Concordia (electoral district)

The 2011+ boundaries of Concordia highlighted in red.

Concordia is a provincial electoral division in the Canadian province of Manitoba. It is located in the northeastern part of the city of Winnipeg.

It is bordered to the south by St. Boniface, to the west by Elmwood, to the north by Rossmere and to the east by Radisson. The riding was created by redistribution in 1979, and formally came into existence with the provincial election of 1981.

Concordia is an ethnically diverse riding, with a 16% immigrant population. According to a 1999 census report, 9% of the riding's residents are aboriginal, with a further 9% of German background and 7% of Ukrainian background.

Concordia's population in 1996 was 20,318. The average family income of the riding in 1999 was $39,613, one of the lowest in the province. 32% of the riding's residents are listed as low income, and 21% of its households are single-parent families. The unemployment rate in 1996 was 9.50%.

The riding's primary industry in 1999 was manufacturing (18%) followed by services (14%) and the retail trade (14%).

The riding has been held by the New Democratic Party since its creation, and is regarded as safe for the party. The party's Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) from 1986 to 2009 was provincial Premier Gary Doer, who was re-elected in 2003 and 2007 with 77% and 70% of the popular vote, respectively. Following Doer's appointment as Ambassador to the United States in 2009, a by-election was scheduled for March 2, 2010. Matt Wiebe, Doer's former constituency assistant, successfully retained the riding for the NDP.

List of provincial representatives

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
32nd	1981–1986		Peter Fox	New Democratic
33rd	1986–1988		Gary Doer	New Democratic
34th	1988-1990
35th	1990-1995
36th	1995-1999
37th	1999-2003
38th	2003-2007
39th	2007–2009
	2009–2011		Matt Wiebe	New Democratic
40th	2011–present

Electoral history

Manitoba general election, 2011
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Matt Wiebe	4,088	62.72	+4.01
	Progressive Conservative	Naseer Ahmed Warraich	1,803	28.22	+8.43
	Green	Ryan Poirier	308	4.82	+1.00
	Liberal	Isaiah Oyeleru	237	3.71	−13.77
Total valid votes			6,356
Rejected and declined ballots			34
Turnout			6,390	49.76
Electors on the lists			12,834

Manitoba provincial by-election, March 2, 2010
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Matt Wiebe	2,065	58.71	−10.34
	Progressive Conservative	Brian Biebrich	694	19.79	−1.83
	Liberal	Judi Heppner	613	17.48	+11.47
	Green	Ellen Young	134	3.82	+0.49
Total valid votes			3,506
Rejected and declined ballots			11
Turnout			3,517	31.54	−15.88
Electors on the lists			11,150

Manitoba general election, 2007
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Gary Doer	3,862	69.05	−7.62	$14,144.95
	Progressive Conservative	Ken Waddell	1,209	21.62	+5.51	$15,745.09
	Liberal	Leslie Worthington	336	6.01	−1.21	$340.30
	Green	Andrew Basham	186	3.33	–	$199.88
Total valid votes			5,593	100.00
Rejected and declined votes			28
Turnout			5,621	47.42	+0.92
Electors on the lists			11,853

Manitoba general election, 2003
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Gary Doer	4,450	76.67	+6.58	$20,354.04
	Progressive Conservative	Conor Lloyd	935	16.11	−7.26	$0.00
	Liberal	Tanya Parks	419	7.22	+1.75	$1,033.77
Total valid votes			5,804	100.00
Rejected and declined votes			38
Turnout			5,842	46.50	−17.76
Electors on the lists			12,564

Manitoba general election, 1999
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Gary Doer	5,691	70.09		$13,477.00
	Progressive Conservative	Paul Murphy	1,898	23.37		$21,285.31
	Liberal	Chris Hlady	444	5.47	–	$193.61
	Green	C. David Nickarz	87	1.07	–	$25.00
Total valid votes			8,120	100.00
Rejected and declined votes			48
Turnout			8,168	64.26
Electors on the lists			12,711

Manitoba general election, 1995
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Gary Doer	4,827	63.58	+5.41	$17,879.00
	Progressive Conservative	Paul Murphy	1,845	24.30	−0.26	$13,105.33
	Liberal	Bret Dobbin	816	10.75	−2.68	$11,467.33
	Libertarian	Guy Beaudry	104	1.37	−0.34	$477.96
Total valid votes			7,592	100.00
Rejected and declined votes			30
Turnout			7,622	66.82	−1.56
Electors on the lists			11,406

Manitoba general election, 1990
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	New Democratic	Gary Doer	4,588	58.17
	Progressive Conservative	Vic Rubiletz	1,937	24.56
	Liberal	Gunter Grosskamper	1,059	13.43
	Western Independence	Fred Cameron	168	2.13
	Libertarian	Guy Beaudry	135	1.71
Total valid votes			7,887	100.00
Rejected votes			12
Turnout			7,899	68.38
Electors on the lists			11,551

Manitoba general election, 1988
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	New Democratic	Gary Doer	3,702	37.71	−16.66
	Liberal	Barbara Blomeley	2,948	30.03	+19.11
	Progressive Conservative	Vic Rubiletz	2,634	26.83	−5.42
	Independent	Bill Seman	358	3.65	–
	Western Independence	Fred Cameron	114	1.16	−1.29
	Progressive	Charles Henry	61	0.62
Total valid votes			9,817	100.00
Rejected votes			10
Turnout			9,827	76.43	−10.21
Electors on the lists			12,857

Manitoba general election, 1986
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	New Democratic Party	Gary Doer	4,525	54.37	−6.54
	Progressive Conservative	Brent Aubertin	2,684	32.25	+2.71
	Liberal	Gail Stapon	909	10.92	+7.39
	Western Canada Concept	Fred Cameron	204	2.45
Total valid votes			8,322	100.00
Rejected votes			13
Turnout			8,335	66.22	−3.44
Electors on the lists			12,587

Manitoba general election, 1981
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	New Democratic	Peter Fox	5,333	60.91
	Progressive Conservative	D. Scotty McVicar	2,586	29.54
	Liberal	Gail Stapon	309	3.53
	Progressive	Josephine Young	306	3.50
	Independent	Bob Fraser	221	2.52
Total valid votes			8,755
Rejected votes			15
Turnout			8,770	69.66
Electors on the lists			12,589

Previous boundaries

The 1999-2011 boundaries of Concordia highlighted in red.