Gimli (electoral district)

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Gimli
Manitoba electoral district
Riding boundaries from 2011-2019.
Defunct provincial electoral district
LegislatureLegislative Assembly of Manitoba
District created1889
First contested1889
Last contested2016

Gimli was a provincial electoral division in the Canadian province of Manitoba. It was created by redistribution in 1899, and existed continuously until the 2019 election. Following this, it was redistributed into the Interlake-Gimli electoral district.

Gimli was located to the immediate north of the City of Winnipeg. It was bordered to the north by Interlake, to the west by Interlake and Lakeside, and to the east by Lake Winnipeg and Selkirk.

Communities in the riding included Gimli, Winnipeg Beach, Petersfield, Clandeboye and Matlock.

The riding's population in 1996 was 19,700. In 1999, the average family income was $58,790, and the unemployment rate was 7.90%. The service sector accounts for 15% of industry in the riding, with a further 11% each in manufacturing and the retail trade. There is also a significant fishing and tourism economy in the riding.

Gimli is home to the largest Icelandic community in the world outside Iceland, and many of its MLAs have been from this background. It also has significant Ukrainian and German communities, at 12% and 6% respectively.

Gimli was a "bellwether" riding, and has elected a candidate from a governing party in all but five elections since its establishment (the exceptions were 1907, 1920, 1922, 1936 and 1999).

List of provincial representatives[edit]

Name Party Took office Left office
Baldwin Baldwinson Cons 1899 1907
Sigtryggur Jonasson Lib 1907 1910
Baldwin Baldwinson Cons 1910 1913
Edmund Taylor Cons 1913 1914
Sveinn Thorvaldson Cons 1914 1915
Taras Ferley Lib 1915 1920
Gudmundur Fjelsted Farmer 1920 1922
Michael Rojeski Lib, later Independent 1922 1927
Ingimar Ingaldson Prog 1927 1932
Einar Jonasson Lib-Prog 1932 1935
Joseph Wawrykow ILP/CCF 1936 1945
Steinn Thompson Lib-Prog 1945 1958
George Johnson PC 1958 1969
John Gottfried NDP 1969 1977
Keith Cosens PC 1977 1981
John Bucklaschuk NDP 1981 1988
Ed Helwer PC 1988 2003
Peter Bjornson NDP 2003 2015
Jeff Wharton PC 2016 2019

Electoral results[edit]

1899[edit]

1899 Manitoba general election
Party Candidate Votes %
Conservative Baldwin Baldwinson 331 50.61
Liberal Sigtryggur Jonasson 323 49.39
Total valid votes 654
Rejected N/A
Eligible voters / Turnout 976 67.01
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.

1903[edit]

1903 Manitoba general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Baldwin Baldwinson acclaimed
Total valid votes
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.

1907[edit]

1907 Manitoba general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Sigtryggur Jonasson 621 57.18
Conservative Baldwin Baldwinson 465 42.82
Total valid votes 1,086
Rejected N/A
Eligible voters / Turnout 1,471 73.83
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.

1910[edit]

1910 Manitoba general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Baldwin Baldwinson 900 54.98 12.16
Liberal W. H. Paulson 450 27.49 -29.69
Independent J. Solmundson 287 17.53
Total valid votes 1,637
Rejected N/A
Eligible voters / Turnout 2,693 60.79 -13.04
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.

1913 by-election[edit]

Manitoba provincial by-election, 1913
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Edmund L. Taylor 1,674 66.80 11.82
Liberal Árni Eggertsson 832 33.20 5.71
Total valid votes 2,506
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.

1914[edit]

1914 Manitoba general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Sveinn Thorvaldson 1,045 59.04 -7.76
Liberal Einar Jonasson 461 26.05 -7.16
Labour Taras Ferley 264 14.92
Total valid votes 1,770
Rejected N/A
Eligible voters / Turnout 2,306 76.76
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.

1915[edit]

1915 Manitoba general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Taras Ferley 1,172 67.59 41.54
Conservative Sveinn Thorvaldson 562 32.41 -26.63
Total valid votes 1,734
Rejected N/A
Eligible voters / Turnout 2,424 71.53 -5.22
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.

1920[edit]

1920 Manitoba general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Farmer Gudmundur Fjelsted 1,359 52.25
Liberal Taras Ferley 1,242 47.75 -19.84
Total valid votes 2,601
Rejected N/A
Eligible voters / Turnout 4,219 61.65 -9.88
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.

