Agassiz (electoral district)

Agassiz is a provincial electoral division in the Canadian province of Manitoba. It was created by redistribution in 2008, out of parts of Ste. Rose and Turtle Mountain.

Agassiz

Manitoba electoral district
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of Manitoba
MLA	Jodie Byram Progressive Conservative
District created	2008
First contested	2011
Last contested	2023
Demographics
Population (2016)	23,205
Electors (2019)	13,514
Area (km²)	7,840
Pop. density (per km²)	3

Communities in the riding include Gladstone, Neepawa, McCreary, Carberry, MacGregor and Westbourne. The riding's population in 2006 was 20,805.

List of provincial representatives

Assembly	Years	Member		Party
Riding created from Ste. Rose and Turtle Mountain
40th	2011–2016		Stu Briese	Progressive Conservative
41st	2016–2023		Eileen Clarke
42nd
43rd	2023–Present		Jodie Byram

Election results

2023

v t e 2023 Manitoba general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Progressive Conservative	Jodie Byram	4,519	63.85	-11.67	$15,784.10
	New Democratic	Danica Wiggins	1,553	21.94	+9.17	$168.00
	Keystone	Mark Wilson	694	9.81	–	$2,420.84
	Liberal	Richard Davies	311	4.39	-1.74	$0.00
Total valid votes/Expense limit			7,077	99.24	–	$52,088.00
Total rejected and declined ballots			54	0.76	–
Turnout			7,131	53.35	-2.70
Eligible voters			13,366
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		-10.42
Source(s) Source: Elections Manitoba[1][2][3]

2019

v t e 2019 Manitoba general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Progressive Conservative	Eileen Clarke	5,700	75.53	+0.2	$7,945.59
	New Democratic	Kelly Legaspi	964	12.77	+6.4	$631.55
	Liberal	Hector Swanson	463	6.13	+5.2	$4,095.23
	Green	Liz Clayton	420	5.57	+0.3	$1,276.17
Total valid votes			7,547	99.63	–
Rejected			28	0.37
Turnout			7,575	56.05
Eligible voters			13,514
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		-3.1
Source(s) Source: Manitoba. Chief Electoral Officer (2019). Statement of Votes for the 42nd Provincial General Election, September 10, 2019 (PDF) (Report). Winnipeg: Elections Manitoba.

2016

2016 provincial election redistributed results[4]
Party		%
	Progressive Conservative	75.3
	New Democratic	6.4
	Green	5.3
	Liberal	0.9
	Others	12.1

v t e 2016 Manitoba general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Progressive Conservative	Eileen Clarke	5,228	74.72	3.67	$11,942.69
	Independent	Damian Dempsey	910	13.01	–	$6,465.29
	New Democratic	Courtney Lucas	450	6.43	-10.77	$146.90
	Green	Robert F. Smith	409	5.85	0.74	$781.10
Total valid votes			6,997	–	–
Rejected			49	–
Eligible voters / turnout			12,332	57.14	11.13
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		–4.51
Source(s) Source: Manitoba. Chief Electoral Officer (2016). Statement of Votes for the 41st Provincial General Election, April 19, 2016 (PDF) (Report). Winnipeg: Elections Manitoba. "Election Returns: 41st General Election". Elections Manitoba. 2016. Retrieved September 10, 2018.

2011

v t e 2011 Manitoba general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Expenditures
	Progressive Conservative	Stu Briese	4,396	71.05	$14,131.88
	New Democratic	Amity Sagness	1,064	17.20	$525.28
	Liberal	Gary Sallows	411	6.64	$2,989.12
	Green	Kate Storey	316	5.11	$78.00
Total valid votes			6,187	–
Rejected			28	–
Eligible voters / turnout			13,509	46.01
Source(s) Source: Manitoba. Chief Electoral Officer (2011). Statement of Votes for the 40th Provincial General Election, October 4, 2011 (PDF) (Report). Winnipeg: Elections Manitoba. "Election Returns: 40th General Election". Elections Manitoba. 2011. Retrieved September 12, 2018.

References

1. "Summary of Votes Received" (PDF). Elections Manitoba. Retrieved May 4, 2024.
2. "CANDIDATE ELECTION RETURNS GENERAL ELECTION 2023". Elections Manitoba. Retrieved May 18, 2024.
3. "2023 GENERAL ELECTION CANDIDATE AND REGISTERED PARTY ELECTION EXPENSE LIMITS - FINAL EXPENSE LIMIT" (PDF). Elections Manitoba. Retrieved May 4, 2024.
4. Marcoux, Jacques (August 27, 2019). "New Manitoba election boundaries give upper hand to Progressive Conservatives, CBC News analysis finds". CBC. Retrieved September 1, 2023.

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