Ste. Rose was a provincial electoral district of Manitoba, Canada. It was created by redistribution in 1914, and existed until 2011.
Ste. Rose was located in the southwestern section of the province. It was bordered to the north by Swan River, to the west by Russell, Dauphin-Roblin, and Minnedosa, to the south by Turtle Mountain and to the east by Lake Manitoba.
Communities in the riding included Gladstone, Neepawa, McCreary, Ste. Rose, Ste. Rose du Lac and Westbourne.
Demographics The riding's population in 1996 was 19,038. In 1999, the average family income was $36,883, and the unemployment rate was 7.60%. Much of the riding was farmland and agriculture accounted for 29% of its industry, followed by health and social services at 11%. Twenty-six per cent of Ste. Rose's population was aboriginal, and 8% were German. There was once a significant francophone population in this region, and 4% of the riding's residents listed themselves as francophone. Over 25% of the population had less than a Grade Nine education, one of the highest rates in the province.
History From the 1930s to the 1970s, Ste. Rose was a safe seat for the Manitoba Liberal Party (formerly known as the Liberal-Progressive Party). The New Democratic Party held the seat from 1971 to 1986, at which time it was won by Glen Cummings of the Progressive Conservative Party. He held the seat until 2007 when he retired. The riding was subsequently won by Progressive Conservative Party candidate Stu Briese.
Following the 2008 electoral redistribution, Ste. Rose was dissolved into the riding of Interlake and the new ridings of Dauphin and Agassiz. This change took effect for the 2011 election.
Members of the Legislative Assembly Name Party Took office Left office Joseph Hamelin Cons 1914 1920(?) Independent/Conservative 1920(?) 1927 Maurice Dane MacCarthy Prog 1927 1932 Lib-Prog 1932 1953 Gildas Molgat Lib-Prog 1953 1961 Lib 1961 1970 Aime Adam NDP 1971 1986 Glen Cummings PC 1986 2007 Stu Briese PC 2007 2011
Electoral results
1914
1915
1920
1922
1927
1932
1936
1941
1945
1949
1953
1958
1959
1962
1966
1969
1971 by-election
1973
1977
1981
1986
1988
1990
1995
1999
2003
2007
See also List of Manitoba provincial electoral districts Canadian provincial electoral districts
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