Spruce Woods (electoral district)

Spruce Woods

Manitoba electoral district
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of Manitoba
MLA	Grant Jackson Progressive Conservative
District created	2008
First contested	2011
Last contested	2023
Demographics
Population (2016)	22,810
Electors (2019)	14,746
Area (km²)	6,125
Pop. density (per km²)	3.7

Spruce Woods is a provincial electoral division in the Canadian province of Manitoba. It was created by redistribution in 2008 out of parts of Minnedosa and Turtle Mountain and notably gained parts of the City of Brandon and Arthur-Virden in the 2018 redistribution.^[1]

Following the 2018 redistribution, Spruce Woods includes the municipalities of Cornwallis, Elton, Glenboro – South Cypress, Oakland – Wawanesa, Riverdale, Sifton, Souris – Glenwood, Victoria, Whitehead and the portion of the City of Brandon located north of the Assiniboine River.^[2]

Outside of the City of Brandon, communities in the constituency include Glenboro, Holland, Oak Lake, Rivers, Souris, and Wawanesa.^[3] The constituency also includes the part of CFB Shilo that is within the Municipality of Glenboro - South Cypress.

The riding's population based on the 2016 census was 22,810.^[4]

List of provincial representatives

Assembly	Years	Member		Party
Riding created from Minnedosa and Turtle Mountain
40th	2011-2016		Cliff Cullen	Progressive Conservative
41st	2016–2019
42nd	2019–2023
43rd	2023–present		Grant Jackson

Electoral results

2023

v t e 2023 Manitoba general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Progressive Conservative	Grant Jackson	4,986	61.81	-6.26	$13,312.67
	New Democratic	Melissa Ghidoni	1,936	24.00	+8.13	$168.00
	Liberal	Michelle Budiwski	1,145	14.19	+7.98	$6,413.47
Total valid votes/expense limit			8,067	99.23	–	$56,314.00
Total rejected and declined ballots			63	0.77	–
Turnout			8,130	56.54	-0.21
Eligible voters			14,379
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		-7.19
Source(s) Source: Elections Manitoba[5][6][7]

2019

v t e 2019 Manitoba general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Progressive Conservative	Cliff Cullen	5,665	68.06	-3.3	$12,334.55
	New Democratic	Justin Shannon	1,321	15.87	+2.3	$1,211.77
	Green	Gordon Beddome	820	9.85	+8.2	$0.00
	Liberal	Jennifer Harcus	517	6.21	-1.2	$0.00
Total valid votes			8,323	99.46	–
Rejected			45	0.54
Turnout			8,368	56.75
Eligible voters			14,746
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		-2.8
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.

2016

2016 provincial election redistributed results[8]
Party		%
	Progressive Conservative	71.4
	New Democratic	13.6
	Liberal	7.4
	Manitoba	6.0
	Green	1.7

v t e 2016 Manitoba general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Progressive Conservative	Cliff Cullen	5,210	73.12	6.47	$13,262.74
	Manitoba	Malcolm McKellar	738	10.36	–	$3,614.69
	New Democratic	Amanda Chmelyk	665	9.33	-19.28	$146.90
	Liberal	Jaron Hart	512	7.19	2.46	$5.84
Total valid votes			7,125	–	–
Rejected			103	–
Eligible voters / turnout			13,904	51.99	3.35
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.

2011

v t e 2011 Manitoba general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Expenditures
	Progressive Conservative	Cliff Cullen	4,495	66.65	$14,786.56
	New Democratic	Cory Szczepanski	1,930	28.62	$5,104.39
	Liberal	Trenton Zazalak	319	4.73	$2,227.13
Total valid votes			6,744	–
Rejected			36	–
Eligible voters / turnout			13,940	48.64
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.

References

1. "Final Report 2018" (PDF). Manitoba Electoral Divisions Boundaries Commission. Retrieved July 22, 2019.
2. "2018 Electoral Division Names, Populations, and Variations - Spruce Woods". Manitoba Electoral Divisions Boundary Commission. Retrieved July 22, 2019.
3. "MLA Cliff Cullen To Seek Re-election". Discover Westman. Retrieved July 22, 2019.
4. "Final Report 2018" (PDF). Manitoba Electoral Divisions Boundaries Commission. Retrieved July 22, 2019.
5. "Summary of Votes Received" (PDF). Elections Manitoba. Retrieved May 4, 2024.
6. "CANDIDATE ELECTION RETURNS GENERAL ELECTION 2023". Elections Manitoba. Retrieved May 6, 2024.
7. "2023 GENERAL ELECTION CANDIDATE AND REGISTERED PARTY ELECTION EXPENSE LIMITS - FINAL EXPENSE LIMIT" (PDF). Elections Manitoba. Retrieved May 4, 2024.
8. Marcoux, Jacques (August 27, 2019). "New Manitoba election boundaries give upper hand to Progressive Conservatives, CBC News analysis finds". CBC. Retrieved September 6, 2023.

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