Brandon West
Brandon West is a provincial electoral division in the province of Manitoba, Canada. It encompasses half of the City of Brandon, the other half being represented in Brandon East.
 Manitoba electoral district | |||
|---|---|---|---|
 Location in Brandon | |||
| Provincial electoral district | |||
| Legislature | Legislative Assembly of Manitoba | ||
| MLA |
Progressive Conservative | ||
| District created | 1968 | ||
| First contested | 1969 | ||
| Last contested | 2019 | ||
| Demographics | |||
| Population (2016) | 21,175 | ||
| Electors (2019) | 14,522 | ||
| Area (km²) | 13 | ||
| Pop. density (per km²) | 1,628.8 | ||
| Census subdivision(s) | Brandon | ||
History of the riding
The original riding of Brandon West existed from 1886 to 1888, after the city and riding of Brandon was divided into two electoral divisions. It was eliminated in 1888, when the city became a single division again.
The modern riding of Brandon West was created in 1968, when the City of Brandon was again divided into two electoral districts. It was formally brought into being in the provincial election of 1969.
The riding is surrounded by Brandon East to the east and by Spruce Woods in all other directions. The City of Brandon itself is located in the southwestern region of the province.
The riding's population in 1996 was 19,808. In 1999, the average family income was $56,860, and the unemployment rate was 6.30%. The service sector accounts for 16% of industry in the riding, followed by health and social services at 15%.
Brandon West includes the more affluent section of Brandon, and has usually elected Progressive Conservative members. It was sometimes said that Brandon West voters elected Tories and Brandon East voters elected New Democrats to ensure that the city would have a member on the government side regardless of the provincial outcome.
Scott Smith of the New Democratic Party won the seat in 1999, and retained it with over 60% of the vote in 2003. He lost the seat in 2007 to Progressive Conservative candidate Rick Borotsik by just 56 votes.
List of provincial representatives
| Assembly | Years | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Riding created from Brandon City | ||||
| 6th | 1886-1888 | John Kirchhoffer | Conservative | |
| Riding dissolved into Brandon City | ||||
| Riding recreated from Brandon | ||||
| 28th | 1966-1969 | Edward McGill | Progressive Conservative | |
| 29th | 1969-1972 | |||
| 30th | 1973-1977 | |||
| 31st | 1977-1981 | |||
| 32nd | 1981-1982 | Henry Carroll | New Democratic | |
| 1982-1985 | Independent | |||
| 33rd | 1985-1988 | James McCrae | Progressive Conservative | |
| 34th | 1988-1990 | |||
| 35th | 1990-1992 | |||
| 36th | 1995-1999 | |||
| 37th | 1999-2003 | Scott Smith | New Democratic | |
| 38th | 2003-2007 | |||
| 39th | 2007-2011 | Rick Borotsik | Progressive Conservative | |
| 40th | 2011-2016 | Reg Helwer | Progressive Conservative | |
| 41st | 2016–2019 | |||
| 42nd | 2019–present | |||
Electoral results
1886 general election
| 1886 Manitoba general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
| Conservative | John Nesbitt Kirchhoffer | 441 | 50.81 | |||||
| Liberal | John Wright Sifton | 427 | 49.19 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 868 | – | ||||||
| Rejected | N/A | – | ||||||
| Eligible voters / Turnout | 1,455 | 59.66 | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Manitoba. Chief Electoral Officer (1999). Statement of Votes for the 37th Provincial General Election, September 21, 1999 (PDF) (Report). Winnipeg: Elections Manitoba. | ||||||||
1969 general election
| 1969 Manitoba general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Edward McGill | 2,814 | 40.66 | – | ||||
| New Democratic | James M. Skinner | 2,310 | 33.38 | – | ||||
| Liberal | Terence "Terry" Penton | 1,796 | 25.95 | -23.24 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 6,920 | – | – | |||||
| Rejected | 14 | – | ||||||
| Eligible voters / Turnout | 10,477 | 66.18 | 6.53 | |||||
Source(s)
Source: Manitoba. Chief Electoral Officer (1999). Statement of Votes for the 37th Provincial General Election, September 21, 1999 (PDF) (Report). Winnipeg: Elections Manitoba. | ||||||||
1973 general election
| 1973 Manitoba general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Edward McGill | 5,070 | 51.19 | 10.53 | ||||
