Emerson is a former provincial electoral division in the
Canadian province
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of
Manitoba
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. It was created by redistribution in 1879 and eliminated prior the 2019 general election. Most of its territory was redistributed to the newly created
Borderland riding. The eastern part of the former riding was transferred to the
La Verendrye riding.
It was located in the southeastern corner of the province. It is bordered to the north by
Carman
In Celtic mythology, Carman (Carmán) or Carmun was a warrior and sorceress from Athens who tried to invade Ireland in the days of the Tuatha Dé Danann, along with her three sons, Dub ("darkness"), Dother ("evil") and Dian ("violence"). She use ...
,
Morris
Morris may refer to:
Places
Australia
* St Morris, South Australia, place in South Australia
Canada
* Morris Township, Ontario, now part of the municipality of Morris-Turnberry
* Rural Municipality of Morris, Manitoba
** Morris, Man ...
,
Steinbach and
La Verendrye, to the west by
Pembina, to the east by the province of
Ontario
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and to the south by the
American state of
North Dakota
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. The riding included the communities/municipalities of
Emerson,
Altona,
Dominion City,
Rhineland
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,
Gretna,
Woodridge and
St. Jean Baptiste.
The riding's population in 2008 was 20,370. In 2011, the average family income was $61,951, and the unemployment rate was 2.9%.
[CBCNews Manitob]
Riding Profile: Emerson
2011. Agriculture accounted for 24% of the riding's industry, followed by manufacturing at 16%. Over 27% of Emerson's residents had less than a Grade Nine education. Emerson was an ethnically diverse riding, with only 51% of its residents listing English as their mother tongue. 26% of the riding's residents listed themselves as either
German
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* Germany, the country of the Germans and German things
**Germania (Roman era)
* Germans, citizens of Germany, people of German ancestry, or native speakers of the German language
** For citizenship in Germany, see also Ge ...
, French,
Ukrainian,
Polish
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* Anything from or related to Poland, a country in Europe
* Polish language
* Polish people, people from Poland or of Polish descent
* Polish chicken
* Polish brothers (Mark Polish and Michael Polish, born 1970), American twin ...
or
Mennonite
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, while a further 5% were aboriginal.
List of provincial representatives
Electoral results
1879
1880 by-election
1883
1883 by-election
1886
1888
1892
1896
1899
1900 by-election
1903
1907
1910
1914
1915
1920
1922
1927
1932
1936
1941
1945
1949
1953
1957 by-election
1958
1959
1962
1966
1969
1973
1977
1981
1986
1988
1990
1995
1999
2003
2007
2011
2016
Previous boundaries
References
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Former provincial electoral districts of Manitoba
Emerson, Manitoba