Charleswood (electoral district) explained

Charleswood
Province:Manitoba
Prov-Status:defunct
Prov-Rep:Myrna Driedger
Prov-Rep-Link:Myrna Driedger
Prov-Rep-Party:PC
Prov-Rep-Party-Link:Manitoba Progressive Conservative Party
Prov-Created:1968
Prov-Election-Last:2016
Prov-Election-First:1969

Charleswood was a provincial electoral division in the Canadian province of Manitoba. It was created by redistribution in 1968, and formally existed from the provincial election of 1969 until that of 2019. The riding was in the westernmost tip of Manitoba's capital and largest city, Winnipeg.

Charleswood was bordered to the east by Tuxedo and Fort Whyte, to the north by Kirkfield Park, and to the south and west by the rural riding of Morris.

Charleswood's population in 1996 was 20,262. The riding's character is middle- and upper-middle class: in 1999, the average family income was $70,417, and the unemployment rate was 5.20%. Eleven per cent of the riding's residents are immigrants, with over half being of German origin.

The service sector accounts for 15% of Charleswood's industry, with a further 12% in the retail trade and 11% in health and social sciences.

Members of the Progressive Conservative Party represented Charleswood throughout its lifetime. Sterling Lyon was premier of Manitoba from 1977 to 1981 while representing Charleswood.

List of provincial representatives

AssemblyYearsMemberParty
29th1969 - 1973Arthur MougProgressive Conservative
30th1973 - 1977
31st1977 - 1981Sterling Lyon
32nd1981 - 1986
33rd1986 - 1988Jim Ernst
34th1988 - 1990
35th1990 - 1995
36th1995 - 1997
1997 - 1999Myrna Driedger
37th1999 - 2003
38th2003 - 2006
39th2007 - 2011
40th2011 - 2016
41st2016 - 2019

Electoral results

2016

References

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