Manitoba votes 2019: Tyndall Park riding profile
- About the riding
- Voting history
- News stories from Tyndall Park
- Meet the candidates
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Tyndall Park became a riding in the 2008 redistribution of Manitoba ridings and was set as an electoral district ahead of the 2011 provincial general election. It took roughly 60 per cent of its area from The Maples and roughly 40 per cent from the former Inkster riding.
The northwest Winnipeg riding runs between Jefferson Avenuein north and the CP rail linein the south. It's bounded on the west by BrooksideBoulevard (city limits) in the west and Selkirk Avenue, Keewatin Street and the CP rail linein the east.
The riding includes the Winnipeg neighbourhoods of Tyndall Park, Garden Grove, Lord Selkirk and Meadows West.
Its population is 21,455, according to the province's 2018 riding profile(compiled fromthe 2016 census).
Themedian age of the riding is slightly below the overall provincial median, at35.8 in Tyndall Parkcompared to38.3provincewide,according to the 2018 riding profileand the 2016 census. The census found themedian household income in the area is $82,268.
More facts about Tyndall Park:
- Just under half of residents identified as immigrants in the 2016 census, according to the province's 2018 profile.
- Just over 87.1 per cent of those people said their country of origin is in Asia or the Middle East.
- Almost 62per cent of residents identified as visible minorities.
- The largest two employment groups are health care and social assistance (16.9 per cent), and manufacturing (16.2 per cent), followed by retail trade(11.3 per cent), and transportation and warehousing (8.6 per cent).
Voting history
The Tyndall Park riding has only ever voted for the NDP.
- 2011 and 2016 elections: NDP
Tyndall Parkin the news
Meet the candidates
The nominated candidates for the 2019 election are:
- DaljitKainth (Progressive Conservative).
- Frank Komarniski (Communist Party of Canada - Manitoba).
- Cindy Lamoureux (Liberal).
- FleurMann (Green Party).
- Dominador (Ted) Marcelino (NDP).
Candidates become official when they meet criteria set out in the province'sElections Act, including providing a statement of disclosure. In Tyndall Park, all fivecandidates are official.