Manitoba votes 2019: Kirkfield Park riding profile

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• Voting history
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The western Winnipegriding of Kirkfield Parkhas been around since 1981.

The riding is bounded to the south by theAssiniboine Riverand by Portage Avenue, Sturgeon Road and Ness Avenue in the north. The western boundary is Winnipegcity limits and theeastern boundary runs along Mount Royal Road and Portage Avenue.

The riding includes the neighbourhoods of St. Charles, Westwood, Birchwood and Silver Heights.

The riding's population is 22,210, according to the province's 2018 riding profile(compiled fromthe 2016 census).

The median age of the riding isolder thanthe overall provincial median, at47.1compared to 38.3 provincewide, according to the 2018 riding profileand the 2016 census. The census found themedian household income in the area is $74,294.

More facts about Kirkfield Park:

• Roughly aquarter (24.2 per cent) of residents are aged 65 and older, compared to 15.6 per cent provincewide,according to the 2018 profile.
• Just over eightper cent of residents identified as Indigenousin the 2016 census,the profile says.
• Just under 14per cent of residents identified as immigrants, the profile says.

Voting history

The riding has been Progressive Conservative for most of its history, but voted NDP in the 2007 and 2011 elections.

• 1981 to 2003 (seven general elections): Progressive Conservative.
• 2007 and 2011 elections:NDP.
• 2016 election: Progressive Conservative.

Kirkfield Parkin the news

Meet the candidates

The nominated candidates for the 2019 election are:

• Dennis Bayomi (Green Party).
• ScottFielding (Progressive Conservative).
• KurtMorton (NDP).
• ErnieNathaniel (Liberal).

Candidates become official when they meet criteria set out in the province'sElections Act, including providing a statement of disclosure. In Kirkfield Park,all four candidates are official.

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