2004 Election Results:

Riding Profile:

This riding first existed in the 1883 election. It was eliminated in 1969 and re-established in 1981 and has been PC since then. This riding is in southwest Manitoba and has the Manitoba/North Dakota border as its southern boundary. The riding includes Killarney, Carberry, Glenboro, Pilot Mound and MacGregor.

The population in 1996 was 18,569. In 1999, almost 19 per cent of the population was over the age of 65. Also, there was a significant German population (13%).

The average family income in 1999 was $43,265 with an unemployment rate of 3.50 per cent.

In 1999, the main industries in the riding were agriculture (37%) followed by health and social services (9%).

Political History:

• 1981: PC Brian Ransom, who was elected in Souris-Killarney in 1977, ran in this riding and defeated ND Joan Johannson by 3,115 votes.
  
• 1986: PC Denis Rocan defeated ND Gordon Kennedy by 2,037 votes.
  
• 1988: PC Rocan defeated LIB Ross McMillan by 598 votes. Rocan ran in Gladstone in 1990.
  
• 1990: PC Bob Rose defeated LIB Doug Collins by 2,611 votes.
  
• 1995: PC Mervin Tweed defeated LIB Doug Collins by 3,046 votes.
  
• 1999: PC Mervin Tweed defeated ND Janet Brady by 2,135 votes.

  2003: PC Mervin Tweed defeated ND Lonnie Patterson by 2,063 votes.

  2003 Turnout: 54.86%

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