River East

River East is a provincial electoral division in the Canadian province of Manitoba. It was officially created by redistribution in 1979, and has formally existed since the provincial election of 1981. The riding is located on the northeast corner of the City of Winnipeg. It is bordered by the Red River to the west, the city limit, by Springfield to the north and east, and by the riding of Rossmere to the south.

River East
Manitoba electoral district
Defunct provincial electoral district
LegislatureLegislative Assembly of Manitoba
District created1979
First contested1981
Last contested2016

River East is an affluent district with an average income of $62,534 and an unemployment rate of 5.60% in 1999. It also has a large immigrant population, at 17% of the total population. Twelve per cent of River East's residents list German as their ethnic origin, while a further 9% list Ukrainian. The riding's total population in 1996 was 19,840.

History

River East was the only riding in the northern part of Winnipeg to be represented by a Progressive Conservative up until the 2016 general election. Bonnie Mitchelson was the Member of the Legislative Assembly for the area from 1986 to 2016, and was re-elected five times. Bonnie Mitchelson announced her retirement in October, 2014,[1] and did not seek re-election in the 2016 general election. The seat was won by Cathy Cox, who held it for the Progressive Conservatives while defeating NDP challenger Jody Gillis. Once considered safe for the Progressive Conservatives, the seat became extremely marginal, with Mitchelson being re-elected in the 2007 provincial election by only 52 votes over the New Democrat candidate. Since then, the PC majorities have increased in 2011 and 2016.

List of provincial representatives
Name Party Took Office Left Office
Phil Eyler NDP 1981 1986
Bonnie Mitchelson PC 1986 2016
Cathy Cox PC 2016 2019

Electoral results

2016 Manitoba general election
2016 Manitoba general election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
Progressive ConservativeCathy Cox6,15465.71+14.63$24,565.22
New DemocraticJody Gillis2,43526-17.92$13,778.08
LiberalPiero Scaramuzzi7768.29+6.46$1,807.54
Total valid votes/Expense limit 9365100.0  $
Total rejected ballots 64
Total declined ballots 146
Turnout 957565.94–
Registered voters 14521
Source: Elections Manitoba[2][3]

2011 Manitoba general election
2011 Manitoba general election
Party Candidate Votes%±%Expenditures
Progressive ConservativeBonnie Mitchelson5,24751.08+4.45$34,898.69
New DemocraticKurt Penner4,51243.92−2.15$29,899.44
GreenKelly Mitchell2742.67–$0.00
LiberalChris Pelda1881.83−4.97$376.14
Total valid votes 10,221
Rejected and declined ballots 52
Turnout 10,27367.00
Electors on the lists 15,332
Progressive Conservative hold Swing -
Source: Elections Manitoba[4]

2007 Manitoba general election
2007 Manitoba general election
Party Candidate Votes%±%Expenditures
     Progressive Conservative Bonnie Mitchelson 4,361 46.63 −4.65 $29,722.71
New DemocraticKurt Penner4,30946.07−0.33$24,605.30
LiberalMargaret von Lau6396.80+3.83$8,485.65
Total valid votes 9,309 99.54
Rejected and declined ballots 43
Turnout 9,352 67.60 −0.41
Electors on the lists 13,835
Progressive Conservative hold Swing -

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2003 Manitoba general election
2003 Manitoba general election
Party Candidate Votes%±%Expenditures
     Progressive Conservative Bonnie Mitchelson 4,935 51.28 +1.29 $28,259.55
New DemocraticDoug Longstaffe4,40245.74+2.67$19,179.77
LiberalFred Curry2862.97−3.89$239.00
Total valid votes 9,623 100.00
Rejected and declined ballots 35
Turnout 9,658 68.01
Electors on the lists 14,201
Progressive Conservative hold Swing -

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1999 Manitoba general election
1999 Manitoba general election
Party Candidate Votes%±%Expenditures
     Progressive Conservative Bonnie Mitchelson 5,366 49.99 $29,856.57
New DemocraticRoss Eadie4,62443.07$15,953.00
LiberalPatrick Saydak6886.86–$1,187.72
Total valid votes 10,678 100.00
Rejected and declined ballots 57
Turnout 10,735 77.30
Electors on the lists 13,877
Progressive Conservative hold Swing -

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Previous boundaries
The 1999-2011 boundaries for River East highlighted in red

References
  1. "River East MLA Bonnie Mitchelson Announces Retirement". CJOB. October 17, 2014.
  2. "Election Night Results 2016". Elections Manitoba. 19 April 2016. Retrieved 23 May 2016.
  3. "Election Returns: 41st General Election". Elections Manitoba. 2016. Retrieved 10 September 2018.
  4. "Election Returns: 40th General Election". Elections Manitoba. 2011. Retrieved 10 September 2018.
  5. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-07-16. Retrieved 2010-08-07.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link), 2007 Results
  6. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-07-16. Retrieved 2009-12-10.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link), 2003 Results
  7. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-07-17. Retrieved 2010-08-07.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link), 1999 Results

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