Gimli was a provincial electoral division in the

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. It was created by redistribution in 1899, and existed continuously until the 2019 election. Following this, it was redistributed into the Interlake-Gimli electoral district. Gimli was located to the immediate north of the City of

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. It was bordered to the north by Interlake, to the west by Interlake and Lakeside, and to the east by

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and Selkirk. Communities in the riding included Gimli, Winnipeg Beach,

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, Clandeboye and Matlock. The riding's population in 1996 was 19,700. In 1999, the average family income was $58,790, and the unemployment rate was 7.90%. The service sector accounts for 15% of industry in the riding, with a further 11% each in manufacturing and the retail trade. There is also a significant fishing and tourism economy in the riding. Gimli is home to the largest Icelandic community in the world outside

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, and many of its MLAs have been from this background. It also has significant Ukrainian and German communities, at 12% and 6% respectively. Gimli was a "

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" riding, and has elected a candidate from a governing party in all but five elections since its establishment (the exceptions were 1907, 1920, 1922, 1936 and 1999).

List of provincial representatives

Electoral results

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Previous boundaries

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Gimli (Electoral District) Former provincial electoral districts of Manitoba