Churchill (electoral district)

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Churchill

Manitoba electoral district
Churchill in relation to other Manitoba federal electoral districts
Federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
MP		Tina Keeper Liberal
District created	1933
First contested	1935
Last contested	2006
District webpage	profile, map
Demographics
Population (2006)	75,232
Electors (2006)	46,718
Area (km²)	461,009
Pop. density (per km²)	0.16
Census divisions
Census subdivisions	Thompson, Flin Flon, The Pas, Norway House 17, St. Theresa Point, Kelsey, Opaskwayak Cree Nation 21E, Fort Alexander 3, Nelson House 170

Churchill is a federal electoral district in Manitoba, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1935. It covers northern Manitoba, a vast wilderness area dotted with small municipalities and First Nations reserves. It received its name from the town of Churchill, Manitoba, which resides on Churchill River.

The riding was created in 1933 when Nelson riding was abolished. The entire area of Nelson was transferred into the new riding of Churchill.

Contents 1 Members of Parliament 2 Current Member of Parliament 3 Candidates for the 2006 election 4 Election results 5 See also 6 External links

[edit] Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following Members of Parliament:

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
Nelson prior to 1933
18th	1935-1940		Thomas Alexander Crerar	Liberal
19th	1940-1945
20th	1945-1949		Ronald Moore	CCF
21st	1949-1953		George Weaver	Liberal
22nd	1953-1957
23rd	1957-1958		Robert Simpson	Progressive Conservative
24th	1958-1962
25th	1962-1963
26th	1963-1965
27th	1965-1968
28th	1968-1972
29th	1972-1974		Keith Taylor	Progressive Conservative
30th	1974-1979		Cecil Smith	Progressive Conservative
31st	1979-1980		Rod Murphy	NDP
32nd	1980-1984
33rd	1984-1988
34th	1988-1993
35th	1993-1997		Elijah Harper	Liberal
36th	1997-2000		Bev Desjarlais	NDP
37th	2000-2004
38th	2004-2005
	2005-2006			Independent
39th	2006-		Tina Keeper	Liberal

[edit] Current Member of Parliament

Its Member of Parliament (MP) is Tina Keeper, a former actress. The 2006 election is her first. She is a Liberal.

[edit] Candidates for the 2006 election

Bev Desjarlais[1] ran as an independent candidate in the 2006 election. The New Democratic Party candidate was Niki Ashton[2], daughter of Manitoba Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) and cabinet minister Steve Ashton. The Liberals fielded actress Tina Keeper[3]. The Conservatives nominated longtime party member and Flin Flon city councillor Nazir Ahmad[4], while the Greens ran former substitute teacher Jeff Fountain[5]. Brad Bodnar, a resident of The Pas, ran as an independent also.

[edit] Election results

Canadian federal election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Tina Keeper	10,159	40.67%	+2.32%	$75,179
	New Democrat	Niki Ashton	7103	28.44%	-14.99%	$70,290
	Independent	Bev Desjarlais	4283	17.15%	-26.28%	$23,042
	Conservative	Nazir Ahmad	2886	11.55%	-3.57%	$23,875
	Green	Jeff Fountain	401	1.61%	-1.41%	$2,837
	Independent	Brad Bodnar	146	0.58%		$68.69
Total valid votes				100.00%
Total rejected ballots
Turnout			24978	55.53%

Canadian federal election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democrat	Bev Desjarlais	8,612	43.43%		$45,705
	Liberal	Ron Evans (politician)	7,604	38.35%		$61,955
	Conservative	Bill Archer	2,999	15.12%		$10,379
	Green	David Nickarz	612	3.08%		$646
Total valid votes			19,827	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			88	0.44%
Turnout			19,915	41.40%

Canadian federal election, 2000
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democrat	Bev Desjarlais	10,477	44.93%		$41,854
	Liberal	Elijah Harper	7,514	32.22%		$55,871
	Canadian Alliance	Jason Shaw	4,126	17.69%		$7,444
	Progressive Conservative	Doreen Murray	1,198	5.13%		$2,722
Total valid votes			23,315	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			98	0.42%
Turnout			23,413	51.05%

