Dauphin—Swan River—Marquette

Dauphin—Swan River—Marquette (formerly known as Dauphin and Dauphin—Swan River) was a federal electoral district in Manitoba, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1904 to 2015. Its population in 2011 was 74,800. The riding became known as Dauphin—Swan River—Neepawa for the 2015 federal election.

Demographics According to the 2011 Canadian census

Languages: 83% English, 2.03% French, 14.97% Other

According to the 2006 Canadian census Racial groups: 75.02% White, 24.21% Aboriginal Average income: $16,388 Religions (2001): 47.30% Protestant, 32.18% Catholic, 14.45% Non religious, 3.27% Christian Orthodox, 1.99% Other Christian

Riding associations

Riding associations are the local branches of the national political parties:

PartyAssociation nameCEOHQ address NeighbourhoodDauphin—Swan River—Marquette Federal Green Party AssociationKatharine StoreyRural Route 1GrandviewConservative Party of CanadaDauphin—Swan River—Marquette Conservative AssociationDauphin—Swan River—Marquette Conservative Association Norman Sims76 Main Street SouthMinnedosaLiberal Party of CanadaDauphin—Swan River—Marquette Federal Liberal AssociationLorna LiddlePO Box 2568NeepawaNew Democratic PartyDauphin—Swan River—Marquette Federal NDP Riding AssociationDavid Rehaluk24 Kerr AvenueDauphin

Geography The riding was located in between southern and central Manitoba, west of Lake Winnipegosis and Lake Manitoba.

History The electoral district was created as "Dauphin" riding in 1903 from Macdonald, Marquette and Saskatchewan (Provisional District) ridings.

In 1983, it was renamed "Dauphin–Swan River".

In 2004, it was renamed "Dauphin–Swan River–Marquette".

Members of Parliament

The riding elected the following members of Parliament:

Last member of Parliament The seat was last held by Robert Sopuck, a fisheries biologist. When the riding became known as Dauphin—Swan River—Neepawa, Sopuck handily won the election.

Election results Dauphin—Swan-River—Marquette was a conservative riding for much of the last half-century of its existence. It was held by the Liberals from 1993 to 1997, with that party's sweeping victory in the 1993 general election. The only other time that it was not represented by a centre-right party after 1958 was from 1980 to 1984, when it was held by the NDP.

Dauphin—Swan River—Marquette, 2004–2015

2010 by-election

Dauphin—Swan River, 1983–2004

^ Change is from the total of Progressive Conservative and Canadian Alliance votes in the 2000 election.

Note: Canadian Alliance vote is compared to Reform Party vote in 1997 election.

Dauphin, 1904–1983

Note: NDP vote is compared to CCF vote in 1958 election.

See also Swan River (electoral district) Dauphin, Manitoba Swan River, Manitoba Neepawa, Manitoba Minnedosa, Manitoba List of Canadian electoral districts Historical federal electoral districts of Canada

References

Expenditures -2008 Expenditures - 2004

Expenditures - 1997 Notice of vacancy - Dauphin-Swan River-Marquette, Elections Canada, September 16, 2010 2010 by-elections results from Elections Canada

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