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Fort Garry

Manitoba electoral district
Location in Winnipeg
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of Manitoba
MLA	Mark Wasyliw Independent
District created	1957
First contested	1958
Last contested	2023

Fort Garry is a provincial electoral division in the Canadian province of Manitoba that existed from 1958 to 2011 and was re-created in 2019. It was first created by redistribution in 1957 from parts of Iberville, Assiniboia and St. Boniface, and formally existed beginning with the 1958 provincial election. The riding is in the south-central and southwestern region of the city of Winnipeg. It is named for the historical Fort Garry which was occupied by supporters of Louis Riel during the Red River Rebellion of 1870.

Fort Garry was bordered to the east by Riel and St. Vital (across the Red River of the North), to the south by St. Norbert, to the north by Lord Roberts, and to the west by Fort Whyte. It was a mostly middle-class residential area, with some small businesses. It contained the University of Manitoba's main campus until electoral redistribution in 2008 took effect at the 2011 Manitoba general election, placing the campus in the new district of Fort Richmond.

The riding's population in 1996 was 20,383. In 1999, the average family income was $50,720, and the unemployment rate was 6.40% (though, conversely, it may be noted that 26% of the riding's residents are listed as low-income). Over 16% of Fort Garry's residents were immigrants, with 5% listing German as their ethnic origin. Almost 23% of the riding's residents have a university degree.

The service sector accounted for 17% of Fort Garry's industry, with a further 12% each in the retail trade and educational services.

Historically, Fort Garry was a safe seat for the Progressive Conservatives, who represented the riding from 1958 to 1988 and again from 1990 to 2003. Future Premier Sterling Lyon was Fort Garry's first member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA). In the provincial election of 1999, however, the New Democratic Party (NDP) came within only 30 votes of winning the riding. They made it their primary target in the 2003 election, and won it for the first time in their history.

Fort Garry's last MLA before dissolution was Kerri Irvin-Ross of the NDP, who was re-elected in the 2007 provincial election with 53% of the vote.

Following the 2008 electoral boundary redistribution, Fort Garry was abolished. Most of its territory was divided between the new ridings of Fort Garry-Riverview and Fort Richmond, with a smaller portion going to St. Norbert.

Following the 2018 redistribution, the riding was re-created from Fort Garry-Riverview, Fort Rouge, River Heights, and Fort Richmond. Fort Garry was contested in the 2019 provincial election. It is bordered by River Heights to the northwest, Fort Rouge to the northeast, St. Vital to the east, Riel to the southeast, Fort Richmond to the south, Waverley to the southwest, and Fort Whyte to the west.

List of provincial representatives

Election results

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1962

1966

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1984 by-election

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2007

2019

2023

References

1. Elections Manitoba electoral map of Winnipeg
2. "1958 Manitoba Election: Fort Garry". Canadian Elections Database. Retrieved December 25, 2021.
3. "Province of Manitoba Twenty-Fifth General Election Held June 16, 1958 Summary of Results" (PDF). Elections Manitoba. Retrieved December 25, 2021.
4. "1959 Manitoba Election: Fort Garry". Canadian Elections Database. Retrieved December 25, 2021.
5. "Province of Manitoba Twenty-Sixth General Election Held May 14, 1959 Summary of Results" (PDF). Elections Manitoba. Retrieved December 25, 2021.
6. "1962 Manitoba Election: Fort Garry". Canadian Elections Database. Retrieved December 25, 2021.
7. "Province of Manitoba Twenty-Seventh General Election Held December 14, 1962 Summary of Results" (PDF). Elections Manitoba. Retrieved December 25, 2021.
8. "1966 Manitoba Election: Fort Garry". Canadian Elections Database. Retrieved December 25, 2021.
9. "Province of Manitoba Twenty-Eighth General Election Held June 23, 1966 Summary of Results" (PDF). Elections Manitoba. Retrieved December 25, 2021.
10. Marcoux, Jacques (August 27, 2019). "New Manitoba election boundaries give upper hand to Progressive Conservatives, CBC News analysis finds". CBC. Retrieved September 14, 2019.
11. "Summary of Votes Received" (PDF). Elections Manitoba. Retrieved May 4, 2024.
12. "CANDIDATE ELECTION RETURNS GENERAL ELECTION 2023". Elections Manitoba. Retrieved May 18, 2024.
13. "2023 GENERAL ELECTION CANDIDATE AND REGISTERED PARTY ELECTION EXPENSE LIMITS - FINAL EXPENSE LIMIT" (PDF). Elections Manitoba. Retrieved May 4, 2024.

49°49′48″N 97°09′25″W / 49.830°N 97.157°W / 49.830; -97.157

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