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This article is about the Manitoba provincial electoral district. For the Alberta federal electoral district, see Pembina (Alberta electoral district). For the Alberta provincial electoral district, see Pembina (Alberta provincial electoral district).
The 1998-2011 boundaries of Pembina highlighted in red

Pembina was a provincial electoral division in the Canadian province of Manitoba.

1878-1879

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The original riding of Pembina was created in 1878, in what was then the southwestern corner of the province. It was eliminated in 1879. The riding's sole Member of the Legislative Assembly was John Stevenson, who was elected in opposition to John Norquay's government, but supported Norquay's short-lived anglophone ministry in 1879.

1958-2011

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The most recent Pembina constituency was created by redistribution in 1956, and existed from the 1958 provincial election until the 2011 election.

Pembina was located in the southern part of the province. It was bordered to the north by Carman, to the east by Emerson, to the west by Turtle Mountain, and to the south by the American state of North Dakota.

The main communities in the riding were Morden and Winkler.

Pembina's population in 1996 was 20,177. In 1999, the average family income was $44,624, and the unemployment rate was 5.00%. Manufacturing accounts for 17% of the riding's industry, followed by agriculture at 16%. A quarter of the riding's population has less than a Grade Nine education. Twenty-four per cent of the riding's residents listed German as their ethnic origin, followed by Mennonites at 9% and Dutch at 8%.

The riding was only held by the Progressive Conservative Party, and was considered extremely safe for that party. The last MLA, Peter George Dyck, was re-elected with over 75% of the vote in 2003, despite his party losing other seats across the province.

Following the 2008 electoral redistribution, Pembina was dissolved into Emerson and the newly created ridings of Midland and Morden-Winkler for the 2011 election.

Member of the Legislative Assembly

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Name Party Took office Left office
John Stevenson Opposition/Conservative 1878 1879
John Stevenson Government/Conservative 1879 1879
Name Party Took office Left office
Maurice Ridley PC 1958 1960
Carolyne Morrison PC 1960 1969
George Henderson PC 1969 1977
Donald Orchard PC 1977 1995
Peter George Dyck PC 1995 2011

Electoral results

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1878

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1878 Manitoba general election: Pembina
Party Candidate Votes %
Undeclared John Stevenson 111 58.12
Undeclared Julius Frazelle Galbraith 53 27.75
Undeclared J. Morris 27 14.14
Total valid votes 191 –
Rejected N/A –
Eligible voters / Turnout 1,370 13.94
Source(s)
Source: Manitoba. Chief Electoral Officer (1999). Statement of Votes for the 37th Provincial General Election, September 21, 1999 (PDF) (Report). Winnipeg: Elections Manitoba.

1958

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1958 Manitoba general election: Pembina
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Maurice Ridley 2,683 63.99 –
Liberal–Progressive Kenneth C. Hartwell 1,510 36.01 –
Total valid votes 4,193 – –
Rejected 43 –
Eligible voters / Turnout 6,359 66.61 52.67
Source(s)
Source: Manitoba. Chief Electoral Officer (1999). Statement of Votes for the 37th Provincial General Election, September 21, 1999 (PDF) (Report). Winnipeg: Elections Manitoba.

1959

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1959 Manitoba general election: Pembina
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Maurice Ridley 3,077 71.96 7.97
Liberal–Progressive Lynwood Clarence Graham 1,199 28.04 -7.97
Total valid votes 4,276 – –
Rejected 23 –
Eligible voters / Turnout 6,469 66.46 -0.16
Source(s)
Source: Manitoba. Chief Electoral Officer (1999). Statement of Votes for the 37th Provincial General Election, September 21, 1999 (PDF) (Report). Winnipeg: Elections Manitoba.

1960 by-election

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Manitoba provincial by-election, 1960: Pembina
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Carolyne Morrison 2,132 43.21 -28.75
Liberal–Progressive Charles F. Cousins 1,491 30.22 2.18
Social Credit Bruce G. Wannop 1,311 26.57 –
Total valid votes 4,934 – –
Rejected N/A –
Eligible voters / Turnout N/A – –
Source(s)
Source: Manitoba. Chief Electoral Officer (1999). Statement of Votes for the 37th Provincial General Election, September 21, 1999 (PDF) (Report). Winnipeg: Elections Manitoba.

