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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
Niki Ashton
NDPDistrict created 1933 First contested 1935 Last contested 2011 District webpage profile, map Demographics Population (2006) 75,232 Electors (2011) 46,088 Area (km²) 461,009 Pop. density (per km²) 0.16 Census divisions Division No. 19, Division No. 21, Division No. 22, Division No. 23, Census subdivisions Thompson, Flin Flon, The Pas, Churchill, 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 was named after 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.
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Members of Parliament
This riding has elected the following Members of Parliament:
Parliament Years Member Party Nelson prior to 1933 18th 1935–1940 Thomas Crerar Liberal 19th 1940–1945 20th 1945–1949 Ronald Moore Co-operative Commonwealth 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 Charles Keith Taylor Progressive Conservative 30th 1974–1979 Cecil Smith Progressive Conservative 31st 1979–1980 Rodney Murphy New Democratic 32nd 1980–1984 33rd 1984–1988 34th 1988–1993 35th 1993–1997 Elijah Harper Liberal 36th 1997–2000 Bev Desjarlais New Democratic 37th 2000–2004 38th 2004–2005 2005–2006 Independent 39th 2006–2008 Tina Keeper Liberal 40th 2008–2011 Niki Ashton New Democratic 41st 2011–present Current Member of Parliament
Its Member of Parliament (MP) is Niki Ashton. Ashton ran in the 2006 election, but lost to Tina Keeper. This was Ashton's first win as an MP. She is a member of the New Democratic Party.
Candidates for the 2008 election
The New Democratic Party candidate was Niki Ashton,[1] for the second time. The Liberals fielded incumbent Tina Keeper.[2] The Conservatives nominated Wally Daudrich.[3] The fourth candidate was Green Party of Canada new-comer, Saara Harvie.[4]
Candidates for the 2006 election
Bev Desjarlais[5] ran as an independent candidate in the 2006 election. The New Democratic Party candidate was Niki Ashton,[1] daughter of Manitoba Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) and cabinet minister Steve Ashton. The Liberals fielded actress Tina Keeper.[6] The Conservatives nominated longtime party member and Flin Flon city councillor Nazir Ahmad,[7] while the Greens ran former substitute teacher Jeff Fountain.[8] Brad Bodnar, a resident of The Pas, ran as an independent.
Election results
Canadian federal election, 2011 Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures New Democrat Niki Ashton 10,262 51.12 +3.36 - Conservative Wally Daudrich 5,256 26.18 +5.68 - Liberal Sydney Garrioch 4,087 20.36 -8.38 - Green Alberteen Spence 471 2.35 -0.94 - Total valid votes/Expense limit 20,076 100.00 - Total rejected ballots 107 0.53 -0.02 Turnout 20,183 45.35 +5.20 Eligible voters 44,509 Canadian federal election, 2008 Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures New Democrat Niki Ashton 8,734 47.76 +19.35 $79,086 Liberal Tina Keeper 5,289 28.74 -11.94 Conservative Wally Daudrich 3,773 20.50 +8.95 $45,616 Green Saara Harvie 606 3.29 +1.69 $28 Total valid votes/Expense limit 18,402 100.00 $91,452 Total rejected ballots 102 0.55 +0.19 Turnout 18,504 40.15 -13.48 Canadian federal election, 2006 Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures Liberal Tina Keeper 10,159 40.68 +2.3 $75,179 New Democrat Niki Ashton 7103 28.41 -15.0 $70,290 Independent Bev Desjarlais 4283 17.15 -26.3 $23,042 Conservative Nazir Ahmad 2886 11.55 -3.6 $23,875 Green Jeff Fountain 401 1.60 -1.4 $2,837 Independent Brad Bodnar 146 0.58 $69 Total valid votes 24,966 100.00 Total rejected ballots 90 0.36 Turnout 25,056 53.63 +14.1 Liberal gain from N.D.P. Swing +8.7 Canadian federal election, 2004 Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures New Democrat Bev Desjarlais 8,612 43.4 -1.5 $45,705 Liberal Ron Evans 7,604 38.4 +6.1 $61,955 Conservative Bill Archer 2,999 15.1 -7.7 $10,379 Green David Nickarz 612 3.1 $646 Total valid votes 19,827 100.0 Total rejected ballots 88 0.4 0.0 Turnout 19,915 41.4 -9.7 Note: Conservative vote is compared to the total of the Canadian Alliance vote and Progressive Conservative vote in 2000 election.
