District created 1968 Last contested 2016 Census division Thompson | First contested 1969 Census subdivisions Thompson | |
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Legislature Legislative Assembly of Manitoba MLA Kelly Bindle
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Thompson is a provincial electoral division in the Canadian province of Manitoba. It was created by redistribution in 1968, and has formally existed since the provincial election of 1969.
Thompson is located in the north of the province. It is bordered by Rupertsland to the north and east, Flin Flon to the north and west, and The Pas to the south. The city of Thompson was incorporated shortly before the riding's creation, and is its only major urban centre. Almost half of the riding's residents live in that community.
The riding's population in 1996 was 19,349. In 1999, the average family income was $56,402, and the unemployment rate was 12.60%. The riding's character is primarily working-class, with 17% of its economy coming from the mining sector.
Forty-two per cent of the riding's residents are aboriginal, the third highest rate in the province.
Thompson was considered safe for the New Democratic Party, which represented the riding almost continually since its creation. The current MLA, Kelly Bindle knocked off longtime MLA Steve Ashton in the 2016 election, returning the seat to the Progressive Conservatives for the first time since 1977.
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