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Seine River (electoral District)
Seine River () is a provincial electoral division in the Canadian province of Manitoba. It was created by redistribution in 1989, and has formally existed since the 1990 provincial election. The constituency is located in the southern section of the City of Winnipeg. Seine River is bordered to the south and east by the rural riding of Dawson Trail, to the north by Southdale and Riel, and to the west by St. Norbert. The riding is mostly urban, although it also includes some rural space. The riding's population in 1996 was 18,833. In 1999, the average family income was $63,800, and the unemployment rate was 4.20%. Seine River's francophone population is 9%, and there is also a significant German community (4%). Health and social services account for 14% of the riding's industry. List of provincial representatives This riding has elected the following MLAs: Electoral results , Progressive Conservative , Louise Dacquay , style="text-align:right;" , 3,582 , style=" ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Billie Cross
Billie Cross is a Canadian politician, who was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba in the 2023 Manitoba general election. She represents the district of Seine River (electoral district), Seine River as a member of the New Democratic Party of Manitoba. Prior to her election, she worked as a teacher with the Louis Riel School Division, which serves schools in southeast Winnipeg. She also co-owns a butcher shop with her husband. Her mother's family is Métis and her father's family is of Ukrainians, Ukrainian descent. Electoral history References Living people 21st-century Canadian women politicians Businesspeople from Winnipeg Canadian butchers Canadian Métis women Canadian people of Ukrainian descent Canadian schoolteachers Candidates in the 2019 Canadian federal election Manitoba candidates for Member of Parliament Métis politicians New Democratic Party candidates for the Canadian House of Commons New Democratic Party of Manitoba MLAs Politicians from ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1999 Manitoba General Election
The 1999 Manitoba general election was held on September 21, 1999 to elect Members of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Manitoba, Canada. The New Democratic Party (NDP) was returned to government after sitting in opposition since the 1988 election. The NDP won 32 seats, against 24 for the Progressive Conservative Party. The Manitoba Liberal Party won one seat. The Manitoba PC Party declined in popularity due to unpopular budget cuts on the healthcare system, social programs, and civil servants. The budget cuts on Public Service employees resulted in "Filmon Fridays" where civil servants had to take 10 unpaid days off each year. A vote splitting scandal has also hurt the Manitoba PC Party's reputation when the Independent Native Voice Party was claimed to be funded by the PC Caucus in attempt to take away votes from the NDP during the 1995 election. Results , - bgcolor=CCCCCC !rowspan="2" colspan="2" align=left, Party !rowspan="2" align=left, Party leader !rows ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2023 Manitoba General Election
The 2023 Manitoba general election was held on October 3, 2023, to elect 57 members to the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba. The New Democratic Party of Manitoba, led by Wab Kinew, formed a majority government, defeating the two-term Progressive Conservative Party of Manitoba, Progressive Conservative government. Following the election, Kinew became the first First Nations in Canada, First Nations person to become premier of a Canadian province. The incumbent Progressive Conservative Party of Manitoba, led by Premier of Manitoba Heather Stefanson, had attempted to win a third term in government, having previously won the 2016 Manitoba general election, 2016 and 2019 Manitoba general election, 2019 elections under the leadership of Brian Pallister. Background Under Manitoba's ''Elections Act'', a general election must be held no later than the first Tuesday of October in the fourth calendar year following the previous election. As the previous election was held in 2019, the lat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2019 Manitoba General Election
The 2019 Manitoba general election was held on September 10, 2019, to elect the 57 members to the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba. The incumbent Progressive Conservatives, led by Premier Brian Pallister, were re-elected to a second majority government with a loss of two seats. The NDP, led by Wab Kinew, gained six seats and retained their position as the official opposition. The Liberals, led by Dougald Lamont, won the remaining three seats. Background Date Under Manitoba's ''Elections Act'', a general election must be held no later than the first Tuesday of October in the fourth calendar year following the previous election. As the previous election was held in 2016, the latest possible date for the election was October 6, 2020, or if that would have overlapped with a federal election period, the latest possible date would be April 20, 2021. However, incumbent Premier Brian Pallister announced instead in June 2019 that he would seek to hold the election over a year ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Janice Morley-Lecomte
Janice Morley-Lecomte is a Canadian provincial politician, who was elected as the Member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba for the riding of Seine River in the 2016 election. She is a member of the Progressive Conservative party, and defeated NDP challenger Lise Pinkos in the election. She was re-elected in the 2019 provincial election, and defeated in 2023 by Billie Cross. In 2025, Morley-Lecomte won the Conservative Party of Canada nomination for Winnipeg South in the 2025 Canadian federal election. She would later be defeated by Liberal incumbent, Terry Duguid Terry Duguid (; born 1954 or 1955) is a Canadian politician. A member of the Liberal Party of Canada, he has been the Member of Parliament for Winnipeg South since the 2015 federal election. Duguid was Minister of Environment and Climate Cha .... Electoral record References Living people Politicians from Winnipeg Women MLAs in Manitoba Progressive Conservative Party of Manitoba MLAs 21st-c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2016 Manitoba General Election
