Fort Richmond

For the former fort in New York, see Battery Weed. For the former fort in Maine, see Fort Richmond (Maine). For the former fort in the Hutt Valley in New Zealand, see Hutt Valley campaign.

Fort Richmond is a provincial electoral division in the southern suburban part of Winnipeg in the Canadian province of Manitoba. It was formed by redistribution in 2008 out of parts of the electoral divisions of St. Norbert and Fort Garry.

Fort Richmond

Manitoba electoral district
Location in Winnipeg
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of Manitoba
MLA	Jennifer Chen New Democratic
District created	2008
First contested	2011
Last contested	2023

As of the electoral redistribution in 2018, which took effect the following year^[update], it is bordered by the ridings of Fort Garry on the north, Riel on the east, Seine River on the south, and Waverley on the west. The riding's population in 2006 was 20,750.^[1] Located in the riding is the University of Manitoba, the largest post-secondary school in the province.

List of provincial representatives

Assembly	Years	Member		Party
Riding created from St. Norbert and Fort Garry
40th	2011-2016		Kerri Irvin-Ross	New Democratic
41st	2016-2019		Sarah Guillemard	Progressive Conservative
42nd	2019-2023
43rd	2023–present		Jennifer Chen	New Democratic

Election results

2023

v t e 2023 Manitoba general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Jennifer Chen	4,455	54.46	+32.26	$29,564.11
	Progressive Conservative	Paramjit Shahi	2,879	35.19	−6.96	$30,559.74
	Liberal	Ernie Nathaniel	848	10.36	−20.36	$9,216.43
Total valid votes/expense limit			8,182	99.44	–	$53,129.00
Total rejected and declined ballots			46	0.56	–
Turnout			8,228	62.07	+4.68
Eligible voters			13,257
	New Democratic gain from Progressive Conservative		Swing		+19.61
Source(s) Source: Elections Manitoba[2][3][4]

2019

v t e 2019 Manitoba general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Progressive Conservative	Sarah Guillemard	3,242	42.15	-5.6	$36,471.14
	Liberal	Tanjit Nagra	2,363	30.72	+18.0	$20,963.64
	New Democratic	George Wong	1,708	22.20	-11.9	$4,895.67
	Green	Cameron Proulx	379	4.93	+0.3	$0.00
Total valid votes			7,692	99.48	–
Rejected			40	0.52
Turnout			7,732	57.38
Eligible voters			13,474
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		-11.8
Source(s) Source: Manitoba. Chief Electoral Officer (2019). Statement of Votes for the 42nd Provincial General Election, September 10, 2019 (PDF) (Report). Winnipeg: Elections Manitoba. "Candidate Election Returns". Elections Manitoba. Elections Manitoba. Retrieved March 2, 2020.

2016

2016 provincial election redistributed results[5]
Party		%
	Progressive Conservative	47.7
	New Democratic	34.1
	Liberal	12.7
	Green	4.6
	Independent	0.9

v t e 2016 Manitoba general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Progressive Conservative	Sarah Guillemard	2,879	44.24	5.62	$36,348.09
	New Democratic	Kerri Irvin-Ross	2,274	34.95	-18.53	$24,467.21
	Liberal	Kyra Wilson	814	12.51	7.61	$5,227.22
	Green	Cameron Proulx	540	8.30	5.30	$0.00
Total valid votes / expense limit			6,507	–	–	$37,429.00
Rejected			75	–
Eligible voters / turnout			9,809	67.10	4.19
Source(s) Source: Manitoba. Chief Electoral Officer (2016). Statement of Votes for the 41st Provincial General Election, April 19, 2016 (PDF) (Report). Winnipeg: Elections Manitoba. "Election Returns: 41st General Election". Elections Manitoba. 2016. Retrieved September 10, 2018.

2011

v t e 2011 Manitoba general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Kerri Irvin-Ross	4,026	53.47	$16,634.85
	Progressive Conservative	Shaun McCaffrey	2,908	38.62	$24,661.31
	Liberal	Dustin Hiles	369	4.90	$2,497.98
	Green	Caitlin McIntyre	226	3.00	$65.08
Total valid votes			7,529	–
Rejected			45	–
Eligible voters / turnout			12,040	62.91
Source(s) Source: Manitoba. Chief Electoral Officer (2011). Statement of Votes for the 40th Provincial General Election, October 4, 2011 (PDF) (Report). Winnipeg: Elections Manitoba. "Election Returns: 40th General Election". Elections Manitoba. 2011. Retrieved September 12, 2018.