STATEMENT OF

Arthur-Virden and Morris By-elections

January 28, 2014

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Arthur-Virden and Morris By-elections January 28, 2014

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Reporting on the Arthur-Virden and Morris by-elections...... 5

Voter Registration...... 5 Registered Parties...... 6 Nominations...... 6 Voting...... 7 Summary of Results...... 8 Standing of Parties...... 9

Map and Station-by-Station Results...... 11

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Following each election, the Chief Electoral Officer publishes a Statement of Votes as per section 175 ofThe Elections Act. This report must be published within six months of the election and must include the results for each voting station.

The by-elections were a result of two vacancies in the Legislative Assembly. The member for Arthur-Virden, Mr. , resigned his seat on October 18, 2013. The member for Morris, Ms. Mavis Taillieu, resigned her seat on February 12, 2013.

Pursuant to Order in Council number 473/2013, the Chief Electoral Officer issued writs of election to the Returning Officers for both electoral divisions on December 27, 2013.

ELECTORAL DIVISION RETURNING OFFICER Arthur-Virden Marilyn Wakely Morris Clarence Morris

Nominations were set to close on January 13, 2014 and the by-election was directed to take place on January 28, 2014.

The boundaries of the electoral divisions were the same as in the 2011 provincial general election as established in 2008 under The Electoral Divisions Act based on the Report of the 2008 Electoral Divisions Boundaries Commission. Maps showing the electoral division boundaries and voting area boundaries are included in this report.

Voter Registration – Arthur-Virden

A total of 13,839 eligible voters were registered in Arthur-Virden. Close to 99 per cent of these voters were placed on the voters list during enumeration, held from December 28, 2013 to January 12, 2014. This period included an additional two days beyond the regular enumeration period, in order to ensure as complete a preliminary voters list as possible.

During revision, 53 additional voters were registered, or less than 0.5 per cent of the total. The balance of 118 voters, or 0.8 per cent, was sworn on to the list following revision. An eligible voter must take the required oath and produce the required identification to swear on to the voters list. The following table details voter registration in Arthur-Virden for the by-election, including a comparison to the 2011 general election:

2014 BY-ELECTION 2011 GENERAL ELECTION METHOD OF REGISTRATION REGISTERED VOTERS PERCENTAGE REGISTERED VOTERS PERCENTAGE Enumeration 13,668 98.7% 14,025 96.0% Revision* 53 0.4% 405 2.8% Sworn On-Advance 18 0.1% 31 0.2% Sworn On-Election Day 100 0.7% 152 1.0% Total 13,839 14,613 *Net amount of all additions and deletions at revision

Voter Registration – Morris

A total of 14,007 eligible voters were registered in Morris. Just over 94 per cent of these voters were placed on the voters list during enumeration, held from December 28, 2013 to January 12, 2014. As in Arthur-Virden, two days were added to enumeration to facilitate a more complete preliminary voters list.

During revision, 567 additional voters were registered, or four per cent of the total. The balance of 266 voters or 1.9 per cent were sworn on following revision. An eligible voter must take the required oath and produce the required identification to swear on to the voters list. The following table details voter registration in Morris, including a comparison to the 2011 general election: ARTHUR-VIRDEN AND MORRIS BY-ELECTIONS 5

StatementofVotesArthur-Virden.indd 5 14-05-15 10:01 AM 2014 BY-ELECTION 2011 GENERAL ELECTION METHOD OF REGISTRATION REGISTERED VOTERS PERCENTAGE REGISTERED VOTERS PERCENTAGE Enumeration 13,174 94.1% 14,800 97.2% Revision* 567 4.0% 286 1.9% Sworn On-Advance 39 0.3% 15 0.1% Sworn On-Election Day 225 1.6% 115 0.8% Sworn On-Absentee/ Homebound 2 0.0% 0 0.0% Sworn On-Inst 0 0.0% 12 0.1% Total 14,007 15,228 *Net amount of all additions and deletions at revision

Registered Parties

At the time of the by-election, there were five registered parties in the province.

