Fort Garry (electoral district)

Fort Garry is a provincial electoral division in the Canadian province of Manitoba that existed from 1958 to 2011 and was re-created in 2019. It was first created by redistribution in 1957 from parts of Iberville, Assiniboia and St. Boniface, and formally existed beginning with the 1958 provincial election. The riding is in the south-central and southwestern region of the city of Winnipeg. It is named for the historical Fort Garry which was occupied by supporters of Louis Riel during the Red River Rebellion of 1870.

Fort Garry

Manitoba electoral district
Location in Winnipeg
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of Manitoba
MLA	Mark Wasyliw Independent
District created	1957
First contested	1958
Last contested	2023

Fort Garry was bordered to the east by Riel and St. Vital (across the Red River of the North), to the south by St. Norbert, to the north by Lord Roberts, and to the west by Fort Whyte. It was a mostly middle-class residential area, with some small businesses. It contained the University of Manitoba's main campus until electoral redistribution in 2008 took effect at the 2011 Manitoba general election, placing the campus in the new district of Fort Richmond.

The riding's population in 1996 was 20,383. In 1999, the average family income was $50,720, and the unemployment rate was 6.40% (though, conversely, it may be noted that 26% of the riding's residents are listed as low-income). Over 16% of Fort Garry's residents were immigrants, with 5% listing German as their ethnic origin. Almost 23% of the riding's residents have a university degree.

The service sector accounted for 17% of Fort Garry's industry, with a further 12% each in the retail trade and educational services.

Historically, Fort Garry was a safe seat for the Progressive Conservatives, who represented the riding from 1958 to 1988 and again from 1990 to 2003. Future Premier Sterling Lyon was Fort Garry's first member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA). In the provincial election of 1999, however, the New Democratic Party (NDP) came within only 30 votes of winning the riding. They made it their primary target in the 2003 election, and won it for the first time in their history.

Fort Garry's last MLA before dissolution was Kerri Irvin-Ross of the NDP, who was re-elected in the 2007 provincial election with 53% of the vote.

Following the 2008 electoral boundary redistribution, Fort Garry was abolished. Most of its territory was divided between the new ridings of Fort Garry-Riverview and Fort Richmond, with a smaller portion going to St. Norbert.

Following the 2018 redistribution, the riding was re-created from Fort Garry-Riverview, Fort Rouge, River Heights, and Fort Richmond. Fort Garry was contested in the 2019 provincial election. It is bordered by River Heights to the northwest, Fort Rouge to the northeast, St. Vital to the east, Riel to the southeast, Fort Richmond to the south, Waverley to the southwest, and Fort Whyte to the west.^[1]

List of provincial representatives

Name	Party	Took office	Left office
Sterling Lyon	PC	1958	1969
Bud Sherman	PC	1969	1984
Charles Birt	PC	1984	1988
Laurie Evans	Lib	1988	1990
Rosemary Vodrey	PC	1990	1999
Joy Smith	PC	1999	2003
Kerri Irvin-Ross	NDP	2003	2011
Riding abolished
Mark Wasyliw	NDP (until 2024) Independent (since 2024)	2019

Election results

1958

1958 Manitoba general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Progressive Conservative	Sterling Lyon	3,731	52.01
	Liberal–Progressive	Leslie Fennell	2,408	33.57
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Nena Woodward	1,035	14.43
Total valid votes			7,174	99.39
Total rejected ballots			44	0.61
Turnout			7,218	61.10
Eligible voters			11,813
Source(s) Source:[2][3] Manitoba. Chief Electoral Officer (1999). Statement of Votes for the 37th Provincial General Election, September 21, 1999 (PDF) (Report). Winnipeg: Elections Manitoba.

1959

1959 Manitoba general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Sterling Lyon	4,842	58.69	+6.68
	Liberal–Progressive	Stan Farwell	2,035	24.67	-8.90
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Nena Woodward	1,373	16.46	+2.22
Total valid votes			8,250	99.41
Total rejected ballots			49	0.59	-0.02
Turnout			8,299	68.80	+7.70
Eligible voters			12,062
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		+7.79
Source(s) Source: [4][5]Manitoba. Chief Electoral Officer (1999). Statement of Votes for the 37th Provincial General Election, September 21, 1999 (PDF) (Report). Winnipeg: Elections Manitoba.

1962

1962 Manitoba general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Sterling Lyon	4,721	54.16	-4.53
	Liberal	David Bowles	2,828	32.44	+7.78
	New Democratic	Cliff Brownridge	1,168	13.40	-3.24
Total valid votes			8,717	98.81
Total rejected ballots			105	1.19	+0.60
Turnout			8,822	66.05	-2.76
Eligible voters			13,357
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		-6.15
Source(s) Source:[6][7] Manitoba. Chief Electoral Officer (1999). Statement of Votes for the 37th Provincial General Election, September 21, 1999 (PDF) (Report). Winnipeg: Elections Manitoba.

