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DISTRICT: CONCORDIA
Candidate	Party	Vote Count	Vote Share	Elected
Gary Doer	NDP	3,862	69.05%	X
Ken Waddell	PC	1,209	21.62%
Leslie Worthington	LIB	336	6.01%
Andrew Basham	GRN	186	3.33%
Updated: Nov. 30, 2007 10:50 CST		47 of 47 polls reporting

Concordia

Current MLA:

Gary Doer (NDP)
Doer is the premier of Manitoba.

Candidates:

LIB:	Leslie Worthington
NDP:	Gary Doer
PC:	Ken Waddell
GRE:	Andrew Basham

Riding Profile:

The riding has existed since 1981 and it has always been NDP. It's in the northeast part of Winnipeg, bounded by Dunrobin/Antrim Road to the north, Molson/Panet to the east; Thomas/Tyne to the south and Watt Street to the west.

The population in 2001 was 19,975. The average family income was $45,914, with an unemployment rate of 6.4 per cent. The major industry was manufacturing (20%) followed by health and social services (11%).

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Riding History:

2003 turnout: 46.50%

2003	Gary Doer defeated PC Conor Lloyd by 3,515 votes.
1999	Doer defeated PC Paul Murphy by 3,993 votes.
1995	Doer defeated PC Murphy by 2,982 votes.
1990	Doer defeated PC Vic Rubiletz by 2,651 votes.
1988	Doer was elected leader of the NDP party in Manitoba and defeated LIB Barbara Blomeley by 754 votes.
1986	Doer defeated PC Brent Aubertin by 1,841 votes.
1981	Peter Fox, elected in Kildonan in 1969, 1973, and 1977, ran in this new riding and defeated PC Scotty McVicar by 2,747 votes.

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Overall Election Results
Party	Elected	Total	Vote Share
NDP	36	36	48%
PC	19	19	37.89%
LIB	2	2	12.39%
GRN	0	0	1.34%
OTH	0	0	0.38%

Updated: Nov 30, 2007, 10:50 CST

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