Winnipeg West (federal electoral district)

Not to be confused with Winnipeg West (provincial electoral district).

Winnipeg West (formerly known as Charleswood—St. James—Assiniboia—Headingley) is a federal electoral district in Manitoba, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 1997.

Winnipeg West

Manitoba electoral district
Charleswood—St. James—Assiniboia—Headingle from the 2015 federal election to 2025 Winnipeg West from the 2025 federal election Interactive map of riding boundaries
Federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
MP	Doug Eyolfson Liberal
District created	1996
First contested	1997
Last contested	2025
District webpage	profile, map
Demographics
Population (2021)[1]	84,767
Electors (2021)	65,423
Area (km²)[2]	204.85
Pop. density (per km²)	413.8
Census division(s)	Division No. 11
Census subdivision(s)	Winnipeg (part), Headingley, Rosser

Following the 2022 Canadian federal electoral redistribution, this riding was renamed for the 2025 Canadian federal election. It gained the Rural Municipality of Rosser from Selkirk—Interlake—Eastman and the Winnipeg suburb of Tuxedo from Winnipeg South Centre.^[3]

Its current Member of Parliament is Doug Eyolfson of the Liberal Party of Canada, who was first elected in 2015. He was defeated by Marty Morantz of the Conservative Party of Canada in 2019 and 2021, but regained his seat in 2025 after a third consecutive match with Morantz.

Demographics

According to the 2021 Canadian census^[4]

• Ethnic groups: 75.4% White, 11.3% Indigenous, 4.2% Filipino, 2.4% South Asian, 2.1% Black, 1.1% Chinese
• Languages: 83% English, 2.1% Tagalog, 1.5% French, 1.3% German, 1.1 Russian
• Religions (2021): 52.2% Christian (19.1% Catholic, 7.9% United Church, 4.8% Anglican, 2.9% Lutheran, 1.6% Christian Orthodox, 1.3% Anabaptist, 1.2% Baptist), 42.6% No religion, 1.3% Muslim, 1.2% Jewish, 1% Sikh
• Median income (2020): $46,000
• Average income (2020): $57,050

Panethnic groups in Charleswood—St. James—Assiniboia—Headingley (2011−2021)

Panethnic group	2021[5]		2016[6]		2011[7]
	Pop.	%	Pop.	%	Pop.	%
European[a]	62,090	75.46%	64,190	80%	67,785	85.14%
Indigenous	9,285	11.28%	7,880	9.82%	6,105	7.67%
Southeast Asian[b]	3,875	4.71%	2,870	3.58%	1,200	1.51%
South Asian	1,985	2.41%	1,400	1.74%	1,120	1.41%
African	1,740	2.11%	1,380	1.72%	1,380	1.73%
East Asian[c]	1,405	1.71%	1,165	1.45%	1,170	1.47%
Middle Eastern[d]	650	0.79%	430	0.54%	265	0.33%
Latin American	575	0.7%	455	0.57%	300	0.38%
Other/multiracial[e]	665	0.81%	470	0.59%	290	0.36%
Total responses	82,280	97.07%	80,240	97.17%	79,615	97.25%
Total population	84,767	100%	82,574	100%	81,864	100%
Notes: Totals greater than 100% due to multiple origin responses. Demographics based on 2012 Canadian federal electoral redistribution riding boundaries.

History

The riding was created in 1996 as "Charleswood—Assiniboine" from the Winnipeg—St. James riding.

In 1998, it was renamed "Charleswood—St. James—Assiniboia".

In 2003, it was abolished, but the entire district was transferred to "Charleswood—St. James", and small parts of Winnipeg Centre and Winnipeg South Centre were added.

In 2004, it was renamed "Charleswood—St. James—Assiniboia".

In 2015, it was renamed Charleswood—St. James—Assiniboia—Headingley but there was no boundary changes following the 2012 Canadian federal electoral redistribution.