Canadian federal election, 2000 Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures New Democrat Bev Desjarlais 10,477 44.9 +3.8 $41,854 Liberal Elijah Harper 7,514 32.2 +2.9 $55,871 Canadian Alliance Jason Shaw 4,126 17.7 -1.3 $7,444 Progressive Conservative Doreen Murray 1,198 5.1 -5.4 $2,722 Total valid votes 23,315 100.0 Total rejected ballots 98 0.4 -0.3 Turnout 23,413 51.1 +0.8 Note: Canadian Alliance vote is compared to the Reform vote in 1997 election.
Canadian federal election, 1997 Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures New Democrat Bev Desjarlais 9,616 41.2 +4.3 $45,525 Liberal Elijah Harper 6,852 29.3 -11.4 $59,373 Reform Corky Peterson 4,438 19.0 +9.4 $11,803 Progressive Conservative Don Knight 2,452 10.5 +0.2 $10,729 Total valid votes 23,358 100.0 Total rejected ballots 158 0.7 Turnout 23,516 50.3 Canadian federal election, 1993 Party Candidate Votes % ±% Liberal Elijah Harper 9,658 40.7 +17.7 New Democrat Rod Murphy 8,751 36.9 -19.5 Progressive Conservative Don Knight 2,438 10.3 -10.3 Reform Wally Daudrich 2,275 9.6 National Charles Settee 590 2.5 Total valid votes 23,712 100.0 Canadian federal election, 1988 Party Candidate Votes % ±% New Democrat Rod Murphy 14,168 56.4 +10.8 Liberal Rodney Spence 5,800 23.1 +5.1 Progressive Conservative Nazir Ahmad 5,164 20.5 -13.2 Total valid votes 25,132 100.0 Canadian federal election, 1984 Party Candidate Votes % ±% New Democrat Rod Murphy 10,829 45.6 +2.3 Progressive Conservative Harvey Hanson 8,010 33.7 +8.2 Liberal Jack Kennedy 4,272 18.0 -11.8 Independent Andrew Kirkness 377 1.6 Libertarian Ketih B.P. Muirhead 281 1.2 Total valid votes 23,769 100.0 Canadian federal election, 1980 Party Candidate Votes % ±% New Democrat Rod Murphy 10,319 43.3 -8.4 Liberal Alan Ross 7,092 29.7 +13.5 Progressive Conservative Cec Smith 6,084 25.5 -6.6 Rhino Roland Campbell 352 1.5 Total valid votes 23,847 100.0 Canadian federal election, 1979 Party Candidate Votes % ±% New Democrat Rod Murphy 12,544 51.7 +21.0 Progressive Conservative Cecil Smith 7,802 32.1 -8.8 Liberal Andrew Kirkness 3,936 16.2 -10.1 Total valid votes 24,282 100.0 Canadian federal election, 1974 Party Candidate Votes % ±% Progressive Conservative Cecil Smith 11,225 40.9 +6.4 New Democrat Dan Reagan 8,415 30.7 -2.4 Liberal J.R. Allard 7,212 26.3 -4.9 Social Credit Ed Heinrichs 577 2.1 Total valid votes 27,429 100.0 Canadian federal election, 1972 Party Candidate Votes % ±% Progressive Conservative Keith Taylor 9,462 34.6 -7.2 New Democrat Don Duff 9,059 33.1 +10.4 Liberal Bruce Dunlop 8,536 31.2 -4.4 Independent R. Jim Henry 327 1.2 Total valid votes 27,384 100.0 Canadian federal election, 1968 Party Candidate Votes % ±% Progressive Conservative Robert Simpson 9,009 41.8 -9.2 Liberal Frank Dembinsky 7,673 35.6 +8.6 New Democrat Brian Koshul 4,888 22.7 +7.0 Total valid votes 21,570 100.0 Canadian federal election, 1965 Party Candidate Votes % ±% Progressive Conservative Robert Simpson 10,773 51.0 -2.3 Liberal F.L. Jobin 5,694 27.0 -6.1 New Democrat Ken MacMaster 3,306 15.6 +2.0 Social Credit Curt R. Shielman 1,352 6.4 Total valid votes 21,125 100.0 Canadian federal election, 1963 Party Candidate Votes % ±% Progressive Conservative Robert Simpson 11,707 53.3 +2.0 Liberal Bruce Dunlop 7,253 33.0 +2.5 New Democrat Florence Matthews 2,990 13.6 -4.5 Total valid votes 21,950 100.0 Canadian federal election, 1962 Party Candidate Votes % ±% Progressive Conservative Robert Simpson 10,943 51.3 -13.4 Liberal Francis Laurence Jobin 6,511 30.6 +7.2 New Democrat Florence Matthews 3,858 18.1 +6.2 Total valid votes 21,312 100.0 Note: NDP vote is compared to CCF vote in 1958 election.
