Portage la Prairie By-Election Sept. 30, 1997

Summary of Official Results

On August 26, 1997, a by-election was announced for the provincial electoral division of Portage la Prairie. Polling day for the by-election was September 30, 1997. The writ of election and the necessary Order in Council calling the by-election were signed and issued on August 26.

The following are the official summary and poll by poll results of the by-election held in the electoral division of Portage la Prairie on Tuesday, September 30, 1997, as announced by the Returning Officer on Friday, October 3, 1997.

There were no judicial recounts or appeals of the election results. The results of the by-election became final with the return of the Writ of Election on Tuesday, October 14, 1997.

The candidate that received the most votes was David Faurschou with a total of 2,422 votes received.

Voter turnout for the by-election was 55.27%, with 6,511 ballots cast out of 11,780 registered voters.

Fifteen ballots were rejected as invalid, and three ballots were discarded leaving a total of 6,493 valid ballots counted.



Summary of Votes Received (Official)

Candidate Political Party Endorsation Votes Received Percent of Votes Cast
David Faurschou Manitoba PC 2,422 37.20
Warren Goodwin Independent 1,025 15.74
Connie Gretsinger NDP 1,340 20.58
Ralph L. Jackson Independent 49 0.75
Dave Quinn Liberal 1,657 25.45



Voter Participation

Total Ballots Cast

6,511

Total Registered Voters

11,780

Voter Turnout

55.27%

 

Official Electoral Results

Polling Place No. Faurschou, David, PC Goodwin, Warren, Ind. Gretsinger, Connie, NDP Jackson, Ralph L., Ind. Quinn, Dave, Lib. Discarded Rejected Total Ballots Cast Total Registered Voters
Douglas Campbell Lodge 1 33 24 8 0 17 ~ ~ 82 158
Crescentview School 2A 39 15 18 0 70 ~ ~ 142 220
Crescentview School 2B 60 16 15 0 47 ~ ~ 138 214
Crescentview School 3 115 11 9 0 54 ~ ~ 189 263
Crescentview School 4 92 16 22 0 81 ~ ~ 211 317
Crescentview School 5A 51 19 33 0 45 ~ ~ 148 250
Crescentview School 5B 45 13 16 0 49 ~ ~ 123 182
Douglas Campbell Lodge 6 45 20 17 2 21 ~ ~ 105 177
Lions Prairie Manor 7 46 19 39 3 37 ~ ~ 144 321
Victoria School 8 62 22 37 2 63 ~ ~ 186 293
Victoria School 9/ 10 56 22 35 1 28 ~ ~ 142 275
Polling Place No. Faurschou, David, PC Goodwin, Warren, Ind. Gretsinger, Connie, NDP Jackson, Ralph L., Ind. Quinn, Dave, Lib. Discarded Rejected Total Ballots Cast Total Registered Voters
Portage Collegiate Institutee 11 49 7 25 0 30 ~ 1 112 231
Oaktree Towers 12 75 27 32 1 54 ~ ~ 189 288
Oaktree Towers 13 40 17 20 0 23 ~ ~ 100 162
ARC Industries 14 32 13 14 0 30 ~ ~ 89 125
Yellowquill School 15 70 20 19 0 32 ~ ~ 141 217
Highway Tabernacle 16 34 24 26 0 39 ~ ~ 123 230
McKenzie United Church 17 41 26 41 0 27 ~ ~ 135 263
McKenzie United Church 18 48 32 34 5 27 ~ ~ 146 274
McKenzie United Church 19 49 24 30 0 47 ~ 1 151 322
Oddfellows Hall 20 42 33 29 1 41 ~ 1 147 263
Polling Place No. Faurschou, David, PC Goodwin, Warren, Ind. Gretsinger, Connie, NDP Jackson, Ralph L., Ind. Quinn, Dave, Lib. Discarded Rejected Total Ballots Cast Total Registered Voters
Glesby Centre 21 39 21 69 2 48 ~ 1 180 387
Glesby Centre 22 27 17 29 1 53 ~ ~ 127 245
North Memorial School 23 24 11 27 1 29 ~ ~ 92 228
North Memorial School 24 29 54 37 6 39 ~ ~ 165 382
North Memorial School 25 28 19 51 1 45 ~ ~ 144 287
Portage Centennial Arena 26 34 16 57 1 40 ~ ~ 148 283
LaVerendrye School 27 46 19 29 2 41 1~ ~ 138 270
LaVerendrye School 28 39 23 28 1 42 ~ ~ 133 242
LaVerendrye School 29 27 17 20 0 23 ~ ~ 87 176
LaVerendrye School 30 69 36 55 0 72 1 ~ 233 403
Polling Place No. Faurschou, David, PC Goodwin, Warren, Ind. Gretsinger, Connie, NDP Jackson, Ralph L., Ind. Quinn, Dave, Lib. Discarded Rejected Total Ballots Cast Total Registered Voters
LaVerendrye School 31 30 9 36 0 20 1 ~ 96 190
North Memorial School 32 43 22 31 0 26 ~ 1 123 218
High Bluff Community Hall 33 107 29 24 1 16 ~ ~ 177 286
Portage Christian Ministry (The Gathering Place) 34 56 38 24 0 21 ~ ~ 139 258
High Bluff Community Hall 35 41 25 8 2 10 ~ ~ 86 152
Oakland Recreation Club 36 82 32 14 5 19 ~ 1 153 324
Macdonald Hall 37 122 21 13 1 16 ~ ~ 173 296
Edwin Hall 38 41 12 18 0 18 ~ ~ 89 146
Long Plain Fire Hall 39 15 1 55 0 3 ~ ~ 74 368
Long Plain Fire Hall 40 2 0 10 1 1 ~ ~ 14 61
Polling Place No. Faurschou, David, PC Goodwin, Warren, Ind. Gretsinger, Connie, NDP Jackson, Ralph L., Ind. Quinn, Dave, Lib. Discarded Rejected Total Ballots Cast Total Registered Voters
Yellowquill School 41 85 29 45 1 23 ~ 2 185 325
Gainsborough Hall 42 32 41 20 0 19 ~ ~ 112 278
Curtis Ridge Hall 43 12 17 3 0 13 ~ ~ 45 178
Curtis Ridge Hall 44 49 42 30 2 30 ~ ~ 153 244
MDC (Activity Centre) 45 5 3 8 2 4 ~ 2 24 243
MDC(Activity Centre) 46 5 1 4 4 1 ~ 3 18 265
Moving Poll ~ 6 1 9 0 6 ~ ~ 22 ~
RO Advance Poll ~ 118 17 31 0 52 ~ 2 220 ~
Regular Advance Poll/ ~ 82 32 33 0 59 ~ ~ 206 ~
Mail-In ~ 3 0 3 0 6 ~ ~ 12 ~
Total ~ 2422 1025 1340 49 1657 3 15 6511 11,780