Results, Ridings and Candidates
Dauphin - Swan River - Marquette
2008 Results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Vote Share (%) | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Updated: Nov. 7, 2008 5:00 PM EST | 228/229 polls | |||
| CON | Inky Mark | 18,121 | 61.54 |
Elected |
| NDP | Ron Strynadka | 4,874 | 16.55 |
|
| LIB | Wendy Menzies | 4,084 | 13.87 |
|
| GRN | Kate Storey | 1,916 | 6.51 |
|
| CHP | David Andres | 356 | 1.21 |
|
| PPP | Charles Prefontaine | 95 | 0.32 |
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This riding in western Manitoba is bounded on the west by Saskatchewan and on the north and east by Lake Winnipegosis and Lake Manitoba. The U.S. border is its southern boundary.
Duck Mountain Provincial Park is in the central part of the riding and Riding Mountain National Park is in the southeast. The major centres are Dauphin, Swan River, Roblin, Neepawa and Minnedosa.
The economy is mainly agricultural, with some forestry and fishing. Health care and social services and retail trade are also significant sources of employment.
Twenty-four per cent of the population are aboriginal, and 22 per cent are of Ukrainian heritage. Only two per cent have French as their mother tongue.
Ten per cent of residents over age 25 have a university certificate or degree. The 2006 census shows an average family income of $53,230 and an unemployment rate of 5.9 per cent.
The riding was established as Dauphin in 1903. The name changed to Dauphin-Swan River in 1983. In the 1996 redistribution, 18 per cent of Lisgar-Marquette was added to this riding. In 2004, four per cent of Portage-Lisgar in the southeast was added.
Population: 75,103 (2006 census; a decrease of 3.2% since 2001)
Political History
In 2006, Conservative Inky Mark won this riding for a fourth time when he defeated New Democrat Walter Kolisnyk by more than 13,500 votes.
Mark was first elected here in 1997 as a Reformer, then in 2000 under the Canadian Alliance banner and in 2004 as a Conservative.
Progressive Conservative Elmer Forbes served as MP from 1958 until 1968. PC Gordon Ritchie was the MP from 1968 until 1980. That year, New Democrat Laverne Lewycky won, but he was defeated in 1984 by PC Brian White. White was re-elected in 1988.
In 1993, Liberal Marlene Cowling won one term.
Dauphin:
- 1904 - LIB
- 1908 - CON
- 1911 - LIB
- 1917 - CON
- 1921, 1925 - PROG
- 1926 - LIB PROG
- 1930 - CON
- 1935, 1940 - LIB
- 1945 - CCF
- 1949 - LIB
- 1953, 1957 - CCF
- 1958-79 inclusive - PC
- 1980 - NDP
Dauphin-Swan River:
- 1984, 1988 - PC
- 1993 - LIB
- 1997 - REF
- 2000 - CA
- 2004, 2006 - CON
Overall Results
| Party | Elected | Leading | Total | Vote Share (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Updated: Nov. 7, 2008, 5:00 PM EST | ||||
| CON | 143 | 0 | 143 | 37.63 |
| LIB | 77 | 0 | 77 | 26.24 |
| BQ | 49 | 0 | 49 | 9.97 |
| NDP | 37 | 0 | 37 | 18.20 |
| IND | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0.65 |
| GRN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.80 |
| OTH | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.51 |
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