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Winnipeg Centre
Manitoba electoral district
	Winnipeg Centre in relation to other Manitoba federal electoral districts as of the 2013 Representation Order. Dotted line shows Winnipeg city limits.
Federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
MP	Leah Gazan; New Democratic
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District created	1996
First contested	1997
Last contested	2021
District webpage	profile, map
Demographics
Population (2011)	82,026
Electors (2015)	54,719
Area (km²)	28.42
Pop. density (per km²)	2,886.2
Census division(s)	Division No. 11
Census subdivision(s)	Winnipeg

Winnipeg Centre (French: Winnipeg-Centre) is a federal electoral district in Manitoba, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1917 to 1925 and since 1997.

History edit

This riding was originally created in 1914 from Winnipeg and Selkirk ridings.

In 1924, it was abolished, and parts transferred to Winnipeg North Centre and Winnipeg South Centre ridings.

In 1997, it was re-created from Winnipeg North Centre and Winnipeg South Centre.

This riding was left unchanged after the 2012 electoral redistribution.

Historical boundaries edit

1914 representation order
1996 representation order

Members of Parliament edit

This riding has elected the following members of Parliament:

Parliament	Years		Party
Winnipeg Centre Riding created from Winnipeg and Selkirk
13th	1917–1921	George William Andrews	Government (Unionist)
14th	1921–1925	J.S. Woodsworth	Independent Labour
Riding dissolved into Winnipeg North Centre and Winnipeg South Centre
Riding re-created from Winnipeg North Centre, Winnipeg St. James, Winnipeg North and Winnipeg South Centre
36th	1997–2000	Pat Martin	New Democratic
37th	2000–2004
38th	2004–2006
39th	2006–2008
40th	2008–2011
41st	2011–2015
42nd	2015–2019	Robert-Falcon Ouellette	Liberal
43rd	2019–2021	Leah Gazan	New Democratic
44th	2021–present	Leah Gazan	New Democratic

Demographics edit

Panethnic groups in Winnipeg Centre (2011−2021)
Panethnic group	2021^[3]		2016^[4]		2011^[5]
Panethnic group	Pop.	%	Pop.	%	Pop.	%
European^[a]	32,320	38.19%	34,365	41.66%	36,720	46.75%
Southeast Asian^[b]	18,855	22.28%	18,765	22.75%	17,555	22.35%
Indigenous	15,475	18.29%	15,265	18.51%	13,720	17.47%
African	8,340	9.86%	6,225	7.55%	4,110	5.23%
South Asian	3,600	4.25%	2,210	2.68%	1,425	1.81%
East Asian^[c]	1,935	2.29%	2,395	2.9%	2,560	3.26%
Middle Eastern^[d]	1,305	1.54%	905	1.1%	540	0.69%
Latin American	1,290	1.52%	840	1.02%	925	1.18%
Other/multiracial^[e]	1,500	1.77%	1,495	1.81%	985	1.25%
Total responses	84,620	96.71%	82,480	95.96%	78,545	95.76%
Total population	87,499	100%	85,949	100%	82,026	100%
Notes: Totals greater than 100% due to multiple origin responses. Demographics based on 2012 Canadian federal electoral redistribution riding boundaries.

Election results edit

1997–present edit

Graph of election results in Winnipeg Centre (Since 1997, minor parties that never got 2% of the vote or didn't run consistently are omitted)

v t e 2021 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Leah Gazan	14,962	50.3	+9.1	$95,075.71
	Liberal	Paul Ong	8,446	28.4	-5.3	$34,450.58
	Conservative	Sabrina Brenot	3,818	12.8	-4.7	none listed
	People's	Bhavni Bhakoo	1,229	4.1	+2.6	$3,735.84
	Green	Andrew Brown	708	2.4	-2.8	$0.00
	Libertarian	Jamie Buhler	373	1.3	N/A	none listed
	Animal Protection	Debra Wall	213	0.7	N/A	$4,055.48
Total valid votes/expense limit			29,749	98.8	–	$101,566.38
Total rejected ballots			365	1.2
Turnout			30,114	52.2
Eligible voters			57,672
	New Democratic hold		Swing		+7.2
Source: Elections Canada^[6]

v t e 2019 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Leah Gazan	13,073	41.21	+13.2	$81,565.86
	Liberal	Robert-Falcon Ouellette	10,704	33.74	-20.8	$93,870.93
	Conservative	Ryan Dyck	5,561	17.53	+5.1	$16,427.27
	Green	Andrea Shalay	1,661	5.24	+1.1	none listed
	People's	Yogi Henderson	474	1.49	–	none listed
	Christian Heritage	Stephanie Hein	251	0.79	+0.1	none listed
Total valid votes/expense limit			31,724	100.0
Total rejected ballots			274
Turnout			31,998	54.2
Eligible voters			59,012
	New Democratic gain from Liberal		Swing		+17.0
Source: Elections Canada^[7]^[8]

