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연방수상 Harper 는 연방총독 Michaelle Jean 에게 캐나다의 39번째 연방의회를 해산해 주도록 요청했으며, Thanksgiving Day 다음날인 10월 14일에 캐나다 전국에서 선거가 실시됩니다.

캐나다 시민권이 있는 교민분들은 관심을 갖고 한표를 행사하시길 바랍니다.

아래의 자료는 위니펙 프리 프레스에서 가져온 것입니다.

매니토바주에 있는 선거구, 인구, 소득수준, 인종, 현재 MLA, 과거 투표율, 2008년 후보자 등을 알 수 있습니다.

참고하시길 바랍니다.

Election 2008 - Manitoba Ridings(매니토바 선거구들)

1. Brandon - Souris

Population: 84,600 (2006 census)
Median Age: 41
Median family income: $55,978
Number of immigrants: 4,780 (largest visible minority group is Latin American)
Aboriginal population: 7,025
Unemployment Rate: 4.6%

Thumbnail: It's been Tory since at least 1953, except during Liberal Prime Minister Jean Chretien's 1993 sweep, when the Grits edged out the Tory candidate.

2006 Election Results
       Candidate                            Votes   Per Cent
Conservative: Merv Tweed            20,247 54.4%
NDP: Bob Senff                             7,528 20.2%
Liberal: Murray Downing                6,696   18%

Green: Brad Bird                           1,707    4.6%
Independent: Mike Volek                   611   1.6%
Christian Heritage Party: Colin Atkins 290   0.8%
Communist: Lisa Gallagher               120   0.3%

2008 Candidates
Conservative: Merv Tweed, incumbent
NDP: John Bouché
Liberal:
Green: Dave Barnes, environmental educator

2. Charleswood - St. James-Assiniboia

Population: 81,470
Median Age: 40.7
Median family income: $72,510
Number of immigrants: 8,800 (largest visible minority group is Filipino)
Aboriginal population: 5,025
Unemployment Rate: 4.2%

Thumbnail: Charleswood has been the scene of some pitched battles between the Liberals and Tories in recent elections, most notably the face-off between former Winnipeg Mayor Glen Murray and Tory stalwart Steven Fletcher, who won the seat in 2004.

2006 Results
       Candidate                            Votes   Per Cent
Conservative: Steven Fletcher        20,791 47%
Liberal: John Loewen                  16,099   36.4%
NDP: Dennis Kshyk                       5,669 12.8%
Green: Mike Johannson                  1,700 3.8%

2008 Candidates
Conservative: Steven Fletcher, incumbent
Liberal: Bob Friesen, former president of the Canadian Federation of Agriculture.
NDP: Nomination meeting Sept. 9.
Green: Brian Timlick, retired purchasing agent for Red River College, labour activist

3. Churchill

Population: 75,225
Median Age: 26.4
Median family income: $40,418
Number of immigrants: 1,870 (largest visible minority group is South Asian)
Aboriginal population: 52,405

Unemployment Rate: 15.6%

Thumbnail: The biggest and most northern riding has been one of the province's most interesting. Last election saw a three-way race between Liberal Tina Keeper, rookie NDP candidate Niki Ashton and disaffected former NDP MP Bev Desjarlais, who split with her party over same-sex marriage. This year there's a rematch between Ashton and Keeper, and it's a race to watch.

2006 Results
       Candidate                            Votes   Per Cent
Liberal: Tina Keeper                     10,157 40.7%
NDP: Niki Ashton                          7,093 28.4%
Independent: Bev Desjarlais            4,283 17.2%
Conservative: Nazir Ahmad             2,886 11.6%
Green: Jeff Fountain                          401 1.6%
Independent: Brad Bodnar                 146 0.6%

2008 Candidates
Liberal: Tina Keeper, incumbent
NDP: Niki Ashton, University College of the North instructor
Conservative:
Green:

4. Dauphin - Swan River - Marquette

Population: 75,110
Median Age: 42.2
Median family income: $42,385
Number of immigrants: 2,730 (largest visible minority group is Chinese)
Aboriginal population: 17,915
Unemployment Rate: 5.9%

Thumbnail: Tory since the late 1950s except for one or two blips, the riding has been among the province's least volatile. Tory Inky Mark has represented it for more than a decade.

