Fort Rouge (electoral district)

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Fort Rouge (Template:Langx) is a provincial electoral district of Manitoba, Canada. It was created by redistribution in 1957, and formally came into existence in the general election of 1958. The riding was eliminated in 1989, and re-established in 1999. It is located in the central section of the city of Winnipeg.

Fort Rouge is bordered on the east by St. Boniface, to the south by Fort Garry-Riverview, to the north by Logan, and to the west by River Heights. The actual Legislative Assembly of Manitoba building is located across the river from Fort Rouge.

The riding's population in 1996 was 20,364. In 1999, the average family income was $49,361, and the unemployment rate was 8.70%. 39.6% of Fort Rouge's residents are listed as low-income, the sixth-highest rate in the province. Almost 80% of occupied dwelling are rentals, and over 20% of households are single-parent families. Almost 25% of Fort Rouge's residents have a university degree—one of the highest rates in the province.

Fort Rouge has an immigrant population of 20%. Eight per cent of the riding's residents are aboriginal. The service sector accounts for 21% of Fort Rouge's industry, with a further 11% in social services.

The seat was held by the Progressive Conservatives from 1958 to 1973, and was a rare bastion of Liberal strength in the province from 1973 to 1981. Lloyd Axworthy was the riding's representative from 1973 to 1979; for a time, he was the only Liberal in the legislature. Roland Penner's election for the New Democratic Party in 1981, however, foretold of future NDP successes in the riding. Though Jim Carr would win the riding back for the Liberals in 1988, the seat would be broken into Crescentwood, Broadway and Osborne for the 1990 election. By the time the seat was reestablished in 1999, Crescentwood, Broadway and Osborne would all have NDP representatives, with Crescentwood MLA Tim Sale becoming the first MLA of the reestablished Fort Rouge. It has been continuously represented by the NDP since the riding was reestablished in 1999.

In the 2007, 2011, and 2016 provincial elections the Liberals were the main challengers to the NDP, though the party would continue to hold the seat with Jennifer Howard. In 2016, Liberal leader Rana Bokhari ran in Fort Rouge, losing to the NDP's Wab Kinew. At the 2015 federal election, according to Elections Canada data, Fort Rouge voted heavily Liberal.<ref>CBC "2015 federal election: How did your Manitoba neighbours vote?" 2 March 2016</ref> In the 2019 and 2023 elections, the Progressive Conservatives finished second behind the NDP, with the Liberals falling behind Green candidate James Beddome in 2019.

The district is represented by NDP leader and Premier Wab Kinew.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

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Assembly	Years	Member		Party Template:OntMPP NoData	25th	1958–1959	rowspan=5 Template:Canadian party colour\|	Gurney Evans	Progressive Conservative
26th	1959–1962
27th	1962–1966
28th	1966–1969
29th	1969–1973	Inez Trueman
30th	1973–1977	rowspan=3 Template:Canadian party colour\|	Lloyd Axworthy	Liberal
31st	1977–1979		Lloyd Axworthy
31st	1979–1981	June Westbury
32nd	1981–1986	rowspan=2 Template:Canadian party colour\|	Roland Penner	New Democratic
33rd	1986–1988		Roland Penner	New Democratic
34th	1988–1990	Template:Canadian party colour \|	Jim Carr	Liberal
37th	1999–2003	rowspan=7 Template:Canadian party colour \|	Tim Sale	New Democratic
38th	2003–2007		Tim Sale
39th	2007–2011	Jennifer Howard
40th	2011–2016	Jennifer Howard
41st	2016–2019	Wab Kinew
42nd	2019–2023
43rd	2023–present

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"\| Liberal	Template:Canadian party colour width=10% align="center"\| PC	Template:Canadian party colour width=10% align="center"\| Green	Template:Canadian party colour width=10% align="center"\| Other
Mainstreet Research/Postmedia	Template:Sort	HTML	29	Template:Party shading/Liberal\|32	30	8