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Thompson is a provincial electoral division in the Canadian province of
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. It was created by redistribution in 1968 from parts of
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and Rupertsland, and has formally existed since the provincial election of 1969. Thompson is located in the north of the province. It is bordered by Keewatinook to the east, and
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to the west. The city of Thompson was incorporated shortly before the riding's creation, and is its only major urban centre. Almost half of the riding's residents live in that community. The riding's population in 1996 was 19,349. In 1999, the average family income was $56,402, and the unemployment rate was 12.60%. The riding's character is primarily working-class, with 17% of its economy coming from the mining sector. Forty-two per cent of the riding's residents are aboriginal, the third highest rate in the province. Thompson is usually considered safe for the New Democratic Party, which represented the riding almost continually since its creation. The current MLA is New Democrat Eric Redhead, who was elected in the provincial by-election on June 7, 2022. His predecessor
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was previously elected in the
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on September 10, 2019, until her death on December 9, 2021.


List of provincial representatives


Electoral results

- 1999 Results


Previous boundaries

File:Thompson98.png, The 1998-2011 boundaries for Thompson highlighted in red. File:ThompsonED2011.jpg, The 2011-2019 boundaries for Thompson highlighted in red.


References

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