independent	Douglas Edward Schweitzer	92	0.3%
Total valid votes			26,768	100.0%
Total rejected ballots			188	0.7%
Turnout			26,956	45.1%

Note: Conservative vote is compared to the total of the Canadian Alliance vote and Progressive Conservative vote in 2000 election.

Canadian federal election, 2000
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democrat	Pat Martin	11,263	41.3%	+0.4%
	Liberal	Kevin Lamoureux	9,310	34.1%	-2.7%
	Canadian Alliance	Reg Smith	3,975	14.6%	+3.0%
	Progressive Conservative	Michel Allard	1,915	7.0%	-2.1%
	Green	Mikel Magnusson	698	2.6%
	Communist	Harold Dyck	134	0.5%
Total valid votes			27,295	100.0%

Note: Canadian Alliance vote is compared to the Reform vote in 1997 election.

Canadian federal election, 1997
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	New Democrat	Pat Martin	10,979	40.9%
	Liberal	David Walker	9,895	36.9%
	Reform	Reginald A. Smith	3,095	11.5%
	Progressive Conservative	Campbell Alexander	2,442	9.1%
	Independent	Greg Krawchuk	148	0.6%
	Marxist-Leninist	Glenn Michalchuk	136	0.5%
	Independent	Darrell Rankin	108	0.4%
	Independent	Didz Zuzens	44	0.2%
Total valid votes			26,847	100.0%

[edit] 1917 - 1925

Canadian federal election, 1921
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	James Shaver Woodsworth	7,774	40.1%
	Conservative	Norman Kitson McIvor	4,034	20.8%	-63.8%
	Liberal	John W. Wilton	4,032	20.8%	+5.4%
	Independent	Harriet S. Dick	2,314	11.9%
	Independent	George William Andrew	1,220	6.3%
Total valid votes			19,374	100.0%

Note: Conservative vote is compared to Unionist vote in 1917 election.

Canadian federal election, 1917
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Government	George William Andrew	25,580	84.6%
	Opposition	Robert Sinclair Ward	4,650	15.4%
Total valid votes			30,230	100.0%

[edit] See also

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

[edit] External links

• Riding history for Winnipeg Centre (1914–1924) from the Library of Parliament
• Riding history for Winnipeg Centre (1997– ) from the Library of Parliament
• Expenditures - 2008
• Expenditures - 2004
• Website of the Parliament of Canada
• Canada Votes 2006 - Winnipeg Centre

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