Fort Whyte

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Fort Whyte
Manitoba electoral district
Location in Winnipeg
Provincial electoral district
LegislatureLegislative Assembly of Manitoba
MLA
 
 		 
Obby Khan
Progressive Conservative
District created1999
First contested1999
Last contested2022
Demographics
Census division(s)Division No. 11
Census subdivision(s)Winnipeg

Fort Whyte is a provincial electoral division in the Canadian province of Manitoba. It was created in 1999, after the provincial electoral boundaries commission determined that southwestern Winnipeg had experienced enough population growth to deserve an extra seat. Fort Whyte was created from territory formerly belonging to the divisions of Tuxedo, Fort Garry and St. Norbert.

The current MLA for Fort Whyte is Obby Khan, a Progressive Conservative. Khan succeeded fellow Progressive Conservative and former Premier of Manitoba Brian Pallister following his resignation in 2021.

Constituency profile

Geography

Following Manitoba's 2018 electoral redistribution, Fort Whyte is bordered to the east by Fort Garry, to the south by Waverley, to the west by Roblin, and to the north by River Heights and Tuxedo.[1]

Demographics

The constituency's population in 2018 was 21,780. The average family income in 2018 was $117,535. The unemployment rate is 4.9%, and 19.2% of the population is above 65 years of age. Almost 42% of the population have university degrees. Health and social services account for 13.5% of Fort Whyte's industry, with a further 10.4% in Retail Trade.

Fort Whyte is an ethnically diverse constituency, with an immigrant population of 25.6%. 6.7% of the riding's residents are East Indian, 5.6% are Chinese.

Political history

The constituency has been held by the Progressive Conservative Party of Manitoba (PCs) for its entire existence, and has always been comfortably safe for that party. The riding's first Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA), John Loewen, won it handily in 1999 even as the Tories were soundly defeated by the New Democratic Party of Manitoba in that year's provincial election, after having been in government for over eleven years. On September 23, 2005, Loewen announced that he was leaving provincial politics to seek the Liberal Party of Canada's nomination for Charleswood—St. James—Assiniboia in the federal election anticipated. He formally resigned from the legislature on September 26.

On December 13, 2005, a by-election was held to fill Loewen's seat. The winner was another Tory, Hugh McFadyen. A few months later, McFadyen became leader of the provincial PCs. McFadyen was easily re-elected in the 2007 provincial election, but was one of only four PC MLAs returned from Winnipeg. After the PCs were again defeated in 2011, McFadyen announced he would retire from politics as soon as a successor was chosen.

Former provincial MLA and federal MP Brian Pallister was elected his successor, and easily won Fort Whyte in the ensuing by-election. Pallister served as Premier of Manitoba while MLA for Fort Whyte from 2016, leading the party to a second electoral mandate in 2019, until 2021, when he resigned first as premier and later as an MLA.

A by-election to replace his vacancy was held on March 22, 2022. Obby Khan, a fellow Progressive Conservative, won the seat, defeating Liberal candidate Willard Reaves. Khan successfully won reelection in 2023.[2]

List of provincial representatives

Parliament Years Member Party
Riding created from Tuxedo, Fort Garry and St. Norbert
37th 1999–2003     John Loewen Progressive Conservative
38th 2003–2005
2005–2007 Hugh McFadyen
39th 2007–2011
40th 2011–2012
2012–2016 Brian Pallister
41st 2016–2019
42nd 2019–2021
2022–2023 Obby Khan
43rd 2023–present

