Manitoba votes 2019: Fort Whyte riding profile
CBC News | Posted: August 16, 2019 8:11 PM | Last Updated: August 16, 2019
- About the riding
- Voting history
- News stories from Fort Whyte
- Meet the candidates
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The southern Winnipeg riding of Fort Whyte was created in 1999 and has been a Progressive Conservative stronghold ever since.
The riding is bounded to the north by the CNR Rivers rail line and Bishop Grandin Boulevard and by city limits in the south. It's bounded by Waverley Street in the east and by McCreary Road, city limits and Brady Road in the west.
The riding includes the neighbourhoods of Whyte Ridge and Linden Woods.
Its population is 21,780, according to the province's 2018 riding profile (compiled from the 2016 census).
The median age of the riding is several years older than the overall provincial median, at 45.1 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 $117,535.
More facts about Fort Whyte:
- The riding has more adults 65 years of age and older than the province in general (19.2 per cent compared to 15.6 per cent), according to the province's 2018 profile and the 2016 census.
- Roughly a quarter of residents identified as immigrants, the profile says, and the same percentage identified as visible minorities.
- Roughly 84 per cent of residents reported they own their homes.
Voting history
The riding has only ever voted Progressive Conservative.
- 1999, 2003, 2007, 2011 and 2016 elections (and 2005 byelection): Progressive Conservative.
Fort Whyte in the news
Meet the candidates
The nominated candidates for the 2019 election are:
- Bea Bruske (NDP).
- Sara Campbell (Green Party of Manitoba).
- Jason Holenski (Manitoba First).
- Darrel Morin (Liberal).
- Brian Pallister (Progressive Conservative).
Candidates become official when they meet criteria set out in the province's Elections Act, including providing a statement of disclosure. In Fort Whyte, all five candidates are official.