Southdale (electoral district)

Southdale
Manitoba electoral district
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of Manitoba
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District created	1998
First contested	1999
Last contested	2019

Southdale is a provincial electoral division in the Canadian province of Manitoba. It was created in the provincial redistribution 1999, mostly out of Niakwa and part of St. Vital. The riding is located in the southeastern section of the City of Winnipeg.

Southdale is bordered on the east by the rural ridings of La Verendrye and Springfield, to the south by Seine River, to the north by Radisson and St. Boniface, and to the west by Riel and St. Vital.

The riding's population in 1996 was 19,029. Its character is mostly middle class. In 1999, the average family income was $68,944, and the unemployment rate was 5.00%. Twelve per cent of Southdale's residents are francophone. Health and social service work accounts for 14% of Southdale's industry.

From 2003 to 2007, Southdale was the only riding in southeastern Winnipeg to be represented by a Progressive Conservative, following historical breakthroughs by the New Democratic Party of Manitoba (NDP) in surrounding ridings in the 2003 provincial election. The NDP proceeded to oust incumbent MLA Jack Reimer in the 2007 provincial election, completing their sweep of Southeast Winnipeg. The seat remained NDP from 2007 until 2016 when it returned to the PCs.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Manitoba MLAs for the electoral district of Southdale
Term of Office	Name	Political Party
1999–2007	Jack Reimer	Progressive Conservative
2007–2016	Erin Selby	New Democrats
2016–2019	Andrew Smith	Progressive Conservative
2019–present	Audrey Gordon	Progressive Conservative

Electoral results

2019 Manitoba general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Progressive Conservative	Audrey Gordon	4,486	42.65	-21.17	$24,558.56
	New Democratic	Karen Myshkowsky	3,955	37.61	+14.05	$14,122.65
	Liberal	Spencer Duncanson	1,422	13.52	+0.90	$137.10
	Green	Katherine Quinton	584	5.55	New	$0.00
	Independent	Robert Cairns	70	0.67	New	$0.00
Total valid votes				100.0
Total rejected ballots
Turnout
Eligible voters

2016 Manitoba general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Progressive Conservative	Andrew Smith	6,663	63.82	+18.83	$43,062.01
	New Democratic	Dashi Zargani	2,460	23.56	-28.45	$19,423.93
	Liberal	Ryan Colyer	1,318	12.62	+9.62	$1,526.57
Total valid votes/Expense limit			10,441	97.78	-	$53,274.00
Total rejected ballots			237	2.22	+1.90
Turnout			10,678	62.31	-7.82
Eligible voters			17,137
	Progressive Conservative gain from New Democratic		Swing		+23.64
Source: Elections Manitoba^[1]^[2]^[3]

2011 Manitoba general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Erin Selby	5,662	51.84	$29,012.79
	Progressive Conservative	Judy Eastman	4,898	44.85	$36,267.68
	Liberal	Amarjit Singh	327	2.99	$3,107.04
Total valid votes/Expense limit			10,887	100.00	$43,733.00
Total rejected ballots			35	0.41
Turnout			10,922	70.13	+4.39
Eligible voters			15,574
	New Democratic hold		Swing		-2.96
Source: Elections Manitoba^[4]

2007 Manitoba general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Erin Selby	5,772	51.04	$30,198.49
	Progressive Conservative	Jack Reimer	4,493	39.74	$31,445.97
	Liberal	Don Woodstock	1,042	9.22	$4,974.42
Total valid votes/Expense limit			11,307	100.00
Total rejected ballots			44
Turnout			11,351	65.74	+9.78
Eligible voters			17,267
	New Democratic gain		Swing		+13.32%

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2003 Manitoba general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Progressive Conservative	Jack Reimer	4,422	51.03	-0.13	$16,203.32
	New Democratic	Carolyn Frost	3,123	36.05	+8.77	$4,844.51
	Liberal	Chuck Mrena	1,120	12.93	-6.43	$5,828.49
Total valid votes/Expense limit			8,665	100.00
Total rejected ballots			27
Turnout			8,692	55.96	-18.60
Eligible voters			15,533
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		-4.45%

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1999 Manitoba general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Expenditures
	Progressive Conservative	Jack Reimer	5,455	51.16	$25,319.24
	New Democratic	Iris Taylor	2,909	27.28	$1,907.00
	Liberal	Shirley Chaput	2,064	19.36	$10,349.79
	Manitoba Party	Paul Gibson	200	1.88	$1,067.54
Total valid votes/Expense limit			10,618	100.00
Total rejected ballots			45
Turnout			10,663	74.56
Eligible voters			14,301