Kildonan was a provincial electoral district of Manitoba, Canada. The boundaries for the riding maintained their location through the 2008 redistribution.
History
Kildonan (1870–1899)
The original Kildonan riding was created at the time of the province's establishment in 1870. It was dominated by Manitoba's "old settler" population (i.e., English-speaking families who had lived in the Red River Colony for many years before the province's creation). There was a large "mixed blood" aboriginal population in the riding, and many of its residents were also of Scottish or partly Scottish ancestry. From 1886 to 1888, the riding was incorporated into "Kildonan and St. Paul" riding.
Kildonan was a hotly contested riding between the Conservatives and Liberals following the establishment of party government in 1888. In 1899, it was dissolved into the riding of "Kildonan and St. Andrews".
Kildonan and St. Andrews (1920–1958)
From 1920 to 1927, the Kildonan and St. Andrews riding was represented by Labour Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) Charles Tanner. Otherwise, it continued to return Liberals and Conservatives until being merged into "Kildonan-Transcona" in 1949. After that time, it was generally considered a safe riding for the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation.
Kildonan-Transcona (1949–1958) Created out of Kildonan and St. Andrews, Winnipeg, St. Clements, and Springfield for the 1949 election. Was abolished prior to the 1958 election into Seven Oaks, Kildonan, Elmwood, Radisson, and Springfield.
Kildonan (1958–2019)
A riding with the name Kildonan was reestablished in 1957, and formally came into being in the provincial election of 1958. It was located in the northeastern part of the current city of Winnipeg, The Kildonan riding that existed from the 1958 election up to the election of 1981 was located in the East Kildonan area on the east side of the Red River. The riding of Kildonan that existed since 1981 in northwest Winnipeg had completely different boundaries from the old Kildonan riding as this new Kildonan riding was carved out of the old Seven Oaks riding on the west side of the Red River. This new riding was bordered on the east by River East and Rossmere, to the south by St. Johns and Burrows, to the north by Gimli, and to the west by The Maples.
The riding's population in 1996 was 19,522. In 1999, the average family income was $54,381, and the unemployment rate was 6.8%. Almost 18% of the population was above 65 years of age by 2016. Kildonan had a large immigrant population (23% of the total population in 1999), and was ethnically diverse. Ukrainians made up 14% of the riding's population; a further 11% were Jewish, 7% Polish, and 3% Italian. Kildonan's residents were primarily middle and upper-income. Manufacturing accounted for 16% of industry in the riding, with a further 15% in the service sector.
The seat was generally regarded as safe for the New Democratic Party. The Progressive Conservatives won the former Kildonan on the (east side of the Red River) in 1962 (by 4 votes in the 1962 election) and the Liberals won the Kildonan riding on the (west side of the Red River) in 1988. In both cases, the NDP recaptured the seat after a single term.
Beginning with the 2019 Manitoba general election, the Kildonan riding was dissolved and much of its constituency was redistributed to the new riding of Kildonan-River East, which also took in parts of St. Johns and the now-defunct River East riding. Kildonan's last MLA was Nic Curry, a young former officer in the Canadian Armed Forces Reserve.
Members of the Legislative Assembly
Kildonan (1870–1899)
Name Party Took office Left office John Sutherland Opposition/Canadian Party 1870 1874 vacant 1874 1875 John Sutherland Opposition 1875 1878 Alexander Sutherland Opposition 1878 1879 Government/Liberal-Conservative 1879 1884 John MacBeth(+) Government/Conservative 1884 1888 John Norquay Conservative 1888 1889 Thomas Norquay Conservative 1890 1892 John James Bird Liberal 1892 1896 Hector Sutherland Conservative 1896 1899 (+) From 1886 to 1888, the riding was incorporated into Kildonan and St. Paul.
Kildonan and St. Andrews (1920–1927)
Name Party Took office Left office Orton Grain Liberal-Conservative 1899 1903 M.J. O'Donahoe Liberal 1903 1907 Orton Grain Conservative 1907 1913 Walter Montague Conservative 1913 1915 George Prout Liberal 1915 1920 Charles Tanner Dominion Labour 1920 1920 Independent Labour Party 1920 1927 James McLenaghen Conservative/Progressive Conservative 1927 1949
Kildonan-Transcona (1949–1958)
Name Party Took office Left office George Olive Co-operative Commonwealth 1949 1953 Russell Paulley Co-operative Commonwealth 1953 1958
Kildonan (1961–2019) Name Party Took office Left office A.J. Reid Co-operative Commonwealth 1958 1961 New Democrat 1961 1962 James Mills Progressive Conservative 1962 1966 Peter Fox New Democrat 1966 1981 Mary Beth DolinNew Kildonan Riding- completely different boundaries New Democrat 1981 1985 Marty Dolin New Democrat 1985 1988 Gulzar Singh Cheema Liberal 1988 1990 David Chomiak New Democrat 1990 2016 Nic Curry Progressive Conservative 2016 2019
Electoral results
1870
1874
1875 by-election
1878
1879
1882 by-election
1883
1884 by-election
1886
1888
1890 by-election
1892
1896
1899
1903
1907
1910
1913 by-election
1914
1915
1920
1922
1927
1932
1936
1941
1945
1949
1953
1958
1959
1962
1966
1969
1973
1977
1981
1985 by-election
1986
1988
1990
1995
1999
2003
2007 http://www.electionsmanitoba.ca/en/Results/39_division_results/39_kildonan_summary_results.html - 2007 results
2011
2016
See also List of Manitoba provincial electoral districts Canadian provincial electoral districts
References