Flin Flon (electoral district)

Flin Flon

Manitoba electoral district

Provincial electoral district

Legislature

Legislative Assembly of Manitoba

MLA

Tom Lindsey
New Democratic

District created

1958

First contested

1958

Last contested

2016

Flin Flon is a provincial electoral division in the Canadian province of Manitoba. It was created by redistribution in 1957, and has formally existed since the provincial election of 1958.

At about 80,000 square kilometers, Flin Flon occupies roughly 20% of Manitoba's total area, and is the second largest riding in the province after Rupertsland. It was a smaller riding before 1989, when it gained a significant amount of territory from the former riding of Churchill. It is a mostly rural and sparsely populated riding, located in the province's northwestern corner.

Flin Flon is bordered by Saskatchewan to the west, Nunavut to the north, the ridings of Rupertsland and Thompson to the east, and the riding of The Pas to the south. The actual city of Flin Flon is located in the southwestern corner of the riding, and is its only urban centre.

The riding's population in 1996 was 14,470. In 1999, the average family income was $55,113, and the unemployment rate was 9.70%. Manufacturing accounts for 17% of Flin Flon's economy, followed by mining and oil production at 16%.

Thirty-six per cent of Flin Flon's residents are aboriginal, the sixth-highest percentage in the province.

Flin Flon has been held by the New Democratic Party of Manitoba (NDP) since 1969. The current MLA is Tom Lindsey, who was elected in the provincial election of 2016. He replaced the incumbent, Clarence Pettersen who was de-selected by the NDP and decided to contest the election as an Independent.^[1]

List of provincial representatives

Name	Party	Took Office	Left Office
Francis Bud Jobin	Lib-Prog	1958	1959
Charles Witney	PC	1959	1969
Thomas Barrow	NDP	1969	1981
Jerry Storie	NDP	1981	1994
Gerard Jennissen	NDP	1995	2011
Clarence Pettersen	NDP	2011	2016
Tom Lindsey	NDP	2016	present

Electoral results

2016 Manitoba general election

Manitoba general election, 2016
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	New Democratic	Tom Lindsey	1,106	32.85	–23.99
	Progressive Conservative	Angela Enright	954	28.33	+4.36
	Liberal	Leslie Joan Beck	948	28.16	+12.82
	Independent	Clarence Pettersen	359	10.66	–46.18
Total valid votes			3,367	100.0
Total rejected and declined ballots			36	1.06
Turnout			3,403	34.44
Eligible voters			9,880
	New Democratic hold		Swing		–14.18
Source: Elections Manitoba^[2]^[3]

2011 Manitoba general election

Manitoba general election, 2011
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Clarence Pettersen	1,890	56.84	−19.89
	Progressive Conservative	Darcy Linklater	797	23.97	-
	Liberal	Thomas Heine	510	15.34	−6.74
	Green	Saara Harvie	111	3.33	-
Total valid votes			3,308
Rejected and declined votes			17
Turnout			3,325	35.34	−0.9
Electors on the lists			9,409

2007 Manitoba general election

Manitoba general election, 2007
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Gerard Jennissen	2,255	76.73		$10,879.75
	Liberal	Gary Zamzow	651	22.08	–	$3,607.58
Total valid votes			2,915	98.88
Rejected and declined votes			33
Turnout			2,948	36.24
Electors on the lists			8,135

Source: Elections Manitoba. ^[4]

1999 Manitoba general election

Manitoba general election, 1999
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Gerard Jennissen	3,026	64.59		$18,573.00
	Progressive Conservative	Tom Therien	1,368	29.20		$22,044.17
	Manitoba	Phillip Ng	268	5.72		$1,209.00
Total valid votes			4,662	99.51
Rejected and declined votes			23
Turnout			4,685	51.45
Electors on the lists			9,106

Source: Elections Manitoba. ^[5]

Previous boundaries

1998-2011 boundaries for Flin Flon highlighted in red

References

↑ The Reminder "Pettersen vying for re-election as an independent", 19 March 2016
↑ "Candidates: 41st General Election". Elections Manitoba. 29 March 2016. Retrieved 31 March 2016.
↑ "41st General Election Official Results" (PDF). Elections Manitoba. 2016. Retrieved 16 September 2016.
↑ http://www.electionsmanitoba.ca/en/Results/39_division_results/39_flinflon_summary_results.html - 2007 results
↑ http://www.electionsmanitoba.ca/apps/results/37gen/pbp.asp?ED=12 - 1999 results

Manitoba provincial electoral districts

North	Flin Flon Kewatinook Swan River The Pas Thompson

Southwest	Agassiz Arthur-Virden Brandon East Brandon West Dauphin Midland Portage la Prairie Riding Mountain Spruce Woods

Southeast	Dawson Trail Emerson Gimli Interlake Lac du Bonnet Lakeside La Verendrye Morden-Winkler Morris Selkirk Steinbach St. Paul

Winnipeg	Assiniboia Burrows Charleswood Concordia Elmwood Fort Garry-Riverview Fort Richmond Fort Rouge Fort Whyte Kildonan Kirkfield Park Logan Minto Point Douglas Radisson Riel River East River Heights Rossmere Seine River Southdale St. Boniface St. James St. Johns St. Norbert St. Vital The Maples Transcona Tuxedo Tyndall Park Wolseley

See also: 2011 election List of elections Politics of Manitoba

Coordinates: 57°39′25″N 100°16′59″W / 57.657°N 100.283°W / 57.657; -100.283

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