1966

1966 Manitoba general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Sterling Lyon	6,131	59.32	+5.16
	Liberal	Peter Stokes	2,435	23.56	-8.88
	New Democratic	Victor Ratsma	1,769	17.12	+3.72
Total valid votes			10,335	99.75
Total rejected ballots			26	0.25	-0.94
Turnout			10,361	66.89	+0.84
Eligible voters			10,335
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		+7.02
Source(s) Source:[8][9] Manitoba. Chief Electoral Officer (1999). Statement of Votes for the 37th Provincial General Election, September 21, 1999 (PDF) (Report). Winnipeg: Elections Manitoba.

1969

1969 Manitoba general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Bud Sherman	3,570	47.17	-12.16
	New Democratic	G. Grant Cosby	2,063	27.26	10.14
	Liberal	Richard Alan "Dick" Wankling	1,936	25.58	2.02
Total valid votes			7,569	–	–
Rejected			20	–
Eligible voters / Turnout			9,906	76.61	9.72
Source(s) Source: Manitoba. Chief Electoral Officer (1999). Statement of Votes for the 37th Provincial General Election, September 21, 1999 (PDF) (Report). Winnipeg: Elections Manitoba.

1973

1973 Manitoba general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Bud Sherman	4,783	36.46	-10.71
	Liberal	Henry Janzen	4,331	33.01	7.43
	New Democratic	C. G. "Giff" Gifford	4,006	30.53	3.28
Total valid votes			13,120	–	–
Rejected			58	–
Eligible voters / Turnout			15,928	82.73	6.12
Source(s) Source: Manitoba. Chief Electoral Officer (1999). Statement of Votes for the 37th Provincial General Election, September 21, 1999 (PDF) (Report). Winnipeg: Elections Manitoba.

1977

1977 Manitoba general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Bud Sherman	10,052	60.44	23.98
	New Democratic	Ruth Pear	4,157	24.99	-5.54
	Liberal	Beth Candlish	2,423	14.57	-18.44
Total valid votes			16,632	–	–
Rejected			27	–
Eligible voters / Turnout			21,742	76.62	-6.11
Source(s) Source: Manitoba. Chief Electoral Officer (1999). Statement of Votes for the 37th Provincial General Election, September 21, 1999 (PDF) (Report). Winnipeg: Elections Manitoba.

1981

1981 Manitoba general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Bud Sherman	6,227	55.71	-4.73
	New Democratic	Hans Wittich	3,705	33.15	8.15
	Liberal	Lil Haus	1,042	9.32	-5.25
	Progressive	James Goodridge	203	1.82	–
Total valid votes			11,177	–	–
Rejected			12	–
Eligible voters / Turnout			15,346	72.91	-3.71
Source(s) Source: Manitoba. Chief Electoral Officer (1999). Statement of Votes for the 37th Provincial General Election, September 21, 1999 (PDF) (Report). Winnipeg: Elections Manitoba.

1984 by-election

Manitoba provincial by-election, October 2, 1984
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Charlie Birt	3,561	44.59	-11.12
	Liberal	Sharon Carstairs	1,993	24.96	15.63
	New Democratic	Shirley Lord	1,211	15.16	-17.98
	Progressive	Sidney Green	1,035	12.96	11.14
	WCC	Fred Cameron	186	2.33	–
Total valid votes			7,986	–	–
Rejected			N/A	–
Eligible voters / Turnout			N/A	–	–
Source(s) Source: Manitoba. Chief Electoral Officer (1999). Statement of Votes for the 37th Provincial General Election, September 21, 1999 (PDF) (Report). Winnipeg: Elections Manitoba.

1986

1986 Manitoba general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Charlie Birt	5,146	48.45	3.86
	New Democratic	Nora Losey	3,158	29.73	14.57
	Liberal	Ian Band	2,114	19.90	-5.05
	WCC	Ivan Merritt	204	1.92	-0.41
Total valid votes			10,622	–	–
Rejected			23	–
Eligible voters / Turnout			16,072	66.23	–
Source(s) Source: Manitoba. Chief Electoral Officer (1999). Statement of Votes for the 37th Provincial General Election, September 21, 1999 (PDF) (Report). Winnipeg: Elections Manitoba.

1988

v t e 1988 Manitoba general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Laurie Evans	6,055	46.58	26.68
	Progressive Conservative	Charlies Birt	5,173	39.80	-8.65
	New Democratic	Brian Pannell	1,553	11.95	-17.78
	Western Independence	Ivan Merritt	173	1.33	-0.60
	Communist	Millie Lamb	45	0.35	–
Total valid votes			12,999	–	–
Rejected			12	–
Eligible voters / turnout			16,634	78.22	11.99
	Liberal gain from Progressive Conservative		Swing		+17.67
Source(s) Source: Manitoba. Chief Electoral Officer (1999). Statement of Votes for the 37th Provincial General Election, September 21, 1999 (PDF) (Report). Winnipeg: Elections Manitoba.