Canadian federal election, 1997
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democrat	Bev Desjarlais	9,616	41.16%		$45,525
	Liberal	Elijah Harper	6,852	29.33%		$59,373
	Reform	Corky Peterson	4,438	18.99%		$11,803
	Progressive Conservative	Don Knight	2,452	10.49%		$10,729
Total valid votes			23,358	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			158	0.67%
Turnout			23,516	50.25%

Canadian federal election, 1993
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Elijah Harper	9,658
	New Democrat	Rod Murphy	8,751
	Progressive Conservative	Don Knight	2,438
	Reform	Wally Daudrich	2,275
	National	Charles Settee	590

Canadian federal election, 1988
Party		Candidate	Votes
	New Democrat	Rod Murphy	14,168
	Liberal	Rodney Spence	5,800
	Progressive Conservative	Nazir Ahmad	5,164

Canadian federal election, 1984
Party		Candidate	Votes
	New Democrat	Rod Murphy	10,829
	Progressive Conservative	Harvey Hanson	8,010
	Liberal	Jack Kennedy	4,272
	Independent	Andrew Kirkness	377
	Libertarian	Ketih B.P. Muirhead	281

Canadian federal election, 1980
Party		Candidate	Votes
	New Democrat	Rod Murphy	10,319
	Liberal	Alan Ross	7,092
	Progressive Conservative	Cec Smith	6,084
	Rhino	Roland Campbell	352

Canadian federal election, 1979
Party		Candidate	Votes
	New Democrat	Rod Murphy	12,544
	Progressive Conservative	Cecil Smith	7,802
	Liberal	Andrew Kirkness	3,936

Canadian federal election, 1974
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Cecil Smith	11,225
	New Democrat	Dan Reagan	8,415
	Liberal	J.R. Allard	7,212
	Social Credit	Ed Heinrichs	577

Canadian federal election, 1972
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Keith Taylor	9,462
	New Democrat	Don Duff	9,059
	Liberal	Bruce Dunlop	8,536
	Independent	R. Jim Henry	327

Canadian federal election, 1968
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Robert Simpson	9,009
	Liberal	Frank Dembinsky	7,673
	New Democrat	Brian Koshul	4,888

Canadian federal election, 1965
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Robert Simpson	10,773
	Liberal	F.L. Jobin	5,694
	New Democrat	Ken MacMaster	3,306
	Social Credit	Curt R. Shielman	1,352

Canadian federal election, 1963
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Robert Simpson	11,707
	Liberal	Bruce Dunlop	7,253
	New Democrat	Florence Matthews	2,990

Canadian federal election, 1962
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Robert Simpson	10,943
	Liberal	Francis Laurence Jobin	6,511
	New Democrat	Florence Matthews	3,858

Canadian federal election, 1958
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Robert Simpson	11,506
	Liberal	Lorne Paterson Ferg	4,159
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Jack Freedman	2,118

Canadian federal election, 1957
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Robert Simpson	6,191
	Liberal	George Dyer Weaver	4,993
	Social Credit	Bruce Moore	2,891
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Gerald Robert Clarkson	1,870

Canadian federal election, 1953
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	George Dyer Weaver	4,984
	Progressive Conservative	William George Thompson	2,567
	Social Credit	Delbert Leroy Downs	2,490
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Ronald Stewart Moore	2,293

Canadian federal election, 1949
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	George Dyer Weaver	6,847
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Ronald Stewart Moore	4,595
	Progressive Conservative	Robert Franklin Milton	3,570

Canadian federal election, 1945
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Ronald Moore	5,226
	Liberal	George Dyer Weaver	4,359
	Progressive Conservative	Cecil Ruddock Neely	3,884

Canadian federal election, 1940
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Thomas Crerar	8,276
	National Government	Will Blakeman Scarth	4,963

Canadian federal election, 1935
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Thomas Crerar	3,603
	Conservative	Barney M. Stitt	3,091
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Alexander Stewart	2,313

[edit] See also

• List of Canadian federal electoral districts
• Past Canadian electoral districts

[edit] External links

• Riding history for Churchill (1933– ) from the Library of Parliament
• Expenditures - 2004
• Expenditures - 2000
• Expenditures - 1997

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