The Pas-Kameesak

The Pas-Kameesak (French: Le Pas-Kameesak) is a provincial electoral district in Northern Manitoba, Canada.

The Pas-Kameesak

Manitoba electoral district
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of Manitoba
MLA	Amanda Lathlin New Democratic
District created	2018
First contested	2019
Last contested	2023
Demographics
Population (2021)[1][2]	21,150
Electors (2023)[3]	12,823
Area (km²)	60,976
Pop. density (per km²)	0.35
Census division(s)	Division No. 18, Division No. 19, Division No. 21
Census subdivision(s)	Chemawawin 2 & 3, Dauphin River 48A, Fairford 50, Fisher, Fisher River 44, Grahamdale, Grand Rapids, Grand Rapids 33, Jackhead 43, Kelsey, Little Saskatchewan 48, Moose Lake 31A, Opaskwayak Cree Nation 21, Peguis 1B, The Narrows 49, The Pas

The riding was created by the 2018 provincial redistribution after the former riding of The Pas gained significant portions of the Swan River and the former riding of Interlake. It came into effect at the 2019 Manitoba general election.^[4]

The riding includes the town of The Pas, as well as Opaskwayak Cree Nation, Grand Rapids, Easterville, Pinaymootang First Nation, Peguis First Nation, Lake St. Martin First Nation, and Little Saskatchewan First Nation.^[4]

The riding is named for the town of The Pas, the largest community in the riding, and the Cree word kameesak, meaning 'big', a reference to Lake Winnipeg.^[5]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Assembly	Years	Member		Party
Riding created from The Pas, Swan River and Interlake
42nd	2019–2023		Amanda Lathlin	New Democratic
43rd	2023–present

Election results

2023

v t e 2023 Manitoba general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Amanda Lathlin	3,522	67.18	+9.27	$13,310.33
	Progressive Conservative	Alan McLauchlan	1,506	28.72	+4.40	$25,109.47
	Liberal	Alvina Rundle	215	4.10	+0.71	$4,535.93
Total valid votes/expense limit			5,243	99.62	–	$38,388.00
Total rejected and declined ballots			20	0.38	–
Turnout			5,263	53.53	+10.48
Eligible voters			9,834
	New Democratic hold		Swing		+2.44
Source(s) Source: Elections Manitoba[6][7][8]

2019

v t e 2019 Manitoba general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Amanda Lathlin	3,180	57.90	+19.1	$9,983.35
	Progressive Conservative	Ron Evans	1,336	24.33	-13.2	none listed
	Green	Ralph McLean	790	14.38	+11.1	$1,993.53
	Liberal	Ken Brandt	186	3.39	-15.9	$0.00
Total valid votes			5,492	–
Rejected			27	–
Eligible voters / turnout			12,823	43.04
	New Democratic hold		Swing		+16.1
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.

2016 provincial election redistributed results[9]
Party		%
	New Democratic	38.8
	Progressive Conservative	38.5
	Liberal	19.3
	Green	3.3

Subdivisions

The Pas-Kameesak includes the following communities/subdivisions:^[10]

• Chemawawin 2 & 3
• Dauphin River First Nation
• Division 18, Unorganized
• Division 19, Unorganized
• Division No. 21, Unorganized
• Fisher
• Fisher River Cree Nation
• Grahamdale
• Grand Rapids
• Kelsey
• Kinonjeoshtegon First Nation
• Lake St. Martin First Nation
• Little Saskatchewan First Nation
• Misipawistik Cree Nation
• Moose Lake 31A
• Opaskwayak Cree Nation
• Peguis First Nation
• Pinaymootang First Nation
• The Pas

See also

• List of Manitoba provincial electoral districts
• Canadian provincial electoral districts