Union Station (electoral district)

Union Station (French: Gare-Union) is a provincial electoral district (riding) in the Canadian province of Manitoba that was first contested at the 2019 Manitoba general election. Uzoma Asagwara of the New Democratic Party was elected its first representative to the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba.

Union Station

Manitoba electoral district
Location in Winnipeg
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of Manitoba
MLA	Uzoma Asagwara New Democratic
District created	2018
First contested	2019
Last contested	2023
Demographics
Population (2016)[1]	21,885
Census division(s)	Division No. 11
Census subdivision(s)	Winnipeg

History

The riding was created by the 2018 provincial redistribution out of parts of Logan, Wolseley and Minto. The riding is presumably named for Union Station and according to the boundaries commission "to recognize the important role of the railway in the establishment of Winnipeg".

Location

The riding contains most of Downtown Winnipeg and parts of the neighbourhoods of West Broadway and Spence.

Election results

v t e 2023 Manitoba general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Uzoma Asagwara	3,714	70.78	+18.16	$11,910.44
	Progressive Conservative	Aaron Croning	917	17.48	+0.32	$0.00
	Liberal	Iqra Tariq	616	11.74	-6.99	$6,798.42
Total valid votes/expense limit			5,247	98.93	–	$49,273.00
Total rejected and declined ballots			57	1.07	–
Turnout			5,304	42.21	-1.85
Eligible voters			12,567
	New Democratic hold		Swing		+8.92
Source(s) Source: Elections Manitoba[2][3][4]

v t e 2019 Manitoba general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Uzoma Asagwara	2,635	52.23	+13.3	$17,642.20
	Liberal	Harold Davis	949	18.81	-4.0	$4,328.11
	Progressive Conservative	Tara Fawcett	908	18.00	-1.6	$521.28
	Green	Andrea Shalay	473	9.38	-4.8	$2,067.06
	Communist	Elsa Cubas	48	0.95		$310.80
	Manitoba Forward	James Yau	32	0.63		$0.00
Total valid votes			5,045	100.0
Total rejected ballots
Turnout				43.9
Eligible voters
	New Democratic hold		Swing		+8.2

2016 provincial election redistributed results[5]
Party		%
	New Democratic	39.9
	Liberal	22.8
	Progressive Conservative	19.6
	Green	14.2
	Others	3.5