The Maples (electoral district)

The Maples

Manitoba electoral district
File:TheMaplesED2011.jpg The 2011- boundaries for The Maples highlighted in red
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of Manitoba
MLA	Mohinder Saran New Democratic
District created	1989
First contested	1990
Last contested	2007
Demographics
Population (1996)	19,234
Census divisions	Winnipeg

The Maples is a provincial electoral division in the Canadian province of Manitoba. The riding was created by redistribution in 1989, has been represented in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba since the provincial election of 1990. It is located in the north end of Winnipeg. The riding is bordered by Kildonan to the east, Inkster to the west, Burrows to the south and Gimli to the north.

The riding's population in 1996 was 19,234. The average family income in 1999 was $45,853, with an unemployment rate of 9.30%. 25% of the riding's residents are categorized as low-income.

The Maples has the second-highest immigrant population in Manitoba, at 32.6% of the total. Its ethnic base is diverse; 12% of the riding's residents are Filipino, 8% are Ukrainian, 7% are East Indian, 3% are Italian, and a further 3% are Chinese. Manufacturing jobs accounted for 20% of the riding's industry in 1999.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
35th	1990-1993		Gulzar Cheema	Liberal
	1993-1995		Gary Kowalski	Liberal
36th	1995-1997
	1997-1998			Independent
	1998-1999			Liberal
37th	1999-2003		Cris Aglugub	New Democrat
38th	2003-2007
39th	2007–present		Mohinder Saran	New Democrat

Electoral results

Manitoba general election, 2011
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Mohinder Saran	3,894	51.83	−3.81	$26562.23
	Progressive Conservative	Jose Tomas	1,943	25.86	−3.29	$36087.69
	Liberal	Pablito Sarinas	1,395	18.57	+4.30	$829.64
	Green	John Redekopp	281	3.74	–	$299.89
Total valid votes			7,513	100.00
Rejected and declined votes			49
Turnout			7,562	54.91	−0.14
Registered voters			13,772

Manitoba general election, 2007
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Mohinder Saran	3,617	55.64	−12.47	$24,669.15
	Progressive Conservative	Lou Fernandez	1,895	29.15	+13.21	$17,646.04
	Liberal	Pritam Brar	928	14.27	−1.64	$21,652.60
Total valid votes			6,440	99.06
Rejected and declined votes			61
Turnout			6,501	55.05	+5.94
Registered voters			11,809

Manitoba general election, 2003
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Cris Aglugub	3,781	68.11	+13.98	$17,536.04
	Liberal	Angelina Olivier-Job	885	15.94	+0.52	$4,237.43
	Progressive Conservative	Tammy Witko	885	15.94	−12.94	$801.41
Total valid votes			5,551	100.00
Rejected and declined votes			33
Turnout			5,584	49.11	−20.45
Registered voters			11,371

Manitoba general election, 1999
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Cris Aglugub	4,329	54.13		$24,398.00
	Progressive Conservative	Ellen Kowalski	2,310	28.88		$29,457.64
	Liberal	Sudhir Sandhu	1,233	15.42	–	$24,842.64
	Independent	Caneda Menard	73	0.91		$0.00
Total valid votes			7,945	99.34
Rejected and declined votes			53
Turnout			7,998	69.56
Registered voters			11,498

Previous boundaries

File:TheMaples98.png

The 1998-2011 boundaries for The Maples highlighted in red