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Winnipeg—Birds Hill

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Winnipeg—Birds Hill was a federal electoral district in Manitoba, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1979 to 1988.

This riding was created in 1976 from parts of Selkirk and St. Boniface ridings. It was contested at federal elections in 1979, 1980, and 1984. For its entire history, its Member of Parliament was New Democrat Bill Blaikie.

Boundary redistribution in 1987 abolished Winnipeg—Birds Hill. Its territory outside the city of Winnipeg plus the North Kildonan area was reassigned to Selkirk (later Selkirk—Red River), while the rest of its urban territory went to Winnipeg Transcona. Blaikie continued to serve as MP for Winnipeg Transcona under that name, and later the name of Elmwood—Transcona, from the 1988 federal election until he retired from Parliament in 2008.

Election results

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1984 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
New Democratic Bill Blaikie 23,903 45.81 −8.47
Progressive Conservative John Hare 20,644 39.56 +10.12
Liberal Lil Johnson 5,447 10.44 −5.00
Confederation of Regions Al MacDonald 1,069 2.05
Rhinoceros Honest Don Bergen 569 1.09 +0.38
Independent Edward G. Price 549 1.05
Total valid votes 52,181 100.00
Total rejected ballots 163
Turnout 52,344 76.70 +7.32
Electors on the lists 68,248
New Democratic hold Swing −9.29
1980 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
New Democratic Bill Blaikie 24,672 54.27 +4.11
Progressive Conservative John Froese 13,385 29.44 −9.00
Liberal Ron Wally 7,020 15.44 +4.28
Rhinoceros Honest Don Bergen 322 0.71
Marxist–Leninist Karen Naylor 60 0.13 +0.02
Total valid votes Total valid votes 45,459 100.00
Total rejected ballots 84
Turnout 45,543 69.38 −12.28
Electors on the lists 65,647
New Democratic hold Swing +6.55
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1979 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes %
New Democratic Bill Blaikie 25,492 50.16
Progressive Conservative Dean Whiteway 19,536 38.44
Liberal Ronald Wally 5,674 11.16
Communist Harold J. Dyck 62 0.12
Marxist–Leninist Karen Naylor 56 0.11
Total valid votes 50,820 100.00
Total rejected ballots 107
Turnout 50,927 81.66
Electors on the lists 62,361

See also

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References

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