Election 2021 Riding Profile: Winnipeg South

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Find out who is running in Winnipeg South and read about the riding's political history and demographics.

Candidates

Note: a * indicates an incumbent candidate.

• Greg Boettcher (Green Party of Canada)
• Terry Duguid* (Liberal Party of Canada)
• Aiden Kahanovitch (NDP)
• Melanie Maher (Conservative Party of Canada)
• Byron Curtis Gryba (People’s Party of Canada)

2019 Federal Election

The Liberal’s Terry Duguid won the election by more than 1,600 votes. Duguid, a former city councillor, was first elected to parliament in 2015, ending the Conservative’s nine-year hold on the Winnipeg South riding. Duguid first ran for MP in the 2011 election, but lost to Tory incumbent at the time, Rod Bruinooge.

History

• Winnipeg South was first created in 1914 from the former Winnipeg riding. It was first represented in the House of Commons in 1917.
• The riding was dissolved in 1976 and the land was distributed to three other ridings: Provencher, Winnipeg – Assiniboine, and Winnipeg – Fort Garry. It was re-created in 1987.
• In 1963, Manitoba’s first female MP, Margaret Konantz, was elected in this riding.
• James A. Richardson was elected as MP for Winnipeg South in 1968. He won three straight elections, running with the Liberals and as an independent.
• The riding has gone back-and-forth between Liberal and Tory representation.

Boundaries

• Large development in Winnipeg South changed the appearance of this riding during the 2012 electoral redistribution.
• Bishop Grandin Boulevard borders the north of this riding, with St. Anne’s Road bordering the west.
• It is west of Pembina Highway.

Winnipeg South

Industries

• Developments of Bridgwater and South Pointe have brought a lot of upper-income housing into the riding. This is in addition to the affluent neighbourhoods of Riel, St. Vital, Meadowood, River Park South, South St. Vital, and Richot.
• The riding includes the University of Manitoba campus.

 

Demographics

Note: according to Statistics Canada’s 2016 census data

• Has a population of 99,678
• Average income in the riding is $48,303
• 36.4 per cent identify of the population as a visible minority
• 6.9 per cent of the population identifies as Indigenous