Flin Flon (electoral district)

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2011- boundaries for Flin Flon highlighted in red

Flin Flon is a provincial electoral division in the Canadian province of Manitoba. It was created by redistribution in 1957, and has formally existed since the provincial election of 1958.

At about 80,000 square kilometers, Flin Flon occupies roughly 20% of Manitoba's total area, and is the second largest riding in the province after Rupertsland. It was a smaller riding before 1989, when it gained a significant amount of territory from the former riding of Churchill. It is a mostly rural and sparsely populated riding, located in the province's northwestern corner.

Flin Flon is bordered by Saskatchewan to the west, Nunavut to the north, the ridings of Rupertsland and Thompson to the east, and the riding of The Pas to the south. The actual city of Flin Flon is located in the southwestern corner of the riding, and is its only urban centre.

The riding's population in 1996 was 14,470. In 1999, the average family income was $55,113, and the unemployment rate was 9.70%. Manufacturing accounts for 17% of Flin Flon's economy, followed by mining and oil production at 16%.

Thirty-six per cent of Flin Flon's residents are aboriginal, the sixth-highest percentage in the province.

Flin Flon has been held by the New Democratic Party of Manitoba (NDP) since 1969, and is now considered to be extremely safe for the party. The current MLA is Gerard Jennissen, who was re-elected with over 70% of the vote in 2003.

List of provincial representatives

Name	Party	Took Office	Left Office
Francis Bud Jobin	Lib-Prog	1958	1959
Charles Witney	Cons	1959	1969
Thomas Barrow	NDP	1969	1981
Jerry Storie	NDP	1981	1994
Gerard Jennissen	NDP	1995	2011
Clarence Pettersen	NDP	2011	present

Electoral results

Manitoba general election, 2011
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Clarence Pettersen	1,890	56.84	−19.89
	Progressive Conservative	Darcy Linklater	797	23.97	-
	Liberal	Thomas Heine	510	15.34	−6.74
	Green	Saara Harvie	111	3.33	-
Total valid votes			3,308
Rejected and declined votes			17
Turnout			3,325	35.34	−0.9
Electors on the lists			9,409

Manitoba general election, 2007
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Gerard Jennissen	2,255	76.73		$10,879.75
	Liberal	Gary Zamzow	651	22.08	–	$3,607.58
Total valid votes			2,915	98.88
Rejected and declined votes			33
Turnout			2,948	36.24
Electors on the lists			8,135

Source: Elections Manitoba.

Manitoba general election, 1999
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Gerard Jennissen	3,026	64.59		$18,573.00
	Progressive Conservative	Tom Therien	1,368	29.20		$22,044.17
	Manitoba	Phillip Ng	268	5.72		$1,209.00
Total valid votes			4,662	99.51
Rejected and declined votes			23
Turnout			4,685	51.45
Electors on the lists			9,106

Source: Elections Manitoba.

Previous boundaries

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1998-2011 boundaries for Flin Flon highlighted in red