Manitoba votes 2019: Red River North riding profile
CBC News | Posted: August 21, 2019 12:53 AM | Last Updated: August 21, 2019
- About the riding
- Voting history
- News stories from Red River North
- Meet the candidates
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The riding of Red River North was previously called Selkirk, before a 2018 redistribution and name change that removed the city of Selkirk from the riding.
The updated riding, just northeast of Winnipeg, runs from Winnipeg city limits in the south to Lake Winnipeg in the north.
The riding includes the rural municipality of East St. Paul, East Selkirk, Libau, Brokenhead Ojibway Nation and Grand Beach.
The riding's population is 21,000, according to the province's 2018 riding profile (compiled from the 2016 census).
The median age of the riding is older than the overall provincial median, at 46.3 in Red River North 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 $102,250.
More facts about Red River North:
- Nearly 13 per cent of residents identified as Indigenous in the 2016 census, according to the 2018 riding profile.
- Just under three per cent of residents identified as visible minorities, the profile says.
- Roughly 95 per cent of residents reported they own their homes, the profile says.
- The median value of a home in the riding is more than $400,000, the profile says.
Voting history
The riding, previously called Selkirk, was NDP from 1990 until the most recent provincial election, when it voted Progressive Conservative.
- 1958 and 1959 elections: Liberal Progressive.
- 1962 and 1966 elections: Liberal.
- 1969 to 1986 elections (five general elections): NDP.
- 1988 election: Liberal.
- 1990-2011 elections (six general elections): NDP.
- 2016 election: Progressive Conservative.
Red River North in the news
Meet the candidates
The nominated candidates for the 2019 election are:
- Jocelyn Burzuik (Manitoba First).
- Graham Hnatiuk (Green Party).
- Noel Ngo (Liberal).
- Chris Pullen (NDP).
- Jeffrey Wharton (Progressive Conservative).
Candidates become official when they meet criteria set out in the province's Elections Act, including providing a statement of disclosure. In Red River North, all candidates are official.
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