WINNIPEG

Dauphin–Swan River–Neepawa

CTV Winnipeg Published Tuesday, September 29, 2015 1:34PM CST Last Updated Tuesday, October 6, 2015 12:54PM CST

Dauphin–Swan River–Neepawa is Manitoba's scenic western riding home to provincial and national parks, several lakes and 11 First Nations.

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A geographically-rich riding, Dauphin–Swan River–Neepawa encompasses many of Manitoba's great parks, mountain ranges, lakes and First Nations.

Candidates

Conservative: Robert Sopuck (I)
Green: Kate Storey
Independent: Inky Mark
Liberal: Ray Piche
NDP: Laverne Lewycky

Last Election

Conservative Robert Sopuck won his first full-term seat more than 10,500 votes ahead of New Democrat Cheryl Osborne.

Sopuck was first elected in a November 2010 byelection, when Conservative incumbent Inky Mark retired. Mark is in the race again for this riding, this time as an Independent.

Boundaries

Saskatchewan to the west, the U.S. to the south, and Lake Winnipegosis and Lake Manitoba to the northeast.
Has Duck Mountain and Porcupine Mountains Provincial Parks, along with Riding Mountain National Park.
Home to Red Deer, Dawson, Winnipegosis and Manitoba lakes.
Centres include Dauphin, Roblin, Rivers, Minnedosa, Neepawa and Swan River.
Riding includes 11 First Nations.

Industries

Central Dauphin has a Timothy Hay plant, which exports forage mainly to Asia, a big processing plant for industrial hemp and an ethanol plant.
Western Roblin had Manitoba’s first co-op grain elevator and is a centre for ranching and farming supplies.
Northwestern Swan River is an area 50 per cent seeded to grain, oilseeds and other specialty crops; and has beef cattle, pigs and farm-raised wild animals such as deer.
The riding also offers employment in forestry and tourism.
Southeastern Minnedosa and Neepawa are ranching supply centres with a large German-Canadian population in addition to Ukrainian-Canadian.

See an interactive map of all Manitoba ridings here.