Manitoba votes 2019: Roblin riding profile
CBC News | Posted: August 20, 2019 8:43 PM | Last Updated: August 20, 2019
- About the riding
- Voting history
- News stories from Roblin
- Meet the candidates
- More riding profiles from CBC Manitoba
The west Winnipeg-Headingley riding of Roblin was created in the 2018 riding redistribution from the former Charleswood riding and a small chunk of the former Morris riding.
The riding is bounded to the south by Winnipeg city limits. The boundaries of the rural municipality of Headingley make up the western boundary and part of the north and east boundaries. The Assiniboine River makes up the rest of the northern boundary.
The riding includes the towns of Headingley and South Headingley and the Winnipeg communities of Westdale, Charleswood and Lakewood.
The riding's population is 22,965, according to the province's 2018 riding profile (compiled from the 2016 census).
The median age of the riding is older than the provincial median, at 44.1 in Roblin and 38.3 provincewide, according to the 2018 riding profile and the 2016 census. The census found the median household income in the area is $95,355.
More facts about Roblin:
- Roughly eight per cent of residents identified as visible minorities in the 2016 census, according to the 2018 riding profile.
- Roughly nine per cent of residents identified as Indigenous, the profile says.
- Roughly 57 per cent of homes were built between 1961 and 1980, the profile says.
- The median value of a home in the riding is $349,780, the profile says, and roughly 86 per cent of residents reported they own their home.
Voting history
This will be the first election for the new riding of Roblin.
Roblin in the news
Meet the candidates
The nominated candidates for the 2019 election are:
- Michael Bazak (Liberal).
- Sophie Brandt Murenzi (NDP).
- Myrna Driedger (Progressive Conservative).
- Kevin Nichols (Green Party).
Candidates become official when they meet criteria set out in the province's Elections Act, including providing a statement of disclosure. In Roblin, all candidates are official.
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