Election results

2023 Manitoba general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
Progressive Conservative Obby Khan 5,442 47.87 −9.32 $45,057.75
Liberal Willard Reaves 4,213 37.06 +19.44 $19,578.06
New Democratic Trudy Schroeder 1,714 15.08 −2.81 $0.00
Total valid votes/expense limit 11,369 99.61 – $66,506.00
Total rejected and declined ballots 45 0.39 –
Turnout 11,414 64.37 +4.02
Eligible voters 17,732
Progressive Conservative hold Swing −14.38
Source(s)
Source: Elections Manitoba[3][4][5]
Manitoba provincial by-election, March 22, 2022
Resignation of Brian Pallister
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
Progressive Conservative Obby Khan 3,050 42.51 -14.68
Liberal Willard Reaves 2,853 39.77 +22.53
New Democratic Trudy Schroeder 1,112 15.50 -2.38
Independent Patrick Allard 101 1.41 —
Green Nicolas Geddert 55 0.77 -6.00
Total valid votes 7,174
Total rejected ballots 15 0.21 -0.33
Turnout 7,189 42.62 -14.57
Eligible voters 15,907 — -0.29
Progressive Conservative hold Swing -18.61
Source: Elections Manitoba[6]
2019 Manitoba general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
Progressive Conservative Brian Pallister 5,619 57.19 -8.2 $10,131.35
New Democratic Beatrice Bruske 1,757 17.88 +2.2 $106.40
Liberal Darrel Morin 1,731 17.62 +6.2 $545.68
Green Sara Campbell 665 6.77 -0.4 $0.00
Manitoba First Jason Holenski 54 0.55 -1.1 $1,210.90
Total valid votes 9,826 99.36
Total rejected ballots 63 0.64 –
Turnout 9,889 60.35 –
Eligible voters 16,386
Progressive Conservative hold Swing -5.2
Source: Elections Manitoba[7][8][9]
2016 provincial election redistributed results[10]
Party %
  Progressive Conservative 65.4
  New Democratic 15.7
  Liberal 11.4
  Green 7.2
  Manitoba 1.3


2016 Manitoba general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
Progressive Conservative Brian Pallister 6,775 64.18 +8.96 $14,965.48
New Democratic George Wong 1,718 16.28 +5.02 $18,573.44
Liberal Peter Bastians 1,205 11.42 -20.10 $8,194.92
Green Carli Runions 731 6.92 +5.20 $10.00
Manitoba Daryl Newis 127 1.20 $920.97
Total valid votes/expense limit 10,556 98.79   $54,710.00
Total rejected ballots 129 1.21 +1.06
Turnout 10,685 60.71 +19.07
Eligible voters 17,599
Progressive Conservative hold Swing +1.97
Source: Elections Manitoba[11]
Manitoba provincial by-election, September 4, 2012
Resignation of Hugh McFadyen
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
  Progressive Conservative Brian Pallister 3,626 55.22 -7.22 $32,215.06
Liberal Bob Axworthy 2,069 31.51 +23.59 $28,872.72
New Democratic Brandy Schmidt 739 11.25 -18.38 $10,860.67
Green Donnie Benham 113 1.72 – $789.44
  Independent Darrell Ackman 19 0.29 211.37
Total valid votes 6,566 99.85
Total rejected ballots 10 0.15 -0.34
Turnout 6,576 41.64 -20.27
Eligible voters 15,792 –
Progressive Conservative hold Swing -15.40


2011 Manitoba general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
Progressive Conservative Hugh McFadyen 5,594 62.44 +10.49 $23,755.75
New Democratic Sunny Dhaliwal 2,655 29.64 −4.20 $99.38
Liberal Chae Tsai 710 7.92 −6.29 $829.64
Total valid votes 8,959 99.51
Rejected and declined votes 44 0.49 +0.16
Turnout 9,003 61.91 +2.76
Electors on the lists 14,542
Progressive Conservative hold Swing +7.34
Source: Elections Manitoba[12][13]

