Manitoba votes 2019: Dauphin riding profile
CBC News | Posted: August 15, 2019 10:38 PM | Last Updated: August 15, 2019
- About the riding
- Voting history
- News stories from Dauphin
- Meet the candidates
- More riding profiles from CBC Manitoba
The western Manitoba riding of Dauphin was created in 1883, axed in 1886 and then re-established in 1892. Since then, it's gone through two name changes: from Dauphin to Dauphin-Roblin in 1999 and then back to Dauphin in 2008.
The riding grew dramatically in the 2018 riding redistribution, expanding its territory by 60 per cent into the north, east and south. The updated riding is bounded to the east by Lake Manitoba. To the north, the riding pushes up to include Skownan, then drops down in the northwest to end just south of the rural municipality of Ethelbert. Its southern-most point is Lone Spruce, but it scoops up north to go around most of Riding Mountain National Park.
The riding includes all of Dauphin, as well as Ste. Rose du Lac, McCreary, Gilbert Plains, Grandview, Winnipegosis, Rorketon and Waterhen. It no longer includes the town of Roblin.
One of the region's main industries is agriculture, employing 15 per cent of residents. A further 19 per cent of residents work in health care and social assistance, according to the province's 2018 riding profile (compiled from the 2016 census).
Its population is 23,290, according to the riding profile.
The median age of the riding is older than the overall provincial median, at 44.7 in Dauphin compared to 38.3 provincewide, according to the 2018 riding profile and the 2016 census. The census found the median household income in the area is $49,710.
More facts about Dauphin:
- The region was one of the few in Manitoba that had a population drop between the 2008 provincial riding redistribution and the most recent one last year, according to the Manitoba Electoral Divisions Boundaries Commission.
- The same is true of nearby ridings Swan River and Riding Mountain, leading to significant boundary changes.
- Just over a third of residents identified as Indigenous in the 2016 census, according to the province's profile.
- Less than two per cent of residents identified as visible minorities, the profile says.
Voting history
Prior to the 2016 election, the riding had voted NDP for 35 years running. The region turned blue in the 2016 provincial general election.
- 1958, 1959, 1962 and 1966 elections: Progressive Conservative.
- 1969 and 1973 elections: NDP.
- 1977 election: Progressive Conservative.
- 1981 to 2011 elections (nine elections; riding called Dauphin-Roblin in 1999, 2003 and 2007 races): NDP.
- 2016 election: Progressive Conservative.
Dauphin in the news
Meet the candidates
The nominated candidates for the 2019 election are:
- Brad Michaleski (Progressive Conservative).
- Darcy Scheller (NDP).
- Cathy Scofield Singh (Liberal).
Candidates become official when they meet criteria set out in the province's Elections Act, including providing a statement of disclosure. In Dauphin, all three candidates are official.