Selkirk—Red River was a federal electoral district

Electoral district (Canada)

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 in Manitoba

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, Canada

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, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons

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 from 1988 to 1997.

The riding was created as "Selkirk" riding in 1987 from Selkirk—Interlake

Selkirk—Interlake

Selkirk—Interlake is a federal electoral district in Manitoba, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1976 to 1987, and since 1997....

, Winnipeg North

Winnipeg North

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 and Winnipeg—Birds Hill

Winnipeg—Birds Hill

Winnipeg—Birds Hill was a federal electoral district in Manitoba, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1979 to 1988.This riding was created in 1976 from parts of Selkirk and St. Boniface ridings...

 ridings. It was re-named "Selkirk—Red River" in 1990.

Selkirk—Red River consisted of part of the City of Winnipeg and an area to the east of that city.

The electoral district was abolished in 1996 when it was re-distributed between Churchill

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, Provencher, Selkirk—Interlake

Selkirk—Interlake

Selkirk—Interlake is a federal electoral district in Manitoba, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1976 to 1987, and since 1997....

 and Winnipeg North—St. Paul

Winnipeg North—St. Paul

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 ridings.

Selkirk, 1987 - 1990

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|Progressive Conservative

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|BJORNSON, David
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|New Democratic Party

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|PAWLEY, Howard

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|align="right"| 13,899

|Liberal

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|SANDERSON, Peter
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|Christian Heritage

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|FELSEN, Karl H.
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|Reform

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|PETTY, Terrance
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|Confederation of Regions

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| BOWERS, Ron
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|Rhinoceros
|ZUBEK, Wowie Zowie
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|No affiliation
|KLOCHKO, Eugene
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Selkirk Red River, 1990 - 1996

|-

|Liberal

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|FEWCHUK, Ron
|align="right"|16,031

|New Democratic Party

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|SCHREYER, Jason E.
|align="right"| 12,532

|Reform

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|LEWIS, Terry
|align="right"|12,392

|Progressive Conservative

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|BJORNSON, David
|align="right"|5,688

|National

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|SLOBODZIAN, Jim
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|Christian Heritage

Christian Heritage Party of Canada

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|TRUIJEN, Eric
|align="right"| 399

|Natural Law

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| PAPETTI, Rose Marie
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|Canada Party

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| CARVER, Ken
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See also

• List of Canadian federal electoral districts
• Past Canadian electoral districts

External links

Riding history from the Library of Parliament

Library of Parliament

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:

• Selkirk (1871-1976)
• Selkirk (1987-1990)
• Selkirk—Red River (1990–1996)