1922[edit]

1922 Manitoba general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Michael Rojeski 1,570 52.63 4.88
United Farmers Ingimar Ingaldson 1,310 43.92
Conservative Elias Grabosky 103 3.45
Total valid votes 2,983
Rejected N/A
Eligible voters / Turnout 4,614 64.65 3.00
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.

1927[edit]

1927 Manitoba general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Ingimar Ingaldson 1,231 36.48
Liberal Einar Jonasson 1,038 30.76 -21.87
Independent Michael Rojeski 619 18.35
Independent Nicholas Boychuk 238 7.05
Conservative Gisli Sigmundson 199 5.90 2.45
Independent Dmytro Derhak 49 1.45
Total valid votes 3,374
Rejected N/A
Eligible voters / Turnout 5,505 61.29 -3.36
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.

1932[edit]

1932 Manitoba general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal–Progressive Einar Jonasson 1,704 34.63
Liberal–Progressive Ingimar Ingaldson 1,410 28.66
Conservative Gunnar Thorvaldson 858 17.44 11.54
Independent Iwan Kapusta 716 14.55
Independent Michael Ewanchuk 232 4.72
Total valid votes 4,920
Rejected N/A
Eligible voters / Turnout 5,174 95.09 33.80
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.

1936[edit]

1936 Manitoba general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Labour Joseph Wawrykow 1,577 39.19
Liberal–Progressive B. J. Lifman 1,285 31.93 -31.36
Social Credit Asta Austmann Oddson 1,033 25.67
Conservative Stephen Adolph Magnacca 129 3.21 -14.23
Total valid votes 4,024
Rejected 72
Eligible voters / Turnout 5,780 70.87 -24.23
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.

1941[edit]

1941 Manitoba general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Co-operative Commonwealth Joseph Wawrykow 2,666 55.27
Liberal–Progressive Sigurdur Victor Sigurdson 2,111 43.76 11.83
Independent James Grant 47 0.97
Total valid votes 4,824
Rejected 48
Eligible voters / Turnout 6,163 79.05 8.19
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.

1945[edit]

1945 Manitoba general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal–Progressive Steinn O. Thompson 2,133 55.90 12.14
Co-operative Commonwealth Snabjorn S. Johnson 1,437 37.66 -17.61
Labor–Progressive Mitchell John "Mitch" Sago 246 6.45
Total valid votes 3,816
Rejected 34
Eligible voters / Turnout 6,050 63.64 -15.42
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.

1949[edit]

1949 Manitoba general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal–Progressive Steinn O. Thompson acclaimed
Total valid votes
Rejected N/A
Eligible voters / Turnout 5,692 -63.64
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.

1953[edit]

1953 Manitoba general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal–Progressive Steinn O. Thompson 2,252 67.97
Social Credit Elmer Henry Fitch 867 26.17
Independent Liberal John Firman 194 5.86
Total valid votes 3,313
Rejected 48
Eligible voters / Turnout 6,207 54.15 54.15
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.

1958[edit]

1958 Manitoba general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative George Johnson 1,988 46.06
Liberal–Progressive Steinn O. Thompson 1,374 31.84 -36.14
Co-operative Commonwealth Sigurdur Wopnfjord 954 22.10
Total valid votes 4,316
Rejected 37
Eligible voters / Turnout 6,297 69.13 14.98
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.

1959[edit]

1959 Manitoba general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative George Johnson 2,570 57.00 10.94
Liberal–Progressive Alex Hawrysh 1,007 22.33 -9.50
Co-operative Commonwealth Zado Zator 932 20.67 -1.43
Total valid votes 4,509
Rejected 30
Eligible voters / Turnout 6,567 69.12 -0.01
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.

1962[edit]

1962 Manitoba general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative George Johnson 2,316 57.51 0.51
New Democratic Magnus Eliason 917 22.77
Liberal Don Martin 794 19.72
Total valid votes 4,027
Rejected 24
Eligible voters / Turnout 6,212 65.21 -3.91
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.

1966[edit]

1966 Manitoba general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative George Johnson 1,981 52.56 -4.95
Liberal Gunnar O. Eggertson 1,021 27.09 7.37
New Democratic Zado Zator 767 20.35 -2.42
Total valid votes 3,769
Rejected 18
Eligible voters / Turnout 6,435 58.85 -6.36
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.

1969[edit]

1969 Manitoba general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
New Democratic John Gottfried 2,159 37.50 17.15
Progressive Conservative Eric Stefanson Sr. 1,936 33.62 -18.94
Liberal Walter John Griffin 1,663 28.88 1.79
Total valid votes 5,758
Rejected 25
Eligible voters / Turnout 8,362 69.16 10.31
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[edit]

1973 Manitoba general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
New Democratic John Gottfried 3,546 49.25 11.75
Progressive Conservative Edward Turner "Ted" Revel 3,490 48.47 14.85
Independent Charles Arnason 164 2.28
Total valid votes 7,200
Rejected 72
Eligible voters / Turnout 8,903 81.68 12.52
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.

