What to know about the Kirkfield Park riding for Manitoba's 2023 election

• About the riding
• Voting history
• News stories from Kirkfield Park
• Meet the candidates
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The western Winnipeg riding Kirkfield Park has been around since 1981.

The riding is bounded to the south by the Assiniboine River and by Portage Avenue, and Ness Avenue from Sturgeon Road to Mount Royal Road, to the north. The western boundary is the Winnipeg city limits and the eastern boundary runs along Mount Royal Road.

The riding includes the neighbourhoods of St. Charles, Westwood, Birchwood and Silver Heights.

Kirkfield Park's population is 22,485, says the province's riding profile (compiled from the 2021 census).

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The median age of the riding is older than the overall provincial median, at 46.8 compared to 38.4 provincewide, the riding profile and the 2021 census say. The census found the median household income in the area is $85,000.

More facts about Kirkfield Park

• Roughly 25 per cent of residents are 65 and older, compared to 17.1 per cent provincewide, the profile says.
• Just 10 per cent per cent of residents identified as Indigenous in the 2021 census, the profile says.
• Just under 14 per cent of residents identified as immigrants, the profile says.

Voting history

The riding has been Progressive Conservative for most of its history, but voted NDP in the 2007 and 2011 elections.

• 1981 to 2003 (seven general elections): Progressive Conservative.
• 2007: NDP.
• 2011: Sharon Blady (NDP).
• 2016, 2019: Scott Fielding (Progressive Conservative).
• 2022 byelection: Kevin Klein (Progressive Conservative).

Kirkfield Park in the news

• Environment Minister Kevin Klein's claim to be Mtis denounced by brother, Manitoba Mtis Federation
• Kirkfield Park byelection candidates Klein and Nichol make promises about health care, Grace Hospital

Meet the candidates

As of Sept. 11, the nominated candidates for the 2023 election are:

• Dennis Bayomi (Green Party).
• Kevin Klein (Progressive Conservative incumbent).
• Logan Oxenham (NDP).
• Rhonda Nichol (Liberal).

Candidates become official when they meet criteria set out in the province's Elections Act, including providing a statement of disclosure, after the election has been called. In Kirkfield Park,all candidates are official.

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