What to know about the Lagimodire riding for Manitoba's 2023 election

• About the riding
• Voting history
• News stories from Lagimodire
• Meet the candidates
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This will be the second election for the southeast Winnipeg riding of Lagimodire, which was created in the 2018 riding redistribution.

Lagimodire was created to accommodate significant growth in Sage Creek, the Manitoba Electoral Boundaries Commission said. It was formerly the southern part of the Southdale riding, which had experienced considerable population growth.

The riding runs from Abinojii Mikanah (formerly Bishop Grandin Boulevard) along a Manitoba Hydro corridor in the north to city limits in the south. Its western boundary is St. Anne's Road and the Seine River and its eastern boundary is Plessis Road.

The riding includes the neighbourhoods of Island Lakes and Sage Creek.

The riding's population is 25,790, says the province'sElections Manitoba's riding profile (compiled with data from the 2021 census).

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The median age of the riding is slightly older than the Manitoba median, at 39.6 compared to 38.4 provincewide, the riding profilesays.Themedian household income in the area is $114,000, according to the 2021 census.

More facts about Lagimodire

• Roughly 32 per cent of residents are visible minorities, Elections Manitoba's riding profile says.
• Roughly 24 per cent of residents identified as immigrants, the profile says.

Voting history

This will be the second election in the riding. In 2019, incumbent Andrew Smithwon the seat for the Progressive Conservatives.

Lagimodire in the news

• Vole infestation wreaks havoc on woman's backyard in Island Lakes
• Gym class outside in a Winnipeg winter? This school is pitching a way around the cold

Meet the candidates

As of Sept. 11, the nominated candidates for the 2023 electionare:

• Tyler Blashko (NDP).
• Walt Nilsson (Liberal).
• Andrew Smith (Progressive Conservative incumbent).

Candidates become official when they meet criteria set out in the province's Elections Act, including providing a statement of disclosure, after the election has been called. In Lagimodire, all candidates are official.

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