2006 Results
       Candidate                            Votes   Per Cent
Conservative: Inky Mark              20,084 59.1%
NDP: Walter Kolisnyk                    6,221 18.3%
Liberal: Don Dewar                       6,171 18.2%
Green: Kathy Storey                     1,246 3.7%
Christian Heritage Party: Iris Yawney 273 0.8%

2008 Candidates
Conservative: Inky Mark, incumbent
Liberal: Wendy Menzies, Neepawa town councillor
NDP:
Green: Kate Storey, organic farmer

5. Elmwood - Transcona

Population: 78,690
Median Age: 37.6
Median family income: $57,513
Number of immigrants: 11,435 (largest visible minority group is black)
Aboriginal population: 8,420
Unemployment Rate: 5%

Thumbnail: The working class western corner of Winnipeg has always been and NDP stronghold under Bill Blaikie, the party's elder statesman. But it's not so working class anymore, and the NDP have been slow off the mark. Could be a sleeper riding.

2006 Results
       Candidate                            Votes   Per Cent
NDP: Bill Blaikie                          16,967   50.8%
Conservative: Linda West             10,720   32.1%
Liberal: Tanya Parks                  4,108 12.3%
Green: Tanja Hutter                       1,211 3.6%
Christian Heritage Party: Robert Scott 363 1.1%

2008 Candidates
NDP: Nomination meeting Sept. 7
Conservative: Thomas Steen, former Winnipeg Jet
Liberal:
Green:

6. Kildonan - St. Paul

Population: 81,535
Median Age: 41.7
Median family income: $68,501
Number of immigrants: 16,000 (largest visible minority group is Filipino)
Aboriginal population: 5,155
Unemployment Rate: 4.5%

Thumbnail: The riding, which includes Winnipeg's northeastern suburbs and bedroom communities is fairly new, and it's sent a Tory to Ottawa since it was created in 2004. But the Liberals harbour hopes of stealing it.

2006 Results
       Candidate                                 Votes   Per Cent
Conservative: Joy Smith                  17,524 43.1%
Liberal: Terry Duguid                       13,597   33.5%
NDP: Evelyn Myskiw                         8,193 20.2%
Green: Colleen Zobel                         1,101 2.7%
Independent: Eduard Hiebert                  213 0.5%

2008 Candidates
Conservative: Joy Smith, incumbent
NDP: Ross Eadie, disabled advocate
Liberal:
Green:

7. Portage - Lisgar

Population: 85,650
Median Age: 36.6
Median family income: $54,161
Number of immigrants: 8,530 (largest visible minority group is black)
Aboriginal population: 6,820
Unemployment Rate: 3.6%

Thumbnail: Tory MP Brian Pallister is retiring and Candice Hoeppner from Winkler is looking to take on his post. The riding as been Tory since the 1950s.

2006 Results
       Candidate                                      Votes   Per Cent
Conservative: Brian Pallister                25,719   69.8%
Liberal: Garry McLean                            4,199   11.4%
NDP: Daren Van Den Bussche                4,072   11%
Green: Charlie Howatt                             1,880   5.1%
Christian Heritage Party: David Reimer         987 2.7%

2008 Candidates

Conservative: Candice Hoeppner, party strategist
Liberal:
NDP:
Green:

8. Provencher

Population: 87,740
Median Age: 36.7
Median family income: $57,963
Number of immigrants: 9,635 (largest visible minority group is black)
Aboriginal population: 9,095
Unemployment Rate: 3.7%

Thumbnail: The riding has gone Liberal in recent memory, but Manitoba's senior minister Vic Toews has had a solid grip on it through three elections. Interestingly, Provencher was Metis leader Louis Riel's riding back in the early 1870s.

2006 Results
       Candidate                              Votes   Per Cent
Conservative: Vic Toews               25,199   65.7%
Liberal: Wes Penner                        6,077   15.8%
NDP: Patrick O'Connor                    5,259   13.7%
Green: Janine Gibson                      1,830   4.8%

2008 Candidates
Conservative: Vic Toews, incumbent
Liberal:
NDP:
Green:

9. Saint Boniface

Population: 84,465
Median Age: 39.6
Median family income: $68,177
Number of immigrants: 9,795 (largest visible minority group is black)
Aboriginal population: 7,520
Unemployment Rate: 4.4%

Thumbnail: The riding is a Tory target, as it has been without success for the last couple of elections. Long thought a Liberal stronghold because of a politically active Francophone population, the growing southern suburbs tend to be more conservative.

2006 Results
       Candidate                                        Votes   Per Cent
Liberal: Raymond Simard                        16,417   38.6%
Conservative: Ken Cooper                       14,893   35%
NDP: Mathieu Allard                                 9,311   21.9%
Green: Marc Payette                               1,640   3.9%
Christian Heritage Party: Jane MacDiarmid    285   0.7%

2008 Candidates
Liberal: Raymond Simard, incumbent
Conservative: Shelly Glover, Winnipeg Police patrol sargeant
NDP:
Green: Marc Payette, programer analyst at St. Boniface College

10. Selkirk - Interlake

Population: 90,805
Median Age: 41.9
Median family income: $59,185
Number of immigrants: 5,175 (largest visible minority group is Filipino)
Aboriginal population: 17,930
Unemployment Rate: 5.6%

Thumbnail: One of the province's more interesting ridings in the last few federal elections, it's got farm, water, rural health care issues. Last time, former Premier Ed Schreyer came out of retirement to challenge the Tories for the seat.