REGISTERED PARTY DATE OF REGISTRATION

Communist Party of Canada - Manitoba April 30, 1999 August 17, 1999 December 12, 1980 New Democratic Party of Manitoba November 17, 1980 The Progressive Conservative Party of Manitoba November 25, 1980 Nominations

Nominations for both by-elections closed at 1:00 p.m. on Monday, January 13 with four candidates being nominated in Arthur-Virden and five in Morris. The following tables show the nominated candidates and the registered party which endorsed each of the candidates.

Arthur-Virden

CANDIDATE AFFILIATION

Buhler, Floyd Liberal Piwniuk, Doyle PC Manitoba Senff, Bob NDP Storey, Kate Green Party of Manitoba

Morris

CANDIDATE AFFILIATION

Barber, Jeremy Liberal Harder, Dean NDP Landry, Alain Green Party of Manitoba Martin, Shannon PC Manitoba Shaw, Ray Independent

6 STATEMENT OF VOTES

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Election day voting took place from 7:00 am to 8:00 pm on January 28, 2014. In addition to regular voting on election day, Manitoba voters were able to vote at advance locations, through homebound and absentee voting opportunities and at institutional voting stations.

Advance voting stations were established to allow voting before election day. During the by-elections advance voting was held from January 18 to January 25, 2014.

As in all elections, homebound voting was available for voters who were unable to go to a voting station because of a disability. This method of voting was also available to the caregivers of these voters.

Any qualified voter who was away from their electoral division during advance voting and on election day could take advantage of absentee voting prior to the opening of advance voting.

The Elections Act allows for institutional or mobile voting stations for health care facilities and correctional institutions.

Since June of 1995 The Elections Act provides for people to have their name and other personal information either obscured or omitted from the voters list in order to protect the voter’s personal security. During the Arthur-Virden and Morris by-elections, there were no personal security voters.

Arthur-Virden

Voter turnout for Arthur-Virden was 33.31 per cent. Turnout for Arthur-Virden in the 2011 general election was 51.91 per cent. The following table shows the total number of voters and the methods by which they voted.

2014 BY-ELECTION 2011 GENERAL ELECTION VOTING METHOD BALLOTS CAST PERCENTAGE BALLOTS CAST PERCENTAGE Regular 3,911 84.8% 6,604 87.1% Advance 537 11.6% 735 9.7% Institutional 130 2.8% 203 2.7% Homebound 18 0.4% 13 0.2% Absentee 16 0.3% 11 0.1% Write-In 0 0.0% 19 0.3% Total Votes Cast 4,612 7,585

Of the ballots cast in the Arthur-Virden by-election, there were 10 rejected and 0 declined.

Absentee Voting — In the Arthur-Virden by-election there were 14 voters (0.3 percent of the total votes) who utilized the absentee voting opportunity.

Advance Voting —Advance voting was held in 14 locations including the returning office. There were also two mobile advance locations. During advance voting 537 ballots were cast. Of the total ballots cast in Arthur-Virden, 11.6 per cent were cast during the week of advance voting.

Homebound Voting — The number of people utilizing this voting opportunity was 18 (0.4 percent of the total votes cast).

Voting in Institutions — There were four institutional mobile voting stations in use, serving voters in eight different communities.

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Voter turnout for Morris was 27.07 per cent. Turnout for the electoral division in the 2011 general election was 50.69 per cent. The following table shows the total number of votes and the methods by which they were cast.

BY-ELECTION 2011 GENERAL ELECTION VOTING METHOD BALLOTS CAST PERCENTAGE BALLOTS CAST PERCENTAGE Regular 3,351 88.3% 7029 91.1% Advance 373 9.8% 640 8.3% Institutional 40 1.1% 7 0.1% Homebound 14 0.4% 10 0.1% Absentee 14 0.4% 11 0.1% Write-In 0 0.0% 22 0.3% Total Votes Cast 3,792 7,719

Of the ballots cast, there were 17 rejected and 0 declined.