Canadian federal election, 1958 Party Candidate Votes % ±% Progressive Conservative Robert Simpson 11,506 64.7 +25.9 Liberal Lorne Paterson Ferg 4,159 23.4 -7.9 Co-operative Commonwealth Jack Freedman 2,118 11.9 +0.2 Total valid votes 17,783 100.0 Canadian federal election, 1957 Party Candidate Votes % ±% Progressive Conservative Robert Simpson 6,191 38.8 +20.8 Liberal George Dyer Weaver 4,993 31.3 -9.1 Social Credit Bruce Moore 2,891 18.1 -2.1 Co-operative Commonwealth Gerald Robert Clarkson 1,870 11.7 -6.9 Total valid votes 15,945 100.0 Canadian federal election, 1953 Party Candidate Votes % ±% Liberal George Dyer Weaver 4,984 40.4 -5.2 Progressive Conservative William George Thompson 2,567 20.8 -3.0 Social Credit Delbert Leroy Downs 2,490 20.2 Co-operative Commonwealth Ronald Stewart Moore 2,293 18.6 -12.0 Total valid votes 12,334 100.0 Canadian federal election, 1949 Party Candidate Votes % ±% Liberal George Dyer Weaver 6,847 45.6 +13.2 Co-operative Commonwealth Ronald Stewart Moore 4,595 30.6 -8.2 Progressive Conservative Robert Franklin Milton 3,570 23.8 -5.1 Total valid votes 15,012 100.0 Canadian federal election, 1945 Party Candidate Votes % ±% Co-operative Commonwealth Ronald Moore 5,226 38.8 Liberal George Dyer Weaver 4,359 32.4 -30.1 Progressive Conservative Cecil Ruddock Neely 3,884 28.8 -8.7 Total valid votes 13,469 100.0 Note: Progressive Conservative vote is compared to "National Government" vote in 1940 election.
Canadian federal election, 1940 Party Candidate Votes % ±% Liberal Thomas Crerar 8,276 62.5 +22.5 National Government Will Blakeman Scarth 4,963 37.5 +3.2 Total valid votes 13,239 100.0 Note: "National Government" vote is compared to Conservative vote in 1935 election.
Canadian federal election, 1935 Party Candidate Votes % Liberal Thomas Crerar 3,603 40.0 Conservative Barney M. Stitt 3,091 34.3 Co-operative Commonwealth Alexander Stewart 2,313 25.7 Total valid votes 9,007 100.0 See also
- List of Canadian federal electoral districts
- Past Canadian electoral districts
References
Sources
- Riding history for Churchill (1933– ) from the Library of Parliament
- Expenditures - 2008
- Expenditures - 2004
- Expenditures - 2000
- Expenditures - 1997
Conservative 
New Democratic Churchill • Winnipeg CentreLiberal Federal ridings in the Prairies Rural Manitoba Brandon—Souris • Churchill • Dauphin—Swan River—Marquette • Portage—Lisgar • Provencher • Selkirk—InterlakeWinnipeg Saskatchewan
(South, North)Battlefords—Lloydminster • Blackstrap • Cypress Hills—Grasslands • Desnethé—Missinippi—Churchill River • Palliser • Prince Albert • Regina—Lumsden—Lake Centre • Regina—Qu'Appelle • Saskatoon—Humboldt • Saskatoon—Rosetown—Biggar • Saskatoon—Wanuskewin • Souris—Moose Mountain • Wascana • Yorkton—MelvilleRural Alberta Edmonton and environs Calgary Categories:- Manitoba federal electoral districts
- Thompson, Manitoba
- Churchill, Manitoba
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