Manitoba votes 2019: Southdale riding profile
CBC News | Posted: August 20, 2019 11:50 PM | Last Updated: August 20, 2019
- About the riding
- Voting history
- News stories from Southdale
- Meet the candidates
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The southeast Winnipeg riding of Southdale was created in 1999, but it gained territory on the west and south in the 2018 riding redistribution.
The riding now runs from the Seine River in the west to Lagimodiere Boulevard, Fermor Avenue and Winnipeg city limits in the east. Its northern boundary runs from the CN rail line west to the Seine River, and its southern boundary runs along Bishop Grandin Boulevard.
The riding includes the neighbourhoods of Maginot, Niakwa Place and Southdale.
The riding's population is 23,095, according to the province's 2018 riding profile (compiled from the 2016 census).
The median age of the riding is slightly older than the provincial median, at 42.1 in Southdale 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 $81,860.
More facts about Southdale:
- Just over five per cent of residents reported they speak French most often at home in the 2016 census, according to the 2018 riding profile.
- Roughly 16 per cent of residents identified as visible minorities, the profile says.
- The median value of a home in the riding is $300,420, the profile says, and roughly three-quarters of residents reported they own their home.
Voting history
The riding participated in its first general election in 1999.
- 1999 and 2003 elections: Progressive Conservative.
- 2007 and 2011 elections: NDP.
- 2016 elections: Progressive Conservative.
Southdale in the news
Meet the candidates
The nominated candidates for the 2019 election are:
- Robert Cairns (Independent).
- Spencer Duncanson (Liberal).
- Audrey Gordon (Progressive Conservative).
- Karen Myshkowsky (NDP).
- Katherine Quinton (Green Party).
Candidates become official when they meet criteria set out in the province's Elections Act, including providing a statement of disclosure. In Southdale, all candidates are official.
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