Manitoba votes 2019: Radisson riding profile
CBC News | Posted: August 21, 2019 5:31 PM | Last Updated: August 21, 2019
- About the riding
- Voting history
- News stories from Radisson
- Meet the candidates
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The northeast Winnipeg riding of Radisson has been around since 1958, although its boundaries changed significantly in the most recent riding redistribution in 2018. It lost a majority of its northern territory to the nearby ridings of Transcona and Southdale.
The updated riding runs from Grassie Boulevard along Plessis Road and Gunn Road in the north to Dugald Road in the south. Its western boundary runs from Lagimodière Boulevard along Regent Avenue West to Molson Street, and its eastern boundary runs from the Central Manitoba Railway along Day Street, Kildare Avenue, Haka Street, Rosseau Avenue West and Plessis.
The riding includes the neighbourhoods of East Kildonan-Transcona, Harbour View South, Lakeside Meadows and Mission Gardens.
The riding's population is 21,640, according to the province's 2018 riding profile (compiled from the 2016 census).
The median age of the riding is roughly on par with the overall provincial median, at 38.5 in Radisson 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 $89,649.
More facts about Radisson:
- Roughly nine per cent of residents identified as Indigenous on the 2016 census, according to the 2018 riding profile.
- Roughly 22 per cent of residents identified as immigrants, the profile says.
- More than 80 per cent of residents reported they own their homes, the profile says.
Voting history
The riding was NDP for more than 25 years before voting Progressive Conservative in 2016.
- 1962 -1973 (four general elections): NDP.
- 1977 election: Progressive Conservative.
- 1981 and 1986 elections: NDP.
- 1988 election: Liberal.
- 1990-2011 (six general elections): NDP.
- 2016 election: Progressive Conservative.
Radisson in the news
Meet the candidates
The nominated candidates for the 2019 election are:
- Tanya Hansen Pratt (Liberal).
- Rajwinder Sandhu (NDP).
- James Teitsma (Progressive Conservative).
Candidates become official when they meet criteria set out in the province's Elections Act, including providing a statement of disclosure. In Radisson, all three candidates are official.
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