Interlake

Interlake

Manitoba electoral district
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of Manitoba
MLA	Derek Johnson Progressive Conservative
District created	1979
First contested	1981
Last contested	2016

Interlake is a provincial electoral division in the Canadian province of Manitoba. It was created by redistribution in 1979, and has formally existed since the 1981 provincial election. Previously, much of the Interlake region was included in the constituency of St. George. As its name implies, Interlake is located between Lake Winnipeg and Lake Manitoba, in the mid-northern section of the province.

Interlake is bordered to the east by Lake Winnipeg, to the south by Lakeside and Gimli, to the north by Swan River, and to the west by Lake Manitoba. Communities in the riding include Arborg, Riverton, Ashern, Fraserwood. The Black and Deer Islands are also located in the riding.

In 1996, the riding's population was 18,653. In 1999, the average family income was $32,570, and the unemployment rate was 10.60%. Twenty-two per cent of the riding's residents are listed as low-income. Almost 25% of the riding's residents have less than a Grade 9 education.

Agriculture accounts for 22% of Interlake's industry, followed by government services at 13%.

Interlake had been represented continuously by members of the New Democratic Party since its creation. That ended with the 2016 election. In 1995, local members of the Progressive Conservative Party attempted to rig the voting results by promoting a candidate from Independent Native Voice, a minor party. The plan was unsuccessful, but caused a major provincial scandal when its details were revealed to the public in 1998-99.

The current MLA is Progressive Conservative Derek Johnson. He is the riding's first PC MLA since it was created.

List of provincial representatives

Name	Party	Took Office	Left Office
Bill Uruski	NDP	1981	1990
Clif Evans	NDP	1990	1999
Tom Nevakshonoff	NDP	1999	2016
Derek Johnson	Prog. Cons.	2016	present

Electoral results

Manitoba general election, 2016
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Progressive Conservative	Derek Johnson	3,685	52.51	+7.09
	Liberal	Jamal Abas	2,068	28.09	+25.19
	New Democratic	Tom Nevakshonoff	1,428	19.40	-31.06
Total valid votes			7,361	100.0
Source: Elections Manitoba[1]

Manitoba general election, 2011: Interlake
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	New Democratic	Tom Nevakshonoff	3,374	50.46
	Progressive Conservative	Steve Lupky	2,903	43.42
	Independent	John Zasitko	215	3.22
	Liberal	Albert Ratt	194	2.90
Total valid votes			6,686	100.00
Rejected and declined votes			30	0.45
Turnout			6,716	53.36
Registered voters			12,586

Manitoba general election, 2007: Interlake
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Tom Nevakshonoff	4,047	59.30		$19,408.47
	Progressive Conservative	Gary Wasylowski	2,445	35.82		$24,946.26
	Liberal	Franklin Swark	309	4.53	–	$340.30
Total valid votes			6,801	99.63
Rejected and declined votes			25
Turnout			6,826	56.53
Registered voters			12,074

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June, 2003:^[3]

• (x)Tom Nevakshonoff (NDP) 3858
• Betty Green (PC) 1796
• Leslie Jacobson (L) 397

Manitoba general election, 1999: Interlake
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Tom Nevakshonoff	3,809	48.18		$22,797.00
	Progressive Conservative	Betty Green	3,260	41.24		$28,978.73
	Liberal	Margaret Swan	770	9.74	–	$7,010.62
Total valid votes			7,839	99.73
Rejected and declined votes			66
Turnout			7,905	62.99
Registered voters			12,550

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Previous boundaries

The 1998-2011 boundaries for Interlake highlighted in red

References

1. "Results: 41st General Election". Elections Manitoba. 19 April 2016. Retrieved 11 June 2016.
2. http://www.electionsmanitoba.ca/en/Results/39_division_results/39_interlake_summary_results.html - 2007 results
3. http://www.elections.mb.ca/en/Results/38_division_results/38_interlake_summary_results.html
4. http://www.electionsmanitoba.ca/apps/results/37gen/pbp.asp?ED=18 - 1999 Results

Coordinates: 51°25′34″N 97°59′53″W / 51.426°N 97.998°W