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Steinbach is a provincial electoral division in the Canadian province of Manitoba that encompasses the city of Steinbach, the riding's namesake, and northeastern part of the Rural Municipality of Hanover.

Steinbach

Manitoba electoral district
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of Manitoba
MLA	Kelvin Goertzen Progressive Conservative
District created	1989
Last contested	2019
Demographics
Population (2016)	22,965
Electors (2019)	14,623
Area (km²)	201
Pop. density (per km²)	114.3

The current MLA is Kelvin Goertzen, who was first elected with almost 75% of the vote in 2003. Goertzen also briefly served as Premier of Manitoba in 2021.[1]

History

It was created by redistribution in 1989, and has formally existed since the provincial election of 1990. Originally a much larger riding in terms of geographical area, Steinbach has been redistributed three times (1999, 2011, and 2019) in response to the city of Steinbach's rapid population growth and is now among the smallest provincial ridings in terms of land area outside of Winnipeg.

The riding is currently bordered by the riding of Dawson Trail to the north and east, and La Verendrye to the south and west. Prior to the redistribution ahead of the 2019 election, the riding was bordered by the former Emerson riding to the west, La Verendrye to the south and east, Dawson Trail to the north, and former Morris riding to the west.[2]

Demographics

As of 2016, thirty-four per cent of the riding's residents list German as their ethnic origin, and a further 7% list themselves as Dutch. There is a very strong Mennonite presence in the riding. Steinbach's population in 2006 was 19,415. In the year 1999, the average family income was $46,133, and the unemployment rate was 5.00%. Manufacturing accounts for 17% of the riding's industry, followed by agriculture at 14%.

Voting history

The riding has been held by the Progressive Conservative Party of Manitoba since its creation, and is considered extremely safe for that party. Steinbach's rural nature, as well as the city's religious background, gives the riding a strong social conservative tint. Manitoba political pundits often refer to Steinbach as a "yellow dog riding," as it is one of many rural ridings where it is often said in jest that the Tories could nominate a yellow dog and still win.[3] It is located within the federal riding of Provencher.

List of provincial representatives

Assembly	Years	Member		Party
Riding created from La Verendrye and Emerson
35th	1990-1995		Albert Driedger	Progressive Conservative
36th	1995-1999
37th	1999-2003		Jim Penner
38th	2003-2007		Kelvin Goertzen
39th	2007-2011
40th	2011-2016
41st	2016–2019
42nd	2019–present

Electoral results

2019 Manitoba general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Progressive Conservative	Kelvin Goertzen	6,241	81.64	-7.49	$14,150.78
	New Democratic	Rob Jessup	616	8.06	+3.10	$612.56
	Green	Janine Gibson	418	5.47	New	$0.00
	Liberal	LeAmber Kensley	370	4.84	-1.05	$0.00
Total valid votes			7645	99.6
Total rejected ballots/Declined			21/10
Turnout			52.49%
Eligible voters			14,623

v t e 2016 Manitoba general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Progressive Conservative	Kelvin Goertzen	6,982	89.16	+3.64	$17,469.05
	Liberal	Dakota Young-Brown	461	5.88	-0.98	$5.84
	New Democratic	Kathleen McCallum	387	4.94	-2.68	$146.90
Total valid votes/expense limit			7,830	100.0		$
Eligible voters			–
Source: Elections Manitoba[4][5][6]

v t e 2011 Manitoba general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Progressive Conservative	Kelvin Goertzen	5,469	85.52	+2.54	$28,130.00
	New Democratic	Dally Gutierrez	487	7.62	−1.04	$0.00
	Liberal	Lee Fehler	439	6.86	+2.12	$987.95
Total valid votes			6,397
Rejected and declined votes			26
Turnout			6,423	49.66
Registered voters			12,934
Source: Elections Manitoba[7]

v t e 2007 Manitoba general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Progressive Conservative	Kelvin Goertzen	6,144	82.98	+8.35	$25,321.51
	New Democratic	Rawle Squires	641	8.66	−6.58	$331.36
	Liberal	Jonathan Thiessen	351	4.74	−3.19	$340.30
	Green	Janine Gibson	268	3.62	+1.42	$421.15
Total valid votes			7,404	100.00
Rejected and declined votes			25
Turnout			7,429	49.99
Registered voters			14,862

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v t e 2003 Manitoba general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Progressive Conservative	Kelvin Goertzen	4,284	74.63	−2.99	$24,714.92
	New Democratic	Bonnie Schmidt	875	15.24	+2.89	$341.35
	Liberal	Monica Guetre	455	7.93	−1.43	$3,465.33
	Green	Connie Jantz	126	2.20	+2.20	$74.58
Total valid votes			5,740	100.00
Rejected and declined votes			41
Turnout			5,781	41.99
Registered voters			13,768

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v t e 1999 Manitoba general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Progressive Conservative	Jim Penner	5,708	77.62		$27,412.91
	New Democratic	Peter Hiebert	910	12.37		$21.00
	Liberal	Monica Guetre	688	9.36	–	$3,179.52
Total valid votes			7,306	99.35
Rejected and declined votes			48
Turnout			7,354	57.48
Registered voters			12,795

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Previous boundaries

References

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