The 2016 Manitoba general election was held on April 19, 2016, to elect members to the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba, Canada. The New Democratic Party of Manitoba, led by Greg Selinger, were defeated by the Progressive Conservative Party of Manitoba led by Brian Pallister, ending nearly 17 years of NDP government. The Progressive Conservatives won 40 seats, one of the largest majority governments in Manitoba history, the other one was in 1915 Manitoba general election, 1915 when Liberals also won 40 seats. The election also removed one of the two New Democratic governments in the country, the other being formed by the Alberta New Democratic Party. Date Under the Manitoba Elections Act, the general election is to be held on the first Tuesday of October in the fourth calendar year, following the previous election. As the last election was held in 2011, that date would be October 6, 2015. However, the act also provides that if, as of January 1 of the election year, the election p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2011 Manitoba General Election
The 2011 Manitoba general election was held to elect Members of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba. It took place on October 4, 2011, due to the new fixed-date election laws. In the outgoing legislature, the New Democratic Party of Manitoba (NDP) held 37 of the 57 seats, the Progressive Conservative Party of Manitoba (PC Party) held 19 of the 57 seats and the Liberal Party of Manitoba held one of the 57 seats, after Kevin Lamoureux resigned his seat in the riding of Inkster (electoral district), Inkster to run as a Liberal candidate in a federal by-election. Following the last census, electoral district boundaries were adjusted. There are 57 electoral districts. Despite being perceived as a tight race in the run-up to voting, with ''The Globe and Mail'' expecting it to be the "closest in more than a decade", the NDP won its fourth consecutive term in government, taking 37 seats, an improvement of one from the 2007 election – thus gaining their largest majority ever in the Ass ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2007 Manitoba General Election
The 2007 Manitoba general election was held on May 22, 2007 to elect Members of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba, Legislative Assembly of the Province of Manitoba, Canada. It was won by the New Democratic Party of Manitoba, New Democratic Party, which won 36 seats out of 57. The Progressive Conservative Party of Manitoba, Progressive Conservative Party finished second with nineteen seats. The Manitoba Liberal Party, Liberal Party won two seats. As a result, Premier of Manitoba Gary Doer received a mandate to form a third consecutive majority government, becoming the first Premier of Manitoba to achieve this since Duff Roblin in 1966 Manitoba general election, 1966. The election resulted in very few changes from the party standings at the dissolution of the previous legislature. One New Democrat incumbent was defeated by a Progressive Conservative challenger, and one Progressive Conservative incumbent was defeated by a New Democrat. The PCs picked up one seat that was previo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New Democratic Party Of Manitoba
The New Democratic Party of Manitoba (Manitoba NDP; ), branded as Manitoba's NDP, is a social democratic political party in Manitoba, Canada. It is the provincial section of the federal New Democratic Party, and is a successor to the Manitoba Co-operative Commonwealth Federation. It is currently the governing party in Manitoba. Formation and early years In the federal election of 1958, the national Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (CCF) was reduced to only eight seats in the House of Commons of Canada. The CCF's leadership restructured the party during the next three years, and in 1961 it merged with the Canadian Labour Congress to create the New Democratic Party (NDP). Most provincial wings of the CCF also transformed themselves into "New Democratic Party" organisations before the year was over, with Saskatchewan as the only exception. There was very little opposition to the change in Manitoba, and the Manitoba NDP was formally constituted on November 4, 1961. Future Man ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Theresa Oswald
Theresa Oswald is a politician in Manitoba, Canada. She was a New Democratic Party member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 2003 to 2016 and a cabinet minister from 2004 until she stepped down in 2014 to unsuccessfully challenge Premier Greg Selinger for the party's leadership. Early life Oswald was born and raised in the St. Vital neighbourhood of Winnipeg, Manitoba, and was a teacher and school administrator for fifteen years before entering politics. She initially taught English, later serving as vice-principal at Victor Mager School, Winnipeg in the Louis Riel Division. In the latter capacity, she frequently worked with children and families who arrived in Canada from war-ravaged countries. Oswald has also been involved in local groups such as the Victoria Hospital, the Zoological Society of Manitoba and Take Pride Winnipeg!. Political career Oswald was part of the NDP's historic breakthrough in south-end Winnipeg in the provincial election of 2003, defeati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2003 Manitoba General Election
The 2003 Manitoba general election was held on June 3, 2003 to elect Members of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Manitoba, Canada. It was won by the New Democratic Party, which won 35 seats out of 57 (net gain of 3), securing another term for premier Gary Doer. The Progressive Conservative Party finished second with twenty seats, a net loss of 4 from 1999. The Liberal Party won two seats, a net gain of one from the previous election. An article in ''The Globe and Mail'' attributed the NDP's strong performance to premier Doer's tenure, where he was seen as having "delivered a reasonable economic performance and a steady stream of budget surpluses." Results , - style="background:#ccc;" ! rowspan="2" colspan="2" style="text-align:left;", Party ! rowspan="2" style="text-align:left;", Party leader !rowspan="2", ! colspan="4" style="text-align:center;", Seats ! colspan="3" style="text-align:center;", Popular vote , - style="background:#ccc;" , style="text-align:cen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
