What to know about the Selkirk riding for Manitoba's 2023 election
CBC News | Posted: September 1, 2023 9:27 PM | Last Updated: September 12, 2023
- About the riding
- Voting history
- News stories from Selkirk
- Meet the candidates
- More riding profiles from CBC Manitoba
The current version of the southeast Manitoba riding called Selkirk was created in the 2018 riding redistribution.
It includes the city of Selkirk and the southern portion of the former Gimli riding (with the northern part of Gimli now in Interlake-Gimli). The rest of the previous Selkirk riding is now in the Red River North riding that was created in 2018.
The current Selkirk riding is bounded on the east by Lake Winnipeg and the Red River. In the south, its boundary is the boundary between West St. Paul and the rural municipality of St. Andrews, and to the west, it's the boundary between St. Andrews and Rockwood. The northern boundary is also mostly the boundary of St. Andrews.
The riding includes its namesake, Selkirk, as well as the communities of Lockport, St. Andrews, Parkdale, Clandeboye, Petersfield and Netley.
The riding's population is 22,035, says the province's 2023 riding profile (compiled from the 2021 census).
The median age of the riding is older than the Manitoba median, at 44.8 in Selkirk and 38.4 provincewide, the 2023 riding profile and the 2021 census say. The census found the median household income in the area is $86,000.
More facts about Selkirk
- Roughly 24 per cent of residents identified as Indigenous in the 2021 census, the 2023 riding profile says.
- Five per cent of residents identified as visible minorities.
- The median value of a home in the riding is $311,000, and roughly 78 per cent of residents reported they own their home.
Voting history
The first election for the newly created version of the riding was in 2019.
The former Selkirk riding was renamed Red River North in the 2018 riding redistribution, when the city of Selkirk was removed from the riding.
- 2019 election: Alan Lagimodiere (Progressive Conservative).
Lagimodiere is not seeking re-election.
Selkirk in the news
- Indigenous reconciliation minister Alan Lagimodiere won't seek re-election in 2023
- Vehicles grind to halt after fuelling up at Selkirk gas station, frustrated drivers say
- Northern Tornadoes Project confirms twister as storms produce hail of a night in southern Manitoba
- Manitoba appeal court rules RM of St. Andrews council lacked authority to strip mayor of power
- Selkirk-area farmer says entire field wiped out by hailstorm
- Racial remark at high school basketball game felt like 'gut punch,' 16-year-old says
Meet the candidates
As of Sept. 11, the nominated candidates for the 2023 election are:
- Richard Perchotte (Progressive Conservative).
- Mitch Obach (NDP).
Candidates become official when they meet criteria set out in the province's Elections Act, including providing a statement of disclosure, after an election has been called. In Selkirk, all candidates are official.