1962

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1962 Manitoba general election: Pembina
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Carolyne Morrison 2,436 52.26 9.05
Liberal Charles F. Cousins 2,225 47.74 –
Total valid votes 4,661 – –
Rejected 22 –
Eligible voters / Turnout 6,378 73.42 –
Source(s)
Source: Manitoba. Chief Electoral Officer (1999). Statement of Votes for the 37th Provincial General Election, September 21, 1999 (PDF) (Report). Winnipeg: Elections Manitoba.

1966

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1966 Manitoba general election: Pembina
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Carolyne Morrison 2,057 44.63 -7.63
Liberal Vernon Norris Spangelo 1,545 33.52 -14.22
Social Credit Frederick Hamm 878 19.05 –
New Democratic Robert Keith Wallcraft 129 2.80 –
Total valid votes 4,609 – –
Rejected 48 –
Eligible voters / Turnout 6,266 74.32 0.90
Source(s)
Source: Manitoba. Chief Electoral Officer (1999). Statement of Votes for the 37th Provincial General Election, September 21, 1999 (PDF) (Report). Winnipeg: Elections Manitoba.

1969

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1969 Manitoba general election: Pembina
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative George Henderson 2,823 51.37 6.74
Liberal Kenneth John Draper 1,815 33.03 -0.49
Social Credit David Harms 521 9.48 -9.57
New Democratic Edith Alsop 336 6.11 3.32
Total valid votes 5,495 – –
Rejected 18 –
Eligible voters / Turnout 8,147 67.67 -6.65
Source(s)
Source: Manitoba. Chief Electoral Officer (1999). Statement of Votes for the 37th Provincial General Election, September 21, 1999 (PDF) (Report). Winnipeg: Elections Manitoba.

1973

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1973 Manitoba general election: Pembina
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative George Henderson 4,408 63.21 11.83
Liberal Robert Stewart "Bob" McKenzie 1,553 22.27 -10.76
New Democratic Paul Klassen 1,013 14.53 8.41
Total valid votes 6,974 – –
Rejected 41 –
Eligible voters / Turnout 8,934 78.52 10.85
Source(s)
Source: Manitoba. Chief Electoral Officer (1999). Statement of Votes for the 37th Provincial General Election, September 21, 1999 (PDF) (Report). Winnipeg: Elections Manitoba.

1977

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1977 Manitoba general election: Pembina
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Donald Orchard 5,214 69.78 6.57
Liberal Victor Epp 1,141 15.27 -7.00
New Democratic Marianne Martin 1,117 14.95 0.42
Total valid votes 7,472 – –
Rejected 9 –
Eligible voters / Turnout 9,802 76.32 -2.20
Source(s)
Source: Manitoba. Chief Electoral Officer (1999). Statement of Votes for the 37th Provincial General Election, September 21, 1999 (PDF) (Report). Winnipeg: Elections Manitoba.

1981

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1981 Manitoba general election: Pembina
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Donald Orchard 6,361 77.64 7.86
New Democratic Jeff Taylor 862 10.52 -4.43
Liberal Ken Popkes 696 8.50 -6.78
Progressive John Brooks 274 3.34 –
Total valid votes 8,193 – –
Rejected 20 –
Eligible voters / Turnout 12,229 67.16 -9.16
Source(s)
Source: Manitoba. Chief Electoral Officer (1999). Statement of Votes for the 37th Provincial General Election, September 21, 1999 (PDF) (Report). Winnipeg: Elections Manitoba.

1986

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1986 Manitoba general election: Pembina
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Donald Orchard 5,270 65.19 -12.45
Confederation of Regions Abe Giesbrecht 944 11.68 –
New Democratic Edourd Hiebert 913 11.29 0.77
Liberal Lynn Rempel 849 10.50 2.01
Progressive John M. Brooks 108 1.34 -2.01
Total valid votes 8,084 – –
Rejected 5 –
Eligible voters / Turnout 12,660 63.89 -3.27
Source(s)
Source: Manitoba. Chief Electoral Officer (1999). Statement of Votes for the 37th Provincial General Election, September 21, 1999 (PDF) (Report). Winnipeg: Elections Manitoba.

