Lac du Bonnet () is a provincial electoral district of Manitoba, Canada. It was created by redistribution in 1957, and has formally existed since the provincial election of 1958. It is a relatively large constituency, located to the northeast of the city of Winnipeg.
Lac du Bonnet is bordered to the west by Red River North and Dawson Trail, to the south by La Verendrye, to the north by Keewatinook and to the east by the Ontario border. Communities in the riding include Lac Du Bonnet, Pinawa, Beausejour, Whitemouth, Tyndall, Hadashville, Ste. Rita, and Powerview-Pine Falls.
The riding is currently regarded as a Progressive Conservative/New Democratic Party marginal. The Tories have held the seat since 1988, though they retained it by only a narrow majority in 2003.
Demographics
The riding's population in 1996 was 20,035. In 1999, the average family income was $45,693, and the unemployment rate was 9.00%. There are a number of diverse economic communities in the riding, including farming, forestry and nuclear research. The service sector accounted for 12% of the riding's industry in 1999, followed by 10% in health and social services.
Lac Du Bonnet is an ethnically diverse riding. Eighteen per cent of the riding's residents are aboriginal, along with 9% German and 6% Ukrainian. Six per cent of the riding's residents are francophone.
Members of the Legislative Assembly
This riding has elected the following MLAs:
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Parliament
! Years
! colspan="2" | Member
! Party
|-
| bgcolor="#EFEFEF" | 22nd
| 1958–1959
| rowspan="1" |
| rowspan="1" | A.A. Trapp
| rowspan="1" | Liberal-Progressive
|-
| bgcolor="#EFEFEF" | 23rd
| 1959–1962
| rowspan="3" |
| rowspan="3" | Oscar Bjornson
| rowspan="3" | Progressive Conservative
|-
| bgcolor="#EFEFEF" | 24th
| 1962–1966
|-
| bgcolor="#EFEFEF" | 25th
| 1966–1969
|-
| bgcolor="#EFEFEF" | 26th
| 1969–1973
| rowspan="5" |
| rowspan="4" | Sam Uskiw
| rowspan="5" | New Democratic
|-
| bgcolor="#EFEFEF" | 27th
| 1973–1977
|-
| bgcolor="#EFEFEF" | 28th
| 1977–1981
|-
| bgcolor="#EFEFEF" | 29th
| 1981–1986
|-
| bgcolor="#EFEFEF" | 30th
| 1986–1988
| rowspan="1" | Clarence Baker
|-
| bgcolor="#EFEFEF" | 31st
| 1988–1990
| rowspan="10" |
| rowspan="4" | Darren Praznik
| rowspan="10" | Progressive Conservative
|-
| bgcolor="#EFEFEF" | 32nd
| 1990–1995
|-
| bgcolor="#EFEFEF" | 33rd
| 1995–1999
|-
| rowspan="2" bgcolor="#EFEFEF" | 34th
| 1999–2002
|-
| 2002–2003
| rowspan="3" | Gerald Hawranik
|-
| bgcolor="#EFEFEF" | 35th
| 2003–2007
|-
| bgcolor="#EFEFEF" | 36th
| 2007–2011
|-
| bgcolor="#EFEFEF" | 37th
| 2011–2016
| rowspan="4" | Wayne Ewasko
|-
| bgcolor="#EFEFEF" | 38th
| 2016–2019
|-
| bgcolor="#EFEFEF" | 39th
| 2019-
|}
Election results
1958
1959
1962
1966
1969
1973
1977
1981
1986
1988
1990
1995
1999
2002 by-election
2003
2007
2011
2016
2019
2023
Previous boundaries
thumb|none|200px|The 1998–2011 electoral boundaries for Lac du Bonnet
See also
- List of Manitoba provincial electoral districts
- Canadian provincial electoral districts