Riding Mountain (provincial electoral district)

Riding Mountain (French: Mont-Riding) is an electoral division in the Canadian province of Manitoba. It was created by redistribution in 2008.

Riding Mountain

Manitoba electoral district
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of Manitoba
MLA	Greg Nesbitt Progressive Conservative
District created	2008
First contested	2011
Last contested	2023
Demographics
Population (2016)	24,255
Electors (2019)	16,761
Area (km²)	13,549
Pop. density (per km²)	1.8

Communities in the riding include Minnedosa, Rapid City, Rivers, Virden and Birtle. The riding's population in 2006 was 21,245.

List of provincial representatives

Assembly	Years	Member		Party
Riding created from Russell and Minnedosa
40th	2011-2016		Leanne Rowat	Progressive Conservative
41st	2016–2019		Greg Nesbitt
42nd	2019–2023
43rd	2023–present

Electoral results

2011

v t e 2011 Manitoba general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Expenditures
	Progressive Conservative	Leanne Rowat	4,465	58.47	$20,447.87
	New Democratic	Albert Parsons	2,633	34.48	$10,993.16
	Liberal	Carl Hyde	272	3.56	$284.81
	Green	Signe Knutson	267	3.50	$536.64
Total valid votes			7,637	–
Rejected			14	–
Eligible voters / turnout			14,165	54.01
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.

2016

v t e 2016 Manitoba general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Progressive Conservative	Greg Nesbitt	5,311	68.80	10.34	$12,173.26
	Liberal	Jordan Fleury	1,028	13.32	9.76	$2,702.78
	Green	Mark Olenick	779	10.09	6.60	$0.00
	New Democratic	Béla Gyarmati	601	7.79	-26.69	$146.90
Total valid votes			7,719	–	–
Rejected			93	–
Eligible voters / turnout			14,075	55.50	1.49
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.

2019

v t e 2019 Manitoba general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Progressive Conservative	Greg Nesbitt	6,126	65.91	-2.89	$3,171.65
	New Democratic	Wayne Chacun	1,970	21.20	13.41	$7,438.18
	Green	Mary Lowe	726	7.81	-2.28	$0.00
	Liberal	Jordan Fleury	472	5.08	-8.24	$0.00
Total valid votes			9,294	–	–
Rejected			46	–
Eligible voters / Turnout			16,761	55.72	0.22
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
	Progressive Conservative	Greg Nesbitt	5,644	63.02	-2.89	$12,575.91
	New Democratic	Wayne Chacun	2,895	32.32	+11.13	$4,259.75
	Liberal	Eileen Smerchanski	417	4.66	-0.42	$0.00
Total valid votes/Expense limit			8,956	99.16	–	$62,186.00
Total rejected and declined ballots			76	0.84	–
Turnout			9,032	57.42	+1.69
Eligible voters			15,730
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		-7.01
Source(s) Source: Elections Manitoba[1][2][3]

50.681°N 100.590°W / 50.681; -100.590

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.