Lakeside (electoral district) explained

Lakeside
Province:Manitoba
Prov-Status:active
Prov-Rep:Trevor King
Prov-Rep-Link:Trevor King
Prov-Rep-Party:PC
Prov-Rep-Party-Link:Manitoba Progressive Conservative Party
Demo-Census-Date:2016
Demo-Pop:23405
Prov-Created:1886
Prov-Election-First:1888
Prov-Election-Last:2023
Demo-Electors:16039
Demo-Electors-Date:2019
Demo-Area:3661

Lakeside is a provincial electoral division in Manitoba, Canada. It is located to the immediate northwest of the city of Winnipeg.

Traditionally a rural riding, Lakeside has become more urban in recent years (as a result of both electoral redistribution and changes in demography). All the same, agriculture accounted for 17 per cent of the riding's industry in 1999. The riding is bordered to the north by Interlake, to the west by Portage la Prairie, to the south by Morris and to the east by Gimli. It also borders the city of Winnipeg to the southeast.

There are no major urban centres in the riding. Communities include Argyle, Balmoral, Rosser, Gunton, Stonewall, Stony Mountain, Teulon, Warren, Woodlands and Inwood.

Lakeside's population in 1996 was 19,473. The average family income in 1999 was Can$49,774, with an unemployment rate of 6.10 per cent. Eight per cent of the population is of a German background, and 8 per cent are aboriginal.

Lakeside was created by provincial redistribution in 1886. It has traditionally elected representatives of agrarian interests, both of the Liberal and Progressive Conservative parties. It is presently a comfortably safe seat for the Tories, who have held it without interruption since 1969. Since 1922, only four men have held the seat.

Lakeside's best-known Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA), Douglas Campbell, represented the constituency for 47 years, first as a Progressive, then as a Liberal-Progressive, then as a Liberal—longer than anyone in provincial history. He served as premier from 1949 to 1958.

List of provincial representatives

NamePartyTook officeLeft office
Kenneth McKenzieLib18861892
John RutherfordLib18921896
James MacKenzieLib18961903
Edwin LynchCons19031910
Charles Duncan McPhersonLib19101914
John J. GarlandCons19141915
Charles Duncan McPhersonLib19151922
Douglas L. CampbellProg19221932
Lib-Prog19321961
Lib19611969
Harry EnnsPC19692003
Ralph EichlerPC20032023
Trevor KingPC2023

Election results

2016

2016 provincial election redistributed results[1]
Party%
 80.0
 16.4
 3.6

1886

References

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: New Manitoba election boundaries give upper hand to Progressive Conservatives, CBC News analysis finds. 2019-08-27. Marcoux. Jacques. CBC . 2023-09-06.