* Percent change is not based on redistributed results

2007 Manitoba general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
Progressive Conservative Hugh McFadyen 5,981 51.95 −0.31 $20,363.37
New Democratic Sunny Dhaliwal 3,895 33.83 +9.40 $5,331.36
Liberal Angelina Olivier-Job 1,637 14.22 −7.41 $2,162.37
Total valid votes 11,513 99.67
Rejected and declined votes 38 0.33 +0.24
Turnout 11,551 59.15 +21.08
Electors on the lists 19,527
Progressive Conservative hold Swing -4.90
Manitoba provincial by-election, December 16, 2005
Resignation of John Loewen
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
Progressive Conservative Hugh McFadyen 3,542 52.26 −0.45 $27,219.00
New Democratic Christina McDonald 1,650 24.34 −3.79 $18,333.89
Liberal Jean Paterson 1,466 21.63 +2.47 $6,134.47
Green Shelagh Pizey-Allen 120 1.77 – $233.71
Total valid votes 6,778 99.91
Rejected ballots 6 0.09 -0.17
Turnout 6,784 38.07 −18.54
Registered voters 17,820
Progressive Conservative hold Swing +1.67
2003 Manitoba general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
Progressive Conservative John Loewen 4,960 52.71 −9.02 $13,693.53
New Democratic Janine Ballingall Scotten 2,647 28.13 +1.31 $18,368.88
Liberal Gerry Sankar 1,803 19.16 +7.71 $14,257.51
Total valid votes 9,410 99.75
Rejected and declined votes 24 0.25 -0.37
Turnout 9,434 56.61 −19.81
Electors on the lists 16,664
Progressive Conservative hold Swing -5.17
1999 Manitoba general election
Party Candidate Votes % Expenditures
Progressive Conservative John Loewen 6,480 61.73 $25,444.88
New Democratic Bidhu Jha 2,815 26.82 $24,511.00
Liberal Malli Aulakh 1,202 11.45 $18,808.08
Total valid votes 10,497 99.38
Rejected and declined votes 66 0.62
Turnout 10,563 76.43
Registered voters 13,821

Previous boundaries

The 1999–2011 boundaries of the riding of Fort Whyte highlighted in red.

References

  1. ^ Elections Manitoba electoral map of Winnipeg, 2018
  2. ^ "Obby Khan beats Willard Reaves in Manitoba election battle of former Winnipeg Blue Bombers". 3DownNation. October 4, 2023. Retrieved October 4, 2023.
  3. ^ "Summary of Votes Received" (PDF). Elections Manitoba. Retrieved May 4, 2024.
  4. ^ "CANDIDATE ELECTION RETURNS GENERAL ELECTION 2023". Elections Manitoba. Retrieved August 21, 2024.
  5. ^ "2023 GENERAL ELECTION CANDIDATE AND REGISTERED PARTY ELECTION EXPENSE LIMITS - FINAL EXPENSE LIMIT" (PDF). Elections Manitoba. Retrieved May 4, 2024.
  6. ^ "2022 Byelection: Fort Whyte" (PDF). Elections Manitoba. March 22, 2022. Retrieved April 12, 2022.
  7. ^ "41ST GENERAL ELECTION, APRIL 19, 2016 - OFFICIAL RESULTS". Elections Manitoba. April 19, 2016. Retrieved November 18, 2016.
  8. ^ "Candidate Election Returns General Election 2019". Elections Manitoba. September 2019. Retrieved April 20, 2020.
  9. ^ "RESULTS SUMMARY: 42ND GENERAL ELECTION / COMPTE RENDU DES RÉSULTATS: 42E ÉLECTION GÉNÉRALE" (PDF). Elections Manitoba. November 6, 2019. Retrieved October 6, 2021.
  10. ^ Marcoux, Jacques (August 27, 2019). "New Manitoba election boundaries give upper hand to Progressive Conservatives, CBC News analysis finds". CBC. Retrieved October 6, 2021.
  11. ^ "2016 VOTING AREA MAPS AND STATIONBYSTATION RESULTS" (PDF). Elections Manitoba. 2016. Retrieved December 25, 2021.
  12. ^ "2011 Voting Area Maps and Station-by-Station Results" (PDF). Elections Manitoba. 2011. Retrieved December 25, 2021.
  13. ^ "Election Returns: 40th General Election". Elections Manitoba. 2011. Retrieved September 7, 2018.

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