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District created
  
1989

Last contested
  
2011

Province
  
First contested
  
1990

Population (2011)
  
21,182

Elector
  
13,739

Arthur-Virden

Legislature
  
Legislative Assembly of Manitoba

MLA
  
Doyle PiwniukProgressive Conservative

Census divisions
  
Division No. 5, Manitoba, Division No. 6, Manitoba, Division No. 15, Manitoba

Doyle piwniuk 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. It is bordered to the north by Riding Mountain, to the east by Spruce Woods, to the west by the province of Saskatchewan and to the south by the American state of North Dakota.

Communities in the riding include Virden, Elkhorn, Oak Lake, Hartney, Deloraine, Melita, Reston and Boissevain.

In 1999, the average family income was $41,338, and the unemployment rate was 4.80%. The riding is primarily agrarian, with agriculture accounting for 32% of its industry.

Ten per cent of the Arthur-Virden's residents list German as their ethnic background. The riding has one of the highest rates of senior citizens in the province, at 19.7% of the total.

Arthur-Virden, and the two ridings from which it was formed, have been Progressive Conservative seats since 1953.

^ Change not based on redistributed results

References

Arthur-Virden Wikipedia


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