| New Democratic | Henry Nelson Carroll | 4,028 | 40.67 | 7.29 | ||||
| Liberal | Guy Savoie | 806 | 8.14 | -17.82 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 9,904 | – | – | |||||
| Rejected | 38 | – | ||||||
| Eligible voters / Turnout | 12,789 | 77.74 | 11.56 | |||||
Source(s)
Source: Manitoba. Chief Electoral Officer (1999). Statement of Votes for the 37th Provincial General Election, September 21, 1999 (PDF) (Report). Winnipeg: Elections Manitoba. | ||||||||
1977 general election
| 1977 Manitoba general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Edward McGill | 5,680 | 50.74 | -0.45 | ||||
| New Democratic | Henry Nelson Carroll | 4,601 | 41.10 | 0.43 | ||||
| Liberal | Phil Cels | 807 | 7.21 | -0.93 | ||||
| Social Credit | John William Gross | 107 | 0.96 | – | ||||
| Total valid votes | 11,195 | – | – | |||||
| Rejected | 15 | – | ||||||
| Eligible voters / Turnout | 15,200 | 73.75 | -3.99 | |||||
Source(s)
Source: Manitoba. Chief Electoral Officer (1999). Statement of Votes for the 37th Provincial General Election, September 21, 1999 (PDF) (Report). Winnipeg: Elections Manitoba. | ||||||||
1981 general election
| 1981 Manitoba general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| New Democratic | Henry Nelson Carroll | 5,069 | 49.45 | 8.35 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | John Allen | 4,634 | 45.21 | -5.53 | ||||
| Liberal | David Campbell | 547 | 5.34 | -1.87 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 10,250 | – | – | |||||
| Rejected | 17 | – | ||||||
| Eligible voters / Turnout | 13,035 | 78.76 | 5.01 | |||||
Source(s)
Source: Manitoba. Chief Electoral Officer (1999). Statement of Votes for the 37th Provincial General Election, September 21, 1999 (PDF) (Report). Winnipeg: Elections Manitoba. | ||||||||
1986 general election
| 1986 Manitoba general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | James McCrae | 5,537 | 53.11 | 7.90 | ||||
| New Democratic | Arnold G. Grambo | 4,128 | 39.60 | -9.86 | ||||
| Liberal | Kerry Auriat | 760 | 7.29 | 1.95 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 10,425 | – | – | |||||
| Rejected | 24 | – | ||||||
| Eligible voters / Turnout | 14,733 | 70.92 | -7.84 | |||||
Source(s)
Source: Manitoba. Chief Electoral Officer (1999). Statement of Votes for the 37th Provincial General Election, September 21, 1999 (PDF) (Report). Winnipeg: Elections Manitoba. | ||||||||
1988 general election
| 1988 Manitoba general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | James McCrae | 5,039 | 45.93 | -7.18 | ||||
| Liberal | John Worley | 3,618 | 32.98 | 25.69 | ||||
| New Democratic | Ishbel Solvason | 2,313 | 21.08 | -18.51 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 10,970 | – | – | |||||
| Rejected | 20 | – | ||||||
| Eligible voters / Turnout | 15,151 | 72.54 | 1.61 | |||||
Source(s)
Source: Manitoba. Chief Electoral Officer (1999). Statement of Votes for the 37th Provincial General Election, September 21, 1999 (PDF) (Report). Winnipeg: Elections Manitoba. | ||||||||
1990 general election
| 1990 Manitoba general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | James McCrae | 4,736 | 55.47 | 9.54 | ||||
| New Democratic | Shari Decter-Hirst | 2,374 | 27.81 | 6.72 | ||||
| Liberal | Abby Hampton | 1,428 | 16.73 | -16.26 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 8,538 | – | – | |||||
| Rejected | 27 | – | ||||||
| Eligible voters / Turnout | 12,290 | 69.69 | -2.85 | |||||
Source(s)
Source: Manitoba. Chief Electoral Officer (1999). Statement of Votes for the 37th Provincial General Election, September 21, 1999 (PDF) (Report). Winnipeg: Elections Manitoba. | ||||||||
1995 general election
| 1995 Manitoba general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | James McCrae | 4,471 | 49.40 | -6.07 | ||||
| New Democratic | Derry Decter | 2,790 | 30.83 | 3.02 | ||||
| Liberal | Mark Barber | 1,789 | 19.77 | 3.04 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 9,050 | – | – | |||||
| Rejected | 33 | – | ||||||
| Eligible voters / Turnout | 13,407 | 67.75 | -1.94 | |||||
Source(s)
Source: Manitoba. Chief Electoral Officer (1999). Statement of Votes for the 37th Provincial General Election, September 21, 1999 (PDF) (Report). Winnipeg: Elections Manitoba. | ||||||||
1999 general election