1977[edit]

1977 Manitoba general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Keith Cosens 4,515 54.33 5.86
New Democratic George B. Schreyer 3,795 45.67 -3.58
Total valid votes 8,310
Rejected 29
Eligible voters / Turnout 9,849 84.67 2.99
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[edit]

1981 Manitoba general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
New Democratic John Bucklaschuk 4,825 52.31 6.65
Progressive Conservative Keith Cosens 3,995 43.32 -11.02
Liberal Allan Chambers 276 2.99
Progressive Pat Bazan 127 1.38
Total valid votes 9,223
Rejected 35
Eligible voters / Turnout 11,909 77.74 -6.93
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.

1986[edit]

1986 Manitoba general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
New Democratic John Bucklaschuk 4,906 50.83 -1.48
Progressive Conservative Ed Helwer 3,955 40.98 -2.34
Liberal Morley Murray 649 6.72 3.73
WCC Neil Knight 141 1.46
Total valid votes 9,651
Rejected 17
Eligible voters / Turnout 12,862 75.17 -2.57
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[edit]

1988 Manitoba general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Ed Helwer 4,716 44.17 3.19
New Democratic John Bucklaschuk 3,352 31.40 -19.44
Liberal Morley Murray 2,347 21.98 15.26
Western Independence Eugene Klochko 261 2.44
Total valid votes 10,676
Rejected 13
Eligible voters / Turnout 13,541 78.94 3.77
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[edit]

1990 Manitoba general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Ed Helwer 5,118 52.43 8.25
New Democratic Tom Hughes 2,666 27.31 -4.09
Liberal Darlene Skaritko 1,978 20.26 -1.72
Total valid votes 9,762
Rejected 28
Eligible voters / Turnout 13,598 72.00 -6.94
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[edit]

1995 Manitoba general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Ed Helwer 5,591 50.65 -1.78
New Democratic Fran Frederickson 3,746 33.93 6.62
Liberal Donald Glen "Don" Forfar 1,702 15.42 -4.84
Total valid votes 11,039
Rejected 40
Eligible voters / Turnout 14,758 75.07 3.08
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[edit]

1999 Manitoba general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
Progressive Conservative Ed Helwer 5,488 47.34 -3.31 $29,615.58
New Democratic Fran Frederickson 5,086 43.87 9.94 $29,695.00
Liberal Pat Carroll 1,019 8.79 -6.63 $10,777.10
Total valid votes 11,593
Rejected 58
Eligible voters / turnout 14,948 77.94 2.87
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[edit]

2003 Manitoba general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
New Democratic Peter Bjornson 5,500 56.56 12.68
Progressive Conservative Vern Sabeski 3,651 37.54 -9.80
Liberal Lynn Clark 574 5.90 -2.89
Total valid votes 9,725
Rejected 33
Eligible voters / Turnout 15,809 61.72 -16.22
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[edit]

2007 Manitoba general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
New Democratic Peter Bjornson 5,946 58.74 2.18 $24,714.95
Progressive Conservative Chris Bourgeois 3,450 34.08 -3.46 $27,803.47
Liberal Lynn Greenberg 727 7.18 1.28 $763.27
Total valid votes 10,123
Rejected 53
Eligible voters / turnout 16,175 62.91 1.19
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.

2011[edit]

2011 Manitoba general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
New Democratic Peter Bjornson 5,012 51.52 -7.22 $37,146.57
Progressive Conservative Jeff Wharton 4,210 43.28 9.20 $34,709.30
Green Glenda Whiteman 309 3.18 $1,012.25
Liberal Lawrence Einarsson 197 2.03 -5.16 $0.00
Total valid votes 9,728
Rejected 17
Eligible voters / turnout 14,769 65.98 3.07
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[edit]

2016 Manitoba general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Jeff Wharton 5,614 60.53 17.25
New Democratic Armand Bélanger 2,579 27.81 -23.72
Green Dwight Harfield 843 9.09 5.91
Manitoba Ed Paquette 239 2.58
Total valid votes 9,275
Rejected 108
Eligible voters / Turnout 14,226 65.96 -0.03
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.

Previous boundaries[edit]

The 1998-2011 boundaries for Gimli highlighted in red

References[edit]

50°45′50″N 97°03′50″W / 50.764°N 97.064°W / 50.764; -97.064