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{{Short description|Defunct provincial electoral district in Manitoba, Canada}}
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'''Niakwa''' is a former [[Electoral district (Canada)|provincial electoral district]] of [[Manitoba]], Canada. It was created in 1979 and abolished in 1999.

The Niakwa riding was located in southeastern [[Winnipeg]]. After its abolition, almost all of the riding's territory was given to the new riding of [[Southdale (electoral district)|Southdale]].

== Members of the Legislative Assembly ==
{| border="1" cellpadding="2"
|+Manitoba [[Member of the Legislative Assembly|MLAs]] for the electoral district of Niakwa
! Term of office || Name || Political party
|-
| style="background:#ddeeff;" | 1981-1988 || style="background:#ddeeff;" | [[Abe Kovnats]] || style="background:#ddeeff;" | [[Progressive Conservative Party of Manitoba|Progressive Conservative]]
|-
| style="background:#ffe8e8;" | 1988-1990 || style="background:#ffe8e8;" | [[Herold Driedger]] || style="background:#ffe8e8;" | [[Manitoba Liberal Party|Liberal]]
|-
| style="background:#ddeeff;" | 1990-1999 || style="background:#ddeeff;" | [[Jack Reimer]] || style="background:#ddeeff;" | [[Progressive Conservative Party of Manitoba|Progressive Conservative]]
|}

==Election results==
{{Canadian election result/top|MB|1988|Niakwa|Niakwa|percent=yes|change=yes}}
{{CANelec|MB|Liberal|[[Herold Driedger]]|8,576|47.48|+}}
{{CANelec|MB|PC|[[Abe Kovnats]]|7,222|39.99|-}}
{{CANelec|MB|NDP|Stan Williams|2,026|11.22|-}}
{{CANelec|MB|Western Independence|Lyle Cruickshank|237|1.31|}}
{{Canadian election result/total|Total valid votes|18,061|100.00|-}}
{{Canadian election result/total|Rejected ballots|21|&ndash;|&ndash;}}
{{Canadian election result/total|Turnout|18,082|79.64|}}
{{Canadian election result/total|Eligible voters|22,705}}
{{CANelec/source|Source: [[Elections Manitoba]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.electionsmanitoba.ca/downloads/HistoricalSummary.pdf|title=Candidates: 34th General Election|publisher=[[Elections Manitoba]]|date=April 26, 1988|accessdate=2 October 2018}}</ref>}}
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== See also ==
* [[List of Manitoba provincial electoral districts]]
* [[Canadian provincial electoral districts]]

== References ==
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[[Category:Former provincial electoral districts of Manitoba]]

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