1990

v t e 1990 Manitoba general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Rosemary Vodrey	5,105	47.07	7.27
	Liberal	Laurie Evans	3,992	36.81	-9.77
	New Democratic	Shirley Lord	1,500	13.83	1.88
	Western Independence	Jan Mandseth	249	2.30	0.96
Total valid votes			10,846	–	–
Rejected			17	–
Eligible voters / turnout			14,890	72.96	-5.26
	Progressive Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing		+8.52
Source(s) Source: Manitoba. Chief Electoral Officer (1999). Statement of Votes for the 37th Provincial General Election, September 21, 1999 (PDF) (Report). Winnipeg: Elections Manitoba.

1995

v t e 1995 Manitoba general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Progressive Conservative	Rosemary Vodrey	5,959	48.29	1.22	$32,899.54
	Liberal	Jim Woodman	4,434	35.93	-0.88	$34,086.38
	New Democratic	Brock Holowachuk	1,857	15.05	1.22	$1,399.00
	Libertarian	Alex Pressey	91	0.74	–	$124.74
Total valid votes			12,341	–	–
Rejected			53	–
Eligible voters / turnout			17,418	71.16	-1.80
Source(s) Source: Manitoba. Chief Electoral Officer (1999). Statement of Votes for the 37th Provincial General Election, September 21, 1999 (PDF) (Report). Winnipeg: Elections Manitoba.

1999

v t e 1999 Manitoba general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Progressive Conservative	Joy Smith	4,436	43.92	-4.37	$28,543.84
	New Democratic	Lawrie Cherniack	4,406	43.62	28.57	$29,325.00
	Liberal	Ted Gilson	1,143	11.32	-24.61	$9,808.98
	Manitoba	Denise Van Rooyen	116	1.15	–	$1,032.59
Total valid votes			10,101	–	–
Rejected			37	–
Eligible voters / turnout			13,502	75.09	3.93
Source(s) Source: Manitoba. Chief Electoral Officer (1999). Statement of Votes for the 37th Provincial General Election, September 21, 1999 (PDF) (Report). Winnipeg: Elections Manitoba.

2003

v t e 2003 Manitoba general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Kerri Irvin-Ross	3,852	46.75	3.13	$21,049.74
	Progressive Conservative	Joy Smith	3,765	45.69	1.78	$29,935.35
	Liberal	Taran Malik	562	6.82	-4.50	$13,984.00
	Independent	Didz Zuzens	61	0.74	–	$395.34
Total valid votes			8,240	–	–
Rejected			55	–
Eligible voters / turnout			13,066	63.49	-11.60
Source(s) Source: Manitoba. Chief Electoral Officer (2003). Statement of Votes for the 38th Provincial General Election, June 3, 2003 (PDF) (Report). Winnipeg: Elections Manitoba.

2007

v t e 2007 Manitoba general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Kerri Irvin-Ross	4,291	52.60	5.85	$28,543.84
	Progressive Conservative	Shaun McCaffrey	2,101	25.75	-19.94	$16,517.08
	Liberal	Craig Hildahl	1,500	18.39	11.57	$14,094.14
	Green	Alon Weinberg	266	3.26	–	$55.55
Total valid votes			8,158	–	–
Rejected			36	–
Eligible voters / turnout			12,404	66.06	2.57
Source(s) Source: Manitoba. Chief Electoral Officer (2007). Statement of Votes for the 39th Provincial General Election, May 22, 2007 (PDF) (Report). Winnipeg: Elections Manitoba.

2019

2016 provincial election redistributed results[10]
Party		%
	Progressive Conservative	37.7
	New Democratic	35.9
	Liberal	13.5
	Green	12.5
	Others	0.4

v t e 2019 Manitoba general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Mark Wasyliw	4,003	42.35	+6.5	$23,569.90
	Progressive Conservative	Nancy Cooke	3,007	31.81	-5.9	$29,491.08
	Liberal	Craig Larkins	1,719	18.19	+4.7	$5,839.65
	Green	Casey Fennessy	723	7.65	-4.8	$15.08
Total valid votes			9,452	–	–
Rejected			47	–
Eligible voters / turnout			15,399	61.69	-4.37
	New Democratic notional gain from Progressive Conservative		Swing		+6.2
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. "Candidate Election Returns". Elections Manitoba. Elections Manitoba. Retrieved March 2, 2020.

2023

v t e 2023 Manitoba general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Mark Wasyliw	5,319	58.82	+16.47	$26,232.97
	Progressive Conservative	Rick Shone	2,405	26.60	-5.22	$7,032.45
	Liberal	Shandi Strong	1,082	11.97	-6.22	$11,604.00
	Green	Aaron Kowal	237	2.62	-5.03	$749.43
Total valid votes/expense limit			9,043	99.46	–	$60,307.00
Total rejected and declined ballots			49	0.54	–
Turnout			9,092	58.75	-2.94
Eligible voters			15,476
	New Democratic hold		Swing		+10.84
Source(s) Source: Elections Manitoba[11][12][13]

References

1. Elections Manitoba electoral map of Winnipeg
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