Editing Rossmere (section)

{{Short description|Provincial electoral district in Manitoba, Canada}}
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{{Infobox Canada electoral district
| name = Rossmere
| province = Manitoba
| image = Manitoba 2018 Rossmere.svg
| caption = Location in Winnipeg
|prov-status         = active
| prov-rep             = [[Tracy Schmidt]]
| prov-rep-link        = [[Tracy Schmidt]]
| prov-rep-party       = NDP
| prov-rep-party-link  = Manitoba New Democratic Party
|demo-census-date    = 2016
|demo-pop            = 21150
|prov-created        = 1968
|prov-election-first = 1969
|prov-election-last  = 2023
|demo-electors       = 15734
|demo-electors-date  = 2019
|demo-area           = 12
|demo-cd             = 
|demo-csd            = 
}}

'''Rossmere''' is a provincial electoral division in the [[Provinces and territories of Canada|Canadian province]] of [[Manitoba]]. It was created by redistribution in 1968, and has formally existed since the [[1969 Manitoba general election|provincial election of 1969]]. The riding is located in the northeastern section of the City of [[Winnipeg]].

Rossmere is bordered on the southeast by [[Radisson (electoral district)|Radisson]], to the south by [[Elmwood (electoral district)|Elmwood]] and [[Concordia (electoral district)|Concordia]], to the north & west by [[Kildonan-River East]].

Rossmere's population in 2018 was 21,150.  In 2018, the average family income was $70,969, and the unemployment rate was 6.80%.  According to a 2018 boundary commission, 20.8% of the riding's residents were immigrants; 25% listed German as their ethnic origin, and a further 11% are Ukrainian.  The aboriginal population was 12.7%.

Rossmere is relatively affluent, and most of its residents are in the middle-income range.  There is still a significant working-class presence in the riding, however:  13.8% of the riding's industry is in Health Care & Social Assistance, with a further 10.1% work in the retail trade.

Although Rossmere's first MLA was [[New Democratic Party of Manitoba|New Democratic Party]] [[Premier of Manitoba|premier]] [[Edward Schreyer]], it was historically a swing seat between the NDP and the [[Progressive Conservative Party of Manitoba|Progressive Conservatives]]. After Schreyer's resignation in 1979, he was succeeded by the NDP's [[Vic Schroeder]], who was re-elected in the elections of [[1981 Manitoba general election|1981]] and [[1986 Manitoba general election|1986]] over his Conservative opposition. Schroeder was a senior cabinet minister in the government of [[Howard Pawley]], but was defeated in the [[1988 Manitoba general election|1988 election]] that swept the NDP from office.  Progressive Conservative Harold Neufeld held the seat from 1988 to 1993, while future MP and federal cabinet minister [[Vic Toews]] was the MLA from 1995 to 1999.  Both served in the cabinets of [[Gary Filmon]].

For much of the early part of the new millennium, however, the Conservatives were not competitive in the seat. New Democrat [[Harry Schellenberg]], who first won the seat in a 1993 by-election before narrowly losing to Toews in the [[1995 Manitoba general election|1995 provincial election]], regained the seat in the [[1999 Manitoba general election|1999 election]] by narrowly defeating Toews in a rematch.  Schellenberg went on to win re-election in the [[2003 Manitoba general election|2003 provincial election]] with nearly two-thirds of the vote.  Schellenberg was succeeded by fellow NDP member [[Erna Braun]], who won the seat in [[2007 Manitoba general election|2007 provincial election]] with 60% of the vote. Notably, the Conservatives did not nominate a candidate until after the election was called. The Tories took back the seat amid the massive Tory wave that swept through the province in [[2016 Manitoba general election|2016]], with [[Andrew Micklefield]] defeating Braun by a nearly 2-to-1 margin.

Rossmere has voted for the party that has won every general election since its creation, except 1977.