Brandon East

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Brandon East (Template:Langx) is a provincial electoral district of Manitoba, Canada. It encompasses the southeastern part of the city of Brandon.

Historical riding

The original riding of Brandon East existed from 1886 to 1888, when the city and riding of Brandon was divided into two electoral districts for the first time. The city was re-established as a single riding in 1888.

Current riding

The modern riding of Brandon East was created in 1968, when the city of Brandon was again divided into two separate ridings. It has formally existed since the provincial election of 1969.

The riding borders on Brandon West to the west, and by Spruce Woods in all other directions. Brandon itself is the second-largest city in Manitoba (after Winnipeg), and is in the southwestern region of the province.

Brandon East's population in 1996 was 19,850. In 1999, the average family income was $40,233, and the unemployment rate was 8.60%. The service sector accounts for 19% of the riding's industry, followed by retail trade at 15% and health and social services at 14%. Eleven per cent of the riding's residents are aboriginal.

Brandon East had been a safe seat for the New Democratic Party since its re-creation. This changed at the 2016 election, in which Progressive Conservative candidate Len Isleifson defeated the NDP incumbent Drew Caldwell.

At the 2015 Canadian federal election, according to data from Elections Canada, Brandon East voted heavily Liberal.<ref>CBC "2015 federal election: How did your Manitoba neighbours vote?" 2 March 2016</ref> A provincial riding opinion poll in December 2015 showed Brandon East to be a marginal seat between the Conservative and Liberal parties, with the NDP trailing a poor third.<ref>Probe Research, December 2015</ref>

In the 2018 redistribution, the part of the riding north of the Assiniboine River was moved to Spruce Woods.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

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Assembly	Years	Member		Party Template:OntMPP NoData	6th	1886–1888	Template:Canadian party colour\|	James A. Smart	Liberal
29th	1969–1973	rowspan=12 Template:Canadian party colour\|	Len Evans	New Democratic
30th	1973–1977
31st	1977–1981
32nd	1981–1986
33rd	1986–1988
34th	1988–1990
35th	1990–1995
36th	1995–1999
37th	1999–2003	Drew Caldwell
38th	2003–2007
39th	2007–2011
40th	2011–2016
41st	2016–2019	rowspan=2 Template:Canadian party colour \|	Len Isleifson	Progressive Conservative
42nd	2019–2023		Len Isleifson	Progressive Conservative
43rd	2023–present	rowspan=1 Template:Canadian party colour \|	Glen Simard	New Democratic

Opinion polls

Polling Firm	Last Date of Polling	Link	Template:Canadian party colour width=10% align="center"\| NDP	Template:Canadian party colour width=10% align="center"\| PC	Template:Canadian party colour width=10% align="center"\| Liberal	Template:Canadian party colour width=10% align="center"\| Green	Template:Canadian party colour width=10% align="center"\| Other
Probe Research Inc	Template:Sort	PDF	18	41	38		3
Probe Research Inc	Template:Sort	PDF	28	40	26		6

Election results

2023

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2019

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