Kildonan was a provincial electoral division in the

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. 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 Settlement 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

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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

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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

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(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

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Kildonan-Transcona (1949–1958)

Created out of Kildonan and St. Andrews,

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, St. Clements and Springfield for the 1949 election. Was abolished prior to the 1958 election into Seven Oaks, Kildonan, Elmwood,

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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

, 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 $54381, and the unemployment rate was 6.80%. 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.

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made up 14% of the riding's population; a further 11% were

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, 7%

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, and 3%

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. 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

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. 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

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, the Kildonan riding was dissolved and much of its constituency was redistributed to the new riding of

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, which also took in parts of St. Johns and the now-defunct River East riding. Kildonan's last MLA was

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, a young former officer in the

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Reserve.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Kildonan (1870–1899)

(+) From 1886 to 1888, the riding was incorporated into Kildonan and St. Paul.

Kildonan and St. Andrews (1920–1927)

Kildonan-Transcona (1949–1958)

Kildonan (1961–2019)

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

References

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Kildonan (Manitoba electoral district) Kildonan was a provincial electoral division in the Canadian province of Manitoba. The boundaries for the riding maintained their location through the 2008 redistribution. History Kildonan (1870–1899) The original Kildonan riding was cre ...