View source for River East

{{Short description|Defunct provincial electoral district in Manitoba, Canada}}
{{Use Canadian English|date=September 2025}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=September 2025}}
{{Infobox Canada electoral district
| name = River East
| province = Manitoba
| image = RiverEastED2011.jpg
|prov-status         = defunct
| prov-rep             = [[Cathy Cox (Canadian politician)|Cathy Cox]]
| prov-rep-party       = PC
|demo-census-date    = 
|demo-pop            = 
| prov-created       = 1979
|prov-election-last  = 2016
|demo-electors       = 
|prov-election-first = 1981
|demo-cd             = 
|demo-csd            = 
}}

'''River East''' was a [[Electoral district (Canada)|provincial electoral district]] of [[Manitoba]], Canada. It was officially created by redistribution in 1979, and formally existed since the [[1981 Manitoba general election|provincial election of 1981]] until 2019.

The riding was located on the northeast corner of the city of [[Winnipeg]], bordered by the [[Red River of the North|Red River]] to the west, the city limit, by [[Springfield (provincial electoral district)|Springfield]], to the north and east, and by the riding of [[Rossmere]] to the south.

It was replaced for the 2019 election by the new [[Kildonan-River East]] district.

River East was an affluent district with an average income of $62,534 and an unemployment rate of 5.60% in 1999. It also had a large immigrant population, at 17% of the total population. Twelve per cent of River East's residents listed [[Germany|German]] as their ethnic origin, while a further 9% listed [[Ukraine|Ukrainian]]. The riding's total population in 1996 was 19,840.

== History ==

River East was the only riding in the northern part of Winnipeg to be represented by a [[Progressive Conservative Party of Manitoba|Progressive Conservative]] up until the [[2016 Manitoba general election|2016 general election]]. [[Bonnie Mitchelson]] was the  [[Member of the Legislative Assembly]] for the area from 1986 to 2016, and was re-elected five times. Bonnie Mitchelson announced her retirement in October, 2014,<ref>{{cite news|title=River East MLA Bonnie Mitchelson Announces Retirement|url=http://www.cjob.com/2014/10/17/river-east-mla-bonnie-mitchelson/ |publisher=[[CJOB]] |date=October 17, 2014}}</ref> and did not seek re-election in the [[2016 Manitoba general election|2016 general election]]. The seat was won by [[Cathy Cox (Canadian politician)|Cathy Cox]], who held it for the Progressive Conservatives while defeating NDP challenger Jody Gillis. Once considered safe for the [[Progressive Conservative Party of Manitoba|Progressive Conservatives]], the seat became extremely marginal, with Mitchelson being re-elected in the [[2007 Manitoba general election|2007 provincial election]] by only 52 votes over the [[New Democratic Party of Manitoba|New Democrat]] candidate. Since then, the PC majorities have increased in 2011 and 2016.

==Members of the Legislative Assembly==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Name
! Party
! Took office
! Left office
|- bgcolor=#FFE1C4
| [[Phil Eyler]]
| [[New Democratic Party of Manitoba|NDP]]
| 1981
| 1986
|- bgcolor=#DDEEFF
| [[Bonnie Mitchelson]]
| [[Progressive Conservative Party of Manitoba|PC]]
| 1986
| 2016
|- bgcolor=#DDEEFF
| [[Cathy Cox (Canadian politician)|Cathy Cox]]
| [[Progressive Conservative Party of Manitoba|PC]]
| 2016
| 2023
|}

==Electoral results==

=== 2016 ===
{{2016 Manitoba general election/River East}}

=== 2011 ===
{{2011 Manitoba general election/River East}}

=== 2007 ===
{{2007 Manitoba general election/River East}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.elections.mb.ca/en/Results/39_division_results/39_river-east_summary_results.html |title=River East — Official Results — 2007 Provincial Election |accessdate=2010-08-07 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110716065922/http://www.elections.mb.ca/en/Results/39_division_results/39_river-east_summary_results.html |archivedate=2011-07-16 }}, 2007 Results</ref>

=== 2003 ===
{{2003 Manitoba general election/River East}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.elections.mb.ca/en/Results/38_division_results/38_river-east_summary_results.html |title=River East — Official Results — 2003 Provincial Election |accessdate=2009-12-10 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110716065959/http://www.elections.mb.ca/en/Results/38_division_results/38_river-east_summary_results.html |archivedate=2011-07-16 }}, 2003 Results</ref>

=== 1999 ===
{{1999 Manitoba general election/River East}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.electionsmanitoba.ca/apps/results/37gen/pbp.asp?ED%3D33 |title=Summary of Results - 1999 General Election |accessdate=2010-08-07 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110717041410/http://www.electionsmanitoba.ca/apps/results/37gen/pbp.asp?ED=33 |archivedate=2011-07-17 }}, 1999 Results</ref>

==Previous boundaries==
[[File:RiverEast98.png|thumb|none|The 1999–2011 boundaries for River East highlighted in red]]

== See also ==
* [[List of Manitoba provincial electoral districts]]
* [[Canadian provincial electoral districts]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{MB-ED}}
{{Authority control}}

{{coord|49.944|-97.049|type:adm3rd_region:CA-MB|display=title}}

[[Category:Former provincial electoral districts of Manitoba]]
[[Category:Politics of Winnipeg]]
[[Category:Kildonan, Winnipeg]]