What to know about the Lac du Bonnet riding for Manitoba's 2023 election
CBC News | Posted: September 1, 2023 4:51 PM | Last Updated: September 11, 2023
- About the riding
- Voting history
- News stories from Lac du Bonnet
- Meet the candidates
- More CBC Manitoba riding profiles
The southeastern Manitoba riding of Lac du Bonnet was created in 1958, and runs west from the Manitoba-Ontario border.
The riding includes its namesake, Lac du Bonnet, as well as Tyndall, Pinawa, Beausejour, Whitemouth, Hadashville, Ste. Rita and Powerview-Pine Falls.
The Lac du Bonnet riding's population is 25,080, according to the riding's profile (which includes information compiled from the 2021 census).
The median age of the riding is almost 14 years older than the overall provincial median, at 52 compared to 38.4 provincewide, according to the riding profile and the 2021 census. The census found the median household income in the area is $78,500.
More facts about Lac du Bonnet
- More than one-quarter (27 per cent) of residents are aged 65 or older, compared to 17.1 per cent provincewide, according to the 2021 riding profile and the 2021 census.
- Nineteen per cent of residents identified as Indigenous in the 2021 census, according to the profile.
- Less than two per cent of residents identified as visible minorities, the profile says.
Voting history
The riding has been a Progressive Conservative stronghold since 1988.
- 1958 election: Liberal Progressive.
- 1959, 1962, 1966: Progressive Conservative.
- 1969-1986 (five general elections): NDP.
- 1988 onward (eight elections): Progressive Conservative.
- 2011, 2016, 2019: Wayne Ewasko (Progressive Conservative).
Lac du Bonnet in the news
- Northern Tornadoes Project confirms twister as storms produce hail of a night in southern Manitoba
- New turbine that generates electricity from river currents being tested near Pinawa, Man.
- Hemp production facility at former eastern Manitoba tree nursery goes bust
Meet the candidates
As of Sept. 11, the nominated candidates for the 2023 election are:
- Wayne Ewasko (Progressive Conservative — incumbent).
- Kathy Majowski (NDP).
- Blair Mahaffy (Green Party).
Candidates become official when they meet criteria set out in the province's Elections Act, including providing a statement of disclosure, after the election has been called. In Lac du Bonnet, all candidates are official.