Lac du Bonnet (electoral district)

Template:Short description Template:Use Canadian English Template:Use mdy dates Template:Infobox Canada electoral district Lac du Bonnet (Template:Langx) is a provincial electoral district of Manitoba, Canada. It was created by redistribution in 1957, and has formally existed since the provincial election of 1958. It is a relatively large constituency, located to the northeast of the city of Winnipeg.

Lac du Bonnet is bordered to the west by Red River North and Dawson Trail, to the south by La Verendrye, to the north by Keewatinook and to the east by the Ontario border. Communities in the riding include Lac Du Bonnet, Pinawa, Beausejour, Whitemouth, Tyndall, Hadashville, Ste. Rita, and Powerview-Pine Falls.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

The riding is currently regarded as a Progressive Conservative/New Democratic Party marginal. The Tories have held the seat since 1988, though they retained it by only a narrow majority in 2003.

Demographics

The riding's population in 1996 was 20,035. In 1999, the average family income was $45,693, and the unemployment rate was 9.00%. There are a number of diverse economic communities in the riding, including farming, forestry and nuclear research. The service sector accounted for 12% of the riding's industry in 1999, followed by 10% in health and social services.

Lac Du Bonnet is an ethnically diverse riding. Eighteen per cent of the riding's residents are aboriginal, along with 9% German and 6% Ukrainian. Six per cent of the riding's residents are francophone.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

This riding has elected the following MLAs:

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
22nd	1958–1959	rowspan="1" Template:Canadian party colour |	A.A. Trapp	Liberal-Progressive
23rd	1959–1962	rowspan="3" Template:Canadian party colour |	Oscar Bjornson	Progressive Conservative
24th	1962–1966
25th	1966–1969
26th	1969–1973	rowspan="5" Template:Canadian party colour |	Sam Uskiw	New Democratic
27th	1973–1977
28th	1977–1981
29th	1981–1986
30th	1986–1988	Clarence Baker
31st	1988–1990	rowspan="10" Template:Canadian party colour |	Darren Praznik	Progressive Conservative
32nd	1990–1995
33rd	1995–1999
34th	1999–2002
	2002–2003	Gerald Hawranik
35th	2003–2007
36th	2007–2011
37th	2011–2016	Wayne Ewasko
38th	2016–2019
39th	2019-

Election results

1958

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1959

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1962

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1966

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1969

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1973

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1977

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1981

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1988

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1990

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1995

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2002 by-election

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2003

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Previous boundaries

The 1998–2011 electoral boundaries for Lac du Bonnet

See also

• List of Manitoba provincial electoral districts
• Canadian provincial electoral districts