Provincial election boundaries changing

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The provincial electoral boundaries will look a little different when Manitoba heads to the polls in 2020.

On Dec. 14, Elections Manitoba announced that the divisions boundaries commission submitted their report on provincial electoral boundaries to the Lieutenant-Governor and the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly. As a result, the commission has changed 56 of the 57 electoral division boundaries and 14 of 57 electoral division names. The changes will be in effect for the next provincial election, on Oct. 6, 2020.

Concordia’s boundary extends from the Canadian National Railway line in the south, follows Lagimodiere north to Regent Avenue, jogging west to Panet Road and north to McLeod Avenue. The west boundary follows Raleigh Street south from McLeod across Nairn Avenue and follows the railway tracks to the CN line.

Bounded by the Red River in the west, Elmwood’s boundaries extend east to Raleigh, south to the Canadian Pacific Railway line, and north to Rossmere Crescent west of Henderson Highway, McLeod Avenue east of Henderson as far as Rossmere Country Club. 

Kildonan-River East’s southern boundary begins north of Rossmere Crescent on the east side of the Red River and Leila Avenue as far west as Main Street up to Highland Avenue before following the CP Rail line north to Glencairn Road. On the east side of the Red River, the northern boundary follows Glenway Avenue east to Gateway Road, while the southern boundary follows the Chief Peguis Trail from Gateway to Henderson Highway.

Radisson’s boundaries extend from Panet Road in the west along Grassie Boulevard in the north to Plessis Road, then further east along Gunn Road towards Day Street. The southern boundary steps down from Day Street along Kildare Avenue West to Hoka Street, down to Rosseau Avenue West back to Plessis. The eastern boundary then follows Plessis Road all the way to Dugald Road, which forms the southern boundary until Lagimodiere Boulevard. The western boundary is Lagimodiere as far as Regent Avenue West, then Panet north to Grassie. 

The electoral division of Red River North includes the RMs of East St. Paul. Its western boundary extends north along the eastern bank of the Red River up to Lake Winnipeg as far north as Grand Beach.

Rossmere’s southern boundary abuts the northern boundaries of Elmwood, Concordia, and Radisson. Radisson’s western boundary follows Kildonan-River East’s eastern boundary. Its northern boundary follows Glenway Avenue from Gateway Road in the west to Springfield Road and Plessis Road in the east.

Transcona’s boundaries extend to the southwest as far as Fermor Avenue at Lagimodiere Boulevard, then follows Lag north to Dugald Road. Its boundaries abut against Radisson as far north as Gunn Road. To the east, Transcona’s boundaries extend to the Perimeter Highway from Gunn Road to Dugald. The boundary then follows Duglad west to Murdock Road, the south along Murdock to St. Boniface Road, which it follows west to Plessis Road, then south along Plessis to Fermor.

The complete Boundaries Commission Report can be found at www.boundariescommission.mb.ca