Absentee Voting — In the Morris by-election 14 voters (0.4 percent of the total votes) utilized absentee voting.

Advance Voting — Advance voting was held in eight locations including the returning office. During advance voting there were 373 ballots cast. Of the total ballots cast in Morris, 9.8 per cent were cast during the week of advance voting.

Homebound Voting — The number of people who used this voting opportunity in Morris was 14 (0.4 percent of the total votes cast).

Voting in Institutions — Within the electoral division of Morris there was one institutional voting station and two institutional mobile voting stations serving voters in three communities. Summary of Results

The following charts provide summaries of the results in the two by-elections. The member elected in Arthur-Virden was PC Manitoba candidate Doyle Piwniuk and the member elected in Morris was PC candidate .

Arthur-Virden

CANDIDATES AFFILIATION VOTES RECEIVED PERCENTAGE Buhler, Floyd Liberal 738 16% Piwniuk, Doyle PC Manitoba 3,137 68% Senff, Bob NDP 480 10% Storey, Kate Green Party of Manitoba 245 5% Rejected 10 Declined 0

Total Votes Cast 4,612 Registered Voters 13,839

Turnout 33.31% Plurality 2,399

8 STATEMENT OF VOTES Elections Manitoba

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CANDIDATES AFFILIATION VOTES RECEIVED PERCENTAGE Barber, Jeremy Liberal 422 11% Harder, Dean NDP 488 13% Landry, Alain Green Party of Manitoba 85 2% Martin, Shannon PC Manitoba 2,642 70% Shaw, Ray Independent 138 4% Rejected 17 Declined 0

Total Votes Cast 3,792 Registered Voters 14,007

Turnout 27.07% Plurality 2,154

Standing of Parties

The standings for the five registered parties following the by-elections are as follows:

New Democratic Party of Manitoba 36 The Progressive Conservative Party of Manitoba 19 Manitoba Liberal Party 1 Communist Party of Canada – Manitoba 0 Green Party of Manitoba 0 Independent 1 Total 57

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*Written descriptions of voting area boundaries are included in a supplement to this report which is available upon request from Elections Manitoba.

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Voting Area/Voting Place (NDP) (Liberal) Declined Rejected SENFF, Bob SENFF, (PC Manitoba) STOREY, Kate Kate STOREY, BUHLER, Floyd PIWNIUK, Doyle Registered Voters Registered (Green Party of Manitoba) (Green 1 - McAuley Fun Club 7 29 12 1 0 0 208 2 - Birdtail Sioux Band Office 13 5 8 3 0 0 216 3 - Beulah Community Hall 8 60 5 2 1 0 214 4 - Miniota Community Hall 13 85 13 4 0 0 276 5 - Crandall Community Hall 3 21 4 3 1 0 139 6 - Hamiota Community Centre 14 43 4 4 0 0 246 7 - Hamiota Community Centre 17 38 5 4 1 0 254 8 - Hamiota Community Centre 19 72 11 5 0 0 313 9 - Elkhorn Legion Hall 6 27 5 5 0 0 202 10 - Elkhorn Legion Hall 18 60 12 5 1 0 348 11 - Hargrave Community Centre 1 51 3 2 0 0 162 12 - Lenore Community Hall 10 31 5 3 0 0 133 13 - Kenton Community Hall 39 39 9 9 0 0 258 14 - Kola School 11 58 2 3 0 0 197 15 - Virden Legion Hall 6 49 1 2 0 0 200 16 - Virden Legion Hall 6 79 10 1 0 0 242 17 - Virden Legion Hall 13 68 13 3 0 0 245 18 - Virden Legion Hall 13 76 9 6 0 0 347 19 - Virden Legion Hall 7 52 11 3 0 0 240 20 - Virden Legion Hall 10 53 5 2 0 0 276 21 - Virden Legion Hall 14 50 6 2 0 0 282 22 - Virden Legion Hall 13 91 6 2 0 0 326 23 - Virden Legion Hall 8 41 5 3 0 0 201 24 - Oak Lake Community Centre 9 78 15 1 0 0 208 25 - Oak Lake Community Centre 13 72 17 6 0 0 275 26 - Sioux Valley Veterans Hall 41 2 11 0 0 0 388 27 - Sioux Valley Veterans Hall 43 6 1 1 0 0 271 28 - Cromer Community Centre 3 24 1 1 0 0 147 29 - Virden Legion Hall 4 35 6 2 0 0 141 30 - Sinclair Community Centre 2 33 1 2 0 0 126 31 - Al-Res-Tone Drop-In Centre 4 38 12 4 0 0 247 32 - Al-Res-Tone Drop-In Centre 15 59 11 6 0 0 224 33 - Pipestone Hall 15 40 5 2 1 0 169 34 - Canupawakpa Education Complex 2 1 16 1 0 0 167 35 - Oak Lake Community Centre 3 44 8 5 0 0 168 36 - Grande-Clairière Centre 3 42 2 2 0 0 175 37 - Centennial Centre 3 33 2 1 0 0 196 38 - Hartney Centennial Centre 9 59 7 1 1 0 284 39 - Elgin Community Hall 4 30 10 9 0 0 216 40 - Minto Town and Country Hall 11 33 1 6 0 0 206 41 - Boissevain Community Centre 8 52 3 18 0 0 227 42 - Boissevain Community Centre 22 52 7 4 1 0 289 43 - Boissevain Community Centre 13 49 11 10 0 0 340

