Spruce Woods is a provincial electoral division in the Canadian province of Manitoba. It was created by redistribution in 2008 out of parts of Minnedosa and Turtle Mountain and notably gained parts of the City of Brandon and Arthur-Virden in the 2018 redistribution.[1]
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Provincial electoral district | |||
Legislature | Legislative Assembly of Manitoba | ||
MLA |
Progressive Conservative | ||
District created | 2008 | ||
First contested | 2011 | ||
Last contested | 2019 | ||
Demographics | |||
Population (2016) | 22,810 | ||
Electors (2019) | 14,746 | ||
Area (km²) | 6,125 | ||
Pop. density (per km²) | 3.7 |
Following the 2018 redistribution, Spruce Woods includes the municipalities of Cornwallis, Elton, Glenboro – South Cypress, Oakland – Wawanesa, Riverdale, Sifton, Souris – Glenwood, Victoria, Whitehead and the portion of the City of Brandon located north of the Assiniboine River.[2]
Outside of the City of Brandon, communities in the constituency include Glenboro, Holland, Oak Lake, Rivers, Souris, and Wawanesa.[3] The constituency also includes the part of CFB Shilo that is within the Municipality of Glenboro - South Cypress.
The riding's population based on the 2016 census was 22,810.[4]
Name | Party | Took Office | Left Office |
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Cliff Cullen | PC | 2011 | present |
2019 Manitoba general election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
Progressive Conservative | Cliff Cullen | 5,665 | 67.70 | -5.42 | $12,334.55 | |||
New Democratic | Justin Shannon | 1,321 | 15.79 | +6.46 | $1,211.77 | |||
Green | Gordon Beddome | 820 | 9.80 | +9.80 | $0.00 | |||
Liberal | Jennifer Harcus | 517 | 6.18 | -1.00 | $0.00 | |||
Total valid votes | 8,323 | 100.0 | ||||||
Total rejected ballots | 21 | |||||||
Turnout | 8,368 | 56.75 | ||||||
Eligible voters | 14,746 |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
Progressive Conservative | Cliff Cullen | 5,210 | 73.12 | +6.82 | $13,262.74 | |||
Manitoba | Malcolm McKellar | 738 | 10.35 | +10.35 | $3,614.69 | |||
New Democratic | Amanda Chmelyk | 665 | 9.33 | -19.14 | $146.90 | |||
Liberal | Jaron Hart | 512 | 7.18 | +2.47 | $5.84 | |||
Total valid votes/expense limit | 7,125 | 100.0 | $ | |||||
Eligible voters | – | |||||||
Source: Elections Manitoba[5][6][7] |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | Expenditures | ||||
Progressive Conservative | Cliff Cullen | 4,495 | 66.30 | $14,786.56 | ||||
New Democratic | Cory Szczpaneski | 1,930 | 28.47 | $5,104.39 | ||||
Liberal | Trenton Zazalak | 319 | 4.71 | $2,227.13 | ||||
Total valid votes | 6,744 | |||||||
Rejected and declined votes | 36 | |||||||
Turnout | 6,780 | 48.64 | ||||||
Electors on the lists | 13,940 | |||||||
Source: Elections Manitoba[8] |
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