2006 Results
       Candidate                                         Votes   Per Cent
Conservative: James Bezan                        21,661   49%
NDP: Ed Schreyer                                      16,358   37%
Liberal: Bruce Benson                                  4,436   10%
Green: Thomas Goodman                            1,283 2.9%
Independent: Duncan Geisler                          277 0.6%
Christian Heritage Party: Anthony Barendregt    204 0.5%

2008 Candidates
Conservative: James Bezan, incumbent
Liberal:
NDP:
Green:

11. Winnipeg Centre

Population: 81,030
Median Age: 36
Median family income: $42,363
Number of immigrants: 21,450 (largest visible minority group is Filipino)
Aboriginal population: 14,150
Unemployment Rate: 8%

Thumbnail: One of the poorest ridings in Canada, it's been an almost unbroken NDP stronghold since the days of Stanley Knowles. But the Liberals have often fielded strong candidates, and this year is no different.

2006 Results
       Candidate                            Votes   Per Cent
NDP: Pat Martin                          13,805   48.4%
Liberal: Ray St. Germain               6,940   24.3%
Conservative: Helen Sterzer           5,554 19.5%
Green: Gary Gervais                      2,010 7.1%
Communist: Anna-Celestrya Carr      199   0.7%

2008 Candidates
NDP: Pat Martin, incumbent
Liberal: Dan Hurley, senior advisor to U of W President Lloyd Axworthy,
Conservative: Kenny Daodu, owner of Tomi-Tola's African restaurant, former provincial candidate.
Green:

12. Winnipeg North

Population: 79,365
Median Age: 35.8
Median family income: $51,299
Number of immigrants: 22,600 (largest visible minority group is Filipino)
Aboriginal population: 15,150
Unemployment Rate: 6.5%

Thumbnail: A riding with NDP roots to the 1950s, it was held by Liberal cabinet minister Rey Pagtakhan before a riding boundary change pitted him against NDP MP Judy Wasylycia-Leis in 2004. She held the riding next door and she's held Winnipeg North ever since.

2006 Results

Candidate Votes Per Cent
NDP: Judy Wasylycia-Leis 15,582 57.2%

Liberal: Parmjeet Gill 5,752 21.1%

Conservative: Garreth McDonald 4,810 17.6%

Green: David Carey 779 2.9%

Christian Heritage Party: Eric Truijen 207 0.8%

Communist: Darrell Rankin 123 0.5%

2008 Candidates
NDP: Judy Wasylycia-Leis, incumbent
Liberal: Marcelle Marion
Conservative:
Green:

13. Winnipeg South

Population: 84,415
Median Age: 37.1
Median family income: $79,957
Number of immigrants: 16,585 (largest visible minority group is Chinese)
Aboriginal population: 4,210
Unemployment Rate: 4.5%

Thumbnail: The site of a big shocker in 2006 - the upset of Liberal cabinet minister Reg Alcock by an insurgent campaign waged by rookie Rod Bruinooge. The young Tory has had plenty of play in the last couple of years to keep his profile high, but he's running against a seasoned campaigner in Liberal John Loewen.

2006 Results
       Candidate                                              Votes   Per Cent
Conservative: Rod Bruinooge                         17,328 41.4%
Liberal: Reg Alcock                                     17,217  41.2%
NDP: Robert Page                                          5,743  13.7%
Green: Wesley Whiteside                                1,289   3.1%
Christian Heritage Party: Heidi Loewen-Steffano   259  0.6%

2008 Candidates
Conservative: Rod Bruinooge, incumbent
Liberal: John Loewen, businessman, former Tory MLA
NDP: Sean Robert, product consultant at the Manitoba Liquor Control Commission
Green: David Cosby, electrical engineer

14. Winnipeg South Centre

Population: 78,290
Median Age: 39.9
Median family income: $70,318
Number of immigrants: 11,830 (largest visible minority group is black)
Aboriginal population: 4,565
Unemployment Rate: 4.5%

Thumbnail: A riding to watch this election. The riding has been Liberal since Lloyd Axworthy's time, but Grit MP Anita Neville has long been the Tory's top target in Manitoba. Tory candidate Trevor Kennard has been nominated for months and has been working the riding.

