Dauphin—Swan River—Marquette

Dauphin—Swan River—Marquette (formerly known as Dauphin and Dauphin—Swan River) was a federal electoral district in Manitoba, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1904 to 2015. Its population in 2011 was 74,800. The riding became known as Dauphin—Swan River—Neepawa for the 2015 federal election.

Demographics

According to the 2011 Canadian census

Languages: 83% English, 2.03% French, 14.97% Other

According to the 2006 Canadian census

Racial groups: 75.02% White, 24.21% Aboriginal
Average income: $16,388
Religions (2001): 47.30% Protestant, 32.18% Catholic, 14.45% Non religious, 3.27% Christian Orthodox, 1.99% Other Christian

Riding associations

Riding associations are the local branches of the national political parties:

Party

Association name

CEO

HQ address

Neighbourhood

Dauphin—Swan River—Marquette Federal Green Party Association

Katharine Storey

Rural Route 1

Grandview

Conservative Party of Canada

Dauphin—Swan River—Marquette Conservative Association

Norman Sims

76 Main Street South

Minnedosa

Liberal Party of Canada

Dauphin—Swan River—Marquette Federal Liberal Association

Lorna Liddle

PO Box 2568

Neepawa

New Democratic Party

Dauphin—Swan River—Marquette Federal NDP Riding Association

David Rehaluk

24 Kerr Avenue

Dauphin

Geography

The riding was located in between southern and central Manitoba, west of Lake Winnipegosis and Lake Manitoba.

History

The electoral district was created as "Dauphin" riding in 1903 from Macdonald, Marquette and Saskatchewan (Provisional District) ridings.

In 1983, it was renamed "Dauphin–Swan River".

In 2004, it was renamed "Dauphin–Swan River–Marquette".

Members of Parliament

The riding elected the following members of Parliament:

Last member of Parliament

The seat was last held by Robert Sopuck, a fisheries biologist. When the riding became known as Dauphin—Swan River—Neepawa, Sopuck handily won the election.

Election results

Dauphin—Swan-River—Marquette was a conservative riding for much of the last half-century of its existence. It was held by the Liberals from 1993 to 1997, with that party's sweeping victory in the 1993 general election. The only other time that it was not represented by a centre-right party after 1958 was from 1980 to 1984, when it was held by the NDP.

Dauphin—Swan River—Marquette, 2004–2015

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2010 by-election

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Dauphin—Swan River, 1983–2004

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

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Dauphin, 1904–1983

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

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See also

• Swan River (electoral district)
• Dauphin, Manitoba
• Swan River, Manitoba
• Neepawa, Manitoba
• Minnedosa, Manitoba
• List of Canadian electoral districts
• Historical federal electoral districts of Canada

References

• Template:SCref
• Riding history for Dauphin–Swan River (1983–2004) from the Library of Parliament
• Riding history for Dauphin–Swan River–Marquette (2004– ) from the Library of Parliament
• Expenditures -2008
• Expenditures - 2004
• Expenditures - 2000
• Expenditures - 1997
• Notice of vacancy - Dauphin-Swan River-Marquette, Elections Canada, September 16, 2010
• 2010 by-elections results from Elections Canada