What to know about the Wolseley riding for Manitoba's 2023 election

• About the riding
• Voting history
• News stories from Wolseley
• Meet the candidates
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Winnipeg's central Wolseley riding has existed for 65 years (or since the provincial election in 1958). Its total population is 23,440, according to Elections Manitoba's riding profile, based on the 2021 census information collected in the province.

The Wolseley riding's boundaries were changed by the Manitoba Electoral Divisions Boundary Commission in 2018, which expanded it to include a portion of the Minto riding, although it also lost a chunk off its eastern side to the newly named Union Station riding (which was previously Logan).

Those changes made the riding's new boundaries Sargent Avenue to the north and the Assiniboine River to the south. To the east, the boundaries are Osborne Street (south of Broadway) and Maryland Street (north of Broadway). The western borders are the CPKC railway line (from Portage Avenue south to the Assiniboine River) and Erin Street (north of Portage).

The riding includes part of the West End and the Wolseley neighbourhood, along with the West Broadway and Armstrong's Point areas.

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The median age of residents in the riding is 36, according to the 2023 Elections Manitoba riding profile, based on information from the 2021 census slightly lower than the provincial median of 38.4.

Voting history

The Wolseley riding has been represented by the NDP since 1990. The party won the seat with roughly 60 per cent of the vote in 2011, when Rob Altemeyer took more than 4,200 votes out of a total of just over 7,000. Altemeyer was re-elected in 2016 with about 41 per cent of the votes cast, and was succeeded by Lisa Naylor in 2019, who won the seat with about 46 per cent of the vote.

• 1958, 1962, 1966, 1969 elections: Progressive Conservative.
• 1972 byelection, 1973 election: Liberal.
• 1977: Progressive Conservative.
• 1981, 1986: NDP.
• 1988: Liberal.
• 1990 onwards: NDP.
• 2011, 2016: Rob Altemeyer (NDP).
• 2019: Lisa Naylor (NDP).

Wolseley in the news

• Winnipeg dad, business owner call for change after delayed police response to robberies
• Omand Park only viable place in Wolseley for permanent Assiniboine River access, study says
• Community meets to mull name change for Winnipeg neighbourhood, discuss Wolseley's colonial history
• Heritage status for Armstrong's Point shines light on class divide, councillor says

Meet the candidates

The nominated candidates for the 2023 electionare:

• Janine Gibson (Green Party).
• Michele Leuzzi (Progressive Conservative).
• Lisa Naylor (NDP incumbent).
• Cam Scott (Communist Party of Canada-Manitoba).
• Philip Spevack (Liberal).

Candidates become official when they meet criteria set out in the province's Elections Act, including providing a statement of disclosure, after the election has been called. InWolseley, all candidates are official.

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