2006 Results
       Candidate                                    Votes   Per Cent
Liberal: Anita Neville                              16,296   39.2%
Conservative: Michael Richards             13,077   31.5%
NDP: Mark Wasyliw                                 9,055   21.8%
Green: Vere H. Scott                             1,848   4.5%
Progressive Canadian Party: Dale Swirsky   934 2.2%
Independent: Jeffrey Anderson                     246 0.6%
Canadian Action: Magnus Thompson             66 0.2%

2008 Candidates
Liberal: Anita Neville, incumbent
Conservative: Trevor Kennerd, former Winnipeg Blue Bomber
NDP:
Green:

각 선거구의 자료를 확인하니 위니펙 서쪽, 동쪽, 남쪽이 위니펙의 북쪽, 중앙이나 다른 매니토바주내의 선거구보다 평균적으로 소득이 좋군요. 그리고 유색인종으로 필리핀인, 중국인, 흑인 순으로 많습니다.그리고 정당으로는 Conservative(보수당)와 NDP(신민당, New Democratic Party)가 Liberal(자유당)보다 강세네요.

아래는 각 정당의 당수 프로필입니다.

Stephen Harper

Party: Conservative
Age: 49
Horoscope: Taurus
Hometown: Toronto
Riding: Calgary Southwest
Religion: Christian and Missionary Alliance
First language: English
Bilingual: Yes
Education: BA, MA, University of Calgary, economics

Life before politics: Computer systems worker at Imperial Oil; president National Citizens Coalition
Family: Wife, Laureen; children Ben, 12, Rachel, 9
How his party wants him to be seen: As a "minivan-driving hockey dad from the suburbs."
How his opponents want him to be seen: As a bully who can't be trusted, particularly with a majority
Success in this campaign would be: Larger minority or majority government
Something you may not know: He is the first prime minister since Lester B. Pearson who didn't attend law school

Stéphane Dion

Party: Liberal
Age: 53 (He will turn 54 Sept. 28)
Horoscope: Libra
Hometown: Quebec City
Riding: Saint-Laurent-Cartiervillle (Montreal)
Religion: Lapsed Catholic
First language: French
Bilingual: Yes
Education: BA, MA Université Laval, politics; PhD, Institut d'Études Politiques de Paris, sociology

Life before politics: Professor, public administration, University of Montreal
Family: Wife, Janine Krieber; daughter, Jeanne, 23
How his party wants him to be seen: As a consensus-building intellectual
How his opponents want him to be seen: As a weak-kneed, elitist professor who doesn't have what it takes to govern
Success in this campaign would be: Larger minority or majority government
Something you may not know: Dion is an avid fly fisher and golfer. In the latter, when he makes a good shot, he shouts "Vive Le Canada"

Jack Layton

Party: New Democratic
Age: 58
Horoscope: Cancer
Hometown: Hudson, Que.
Riding: Toronto-Danforth
Religion: United Church
First language: English
Bilingual: Yes
Education: BA, politics, McGill University; MA, PhD political science, York University

Life before politics: Ryerson University professor; 20-year Toronto city councillor
Family: Wife, Olivia Chow; children, Sarah, 30 Mike, 28 (both from his first marriage)
How his party wants him to be seen: "A strong leader who is right on the issues"
How his opponents want him to be seen: An also-ran (Liberals); an alternative to the Liberals (Tories)
Something you may not know: Layton's father, Robert, was a Tory MP from Quebec and cabinet minister in Brian Mulroney's government

Gilles Duceppe

Party: Bloc Québécois
Age: 61
Horoscope: Cancer
Hometown: Montreal
Riding: Laurier-Saint-Marie (Montreal)
First language: French
Bilingual: Yes
Education: BA, Collège Mont-Saint-Louis

Life before politics: Hospital orderly, trade union negotiator
Family: Wife Yolande Brunelle; two children, Alexis and Amelie
How his party wants him to be seen: The only guy who cares only about Quebec
How his opponents want him to be seen: A separatist ideologue
Something you may not know: Duceppe was the first person elected from the Bloc Québécois party in 1990

Elizabeth May

Party: Green
Age: 54
Horoscope: Gemini
Hometown: Hartford, Conn.
Riding: Running in Central Nova
Religion: Devout Christian
First language: English
Bilingual: Yes
Education: Law degree, Dalhousie University

Life before politics: Founding executive director of the Sierra Club of Canada
Family: Daughter, Victoria, 17
How her party wants her to be seen: A viable option
How her opponents want her to be seen: A fringe leader from a fringe party
Something you may not know: May attended the prestigious Miss Porter's School in Farmington, Conn.

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