Churchill—Keewatinook Aski

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Churchill—Keewatinook Aski
Manitoba electoral district
Churchill—Keewatinook-Aski 2013 Riding.png
Churchill—Keewatinook Aski in relation to other Manitoba federal electoral districts as of the 2013 Representation Order.
Federal electoral district
LegislatureHouse of Commons
MP
 
 		 
Niki Ashton
New Democratic
District created1933
First contested1935
Last contested2015
District webpageprofile, map
Demographics
Population (2011)[1]85,148
Electors (2015)47,940
Area (km²)[1]494,701
Pop. density (per km²)0.17
Census divisionsDivision No. 19, Division No. 21, Division No. 22, Division No. 23
Census subdivisionsThompson, Flin Flon, The Pas, Churchill, Norway House 17, St. Theresa Point, Kelsey, Opaskwayak Cree Nation 21E, Fort Alexander 3, Nelson House 170

Churchill—Keewatinook Aski (formerly Churchill) is a federal electoral district in Manitoba, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 1935. It covers the northern four-fifths of Manitoba, a vast wilderness area dotted with small municipalities and First Nations reserves. It was named after the town of Churchill, Manitoba, which resides on Churchill River. It is the fifth-largest riding in all of Canada.

The riding has the highest percentage of Aboriginal peoples (61.1%) in Canada.;[2] the highest percentage of Cree speakers - both those whose mother tongue (21.6%) is Cree[3] as well as those that use it as home language (16.6%)[4] - is also to be found there.

History[edit]

The riding was created in 1933 when Nelson riding was abolished. The entire area of Nelson was transferred into the new riding of Churchill.

This riding gained territory from Selkirk—Interlake and was renamed "Churchill—Keewatinook Aski" during the 2012 electoral redistribution.

2006 election[edit]

Incumbent Bev Desjarlais[5] ran as an independent candidate in the 2006 election. The New Democratic Party candidate was Niki Ashton,[6] daughter of Manitoba Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) and cabinet minister Steve Ashton. The Liberals fielded actress Tina Keeper, who won the election.[7] The Conservatives nominated longtime party member and Flin Flon city councillor Nazir Ahmad,[8] while the Greens ran former substitute teacher Jeff Fountain.[9] Brad Bodnar, a resident of The Pas, ran as an independent.

2008 election[edit]

The New Democratic Party candidate was Niki Ashton,[6] for the second time. The Liberals fielded incumbent Tina Keeper.[10] The Conservatives nominated Wally Daudrich.[11] The fourth candidate was Green Party of Canada newcomer, Saara Harvie.[12]

Members of Parliament[edit]

This riding has elected the following Members of Parliament:

Parliament Years Member Party
Churchill
Riding created from Nelson
18th  1935–1940     Thomas Crerar Liberal
19th  1940–1945
20th  1945–1949     Ronald Moore Co-operative Commonwealth
21st  1949–1953     George Weaver Liberal
22nd  1953–1957
23rd  1957–1958     Robert Simpson Progressive Conservative
24th  1958–1962
25th  1962–1963
26th  1963–1965
27th  1965–1968
28th  1968–1972
29th  1972–1974 Charles Keith Taylor
30th  1974–1979 Cecil Smith
31st  1979–1980     Rod Murphy New Democratic
32nd  1980–1984
33rd  1984–1988
34th  1988–1993
35th  1993–1997     Elijah Harper Liberal
36th  1997–2000     Bev Desjarlais New Democratic
37th  2000–2004
38th  2004–2005
 2005–2006     Independent
39th  2006–2008     Tina Keeper Liberal
40th  2008–2011     Niki Ashton New Democratic
41st  2011–2015
Churchill—Keewatinook Aski
42nd  2015–present     Niki Ashton New Democratic

Current Member of Parliament[edit]

Its Member of Parliament (MP) is Niki Ashton. She is a member of the New Democratic Party.

Election results[edit]

Churchill—Keewatinook Aski, 2015–present[edit]

2015 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
New Democratic Niki Ashton 13,487 45.04 -6.65 $107,253.16
Liberal Rebecca Chartrand 12,575 42.00 +22.13 $108,676.93
Conservative Kyle G. Mirecki 3,090 10.32 -15.81 –
Green August Hastmann 537 1.79 -0.52 –
Libertarian Zachary Linnick 255 0.85 – –
Total valid votes/Expense limit 29,944 100.00   $233,135.69
Total rejected ballots 252 0.83 –
Turnout 30,196 61.58 –
Eligible voters 49,036
New Democratic hold Swing -14.39
Source: Elections Canada[13][14]
2011 federal election redistributed results[15]
Party Vote %
  New Democratic 10,962 51.70
  Conservative 5,540 26.13
  Liberal 4,212 19.86
  Green 491 2.32

Churchill, 1935–2015[edit]