Following the 2022 Canadian federal electoral redistribution, this riding will be renamed Winnipeg West at the first election held after April 22, 2024. It will gain the Rural Municipality of Rosser from Selkirk—Interlake—Eastman and the suburb of Tuxedo from Winnipeg South Centre.^[3]

Members of Parliament

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
Charleswood—Assiniboine Riding created from Winnipeg—St. James and Winnipeg South
36th	1997–2000		John Harvard	Liberal
Charleswood—St. James—Assiniboia
37th	2000–2004		John Harvard	Liberal
Charleswood—St. James
38th	2004–2006		Steven Fletcher	Conservative
Charleswood—St. James—Assiniboia
39th	2006–2008		Steven Fletcher	Conservative
40th	2008–2011
41st	2011–2015
Charleswood—St. James—Assiniboia—Headingley
42nd	2015–2019		Doug Eyolfson	Liberal
43rd	2019–2021		Marty Morantz	Conservative
44th	2021–2025
Winnipeg West
45th	2025–present		Doug Eyolfson	Liberal

Election results

Graph of election results in Charleswood—St. James—Assiniboia—Headingley (minor parties that never got 2% of the vote or didn't run consistently are omitted)

Winnipeg West, 2025–present

v t e 2025 Canadian federal election
** Preliminary results — Not yet official **
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Doug Eyolfson	30,275	54.42	+15.18
	Conservative	Marty Morantz	22,669	40.75	+0.40
	New Democratic	Avery Selby-Lyons	2,248	4.04	–10.87
	Green	Dennis Bayomi	444	0.80	–1.26
Total valid votes/expense limit
Total rejected ballots
Turnout			55,636	75.86
Eligible voters			73,515
	Liberal notional gain from Conservative		Swing		+7.39
Source: Elections Canada[8][9]

2021 federal election redistributed results[10]
Party		Vote	%
	Conservative	20,382	40.35
	Liberal	19,824	39.24
	New Democratic	7,533	14.91
	People's	1,727	3.42
	Green	1,042	2.06
	Others	8	0.02

Charleswood—St. James—Assiniboia—Headingley, 2015–2025

v t e 2021 Canadian federal election: Charleswood—St. James—Assiniboia—Headingley
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Marty Morantz	18,111	40.0	-0.7	$97,370.69
	Liberal	Doug Eyolfson	17,651	39.0	+3.5	$79,799.09
	New Democratic	Madelaine Dwyer	6,974	15.4	+1.2	$0.00
	People's	Angela Van Hussen	1,594	3.5	-0.8	$417.99
	Green	Vanessa Parks	947	2.1	-2.6	$0.00
Total valid votes/expense limit			45,277	99.4	–	$104,740.13
Total rejected ballots			296	0.6
Turnout			45,573	69.7
Eligible voters			65,423
	Conservative hold		Swing		-2.1
Source: Elections Canada[11]

v t e 2019 Canadian federal election: Charleswood—St. James—Assiniboia—Headingley
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Marty Morantz	18,815	40.7	+1.66	$96,689.75
	Liberal	Doug Eyolfson	16,398	35.5	-16.52	$75,789.03
	New Democratic	Ken St. George	6,556	14.2	+8.17	none listed
	Green	Kristin Lauhn-Jensen	2,178	4.7	+1.78	$0.00
	People's	Steven Fletcher	1,975	4.3	–	none listed
	Christian Heritage	Melissa Penner	166	0.4	–	none listed
	Independent	Brian Ho	140	0.3	–	none listed
Total valid votes/expense limit			46,228	100.0
Total rejected ballots			256
Turnout			46,484	71.1
Eligible voters			65,375
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing		+9.13
Source: Elections Canada[12][13]

2015 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Doug Eyolfson	24,531	52.02	+33.63	–
	Conservative	Steven Fletcher	18,408	39.04	-18.52	–
	New Democratic	Tom Paulley	2,842	6.03	-14.10	–
	Green	Kevin Nichols	1,376	2.92	-1.01	–
Total valid votes/Expense limit			47,157	99.59		$197,421.64
Total rejected ballots			195	0.41	–
Turnout			47,352	74.61	–
Eligible voters			63,466
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing		+26.08
Source: Elections Canada[14][15]

