Emerson is a former provincial electoral district of Manitoba, Canada. It was created by redistribution in 1879 and eliminated prior the 2019 general election. Most of its territory was redistributed to the newly created Borderland riding. The eastern part of the former riding was transferred to the La Verendrye riding.

It was located in the southeastern corner of the province. It is bordered to the north by Carman, Morris, Steinbach and La Verendrye, to the west by Pembina, to the east by the province of Ontario and to the south by the American state of North Dakota. The riding included the communities/municipalities of Emerson, Altona, Dominion City, Rhineland, Gretna, Woodridge, and St. Jean Baptiste.

The riding's population in 2008 was 20,370. In 2011, the average family income was $61,951, and the unemployment rate was 2.9%. Agriculture accounted for 24% of the riding's industry, followed by manufacturing at 16%. Over 27% of Emerson's residents had less than a Grade Nine education. Emerson was an ethnically diverse riding, with only 51% of its residents listing English as their mother tongue. 26% of the riding's residents listed themselves as either German, French, Ukrainian, Polish or Mennonite, while a further 5% were aboriginal.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

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! Name

! Party

! Took office

! Left office

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| William Nash

| Opposition/Conservative

| 1879

| 1880

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| Thomas Carney

| Cons

| 1880

| 1883

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| Frederick Burnham

| Lib

| 1883

| 1883

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| Charles Douglas

| Cons

| 1883

| 1888

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| James Thomson

| Lib

| 1888

| 1892

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| David McFadden

| Cons

| 1892

| 1907

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| George Walton

| Lib

| 1907

| 1910

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| David McFadden

| Cons

| 1910

| 1915

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| John Baskerville

| Lib

| 1915

| 1920

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| Dmytro Yakimischak

| Farmer

| 1920

| 1922

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|

| | Independent

| 1922

| 1927

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| Robert Curran

| Lib-Prog

| 1927

| 1932

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| | Lib-Prog

| 1932

| 1936

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| Herbert Wright

| Independent/Liberal

| 1936

| 1941

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| John Solomon

| Independent/Pro-Coalition

| 1941

| 1945

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| | Lib-Prog

| 1945

| 1953

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| | Independent Liberal-Progressive

| 1953

| 1957

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| John Tanchak

| Lib-Prog

| 1957

| 1969

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| Gabriel Girard

| PC

| 1969

| 1973

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| Steve Derewianchuk

| NDP

| 1973

| 1977

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| Albert Driedger

| PC

| 1977

| 1990

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| Jack Penner

| PC

| 1990

| 2007

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| rowspan=2|Cliff Graydon

| PC

| 2007

| 2018

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| Independent

| 2018

| 2019

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Electoral results

1879

1880 by-election

1883

1883 by-election

1886

1888

1892

1896

1899

1900 by-election

1903

1907

1910

1914

1915

1920

1922

1927

1932

1936

1941

1945

1949

1953

1957 by-election

1958

1959

1962

1966

1969

1973

1977

1981

1986

1988

1990

1995

1999

2003

2007

2011

2016

Previous boundaries

thumb|none|200px|1998–2011 boundaries of Emerson highlighted in red.

See also

  • List of Manitoba provincial electoral districts
  • Canadian provincial electoral districts

References