Brandon West

Brandon West (Template:Langx) is a provincial electoral division in the province of Manitoba, Canada. It encompasses the southwestern part of the City of Brandon.

History of the riding

The original riding of Brandon West existed from 1886 to 1888, after the city and riding of Brandon was divided into two electoral divisions. It was eliminated in 1888, when the city became a single division again.

The modern riding of Brandon West was created in 1968, when the City of Brandon was again divided into two electoral districts. It was formally brought into being in the provincial election of 1969.

The riding is surrounded by Brandon East to the east and by Spruce Woods in all other directions. The City of Brandon itself is located in the southwestern region of the province.

The riding's population in 1996 was 19,808. In 1999, the average family income was $56,860, and the unemployment rate was 6.30%. The service sector accounts for 16% of industry in the riding, followed by health and social services at 15%.

Brandon West includes the more affluent section of Brandon, and has usually elected Progressive Conservative members. It was sometimes said that Brandon West voters elected Tories and Brandon East voters elected New Democrats to ensure that the city would have a member on the government side regardless of the provincial outcome.

Scott Smith of the New Democratic Party won the seat in 1999, and retained it with over 60% of the vote in 2003. He lost the seat in 2007 to Progressive Conservative candidate Rick Borotsik by just 56 votes.

In the 2018 redistribution, the part of the riding north of the Assiniboine River was moved to Spruce Woods.

List of provincial representatives

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Assembly	Years	Member		Party	6th	1886-1888	Template:Canadian party colour|	John Kirchhoffer	Conservative
28th	1966-1969	rowspan=4 Template:Canadian party colour|	Edward McGill	Progressive Conservative
29th	1969-1972
30th	1973-1977
31st	1977-1981
32nd	1981-1982	Template:Canadian party colour|	Henry Carroll	New Democratic
	1982-1985	Template:Canadian party colour|		Independent
33rd	1985-1988	rowspan=4 Template:Canadian party colour|	James McCrae	Progressive Conservative
34th	1988-1990
35th	1990-1992
36th	1995-1999
37th	1999-2003	rowspan=2 Template:Canadian party colour|	Scott Smith	New Democratic
38th	2003-2007
39th	2007-2011	Template:Canadian party colour|	Rick Borotsik	Progressive Conservative
40th	2011-2016	rowspan=3 Template:Canadian party colour|	Reg Helwer	Progressive Conservative
41st	2016–2019
42nd	2019–2023
43rd	2023–Present	Template:Canadian party colour|	Wayne Balcaen	Progressive Conservative

Election results

2016

2016 provincial election redistributed results<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation				CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Party		%
Template:Canadian party colour |	Progressive Conservative	68.2
Template:Canadian party colour |	New Democratic	24.2
Template:Canadian party colour |	Liberal	7.7

1990

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1988

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1986

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1981

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1977

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1973

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1969

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1886

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