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Arthur-Virden is a provincial electoral division in the Canadian

Canada

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province of Manitoba

Manitoba

Manitoba is a Canadian prairie province with an area of . The province has over 110,000 lakes and has a largely continental climate because of its flat topography. Agriculture, mostly concentrated in the fertile southern and western parts of the province, is vital to the province's economy; other...

. It was created by redistribution in 1989, combining the former constituencies of Arthur and Virden.

Arthur-Virden is located in the southwestern corner of the province. It is bordered to the north by Russell and Minnedosa, to the east by Turtle Mountain, to the west by the province of Saskatchewan

Saskatchewan

Saskatchewan is a prairie province in Canada, which has an area of . Saskatchewan is bordered on the west by Alberta, on the north by the Northwest Territories, on the east by Manitoba, and on the south by the U.S. states of Montana and North Dakota....

and to the south by the American state of North Dakota

North Dakota

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.

Communities in the riding include Virden

Virden, Manitoba

Virden, Manitoba is a town in southwestern Manitoba. Oil was first discovered in 1951, and Virden has since come to be known as the "Oil Capital of Manitoba"....

, Elkhorn

Elkhorn, Manitoba

Elkhorn is a village in southwestern Manitoba, Canada.Incorporated on January 2, 1906, it is located approximately 105 kilometers west of Brandon. It is surrounded by the Rural Municipality of Wallace.-History:...

, Oak Lake

Oak Lake, Manitoba

Oak Lake, Manitoba is a town in the south-western "Westman region" of Manitoba, Canada. It is located west of Brandon along the Trans-Canada Highway....

, Hartney

Hartney, Manitoba

Hartney, established as a town in 1882 in Cameron municipality along the Souris River, is a small town in the South-Western portion of the Canadian province of Manitoba, population 400 . It is named after the legendary Mr...

, Deloraine

Deloraine, Manitoba

Deloraine is a farming town in the Canadian province of Manitoba. It is situated near the Turtle Mountains in the southwestern corner of the province. Located in the Westman Region, the town is 100 kilometres south of Brandon, the region's largest centre...

, Melita

Melita, Manitoba

Melita is a town located in the southwestern corner of the Canadian province of Manitoba. It is surrounded by the Rural Municipality of Arthur and occupies a bend of the Souris River. The population, as of the 2006 census, is 1,051. It sits at the junction of Highways 3 and 83, approx....

, Reston

Reston, Manitoba

Reston is a small community in southwestern Manitoba, located near the border of Saskatchewan on the west and North Dakota on the south. It is the biggest town in the Rural Municipality of Pipestone, which also includes the towns of Sinclair, Cromer and Pipestone...

and Boissevain

Boissevain, Manitoba

Boissevain is a town in Manitoba near the North Dakota border. It is surrounded by the Rural Municipality of Morton. It is notable for its proximity to the International Peace Garden, a short drive south on Highway 10. The town also displays a number of wall murals as a tourist attraction...

.

The riding's population in 1996 was 19,479. As of 1999, the average family income was $41,338, and the unemployment rate was 4.80%. The riding is primarily agrarian, with agriculture accounting for 32% of its industry.

Ten per cent of the Arthur-Virden's residents list German

Germany

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as their ethnic background. The riding has one of the highest rates of senior citizens in the province, at 19.7% of the total.

Arthur-Virden, and the two ridings from which it was formed, have been Progressive Conservative

Progressive Conservative Party of Manitoba

The Progressive Conservative Party of Manitoba is the only right wing political party in Manitoba, Canada. It is also the official opposition party in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba.-Origins and early years:...

seats since 1953.

Past election results

|Progressive Conservative

Progressive Conservative Party of Manitoba

New Democratic Party of Manitoba

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Manitoba Liberal Party

The Manitoba Liberal Party is a political party in Manitoba, Canada. Its roots can be traced to the late nineteenth-century, following the province's creation in 1870.-Origins and early development :...

|Murray Lee
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|Progressive Conservative

Progressive Conservative Party of Manitoba

Manitoba Liberal Party

|Glen McKinnon

Glen McKinnon

Glen McKinnon is a Canadian educator and politician from Manitoba. He represented the federal electoral district of Brandon—Souris in the Canadian House of Commons from 1993-1997 as a member of the Liberal Party...

New Democratic Party of Manitoba

|Goldwyn Jones
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List of provincial representatives

Name	Party	Took Office	Left Office
Jim Downey	PC Progressive Conservative Party of Manitoba The Progressive Conservative Party of Manitoba is the only right wing political party in Manitoba, Canada. It is also the official opposition party in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba.-Origins and early years:...	1990	1999
Larry Maguire Larry Maguire Larry Maguire is a politician and activist farmer in Manitoba, Canada. He is currently the deputy leader of the Progressive Conservative Party of Manitoba in the Manitoba legislature.-Farming activist:...	PC Progressive Conservative Party of Manitoba The Progressive Conservative Party of Manitoba is the only right wing political party in Manitoba, Canada. It is also the official opposition party in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba.-Origins and early years:...	1999	present

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