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Lac du Bonnet is a provincial electoral division in the Canadian province of Manitoba. It was created by redistribution in 1957, and has formally existed since the provincial election of 1958. It is a relatively large constituency, located to the northeast of Winnipeg.

Lac du Bonnet

Manitoba electoral district
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of Manitoba
MLA	Wayne Ewasko Progressive Conservative
District created	1957
First contested	1958
Last contested	2019
Demographics
Population (2016)	23,005
Electors (2019)	15,477
Area (km²)	11,337
Pop. density (per km²)	2

Lac du Bonnet is bordered to the west by Selkirk and Springfield, to the south by La Verendrye, to the north by Rupertsland and to the east by the Ontario border. Communities in the riding include Lac Du Bonnet, Pinawa, Beausejour (known as the birthplace of Edward Schreyer) and Whitemouth.

The riding is currently regarded as a Progressive Conservative/New Democratic Party marginal. The Tories have held the seat since 1988, though they retained it by only a narrow majority in 2003.

Demographics

The riding's population in 1996 was 20,035. In 1999, the average family income was $45,693, and the unemployment rate was 9.00%. There are a number of diverse economic communities in the riding, including farming, forestry and nuclear research. The service sector accounted for 12% of the riding's industry in 1999, followed by 10% in health and social services.

Lac Du Bonnet is an ethnically diverse riding. Eighteen per cent of the riding's residents are aboriginal, along with 9% German and 6% Ukrainian. Six per cent of the riding's residents are francophone.

List of provincial representatives

This riding has elected the following MLAs:

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
Riding created from Rupertsland, St. Clements, and Springfield
22nd	1958–1959		A.A. Trapp	Liberal-Progressive
23rd	1959–1962		Oscar Bjornson	Progressive Conservative
24th	1962–1966
25th	1966–1969
26th	1969–1973		Sam Uskiw	New Democratic
27th	1973–1977
28th	1977–1981
29th	1981–1986
30th	1986–1988		Clarence Baker
31st	1988–1990		Darren Praznik	Progressive Conservative
32nd	1990–1995
33rd	1995–1999
34th	1999–2002
	2002–2003		Gerald Hawranik
35th	2003–2007
36th	2007–2011
37th	2011–2016		Wayne Ewasko
38th	2016–2019
39th	2019-

Electoral results

2019 Manitoba general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Progressive Conservative	Wayne Ewasko	6,170	66.09	-11.38	$23,226.73
	New Democratic	Sidney Klassen	1,793	19.21	-3.31	$1,256.85
	Liberal	Terry Hayward	1,373	14.71	New	$4,507.33
Total valid votes				100.0
Total rejected ballots
Turnout
Eligible voters

v t e 2016 Manitoba general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Progressive Conservative	Wayne Ewasko	5,666	77.47	+22.53	$
	New Democratic	Wendy Sol	1,647	22.52	-14.22	$
Total valid votes/expense limit			7,313	100.0		$43037.00
Eligible voters			–
Source: Elections Manitoba[1]

v t e 2011 Manitoba general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Progressive Conservative	Wayne Ewasko	4,266	54.94	−3.87	$20,568.00
	New Democratic	Elana Spence	2,853	36.74	+3.23	$13,574.10
	Liberal	Charlett Millen	351	4.52	−2.81	$2,966.68
	Green	Dan Green	295	3.80	–	$1,517.95
Total valid votes			8,011
Rejected and declined votes			24
Turnout			8,035	58.04
Registered voters			13,844
Source: Elections Manitoba[2]

v t e 2007 Manitoba general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Progressive Conservative	Gerald Hawranik	4,866	58.81	+7.56	$24,695.70
	New Democratic	Patrick O'Connor	2,773	33.51	−11.83	$11,782.23
	Liberal	Christopher Gmiterek	607	7.33	+3.94	$340.29
Total valid votes			8,246	99.67
Rejected and declined votes			27
Turnout			8,273	58.54
Registered voters			14,132

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2003 Manitoba general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Progressive Conservative	Gerald Hawranik	4,380	51.25		$17415.31
	NDP	Michael Hameluck	3,875	45.34		$34330.87
	Liberal	Cheryl Appleyard	290	3.39		$239.00
Source: Elections Manitoba[5]

Manitoba provincial by-election, March 12, 2002
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Progressive Conservative	Gerald Hawranik	3,398	40.9
	NDP	Michael Hameluck	3,234	38.9
	Liberal	George Harbottle	1,647	19.8

v t e 1999 Manitoba general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Expenditures
	Progressive Conservative	Darren Praznik	4,835	50.44%	$26,804.49
	New Democratic	Michael Hameluck	4,686	48.89%	$29,666.00
Total valid votes			9,521
Rejected and declined votes			64
Turnout			9,585	66.56
Registered voters			14,397

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v t e 1986 Manitoba general election: Lac du Bonnet
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic	Clarence Baker	3,903	46.12
	Progressive Conservative	Darren Praznik	3,601	42.55
	Liberal	Jerry Fontaine	959	11.33
Total valid votes			8,463	100.00
Rejected ballots			17
Turnout			8,480	73.94
Electors on the lists			11,469

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