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Fort Garry is a provincial electoral division in the Canadian province of Manitoba that existed from 1958 to 2011 and was re-created in 2019. It was first created by redistribution in 1957 from parts of Iberville, Assiniboia and St. Boniface, and formally existed beginning with the 1958 provincial election. The riding is in the south-central and southwestern region of the city of Winnipeg. It is named for the historical Fort Garry which was occupied by supporters of Louis Riel during the Red River Rebellion of 1870.

Fort Garry

Manitoba electoral district
Location in Winnipeg
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of Manitoba
MLA	Mark Wasyliw New Democratic
District created	1957
First contested	1958
Last contested	2019

Fort Garry was bordered to the east by Riel and St. Vital (across the Red River of the North), to the south by St. Norbert, to the north by Lord Roberts, and to the west by Fort Whyte. It was a mostly middle-class residential area, with some small businesses. It contained the University of Manitoba's main campus until electoral redistribution in 2008 took effect at the 2011 Manitoba general election, placing the campus in the new district of Fort Richmond.

The riding's population in 1996 was 20,383. In 1999, the average family income was $50,720, and the unemployment rate was 6.40% (though, conversely, it may be noted that 26% of the riding's residents are listed as low-income). Over 16% of Fort Garry's residents were immigrants, with 5% listing German as their ethnic origin. Almost 23% of the riding's residents have a university degree.

The service sector accounted for 17% of Fort Garry's industry, with a further 12% each in the retail trade and educational services.

Historically, Fort Garry was a safe seat for the Progressive Conservatives, who represented the riding from 1958 to 1988 and again from 1990 to 2003. Future Premier Sterling Lyon was Fort Garry's first member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA). In the provincial election of 1999, however, the New Democratic Party (NDP) came within only 30 votes of winning the riding. They made it their primary target in the 2003 election, and won it for the first time in their history.

Fort Garry's last MLA before dissolution was Kerri Irvin-Ross of the NDP, who was re-elected in the 2007 provincial election with 53% of the vote.

Following the 2008 electoral boundary redistribution, Fort Garry was largely divided between the new ridings of Fort Garry-Riverview and Fort Richmond, with a portion going to St. Norbert.

Following the 2018 redistribution, the riding was re-created from Fort Garry-Riverview, Fort Rouge, River Heights, and Fort Richmond. Fort Garry was contested in the 2019 provincial election. It is bordered by Fort Rouge and River Heights to the north; Fort Rouge, Riel, and St. Vital to the east, the latter two across the Red River; Fort Richmond and Waverley to the south; and Fort Whyte to the west.[1]

List of provincial representatives

Name	Party	Took Office	Left Office
Sterling Lyon	PC	1958	1969
Bud Sherman	PC	1969	1984
Charles Birt	PC	1984	1988
Laurie Evans	Lib	1988	1990
Rosemary Vodrey	PC	1990	1999
Joy Smith	PC	1999	2003
Kerri Irvin-Ross	NDP	2003	2011
Riding abolished
Mark Wasyliw	NDP	2019

Electoral results

1984–present

2019 Manitoba general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Mark Wasyliw	3,994	42.35	+6.5	$23,569.90
	Progressive Conservative	Nancy Cooke	2,998	31.79	-5.9	$29,491.08
	Liberal	Craig Larkins	1,716	18.20	+4.7	$5,839.65
	Green	Kevin Nichols	722	7.66	-4.8	$15.08
Total valid votes			9,430	100.0
Total rejected ballots
Turnout				63.8
Eligible voters
	New Democratic notional gain from Progressive Conservative		Swing		+6.2

2016 provincial election redistributed results[2]
Party		%
	Progressive Conservative	37.7
	New Democratic	35.9
	Liberal	13.5
	Green	12.5
	Others	0.4

v t e 2007 Manitoba general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Kerri Irvin-Ross	4,291	52.60	+5.62	$28,543.84
	Progressive Conservative	Shaun McCaffrey	2,101	25.75	−20.05	$16,517.08
	Liberal	Craig Hildahl	1,500	18.39	+11.49	$14,094.14
	Green	Alon Weinberg	266	3.26	+3.25	$55.55
Total valid votes			8,158	100.00
Rejected and declined votes			36
Turnout			8,194	66.06	+2.57
Electors on the lists			12,404

