La Vérendrye is a provincial electoral district of Manitoba, Canada. It was created by redistribution in 1879, and has existed since that time, making it one of the oldest ridings in Manitoba.
Located in the southeastern region of the province, it is bordered within Manitoba by the neighbouring electoral divisions of Lac du Bonnet, Dawson Trail, Steinbach, Springfield-Ritchot, Midland, and Borderland to the west and north; by the province of Ontario to the east; and by the U.S. state of Minnesota to most of the south.
Demographics
The riding's population in 1996 was 19,558. In 1999, the average family income was $49,308, and the unemployment rate was 5.9%. Manufacturing accounts for 12% of the riding's industry, followed by the service sector at 11%.
Before the electoral boundaries redistricting done prior to the 2011 election, La Verendrye had the second-highest francophone population in Manitoba (after St. Boniface), at 23% of the total population. Nine percent of the riding's residents were German, and 7% were Indigenous.
As of the 2021 census, the riding has a total population of 25,185, 92.5% of whom are Canadian citizens. The median age of constituents is 32.8.
People of German ethnicity now make up the largest ethnic or cultural group of the riding's population with 25.3%, followed by Mennonites at 17.6% and French at 14.5%. Seventeen point two percent of the population were identified to have Indigenous identity.
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| Progressive Conservative ||align=right| 78.6
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| Liberal ||align=right| 10.6
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| New Democratic ||align=right| 7.6
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| Green ||align=right| 3.2
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Previous boundaries
thumb|none|200px|Boundaries of La Verendrye in 1997, highlighted in red
See also
- List of Manitoba provincial electoral districts
- Canadian provincial electoral districts