- Fort Garry (electoral district)
Fort Garry is a provincial electoral division in the Canadian province of
Manitoba . It was created by redistribution in1957 , and has formally existed since the provincial election of 1958. The riding is located in the south-central region of the City of Winnipeg; it is named for the historicalFort Garry which was occupied by supporters ofLouis Riel during theRed River Rebellion of1870 .Fort Garry is bordered on the east by Riel, to the south by St. Norbert, to the north by Lord Roberts, and to the west by Fort Whyte. It is a mostly middle-class residential area, with some small businesses. The
University of Manitoba is located in the riding.The riding's population in
1996 was 20,383. As of1999 , the average family income was $50,720, and the unemployment rate was 6.40% (though, conversely, it may be noted that 26% of the riding's residents are listed as low-income). Over 16% of Fort Garry's residents are immigrants, with 5% listing German as their ethnic origin. Almost 23% of the riding's residents have a University degree.The service sector accounts for 17% of Fort Garry's industry, with a further 12% in the retail trade and 12% in educational services.
Historically, Fort Garry has been safe for the Progressive Conservatives, who represented the riding from
1958 to1988 and again from1990 to2003 . In the provincial election of 1999, however, the NDP came extremely close to winning the riding. They made it their primary target in the election of 2003, and won it for the first time in their history.The current MLA is
Kerri Irvin-Ross of the NDP.List of provincial representatives
Name Party Took Office Left Office Sterling Lyon PC 1958 1969 Bud Sherman PC 1969 1984 Charles Birt PC 1984 1988 Laurie Evans Lib 1988 1990 Rosemary Vodrey PC 1990 1999 Joy Smith PC 1999 2003 Kerri Irvin-Ross NDP 2003 "present"
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