| 1999 Manitoba general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| New Democratic | Scott Smith | 4,898 | 49.26 | 18.43 | $17,671.00 | |||
| Progressive Conservative | James McCrae | 4,546 | 45.72 | -3.68 | $29,994.07 | |||
| Liberal | Lisa Roy | 407 | 4.09 | -15.67 | $600.00 | |||
| Communist | Lisa Gallagher | 92 | 0.93 | – | $0.00 | |||
| Total valid votes | 9,943 | – | – | |||||
| Rejected | 75 | – | ||||||
| Eligible voters / Turnout | 13,698 | 73.13 | 5.39 | |||||
Source(s)
Source: Manitoba. Chief Electoral Officer (1999). Statement of Votes for the 37th Provincial General Election, September 21, 1999 (PDF) (Report). Winnipeg: Elections Manitoba. | ||||||||
2003 general election
| 2003 Manitoba general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| New Democratic | Scott Smith | 5,210 | 61.02 | 11.76 | $20,721.62 | |||
| Progressive Conservative | Reg Atkinson | 2,982 | 34.93 | -10.79 | $15,828.88 | |||
| Liberal | Candace Sigurdson | 346 | 4.05 | -0.04 | $2,086.52 | |||
| Total valid votes | 8,538 | – | – | |||||
| Rejected | 28 | – | ||||||
| Eligible voters / Turnout | 14,174 | 60.43 | -12.70 | |||||
Source(s)
Source: Manitoba. Chief Electoral Officer (2003). Statement of Votes for the 38th Provincial General Election, June 3, 2003 (PDF) (Report). Winnipeg: Elections Manitoba. | ||||||||
2007 general election
| 2007 Manitoba general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Progressive Conservative | Rick Borotsik | 4,730 | 48.04 | 13.12 | $29,059.52 | |||
| New Democratic | Scott Smith | 4,674 | 47.48 | -13.55 | $27,506.06 | |||
| Liberal | M. J. Willard | 398 | 4.04 | -0.01 | $6,098.53 | |||
| Communist | Lisa Gallagher | 43 | 0.44 | – | ||||
| Total valid votes | 9,845 | – | – | |||||
| Rejected | 39 | – | ||||||
| Eligible voters / Turnout | 14,796 | 66.80 | 6.37 | |||||
Source(s)
Source: Manitoba. Chief Electoral Officer (2007). Statement of Votes for the 39th Provincial General Election, May 22, 2007 (PDF) (Report). Winnipeg: Elections Manitoba. | ||||||||
2011 general election
| 2011 Manitoba general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Progressive Conservative | Reg Helwer | 4,231 | 48.68 | 0.63 | $29,570.60 | |||
| New Democratic | Jim Murray | 4,080 | 46.94 | -0.54 | $24,888.84 | |||
| Liberal | George Buri | 381 | 4.38 | 0.34 | $7,641.08 | |||
| Total valid votes | 8,692 | – | – | |||||
| Rejected | 41 | – | ||||||
| Eligible voters / Turnout | 14,607 | 59.79 | -7.02 | |||||
Source(s)
Source: Manitoba. Chief Electoral Officer (2011). Statement of Votes for the 40th Provincial General Election, October 4, 2011 (PDF) (Report). Winnipeg: Elections Manitoba. "Election Returns: 40th General Election". Elections Manitoba. 2011. Retrieved September 12, 2018. | ||||||||
2016 general election
| 2016 Manitoba general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Progressive Conservative | Reg Helwer | 5,624 | 69.10 | 20.42 | $33,113.21 | |||
| New Democratic | Linda Ross | 1,884 | 23.15 | -23.79 | $13,539.46 | |||
| Liberal | Billy Moore | 631 | 7.75 | 3.37 | $1,314.33 | |||
| Total valid votes | 8,139 | – | – | |||||
| Rejected | 202 | – | ||||||
| Eligible voters / Turnout | 14,914 | 55.93 | -3.86 | |||||
Source(s)
Source: Manitoba. Chief Electoral Officer (2016). Statement of Votes for the 41st Provincial General Election, April 19, 2016 (PDF) (Report). Winnipeg: Elections Manitoba. "Election Returns: 41st General Election". Elections Manitoba. 2016. Retrieved September 10, 2018. | ||||||||
2019 general election
| 2019 Manitoba general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Progressive Conservative | Reg Helwer | 4,311 | 58.39 | -10.71 | $20,202.15 | |||
| New Democratic | Nick Brown | 1,757 | 23.80 | 0.65 | $1,132.68 | |||
| Green | Robert Brown | 748 | 10.13 | – | $33.24 | |||
| Liberal | Sunday Frangi | 567 | 7.68 | -0.07 | $541.53 | |||
| Total valid votes | 7,383 | – | – | |||||
| Rejected | 63 | – | ||||||
| Eligible voters / Turnout | 14,522 | 51.27 | -4.65 | |||||
Source(s)
Source: Manitoba. Chief Electoral Officer (2019). Statement of Votes for the 42nd Provincial General Election, September 10, 2019 (PDF) (Report). Winnipeg: Elections Manitoba. "Candidate Election Returns". Elections Manitoba. Elections Manitoba. Retrieved March 2, 2020. | ||||||||
References
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