2011 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
New Democratic Niki Ashton 10,262 51.12 +3.36 –
Conservative Wally Daudrich 5,256 26.18 +5.68 –
Liberal Sydney Garrioch 4,087 20.36 -8.38 –
Green Alberteen Spence 471 2.35 -0.94 –
Total valid votes/Expense limit 20,076 100.00  
Total rejected ballots 107 0.53 -0.02
Turnout 20,183 45.35 +5.20
Eligible voters 44,509 – –
2008 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
New Democratic Niki Ashton 8,734 47.76 +19.35 $79,086
Liberal Tina Keeper 5,289 28.74 -11.94 –
Conservative Wally Daudrich 3,773 20.50 +8.95 $45,616
Green Saara Harvie 606 3.29 +1.69 $28
Total valid votes/Expense limit 18,402 100.00   $91,452
Total rejected ballots 102 0.55 +0.19
Turnout 18,504 40.15 -13.48
  New Democrat gain from Liberal Swing +
2006 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
Liberal Tina Keeper 10,159 40.68 +2.3 $75,179
New Democratic Niki Ashton 7,103 28.41 -15.0 $70,290
Independent Bev Desjarlais 4,283 17.15 -26.3 $23,042
Conservative Nazir Ahmad 2,886 11.55 -3.6 $23,875
Green Jeff Fountain 401 1.60 -1.4 $2,837
Independent Brad Bodnar 146 0.58 – $69
Total valid votes 24,966 100.00   –
Total rejected ballots 90 0.36 –
Turnout 25,056 53.63 +14.1
  Liberal gain from New Democrat Swing +8.7
2004 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
New Democratic Bev Desjarlais 8,612 43.4 -1.5 $45,705
Liberal Ron Evans 7,604 38.4 +6.1 $61,955
Conservative Bill Archer 2,999 15.1 -7.7 $10,379
Green David Nickarz 612 3.1 – $646
Total valid votes 19,827 100.0   –
Total rejected ballots 88 0.4 0.0
Turnout 19,915 41.4 -9.7

Note: Conservative vote is compared to the total of the Canadian Alliance vote and Progressive Conservative vote in 2000 election.

2000 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
New Democratic Bev Desjarlais 10,477 44.9 +3.8 $41,854
Liberal Elijah Harper 7,514 32.2 +2.9 $55,871
Alliance Jason Shaw 4,126 17.7 -1.3 $7,444
Progressive Conservative Doreen Murray 1,198 5.1 -5.4 $2,722
Total valid votes 23,315 100.0   –
Total rejected ballots 98 0.4 -0.3
Turnout 23,413 51.1 +0.8

Note: Canadian Alliance vote is compared to the Reform vote in 1997 election.

1997 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
New Democratic Bev Desjarlais 9,616 41.2 +4.3 $45,525
Liberal Elijah Harper 6,852 29.3 -11.4 $59,373
Reform Corky Peterson 4,438 19.0 +9.4 $11,803
Progressive Conservative Don Knight 2,452 10.5 +0.2 $10,729
Total valid votes 23,358 100.0   –
Total rejected ballots 158 0.7 –
Turnout 23,516 50.3 –
1993 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Elijah Harper 9,658 40.7 +17.7
New Democratic Rod Murphy 8,751 36.9 -19.5
Progressive Conservative Don Knight 2,438 10.3 -10.3
Reform Wally Daudrich 2,275 9.6
National Charles Settee 590 2.5 –
Total valid votes 23,712 100.0
1988 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
New Democratic Rod Murphy 14,168 56.4 +10.8
Liberal Rodney Spence 5,800 23.1 +5.1
Progressive Conservative Nazir Ahmad 5,164 20.5 -13.2
Total valid votes 25,132 100.0
1984 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
New Democratic Rod Murphy 10,829 45.6 +2.3
Progressive Conservative Harvey Hanson 8,010 33.7 +8.2
Liberal Jack Kennedy 4,272 18.0 -11.8
Independent Andrew Kirkness 377 1.6 –
Libertarian Ketih B.P. Muirhead 281 1.2
Total valid votes 23,769 100.0
1980 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
New Democratic Rod Murphy 10,319 43.3 -8.4
Liberal Alan Ross 7,092 29.7 +13.5
Progressive Conservative Cec Smith 6,084 25.5 -6.6
Rhinoceros Roland Campbell 352 1.5
Total valid votes 23,847 100.0
1979 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
New Democratic Rod Murphy 12,544 51.7 +21.0
Progressive Conservative Cecil Smith 7,802 32.1 -8.8
Liberal Andrew Kirkness 3,936 16.2 -10.1
Total valid votes 24,282 100.0
1974 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Cecil Smith 11,225 40.9 +6.4
New Democratic Dan Reagan 8,415 30.7 -2.4
Liberal Jean René Allard 7,212 26.3 -4.9
Social Credit Ed Heinrichs 577 2.1
Total valid votes 27,429 100.0
1972 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Keith Taylor 9,462 34.6 -7.2
New Democratic Don Duff 9,059 33.1 +10.4
Liberal Bruce Dunlop 8,536 31.2 -4.4
Independent R. Jim Henry 327 1.2
Total valid votes 27,384 100.0
1968 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Robert Simpson 9,009 41.8 -9.2
Liberal Frank Dembinsky 7,673 35.6 +8.6
New Democratic Brian Koshul 4,888 22.7 +7.0
Total valid votes 21,570 100.0
1965 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Robert Simpson 10,773 51.0 -2.3
Liberal F.L. Jobin 5,694 27.0 -6.1
New Democratic Ken MacMaster 3,306 15.6 +2.0
Social Credit Curt R. Shielman 1,352 6.4
Total valid votes 21,125 100.0
1963 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Robert Simpson 11,707 53.3 +2.0
Liberal Bruce Dunlop 7,253 33.0 +2.5
New Democratic Florence Matthews 2,990 13.6 -4.5
Total valid votes 21,950 100.0
1962 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Robert Simpson 10,943 51.3 -13.4
Liberal Francis Laurence Jobin 6,511 30.6 +7.2
New Democratic Florence Matthews 3,858 18.1 +6.2
Total valid votes 21,312 100.0

