Minnedosa is a provincial electoral division in the Canadian

Canada

Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

 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 in 1881 with the expansion of the province's western boundary, and has existed continuously since that time. From 1886 to 1888, it was divided into Minnedosa East and Minnedosa West.

Minnedosa is located in the southwestern region of Manitoba. It is bordered by Russell to the north, Ste. Rose to the east, Turtle Mountain to the east and south, and Arthur-Virden to the south and west. The constituency also surrounds the City of Brandon

Brandon, Manitoba

Brandon is the second largest city in Manitoba, Canada, and is located in the southwestern area of the province. Brandon is the largest city in the Westman region of Manitoba. The city is located along the Assiniboine River. Spruce Woods Provincial Park and CFB Shilo are a relatively short distance...

, which is divided into the ridings of Brandon East and Brandon West.

Minnedosa

Minnedosa, Manitoba

Minnedosa is a town in the southwestern part of the Canadian province of Manitoba. Situated 50 kilometres north of Brandon, Manitoba on the Little Saskatchewan River, the name means "flowing water" in Sioux. The population of Minnedosa reported in the 2006 Statistics Canada Census was 2,474...

 itself is the largest community in the constituency. Other communities in the include Souris

Souris, Manitoba

Souris is a town in the southwestern portion of the Canadian province of Manitoba, 2006 population 1,772, total including Glenwood Municipality is 2,412. It is located on the Souris River, from which it takes its name. The town is home to Canada's longest historic cable-stayed footbridge , known...

, Rivers, Rapid City

Rapid City, Manitoba

Rapid City is a town in southwest Manitoba, Canada located about 30km north of Brandon, Manitoba. Rapid City is situated in the Rural Municipality of Saskatchewan and is built on the banks of the Little Saskatchewan River. The town is a small farming community with a population of about five...

, Shilo, Basswood, Wawanesa

Wawanesa, Manitoba

Wawanesa is a community in Manitoba, Canada. It is the birthplace of the The Wawanesa Mutual Insurance Co. The village is surrounded by the Rural Municipality of Oakland....

 and Erickson

Erickson, Manitoba

Erickson is a town in the Rural Municipality of Clanwilliam in the Canadian province of Manitoba. It is located on Highway 10 on 32-17-18W in south central Manitoba. The main industry of Erickson is agriculture....

.

Minnedosa's population in 1996 was 18,694. As of 1999, the average family income was $46,627, and the unemployment rate was 3.50%. Agriculture accounts for 22% of the riding's industry, followed by government services at 12% and health and social services at 12%.

Six per cent of the population is of German

Germany

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 background, and 15% are over 65 years of age.

Minnedosa has been held by the Progressive Conservative Party

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:...

 for several decades, but the New Democratic Party

New Democratic Party of Manitoba

The New Democratic Party of Manitoba is a social-democratic political party in Manitoba, Canada. It is the provincial wing of the federal New Democratic Party, and is a successor to the Manitoba Co-operative Commonwealth Federation...

 have made serious efforts to win the seat in recent years. In the provincial election of 2003

Manitoba general election, 2003

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, the Tories retained the seat by only 12 votes, but in the 2007 Election

Manitoba general election, 2007

The Manitoba general election held on May 22, 2007 was held to elect Members of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Manitoba, Canada. It was won by the New Democratic Party, which won 36 seats out of 57. The Progressive Conservative Party finished second with nineteen seats. The Liberal...

 the Progressive Conservative incumbent Leanne Rowat

Leanne Rowat

Leanne Rowat is a politician in Manitoba, Canada. In 2003, she was elected to the Manitoba legislature as a Progressive Conservative.Prior to entering public life herself, Rowat was a legislative assistant to Progressive Conservative MLA Harold Gilleshammer, and worked as a community development...

 won with 52.83% of the vote to the NDP candidate's 38.53% of the vote.

The constituency in the next election will be dissolved into the ridings of Spruce Woods

Spruce Woods (electoral district)

Spruce Woods is a provincial electoral division in the Canadian province of Manitoba. It was created by redistribution in 2008 and was created out of parts of ....

, Riding Mountain

Riding Mountain (electoral district)

Riding Mountain is a provincial electoral division in the Canadian province of Manitoba. It was created by redistribution in 2008 and was created out of parts of .Communities in the riding include Minnedosa, Rapid City, Rivers, and Russell...