Charleswood—St. James—Assiniboia, 2004–2015

2011 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Steven Fletcher	23,264	57.56	+3.73	–
	New Democratic	Tom Paulley	8,134	20.12	+2.20	–
	Liberal	Rob Clement	7,433	18.39	-2.84	–
	Green	Denali Enns	1,587	3.93	-2.64	–
Total valid votes/Expense limit			40,418	99.67		–
Total rejected ballots			135	0.33	-0.01
Turnout			40,553	64.77	+1.41
Eligible voters			62,609	–	–
	Conservative hold		Swing		+0.77

2008 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Steven Fletcher	21,588	53.83	+6.86	$69,196
	Liberal	Bob Friesen	8,514	21.22	-15.15	$32,010
	New Democratic	Fiona Shiells	7,190	17.92	+5.12	$14,322
	Green	Brian Timlick	2,632	6.56	+2.72	$2,383
	Christian Heritage	Mark Price	180	0.44	–	–
Total valid votes/Expense limit			40,104	100.00		$78,841
Total rejected ballots			136	0.34	-0.01
Turnout			40,240	63.36	-6.03

2006 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Steven Fletcher	20,791	46.97	+2.7	$71,903
	Liberal	John Loewen	16,099	36.37	-6.2	$68,104
	New Democratic	Dennis Kshyk	5,669	12.80	+2.7	$1,977
	Green	Michael Johannson	1,700	3.84	+1.7	$397.50
Total valid votes			44,259	100.00		–
Total rejected ballots			157	0.35	+0.1
Turnout			44,416	69.39	+3.9

Charleswood—St. James, 2003–2004

2004 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Steven Fletcher	18,688	44.3	-11.9	$71,182
	Liberal	Glen Murray	17,954	42.6	+6.3	$71,685
	New Democratic	Peter Carney	4,283	10.2	+2.9	$6,030
	Green	Andrew Basham	880	2.1	–	$1,061
	Marijuana	Dan Zupansky	337	0.8	–	–
	Communist	Beatriz Alas	49	0.1	-0.2	$654
Total valid votes			42,191	100.0		–
Total rejected ballots			109	0.3	0.0
Turnout			42,300	65.5	-1.6

Note: Conservative vote is compared to the total of the Canadian Alliance vote and Progressive Conservative vote in 2000 election.

Charleswood St. James—Assiniboia, 1998–2003

2000 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	John Harvard	13,901	36.2	-6.8	$56,399
	Alliance	Cyril McFate	11,569	30.1	+7.5	$51,131
	Progressive Conservative	Curtis Moore	9,991	26.0	+2.7	$18,126
	New Democratic	Dennis Kshyk	2,786	7.3	-3.3	$1,741
	Communist	Greg Crowe	138	0.4	–	$287
Total valid votes			38,385	100.0		–
Total rejected ballots			89	0.2	-0.1
Turnout			38,474	67.0	-0.6

Note: Canadian Alliance vote is compared to the Reform vote in 1997 election.

Charleswood—Assiniboine, 1996–1998

v t e 1997 Canadian federal election: Charleswood—Assiniboine
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Expenditures
	Liberal	John Harvard	15,925	43.0	$37,585
	Progressive Conservative	Felix Holtmann	8,664	23.4	$51,089
	Reform	Cyril McFate	8,398	22.7	$21,501
	New Democratic	Rupert Forde	3,923	10.6	$1,850
	Marxist–Leninist	Mary Stanley	154	0.4	$11
Total valid votes			37,064	100.0
Total rejected ballots			262	0.4
Turnout			37,326	67.6
History of Federal Ridings since 1867: CHARLESWOOD--ASSINIBOINE, Manitoba (1996 - 1998), Library of Parliament, Parliament of Canada. Retrieved 26 January 2010.

See also

• List of Canadian electoral districts
• Historical federal electoral districts of Canada

Notes

1. Statistic includes all persons that did not make up part of a visible minority or an indigenous identity.
2. Statistic includes total responses of "Filipino" and "Southeast Asian" under visible minority section on census.
3. Statistic includes total responses of "Chinese", "Korean", and "Japanese" under visible minority section on census.
4. Statistic includes total responses of "West Asian" and "Arab" under visible minority section on census.
5. Statistic includes total responses of "Visible minority, n.i.e." and "Multiple visible minorities" under visible minority section on census.