DauphinâÂÂSwan RiverâÂÂMarquette (formerly known as Dauphin and DauphinâÂÂSwan River) was a federal electoral district in Manitoba, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1904 to 2015. Its population in 2011 was 74,800. The riding became known as DauphinâÂÂSwan RiverâÂÂNeepawa for the 2015 federal election.
Languages: 83% English, 2.03% French, 14.97% Other
Racial groups: 75.02% White, 24.21% Aboriginal <br /> Average income: $16,388 <br /> Religions (2001): 47.30% Protestant, 32.18% Catholic, 14.45% Non religious, 3.27% Christian Orthodox, 1.99% Other Christian
Riding associations are the local branches of the national political parties:
The riding was located in between southern and central Manitoba, west of Lake Winnipegosis and Lake Manitoba.
The electoral district was created as "Dauphin" riding in 1903 from Macdonald, Marquette and Saskatchewan (Provisional District) ridings.
In 1983, it was renamed "DauphinâÂÂSwan River".
In 2004, it was renamed "DauphinâÂÂSwan RiverâÂÂMarquette".
The riding elected the following members of Parliament:
The seat was last held by Robert Sopuck, a fisheries biologist. When the riding became known as DauphinâÂÂSwan RiverâÂÂNeepawa, Sopuck handily won the election.
DauphinâÂÂSwan-RiverâÂÂMarquette was a conservative riding for much of the last half-century of its existence. It was held by the Liberals from 1993 to 1997, with that party's sweeping victory in the 1993 general election. The only other time that it was not represented by a centre-right party after 1958 was from 1980 to 1984, when it was held by the NDP.
^ Change is from the total of Progressive Conservative and Canadian Alliance votes in the 2000 election.
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Note: Canadian Alliance vote is compared to Reform Party vote in 1997 election.
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|align="left" colspan=2|Liberal gain from Progressive Conservative |align="right"|Swing |align="right"| -18.85 |align="right"|
Note: NDP vote is compared to CCF vote in 1958 election.