, and Arthur-Virden

Arthur-Virden

Arthur-Virden is a provincial electoral division in the Canadian province of Manitoba. 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...

List of provincial representatives (Minnedosa, original constituency)

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Name	Party	Took Office	Left Office
John Crerar	Lib 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 :...	1881	1883
David H. Harrison	Lib-Cons 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:...	1883	1886

List of provincial representatives (Minnedosa East)

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Name	Party	Took Office	Left Office
James Gillies James Gillies James McPhail Gillies, CM was a Progressive Conservative member of the Canadian House of Commons. He is an economist and educator by career....	Cons 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:...	1886	1888

List of provincial representatives (Minnedosa West)

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Name	Party	Took Office	Left Office
David H. Harrison	Lib-Cons 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:...	1886	1888

List of provincial representatives (Minnedosa, re-established)

Name	Party	Took Office	Left Office
James Gillies James Gillies James McPhail Gillies, CM was a Progressive Conservative member of the Canadian House of Commons. He is an economist and educator by career....	Lib-Cons 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:...	1888	1892
Robert Myers Robert Myers Robert Myers is a theoretical physicist. Myers is a professor of physics at the University of Waterloo and at the Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics...	Lib 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 :...	1892	1903
William B. Waddell William B. Waddell (Manitoba politician) William B. Waddell was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1903 to 1910, as a member of the Conservative Party....	Cons 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:...	1903	1910
John Thompson	Lib 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 :...	1910	1914
George Grierson George Grierson George Allison Grierson was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1914 to 1922, and was a cabinet minister in the government of Tobias C. Norris. Grierson was a member of the Liberal Party.Grierson was moved in Brantford, Canada West , and was...	Lib 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 :...	1914	1922
Neil Cameron	Prog Progressive Party of Manitoba The Progressive Party of Manitoba, Canada, was a political party that developed from the United Farmers of Manitoba, an agrarian movement that became politically active following World War I...	1922	1927
Earl Rutledge Earl Rutledge Earl James Rutledge was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1927 to 1948, initially as a Conservative and later as a Progressive Conservative after the party changed its name.-Biography:Rutledge was educated at Queen's University in Kingston,...	Cons 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:...	1927	1948
Henry Rungay Henry Rungay Henry Smalley Rungay was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba as a Liberal-Progressive from 1948 to 1953....	Lib-Prog 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 :...	1948	1953
Gilbert Hutton Gilbert Hutton Gilbert "Bunty" Hutton was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1953 to 1958 as a representative of the Social Credit League...	Social Credit Manitoba Social Credit Party The Manitoba Social Credit Party was a political party in the Canadian province of Manitoba. In its early years, it espoused the monetary reform theories of social credit....	1953	1958
Charles Shuttleworth Charles Shuttleworth Charles Lemington Shuttleworth is a retired politician in Manitoba, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba as a Liberal-Progressive from 1949 to 1959, and was a cabinet minister in the government of Douglas Campbell. His father, N.W.P...	Lib-Prog 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 :...	1958	1959
Walter Weir Walter Weir Walter C. Weir was a politician who served as the 15th Premier of Manitoba from 1967 to 1969.Weir was born in High Bluff, Manitoba, and worked as a funeral director. He served as chairman of the Minnedosa Hospital Board from 1955 to 1957, and of the Minnedosa Town Council from 1958 to 1959...	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:...	1959	1971
Dave Blake Dave Blake David Robert Blake was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He was a member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1971 to 1988, serving as a member of the Progressive Conservative Party....	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:...	1971	1988
Harold Gilleshammer Harold Gilleshammer Harold Gilleshammer is a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He was a member of the Manitoba legislature from 1988 to 2003, and a Cabinet Minister in the government of Progressive Conservative Premier Gary Filmon from 1990 to 1999....	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:...	1988	2003
Leanne Rowat Leanne Rowat Leanne Rowat is a politician in Manitoba, Canada. In 2003, she was elected to the Manitoba legislature as a Progressive Conservative.Prior to entering public life herself, Rowat was a legislative assistant to Progressive Conservative MLA Harold Gilleshammer, and worked as a community development...	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:...	2003	present

Election results