Thompson (electoral district)

Thompson is a provincial electoral division in the Canadian province of Manitoba. It was created by redistribution in 1968 from parts of Churchill and Rupertsland, and has formally existed since the provincial election of 1969.

Thompson

Manitoba electoral district
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of Manitoba
MLA	Danielle Adams New Democratic
District created	1968
First contested	1969
Last contested	2019
Demographics
Census subdivision(s)	Thompson

Thompson is located in the north of the province. It is bordered by Rupertsland to the north and east, Keewatinook to the north and west, and The Pas to the south. The city of Thompson was incorporated shortly before the riding's creation, and is its only major urban centre. Almost half of the riding's residents live in that community.

The riding's population in 1996 was 19,349. In 1999, the average family income was $56,402, and the unemployment rate was 12.60%. The riding's character is primarily working-class, with 17% of its economy coming from the mining sector.

Forty-two per cent of the riding's residents are aboriginal, the third highest rate in the province.

Thompson is usually considered safe for the New Democratic Party, which represented the riding almost continually since its creation. The current MLA, New Democrat Danielle Adams defeated Progressive Conservative Kelly Bindle in the 2019 election. Bindle had previously defeated longtime MLA Steve Ashton as part of his party's landslide victory in the 2016 election. Bindle was only the second Tory ever to win the seat, and the first since 1977.

List of provincial representatives

Name	Party	Took Office	Left Office
Joseph Borowski	NDP	1969	1972
	Independent NDP	1972	1973
Ken Dillen	NDP	1973	1977
Ken MacMaster	PC	1977	1981
Steve Ashton	NDP	1981	2016
Kelly Bindle	PC	2016	2019
Danielle Adams	NDP	2019	present

Electoral results

2019 Manitoba general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Danielle Adams	2,651	54.41	+16.0	$13,643.39
	Progressive Conservative	Kelly Bindle	1,750	35.92	-4.6	$37,215.90
	Green	Meagan Jemmett	294	6.03		$0.00
	Liberal	Darla Contois	177	3.63	-17.29	$0.00
Total valid votes			4,872	100.0
Total rejected ballots
Turnout				37.1
Eligible voters
	New Democratic gain from Progressive Conservative		Swing		+10.3

2016 provincial election redistributed results[1]
Party		%
	Progressive Conservative	40.5
	New Democratic	38.4
	Liberal	20.9
	Independent	0.1

2016 Manitoba general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Progressive Conservative	Kelly Bindle	1,712	44.15	+15.99	$11,544.03
	New Democratic	Steve Ashton	1,527	39.38	-28.82	$17,980.87
	Liberal	Inez Vystrcil-Spence	638	16.45	+13.29	$7,318.95
Total valid votes/Expense limit			3,877	100.0		$32,545.00
Eligible voters			–
Source: Elections Manitoba[2][3][4]

2011 Manitoba general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Steve Ashton	2,586	68.20	−5.24	$11,696.80
	Progressive Conservative	Anita Campbell	1,068	28.16	+18.10	$16,809.87
	Liberal	Ken Dillen	120	3.16	−12.73	$462.91
Total valid votes			3,774
Rejected and declined votes			18
Turnout			3,792	36.72	−3.09
Registered voters			10,328

2007 Manitoba general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Steve Ashton	3,036	73.44		$9,356.43
	Liberal	Kenny Braun	651	15.89	–	$7,377.03
	Progressive Conservative	Cory Phillips	416	10.06		$688.99
Total valid votes			4,108	99.37
Rejected and declined votes			26
Turnout			4,134	39.81
Registered voters			10,384

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2003 Manitoba general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Steve Ashton	3,291			$9,804.99
	Progressive Conservative	Bill Archer	532			$2,448.27
	Liberal	Myrle Traverse	155			$627.36
Total valid votes/Expense limit				100.0		$
Eligible voters			–
Source: Elections Manitoba[6][7]

1999 Manitoba general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Steve Ashton	3,793	70.58		$7,846.00
	Progressive Conservative	Cecil Thorne	1,306	24.03		$20,487.52
	Liberal	Pascal Bighetty	244	4.54	–	$2,661.92
Total valid votes			5,343	100.00
Rejected and declined votes			31
Turnout			5,374	57.48
Registered voters			9,879

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1995 Manitoba general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic	Steve Ashton	3,619	61.71	+1.78
	Progressive Conservative	Chuck Shabe	1,320	22.51	-7.36
	Liberal	Tim Johnston	926	15.79	+5.57
Total valid votes			5,865	100.00
Rejected votes			19
Turnout			5,884	54.87
Registered voters			10,724
Source: Elections Manitoba[9]

1973 Manitoba general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	New Democratic	Ken Dillen	2,742	37.54
	Progressive Conservative	Anna Denby	2,480	33.95
	Liberal	Blain Johnston	2,083	28.51
Total valid votes			7,305	100.00
Rejected votes			33
Turnout			7,338	71.30
Electors on the lists			10,292

Previous boundaries

The 1998-2011 boundaries for Thompson highlighted in red

References

1. Marcoux, Jacques (2019-08-27). "New Manitoba election boundaries give upper hand to Progressive Conservatives, CBC News analysis finds". CBC. Retrieved 2019-09-14.
2. "Candidates: 41st General Election". Elections Manitoba. 29 March 2016. Retrieved 31 March 2016.
3. "41ST GENERAL ELECTION, APRIL 19, 2016 - OFFICIAL RESULTS". Elections Manitoba. 19 April 2016. Retrieved 10 November 2016.
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5. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-03-21. Retrieved 2010-11-25.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - 2007 results
6. "Election Returns: 38th General Election". Elections Manitoba. 2003. Retrieved 16 September 2018.
7. http://www.elections.mb.ca/en/Results/38_division_results/38_thompson_summary_results.html
8. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-09-28. Retrieved 2010-08-10.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - 1999 Results
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