Agassiz (electoral district)

Agassiz

Manitoba electoral district
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of Manitoba
MLA	Eileen Clarke Progressive Conservative
District created	2008
First contested	2011
Last contested	2016

Agassiz is a provincial electoral division in the Canadian province of Manitoba. It was created by redistribution in 2008, out of parts of Ste. Rose and Turtle Mountain.

Communities in the riding include Gladstone, Neepawa, McCreary, Carberry, MacGregor and Westbourne. The riding's population in 2006 was 20,805.

List of provincial representatives

Name	Party	Took Office	Left Office
Stu Briese	PC	2011	2016
Eileen Clarke	PC	2016	present

Election results

Manitoba general election, 2016
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Progressive Conservative	Eileen Clarke	5,228	74.72	+3.99
	Independent	Damian Dempsey	910	13.01	–
	New Democratic	Courtney Lucas	450	6.43	–10.69
	Green	Robert F. Smith	409	5.85	+0.77
Total valid votes			6,997	100.0
Total rejected and declined ballots			49	0.70
Turnout			7,046	57.14
Eligible voters			12,332
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		–4.51
Source: Elections Manitoba[1][2]

Manitoba general election, 2011
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Progressive Conservative	Stu Briese	4,396	70.73
	New Democratic	Amity Sagness	1,064	17.12
	Liberal	Gary Sallows	411	6.61
	Green	Kate Storey	316	5.08
Total valid votes			6,187
Rejected and declined ballots			28
Turnout			6,215	46.01
Electors on the lists			13,509

References

1. "Candidates: 41st General Election". Elections Manitoba. 29 March 2016. Retrieved 31 March 2016.
2. "41st General Election Official Results" (PDF). Elections Manitoba. 2016. Retrieved 16 September 2016.

Coordinates: 50°26′02″N 99°12′36″W / 50.434°N 99.210°W