1988

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1988 Manitoba general election: Pembina
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Donald Orchard 6,043 66.44 1.25
Liberal Marilyn Skubovius 2,171 23.87 13.37
Confederation of Regions Abe Giesbrecht 499 5.49 -6.19
New Democratic Hans Wittich 382 4.20 -7.09
Total valid votes 9,095 – –
Rejected 7 –
Eligible voters / Turnout 12,823 70.98 7.09
Source(s)
Source: Manitoba. Chief Electoral Officer (1999). Statement of Votes for the 37th Provincial General Election, September 21, 1999 (PDF) (Report). Winnipeg: Elections Manitoba.

1990

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1990 Manitoba general election: Pembina
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Donald Orchard 5,497 78.73 12.29
Liberal Marilyn Skubovis 833 11.93 -11.94
New Democratic Bert Siemens 652 9.34 5.14
Total valid votes 6,982 – –
Rejected 28 –
Eligible voters / Turnout 12,017 58.33 -12.65
Source(s)
Source: Manitoba. Chief Electoral Officer (1999). Statement of Votes for the 37th Provincial General Election, September 21, 1999 (PDF) (Report). Winnipeg: Elections Manitoba.

1995

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1995 Manitoba general election: Pembina
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Peter Dyck 5,092 62.28 -16.45
Liberal Walter Hoeppner 2,632 32.19 20.26
New Democratic Sean Espey 452 5.53 -3.81
Total valid votes 8,176 – –
Rejected 32 –
Eligible voters / Turnout 13,287 61.77 3.44
Source(s)
Source: Manitoba. Chief Electoral Officer (1999). Statement of Votes for the 37th Provincial General Election, September 21, 1999 (PDF) (Report). Winnipeg: Elections Manitoba.

1999

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1999 Manitoba general election: Pembina
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
Progressive Conservative Peter Dyck 4,808 69.01 6.73 $22,051.63
New Democratic Celso Arevalo 1,120 16.08 10.55 $231.00
Liberal Marilyn Skubovius 1,039 14.91 -17.28 $959.87
Total valid votes 6,967 – –
Rejected 42 –
Eligible voters / turnout 13,336 52.56 -9.22
Source(s)
Source: Manitoba. Chief Electoral Officer (1999). Statement of Votes for the 37th Provincial General Election, September 21, 1999 (PDF) (Report). Winnipeg: Elections Manitoba.

2003

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2003 Manitoba general election: Pembina
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
Progressive Conservative Peter Dyck 4,694 76.24 7.23 $7,710.31
New Democratic Mary Johnson 877 14.24 -1.83 $716.46
Liberal Marilyn Skubovius 505 8.20 -6.71 $238.00
Communist Aaron Crossman 81 1.32 – $388.23
Total valid votes 6,157 – –
Rejected 18 –
Eligible voters / turnout 14,326 43.10 -9.45
Source(s)
Source: Manitoba. Chief Electoral Officer (2003). Statement of Votes for the 38th Provincial General Election, June 3, 2003 (PDF) (Report). Winnipeg: Elections Manitoba.

2007

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2007 Manitoba general election: Pembina
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
Progressive Conservative Peter Dyck 5,192 77.24 1.00 $12,384.46
New Democratic Lisa Moore 960 14.28 0.04 $517.81
Liberal Ralph Gowan 570 8.48 0.28 $2636.35
Total valid votes 6,722 – –
Rejected 16 –
Eligible voters / turnout 14,989 44.95 1.85
Source(s)
Source: Manitoba. Chief Electoral Officer (2007). Statement of Votes for the 39th Provincial General Election, May 22, 2007 (PDF) (Report). Winnipeg: Elections Manitoba.

References

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49°10′26″N 98°15′40″W / 49.174°N 98.261°W / 49.174; -98.261

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