Burrows is a provincial electoral district of Manitoba, Canada. It was created by redistribution in 1957 from part of Winnipeg North, and formally came into existence in the provincial election of 1958. The riding is located in the northern part of Winnipeg.
Burrows is named after Theodore Arthur Burrows, who served as Lieutenant-Governor of Manitoba from 1926 to 1929. It is bordered to the east by St. Johns and Point Douglas, to the south by Wellington, to the north by Kildonan and The Maples, and to the west by Tyndall Park. The riding's boundaries were significantly redrawn in 1999, taking in a considerable amount of territory which was previously a part of the now-defunct Inkster.
The riding's population in 1996 was 18,718. In 1999, the average family income was $35,575, one of the lowest rates in the province. Thirty-nine per cent of the riding's residents are listed as low-income, with an unemployment rate of 13%. One household in four has only one parent. Nineteen per cent of the riding's residents are over sixty-five years of age.
The total immigrant population in Burrows is 21%, with almost one in three residents speaking a first language other than English or French. The Aboriginal population is 15%.
Manufacturing accounts for 22% of Burrows' industry, with a further 15% in the service sector.
The CCF and its successor the NDP have won Burrows on all but three occasions since the riding was created, with the Liberals winning the other three elections.
Members of the Legislative Assembly +AssemblyYears MemberParty25th1958–1961 John HawrylukCCF26th1961–1962 NDP27th1962–1966 Mark SmerchanskiLiberal28th1966–1981 Ben HanuschakNDP29th30th31st1981 Independent1981 Progressive1981–1988Conrad SantosNDP1988–1990William ChornopyskiLiberal1990–2011Doug MartindaleNDP2011–2016Melanie Wight41st2016–2019Cindy LamoureuxLiberal42nd2019–presentDiljeet BrarNDP43rd Name Party Took office Left office John Hawryluk CCF 1958 1961 NDP 1961 1962 Mark Smerchanski Lib 1962 1966 Ben Hanuschak NDP 1966 1981 Independent 1981 1981 Prog 1981 1981 Conrad Santos NDP 1981 1988 William Chornopyski Lib 1988 1990 Doug Martindale NDP 1990 2011 Melanie Wight NDP 2011 2016 Cindy Lamoureux Lib 2016 2019 Diljeet Brar NDP 2019
Election results
1958
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1962
1966
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2016
2019 2016 provincial election redistributed results Party % Liberal 41.6 New Democratic 33.8 Progressive Conservative 19.8 Green 4.3 Others 0.5
2023
Previous boundaries
See also List of Manitoba provincial electoral districts Canadian provincial electoral districts
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