Manitoba votes 2019: Turtle Mountain riding profile

• About the riding
• Voting history
• News stories from Turtle Mountain
• Meet the candidates
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The newsouthwest Manitoba riding of Turtle Mountain was created in the 2018 riding redistribution using pieces of the formerArthur-Virden riding, as well as the ridings of Spruce Woods and Midland.

The riding's southern boundary is the Manitoba-U.S. border and its western boundary is the Manitoba-Saskatchewan border.

Itincludes the communities of Killarney, Hartney, Deloraine, Melita, Boissevain, Cartwright, Pilot Mound, Manitou, Notre Dame de Lourdes, Somerset andSwan Lake First Nation.

Its population is 23,165, according to the province's 2018 riding profile(compiled fromthe 2016 census).

Themedian age of the riding is older thanthe overall provincial median, at44.7in Turtle Mountaincompared to38.3provincewide,according to the 2018 riding profileand the 2016 census. The census found themedian household income in the area is$60,871.

More facts about Turtle Mountain:

• The riding has a greater percentage of residents aged 65 and older than the province in general, at22 per cent in Turtle Mountain compared to 15.6 per cent provincewide, according to the 2018 riding profile and the 2016 census.
• Roughly four per cent of residents reported they speak German most often at home, the profile says, and roughly three per cent say they speak French most often at home.
• Less than three per cent of residents identified as visible minorities, the profile says.
• The median value of a home in the riding is$149,760, the profile says, and roughly 83 per cent of residents reported they own their home.

Voting history

This will be the first election for the new riding of Turtle Mountain.

Turtle Mountainin the news

Meet the candidates

The nominated candidates for the 2019 election are:

• RichardDavies (Liberal).
• AngieHerrera-Hildebrand(NDP).
• David M.Neufeld (Green Party).
• DoylePiwniuk (Progressive Conservative).

Candidates become official when they meet criteria set out in the province'sElections Act, including providing a statement of disclosure. In Turtle Mountain, all candidatesofficial.

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