v t e 2015 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Robert-Falcon Ouellette	18,471	54.51	+43.44	$78,138.26
	New Democratic	Pat Martin	9,490	28.01	-25.65	$104,378.44
	Conservative	Allie Szarkiewicz	4,189	12.36	-15.28	$32,966.82
	Green	Don Woodstock	1,379	4.07	-2.98	$38,782.49
	Christian Heritage	Scott Miller	221	0.65	–	$1,210.15
	Communist	Darrell Rankin	135	0.40	-0.19	–
Total valid votes/expense limit			33,885	100.00		$192,170.62
Total rejected ballots			281	0.82	–
Turnout			34,166	61.41	–
Eligible voters			55,633
	Liberal gain from New Democratic		Swing		+34.59
Source: Elections Canada^[9]^[10]

v t e 2011 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Pat Martin	13,928	53.66	+4.74	–
	Conservative	Bev Pitura	7,173	27.64	+5.99	–
	Liberal	Allan Wise	2,872	11.07	-4.55	–
	Green	Jacqueline Romanow	1,830	7.05	-4.01	–
	Communist	Darrell Rankin	152	0.59	+0.12	–
Total valid votes/expense limit			25,955	100.00		–
Total rejected ballots			248	0.95	+0.05
Turnout			26,203	49.02	+6
Eligible voters			53,452	–	–

v t e 2008 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Pat Martin	12,285	48.92	+0.5	$42,608
	Conservative	Kenny Daodu	5,437	21.65	+2.1	$20,177
	Liberal	Daniel Hurley	3,922	15.62	-8.7	$37,980
	Green	Jessie Klassen	2,777	11.06	+4.0	$2,733
	Independent	Joe Chan	226	0.90	–	–
	First Peoples National	Lyle Morrisseau	212	0.84	–	–
	Independent	Ed Ackerman	135	0.54	–	–
	Communist	Darrell Rankin	119	0.47	-0.2	–
Total valid votes/expense limit			25,113	100.00		$77,206
Total rejected ballots			227	0.90	+0.1
Turnout			25,340	43	-6

v t e 2006 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Pat Martin	13,805	48.4	+3.0	$58,778
	Liberal	Ray St. Germain	6,940	24.3	-10.4	$27,375
	Conservative	Helen Sterzer	5,554	19.5	+5.9	$37,740
	Green	Gary Gervais	2,010	7.1	+2.8	$2,651
	Communist	Anna-Celestrya Carr	199	0.7	+0.3	$295
Total valid votes			28,508	100.0		–
Total rejected ballots			231	0.8	+0.1
Turnout			28,739	49	+4

v t e 2004 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Pat Martin	12,149	45.4	+4.1	$51,914
	Liberal	David Northcott	9,285	34.7	+0.6	$67,134
	Conservative	Robert Eng	3,631	13.6	-8.0	$7,572
	Green	Robin (Pilar) Faye	1,151	4.3	+1.7	$2,087
	Marijuana	John M. Siedleski	346	1.3	–	–
	Communist	Anna-Celestrya Carr	114	0.4	-0.1	$654
	Independent	Douglas Edward Schweitzer	92	0.3	–	–
Total valid votes			26,768	100.0		–
Total rejected ballots			188	0.7
Turnout			26,956	45.1

Note: Conservative vote is compared to the total of the Canadian Alliance vote and Progressive Conservative vote in 2000 election.

v t e 2000 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Pat Martin	11,263	41.26	$55,756.93
	Liberal	Kevin Lamoureux	9,310	34.11	$55,979.28
	Alliance	Reg Smith	3,975	14.56	$8,032.54
	Progressive Conservative	Michel Allard	1,915	7.02	$1,460.02
	Green	Mikel Magnusson	698	2.56	$1,572.64
	Communist	Harold Dyck	134	0.49	$288.78
Total valid votes			27,295	100.00
Total rejected ballots			236
Turnout			27,531	52.56
Electors on the lists			52,383
Sources: Official Results, Elections Canada and Financial Returns, Elections Canada.

v t e 1997 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Pat Martin	10,979	40.89	$48,662
	Liberal	David Walker	9,895	36.86	$47,283
	Reform	Reginald A. Smith	3,095	11.53	$3,175
	Progressive Conservative	Campbell Alexander	2,442	9.10	$6,171
	Independent	Greg Krawchuk	148	0.55	$163
	Marxist–Leninist	Glenn Michalchuk	136	0.51	$11
	Communist	Darrell Rankin	108	0.40	$1,913
	Libertarian	Didz Zuzens	44	0.16	$0
Total valid votes			26,847	100.00
Rejected ballots			374
Turnout			27,221	57.00
Electors on the lists			47,753
Sources: Official Results, Elections Canada and Financial Returns, Elections Canada.