Note: NDP vote is compared to CCF vote in 1958 election.

1958 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Robert Simpson 11,506 64.7 +25.9
Liberal Lorne Paterson Ferg 4,159 23.4 -7.9
Co-operative Commonwealth Jack Freedman 2,118 11.9 +0.2
Total valid votes 17,783 100.0
1957 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Robert Simpson 6,191 38.8 +20.8
Liberal George Dyer Weaver 4,993 31.3 -9.1
Social Credit Bruce Moore 2,891 18.1 -2.1
Co-operative Commonwealth Gerald Robert Clarkson 1,870 11.7 -6.9
Total valid votes 15,945 100.0
1953 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal George Dyer Weaver 4,984 40.4 -5.2
Progressive Conservative William George Thompson 2,567 20.8 -3.0
Social Credit Delbert Leroy Downs 2,490 20.2
Co-operative Commonwealth Ronald Stewart Moore 2,293 18.6 -12.0
Total valid votes 12,334 100.0
1949 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal George Dyer Weaver 6,847 45.6 +13.2
Co-operative Commonwealth Ronald Stewart Moore 4,595 30.6 -8.2
Progressive Conservative Robert Franklin Milton 3,570 23.8 -5.1
Total valid votes 15,012 100.0
1945 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Co-operative Commonwealth Ronald Moore 5,226 38.8
Liberal George Dyer Weaver 4,359 32.4 -30.1
Progressive Conservative Cecil Ruddock Neely 3,884 28.8 -8.7
Total valid votes 13,469 100.0

Note: Progressive Conservative vote is compared to "National Government" vote in 1940 election.

1940 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Thomas Crerar 8,276 62.5 +22.5
National Government Will Blakeman Scarth 4,963 37.5 +3.2
Total valid votes 13,239 100.0

Note: "National Government" vote is compared to Conservative vote in 1935 election.

1935 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes %
Liberal Thomas Crerar 3,603 40.0
Conservative Barney M. Stitt 3,091 34.3
Co-operative Commonwealth Alexander Stewart 2,313 25.7
Total valid votes 9,007 100.0

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  • "(Code 46003) Census Profile". 2011 census. Statistics Canada. 2012. Retrieved 2011-03-03.
  • Riding history for Churchill (1933– ) from the Library of Parliament
  • Expenditures - 2008
  • Expenditures - 2004
  • Expenditures - 2000
  • Expenditures - 1997

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ a b Statistics Canada: 2012
  2. ^ "Aboriginal Identity (8), Sex (3) and Age Groups (12) for the Population of Canada, Provinces, Territories and Federal Electoral Districts (2003 Representation Order), 2006 Census - 20% Sample Data". 2.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved 2012-11-19.
  3. ^ "2011 Census of Canada: Topic-based tabulations | Detailed Mother Tongue (232), Knowledge of Official Languages (5), Age Groups (17A) and Sex (3) for the Population Excluding Institutional Residents of Canada, Provinces, Territories and Federal Electoral Districts (2003 Representation Order), 2011 Census". 2.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved 2012-11-19.
  4. ^ "First Official Language Spoken (7), Detailed Language Spoken Most Often at Home (232), Age Groups (17A) and Sex (3) for the Population Excluding Institutional Residents of Canada, Provinces, Territories and Federal Electoral Districts (2003 Representation Order), 2011 Census". 2.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved 2012-11-19.
  5. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2005-12-10. Retrieved 2005-12-02.CS1 maint: Archived copy as title (link)
  6. ^ a b "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-12-19. Retrieved 2011-11-21.CS1 maint: Archived copy as title (link)
  7. ^ CBC.ca 25 Oct 2005
  8. ^ Conservative Party website
  9. ^ Gren Party website Archived 2007-03-13 at the Wayback Machine
  10. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2008-09-24. Retrieved 2008-10-15.CS1 maint: Archived copy as title (link)
  11. ^ http://www.wallydaudrich.ca/[permanent dead link]
  12. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2008-09-30. Retrieved 2008-10-15.CS1 maint: Archived copy as title (link)
  13. ^ Elections Canada – Confirmed candidates for Churchill—Keewatinook Aski, 30 September 2015
  14. ^ Elections Canada – Preliminary Election Expenses Limits for Candidates Archived August 15, 2015, at the Wayback Machine
  15. ^ Pundits' Guide to Canadian Elections

Coordinates: 56°N 97°W / 56°N 97°W / 56; -97

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