Springfield-Ritchot

Springfield-Ritchot is a provincial electoral district in the Canadian province of Manitoba that came into effect at the 2019 Manitoba general election. It contains the R.M. of Ritchot, Niverville and the west of the R.M. of Springfield. In 2019, it elected Ron Schuler to the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba.[2]

Springfield-Ritchot

Manitoba electoral district
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of Manitoba
MLA	Ron Schuler Progressive Conservative
District created	2018
First contested	2019
Demographics
Population (2016)[1]	21,985
Census division(s)	Division No. 2, Division No. 12
Census subdivision(s)	Hanover, Morris, Niverville, Ritchot, Springfield

The riding was created by the 2018 provincial redistribution out of parts of St. Paul, La Verendrye, Dawson Trail and Morris.

Election results

2019 Manitoba general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Progressive Conservative	Ron Schuler	5,661	59.50	-7.2	$44,481.26
	New Democratic	Obasesam Okoi	1,976	20.77	+5.6	$1,451.32
	Green	Garrett Hawgood	1,065	11.19	+10.1	$672.14
	Liberal	Sara Mirwaldt	813	8.54	-6.3	$0.00
Total valid votes			9,515	100.0
Total rejected ballots
Turnout				65.1
Eligible voters
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		-6.4

2016 provincial election redistributed results[3]
Party		%
	Progressive Conservative	66.7
	New Democratic	15.2
	Liberal	14.8
	Manitoba	2.2
	Green	1.1

References

1. "Final Report 2018" (PDF). Manitoba Electoral Divisions Boundaries Commission. 2018-11-29. Retrieved 2019-09-07.
2. "MLA Biographies - Living". www.gov.mb.ca. Retrieved 2020-10-12.
3. Marcoux, Jacques (2019-08-27). "New Manitoba election boundaries give upper hand to Progressive Conservatives, CBC News analysis finds". CBC. Retrieved 2019-09-14.