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v t e 2003 Manitoba general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Kerri Irvin-Ross	3,852	46.75	+3.29	$21,049.74
	Progressive Conservative	Joy Smith	3,765	45.69	+1.93	$29,935.35
	Liberal	Taran Malik	562	6.82	−4.45	$13,984.00
	Independent	Didz Zuzens	61	0.74	+0.74	$395.34
Total valid votes			8,240	99.34
Rejected and declined votes			55
Turnout			8,295	63.49	−11.60
Electors on the lists			13,066

v t e 1999 Manitoba general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Progressive Conservative	Joy Smith	4,436	43.76		$28,543.84
	New Democratic	Lawrie Cherniack	4,406	43.46		$29,325.00
	Liberal	Ted Gilson	1,143	11.27	–	$9,808.98
	Manitoba	Denise Van Rooyen	116	1.14		$1,032.59
Total valid votes			10,101	99.64
Rejected and declined votes			37
Turnout			10,138	75.09
Electors on the lists			13,502

v t e 1995 Manitoba general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Progressive Conservative	Rosemary Vodrey	5,959	48.29	+1.22	$32,899.54
	Liberal	Jim Woodman	4,434	35.93	−0.88	$34,086.38
	New Democratic	Brock Holowachuk	1,857	15.05	+1.22	$1,399.00
	Libertarian	Alexander Pressey	91	0.74		$124.74
Total valid votes			12,341	100.00
Rejected ballots			53
Turnout			12,394	71.16	−1.80
Registered voters			17,418

v t e 1990 Manitoba general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Rosemary Vodrey	5,105	47.07	+7.27
	Liberal	Laurie Evans	3,992	36.81	-9.77
	New Democratic	Shirley Lord	1,500	13.83	+1.88
	Western Independence	Jan Mandseth	249	2.30	+0.98
Total valid votes			10,846	100.00
Rejected ballots			17
Turnout			10,863	72.96
Registered voters			14,890
	Progressive Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing		+8.52

1988 Manitoba general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Laurie Evans	6,055	46.58	+26.68
	Progressive Conservative	Charlie Birt	5,173	39.80	-8.65
	New Democratic	Brian Pannell	1,553	11.95	-17.78
	Western Independence	Ivan Merritt	172	1.32	-0.60
	Communist	Millie Lamb	45	0.35	n/a
Total valid votes			12,998	100.00
Rejected ballots			12
Turnout			13,011	78.22
Eligible voters			16,634
	Liberal gain from Progressive Conservative		Swing		+17.67
Source: Elections Manitoba[4]

1984 Fort Garry By- election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Charles Birt	3,561	44.59	-11.12
	Liberal	Sharon Carstairs	1,993	24.96	+15.64
	New Democratic	Shirley Lord	1,211	15.16	-17.99
	Progressive	Sidney Green	1,035	12.96	+11.14
	Western Independence	Fred Cameron	186	2.33

1958–1966

1966 Manitoba general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Sterling Lyon	6,131	59.32	+5.16
	Liberal	Peter Stokes	2,435	23.56	-8.88
	New Democratic	Vic Ratsma	1,769	17.12	+3.72
Total valid votes			10,335	99.75
Total rejected ballots			26	0.25	-0.94
Turnout			10,361	66.89	+0.84
Eligible voters			10,335
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		+7.02
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1962 Manitoba general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Sterling Lyon	4,721	54.16	-4.53
	Liberal	David Bowles	2,828	32.44	+7.78
	New Democratic	Cliff Brownridge	1,168	13.40	-3.24
Total valid votes			8,717	98.81
Total rejected ballots			105	1.19	+0.60
Turnout			8,822	66.05	-2.76
Eligible voters			13,357
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		-6.15
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1959 Manitoba general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Sterling Lyon	4,842	58.69	+6.68
	Liberal–Progressive	Stan Farwell	2,035	24.67	-8.90
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Nena Woodward	1,373	16.46	+2.22
Total valid votes			8,250	99.41
Total rejected ballots			49	0.59	-0.02
Turnout			8,299	68.80	+7.70
Eligible voters			12,062
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		+7.79
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1958 Manitoba general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Progressive Conservative	Sterling Lyon	3,731	52.01
	Liberal–Progressive	Leslie Fennell	2,408	33.57
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Nena Woodward	1,035	14.43
Total valid votes			7,174	99.39
Total rejected ballots			44	0.61
Turnout			7,218	61.10
Eligible voters			11,813
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