1917–1925 edit

v t e 1921 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	James Shaver Woodsworth	7,774	40.1	–
	Conservative	Norman Kitson McIvor	4,034	20.8	-63.8
	Liberal	John W. Wilton	4,032	20.8	+5.4
	Independent	Harriet S. Dick	2,314	11.9	–
	Independent	George William Andrews	1,220	6.3	–
Total valid votes			19,374	100.0
Note: Conservative vote is compared to Unionist vote in 1917 election.

v t e 1917 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Government (Unionist)	George William Andrews	25,580	84.6
	Opposition (Laurier Liberals)	Robert Sinclair Ward	4,650	15.4
Total valid votes			30,230	100.0

References edit

"Winnipeg Centre (Code 46011) Census Profile". 2011 census. Government of Canada - Statistics Canada. Retrieved March 3, 2011.

Notes edit

^ Statistic includes all persons that did not make up part of a visible minority or an indigenous identity.
^ Statistic includes total responses of "Filipino" and "Southeast Asian" under visible minority section on census.
^ Statistic includes total responses of "Chinese", "Korean", and "Japanese" under visible minority section on census.
^ Statistic includes total responses of "West Asian" and "Arab" under visible minority section on census.
^ Statistic includes total responses of "Visible minority, n.i.e." and "Multiple visible minorities" under visible minority section on census.

^ Statistics Canada: 2011
^ Statistics Canada: 2011
^ Government of Canada, Statistics Canada (October 26, 2022). "Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population". www12.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved October 22, 2023.
^ Government of Canada, Statistics Canada (October 27, 2021). "Census Profile, 2016 Census". www12.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved October 22, 2023.
^ Government of Canada, Statistics Canada (November 27, 2015). "NHS Profile". www12.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved October 22, 2023.
^ "List of confirmed candidates – September 20, 2021 Federal Election". Elections Canada. Retrieved September 2, 2021.
^ "List of confirmed candidates". Elections Canada. Retrieved October 4, 2019.
^ "Election Night Results". Elections Canada. Retrieved November 9, 2019.
^ Elections Canada – Confirmed candidates for Winnipeg Centre, 30 September 2015
^ Elections Canada – Preliminary Election Expenses Limits for Candidates

External links edit

Riding history for Winnipeg Centre (1914–1924) from the Library of Parliament
Riding history for Winnipeg Centre (1997– ) from the Library of Parliament
Expenditures - 2008
Expenditures - 2004
Website of the Parliament of Canada
Canada Votes 2006 - Winnipeg Centre

49°53′42″N 97°10′01″W / 49.895°N 97.167°W / 49.895; -97.167

[euro-6] Statistic includes all persons that did not make up part of a visible minority or an indigenous identity.

[SoutheastAsian-7] Statistic includes total responses of "Filipino" and "Southeast Asian" under visible minority section on census.

[EastAsian-8] Statistic includes total responses of "Chinese", "Korean", and "Japanese" under visible minority section on census.

[MiddleEastern-9] Statistic includes total responses of "West Asian" and "Arab" under visible minority section on census.

[Other-10] Statistic includes total responses of "Visible minority, n.i.e." and "Multiple visible minorities" under visible minority section on census.

[1] Statistics Canada: 2011

[2] Statistics Canada: 2011

[2021censusB-3] Government of Canada, Statistics Canada (October 26, 2022). "Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population". www12.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved October 22, 2023.

[2016censusB-4] Government of Canada, Statistics Canada (October 27, 2021). "Census Profile, 2016 Census". www12.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved October 22, 2023.

[2011censusB-5] Government of Canada, Statistics Canada (November 27, 2015). "NHS Profile". www12.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved October 22, 2023.

[11] "List of confirmed candidates – September 20, 2021 Federal Election". Elections Canada. Retrieved September 2, 2021.

[12] "List of confirmed candidates". Elections Canada. Retrieved October 4, 2019.

[13] "Election Night Results". Elections Canada. Retrieved November 9, 2019.

[14] Elections Canada – Confirmed candidates for Winnipeg Centre, 30 September 2015

[15] Elections Canada – Preliminary Election Expenses Limits for Candidates

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