Charleswood (electoral district)

Charleswood was a provincial electoral district of Manitoba, Canada. It was created by redistribution in 1968, and formally existed from the provincial election of 1969 until that of 2019. The riding was in the westernmost tip of Manitoba's capital and largest city, Winnipeg.

Charleswood was bordered to the east by Tuxedo and Fort Whyte, to the north by Kirkfield Park, and to the south and west by the rural riding of Morris.

Charleswood's population in 1996 was 20,262. The riding's character is middle- and upper-middle class: in 1999, the average family income was $70,417, and the unemployment rate was 5.20%. Eleven per cent of the riding's residents are immigrants, with over half being of German origin.

The service sector accounts for 15% of Charleswood's industry, with a further 12% in the retail trade and 11% in health and social sciences.

Members of the Progressive Conservative Party represented Charleswood throughout its existence. During his term as Premier of Manitoba, from 1977 to 1981, Sterling Lyon represented Charleswood.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Assembly	Years	Member		Party
29th	1969–1973	rowspan=14 Template:Canadian party colour|	Arthur Moug	Progressive Conservative
30th	1973–1977
31st	1977–1981	Sterling Lyon
32nd	1981–1986
33rd	1986–1988	Jim Ernst
34th	1988–1990
35th	1990–1995
36th	1995–1997
	1997–1999	Myrna Driedger
37th	1999–2003
38th	2003–2006
39th	2007–2011
40th	2011–2016
41st	2016–2019

Electoral results

1969

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1973

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1977

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1981

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1986

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1988

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1990

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1995

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1998 by-election

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2003

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Previous boundaries

File:Charleswood98.png

The 1999–2011 boundaries of Charleswood highlighted in red.

See also

• List of Manitoba provincial electoral districts
• Canadian provincial electoral districts