The Pas-Kameesak
The Pas-Kameesak is a future provincial electoral district in the Canadian province of Manitoba that will come into effect at the 2019 Manitoba general election. It will elect one member to the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba.
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| Provincial electoral district | |||
| Legislature | Legislative Assembly of Manitoba | ||
| MLA |
New Democratic | ||
| District created | 2018 | ||
| First contested | 2019 | ||
| Demographics | |||
| Population (2016)[1] | 20,910 | ||
| Census divisions | Division No. 18, Division No. 19, Division No. 21 | ||
| Census subdivisions | Chemawawin 2 & 3, Dauphin River 48A, Division 18, Unorganized, Division 19, Unorganized, Division No. 21, Unorganized, Fairford 50, Fisher, Fisher River 44, Grahamdale, Grand Rapids, Grand Rapids 33, Jackhead 43, Kelsey, Little Saskatchewan 48, Moose Lake 31A, Opaskwayak Cree Nation 21, Peguis 1B, The Narrows 49, The Pas | ||
The riding was created by the 2018 provincial redistribution out of parts of The Pas, Swan River and Interlake. The riding is named for The Pas the largest community in the riding, and the Cree language word for "big", kameesak, a reference to Lake Winnipeg.[2]
Election results
| 2019 Manitoba general election | ||||||||
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| ** Preliminary results — Not yet official ** | ||||||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| New Democratic | Amanda Lathlin | 3,054 | 57.23 | +18.4 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Ron Evans | 1,324 | 24.81 | -13.7 | ||||
| Green | Ralph McLean | 780 | 14.62 | +11.3 | ||||
| Liberal | Ken Brandt | 178 | 3.34 | -16.0 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 5,336 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | ||||||||
| Turnout | 42.6 | |||||||
| Eligible voters | ||||||||
| New Democratic hold | Swing | +16.1 | ||||||
| 2016 provincial election redistributed results[3] | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Party | % | ||
| New Democratic | 38.8 | ||
| Progressive Conservative | 38.5 | ||
| Liberal | 19.3 | ||
| Green | 3.3 | ||
References
- http://www.boundariescommission.mb.ca/wp-content/uploads/edbc-final-report-2018-en.pdf
- https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/redrawn-boundaries-manitoba-provincial-ridings-1.4946462
- Marcoux, Jacques (2019-08-27). "New Manitoba election boundaries give upper hand to Progressive Conservatives, CBC News analysis finds". CBC. Retrieved 2019-09-14.
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