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Burrows is a provincial electoral division in the Canadian province of
Manitoba . It was created by redistribution in 1957, and formally came into existence in the provincial election of 1958. The riding is located in the northern part of Winnipeg.Burrows is named after
Theodore Arthur Burrows , who served asLieutenant-Governor of Manitoba from 1926 to 1929. It is bordered to the east by St. Johns and Point Douglas, to the south by Wellington, to the north by Kildonan and The Maples, and to the west by Inkster. The riding's boundaries were significantly redrawn in 1999, taking in a considerable amount of territory which was previously a part of Inkster.The riding's population in 1996 was 18,718. As of 1999, the average family income was $35,575, one of the lowest rates in the province. Thirty-nine per cent of the riding's residents are listed as low-income, with an unemployment rate of 13%. One household in four has only one parent. Nineteen per cent of the riding's residents are over sixty-five years of age.
The total immigrant population in Burrows is 21%, with almost one in three residents speaking a first language other than English or French. The aboriginal population is 15%.
Manufacturing accounts for 22% of Burrows's industry, with a further 15% in the service sector.
The CCF and its successor the NDP have won Burrows on all but two occasions since the riding was created. It is considered extremely safe for the party. The current MLA is
Doug Martindale , who was re-elected with 70% of the vote in 2003 and 2007.List of provincial representatives
Name Party Took Office Left Office John Hawryluk CCF 1958 1961 NDP 1961 1962 Mark Smerchanski Lib 1962 1966 Ben Hanuschak NDP 1966 1981 Independent 1981 1981 Prog 1981 1981 Conrad Santos NDP 1981 1988 William Chornopyski Lib 1988 1990 Doug Martindale NDP 1990 "present"
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