Thompson (electoral district)

Thompson is a provincial electoral division in the Canadian province of Manitoba. It was created by redistribution in 1968 from parts of Churchill and Rupertsland, and has formally existed since the provincial election of 1969.

Thompson
Manitoba electoral district
Provincial electoral district
LegislatureLegislative Assembly of Manitoba
MLA
 
 		 
Danielle Adams
New Democratic
District created1968
First contested1969
Last contested2019
Demographics
Census subdivisionsThompson

Thompson is located in the north of the province. It is bordered by Rupertsland to the north and east, Keewatinook to the north and west, and The Pas to the south. The city of Thompson was incorporated shortly before the riding's creation, and is its only major urban centre. Almost half of the riding's residents live in that community.

The riding's population in 1996 was 19,349. In 1999, the average family income was $56,402, and the unemployment rate was 12.60%. The riding's character is primarily working-class, with 17% of its economy coming from the mining sector.

Forty-two per cent of the riding's residents are aboriginal, the third highest rate in the province.

Thompson is usually considered safe for the New Democratic Party, which represented the riding almost continually since its creation. The current MLA, New Democrat Danielle Adams defeated Progressive Conservative Kelly Bindle in the 2019 election. Bindle had previously defeated longtime MLA Steve Ashton as part of his party's landslide victory in the 2016 election. Bindle was only the second Tory ever to win the seat, and the first since 1977.

List of provincial representatives
Name Party Took Office Left Office
Joseph Borowski NDP 1969 1972
Independent NDP 1972 1973
Ken Dillen NDP 1973 1977
Ken MacMaster PC 1977 1981
Steve Ashton NDP 1981 2016
Kelly Bindle PC 2016 2019
Danielle Adams NDP 2019 present

Electoral results
2019 Manitoba general election
** Preliminary results — Not yet official **
Party Candidate Votes%±%
New DemocraticDanielle Adams2,65154.41+16.0
Progressive ConservativeKelly Bindle1,75035.92-4.6
GreenMeagan Jemmett2946.03
LiberalDarla Contois1773.63-17.29
Total valid votes 4,872100.0  
Total rejected ballots
Turnout 37.1
Eligible voters
New Democratic gain from Progressive Conservative Swing +10.3
2016 provincial election redistributed results[1]
Party %
  Progressive Conservative40.5
  New Democratic38.4
  Liberal20.9
  Independent0.1
2016 Manitoba general election
Party Candidate Votes%±%Expenditures
Progressive ConservativeKelly Bindle1,71244.15+15.99$11,544.03
New DemocraticSteve Ashton1,52739.38-28.82$17,980.87
LiberalInez Vystrcil-Spence63816.45+13.29$7,318.95
Total valid votes/Expense limit 3,877100.0  $32,545.00
Eligible voters –
Source: Elections Manitoba[2][3][4]
2011 Manitoba general election
Party Candidate Votes%±%Expenditures
New DemocraticSteve Ashton2,58668.20−5.24$11,696.80
     Progressive Conservative Anita Campbell 1,068 28.16 +18.10 $16,809.87
LiberalKen Dillen1203.16−12.73$462.91
Total valid votes 3,774
Rejected and declined votes 18
Turnout 3,792 36.72 −3.09
Registered voters 10,328
2007 Manitoba general election
Party Candidate Votes%±%Expenditures
New DemocraticSteve Ashton3,03673.44 $9,356.43
LiberalKenny Braun65115.89–$7,377.03
     Progressive Conservative Cory Phillips 416 10.06 $688.99
Total valid votes 4,108 99.37
Rejected and declined votes 26
Turnout 4,134 39.81
Registered voters 10,384

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2003 Manitoba general election
Party Candidate Votes%±%Expenditures
New DemocraticSteve Ashton3,291$9,804.99
Progressive ConservativeBill Archer532$2,448.27
LiberalMyrle Traverse155$627.36
Total valid votes/Expense limit 100.0  $
Eligible voters –
Source: Elections Manitoba[6][7]
1999 Manitoba general election
Party Candidate Votes%±%Expenditures
New DemocraticSteve Ashton3,79370.58 $7,846.00
     Progressive Conservative Cecil Thorne 1,306 24.03 $20,487.52
LiberalPascal Bighetty2444.54–$2,661.92
Total valid votes 5,343 100.00
Rejected and declined votes 31
Turnout 5,374 57.48
Registered voters 9,879

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1995 Manitoba general election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
New DemocraticSteve Ashton3,61961.71+1.78
     Progressive Conservative Chuck Shabe 1,320 22.51 -7.36
LiberalTim Johnston92615.79+5.57
Total valid votes 5,865 100.00
Rejected votes 19
Turnout 5,884 54.87
Registered voters 10,724
Source: Elections Manitoba[9]
1973 Manitoba general election
Party Candidate Votes%
New DemocraticKen Dillen2,74237.54
Progressive ConservativeAnna Denby2,48033.95
LiberalBlain Johnston2,08328.51
Total valid votes 7,305100.00
Rejected votes 33
Turnout 7,33871.30
Electors on the lists 10,292

Previous boundaries
The 1998-2011 boundaries for Thompson highlighted in red

References
  1. Marcoux, Jacques (2019-08-27). "New Manitoba election boundaries give upper hand to Progressive Conservatives, CBC News analysis finds". CBC. Retrieved 2019-09-14.
  2. "Candidates: 41st General Election". Elections Manitoba. 29 March 2016. Retrieved 31 March 2016.
  3. "41ST GENERAL ELECTION, APRIL 19, 2016 - OFFICIAL RESULTS". Elections Manitoba. 19 April 2016. Retrieved 10 November 2016.
  4. "Election Returns: 41st General Election". Elections Manitoba. 2016. Retrieved 10 September 2018.
  5. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-03-21. Retrieved 2010-11-25.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - 2007 results
  6. "Election Returns: 38th General Election". Elections Manitoba. 2003. Retrieved 16 September 2018.
  7. http://www.elections.mb.ca/en/Results/38_division_results/38_thompson_summary_results.html
  8. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-09-28. Retrieved 2010-08-10.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - 1999 Results
  9. "Election Returns: 36th General Election" (PDF). Elections Manitoba. 1995. Retrieved 16 October 2018.

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