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DISTRICT: LORD ROBERTS
Candidate	Party	Vote Count	Vote Share	Elected
Diane McGifford	NDP	4,499	58.13%	X
Wilf Makus	PC	1,367	17.66%
Larry L. Schenkeveld	LIB	1,219	15.75%
Vere H. Scott	GRN	655	8.46%
Updated: Nov. 30, 2007 10:50 CST		52 of 52 polls reporting

Lord Roberts

Current MLA:

Diane McGifford (NDP)

McGifford is the minister of advanced education and literacy.

Candidates:

LIB:	Larry L. Schenkeveld
NDP:	Diane McGifford
PC:	Wilf Makus
GRE:	Vere H. Scott

Riding Profile:

This riding was created in 1999. The central Winnipeg riding is bounded by the Red River in the east and south. The rest of the southern boundary is Jubilee/CNR line. The riding runs north on Cambridge to Fleet, along Fleet to Stafford, Stafford to Corydon and east along Corydon/Mulvey back to the Red River.

The population in 2001 was 20,440. The average family income was $54,683, with an unemployment rate of 6.7 per cent. The major industry was health and social services (13.4%) followed by manufacturing (10.5%).

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Riding History:

2003 turnout: 53.69%

2003	NDP Diane McGifford defeated PC Andrew Hymers by 3,173 votes.
1999	NDP McGifford defeated PC Maggie Nishimura by 2,562 votes.

Osborne:

1995	NDP Diane McGifford defeated LIB Norma McCormick by 991 votes.
1993	In a byelection, LIB McCormick defeated NDP Irene Haigh by 546 votes.
1990	LIB Reg Alcock defeated NDP Donald Bailey by 1,080 votes. Alcock resigned in 1993.
1988	LIB Alcock defeated NDP Muriel Smith by 1,581 votes.
1981 and 1986	NDP Smith elected.
1977	PC Gerald Mercier defeated NDP Ian Turnbull by 96 votes.
1973	NDP Turnbull elected.

Crescentwood:

1995	NDP Tim Sale defeated PC Debbie Vivian by 278 votes. LIB incumbent Avis Gray was third.
1992	In a byelection, LIB Gray, who had been elected in Ellice in 1988, ran and defeated NDP Sale by 441 votes.
1990	LIB Jim Carr, incumbent from Fort Rouge, defeated PC Tom De Nardi by 1,310 votes. Carr resigned in February 1991.

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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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