14 STATEMENT OF VOTES Elections Manitoba

StatementofVotesArthur-Virden.indd 14 14-05-15 10:01 AM Voting Area/Voting Place (NDP) (Liberal) Declined Rejected SENFF, Bob SENFF, (PC Manitoba) STOREY, Kate Kate STOREY, BUHLER, Floyd PIWNIUK, Doyle Registered Voters Registered (Green Party of Manitoba) (Green 44 - Boissevain Community Centre 29 53 10 8 0 0 394 45 - Deloraine Winchester Community Hall 15 48 10 6 0 0 258 46 - Deloraine Winchester Community Hall 7 40 11 5 1 0 239 47 - Deloraine Winchester Community Hall 18 48 5 4 0 0 274 48 - Brendora Hall 5 31 3 3 0 0 151 49 - Napinka Community Hall 1 28 1 0 0 0 84 50 - Melita Legion Hall 10 48 8 1 0 0 273 51 - Melita Legion Hall 16 50 7 7 0 0 275 52 - Melita Legion Hall 13 52 8 2 0 0 334 53 - RM of Albert Office 7 19 5 4 0 0 114 54 - Pierson Community Hall 7 68 6 3 0 0 267 55 - Lyleton Community Hall 9 51 0 8 0 0 151 56 - Waskada Legion Hall 6 57 3 1 0 0 182 57 - Goodlands Community Centre 7 21 2 4 0 0 93 58 - Deloraine Winchester Community Hall 5 30 0 5 0 0 193 59 - Boissevain Community Centre 1 34 0 3 0 0 218 IMVS-1 - Virden 7 30 9 1 0 0 92 IMVS-2 -Elkhorn/Reston 1 11 3 2 0 0 57 IMVS-3 - Melita/Hartney 5 12 1 0 0 0 41 IMVS-4 - Boissevain/Deloraine 9 14 3 3 1 0 101 IMVS-5 - Hamiota/Sioux Valley First Nation 5 6 5 1 1 0 59 Advance 1 - Returning Office 22 236 28 3 0 0 Advance 2 - Boissevain Town Office 2 17 0 0 0 0 Advance 3 - Deloraine Town Office 1 15 4 1 0 0 Advance 4 - Hartney Centennial Centre 0 10 5 1 0 0 Advance 5 - Waskada Legion Hall 1 13 3 0 0 0 Advance 6 - Golden Age Centre 3 15 2 3 0 0 Advance 7 - Lyleton Community Hall 0 3 0 0 0 0 Advance 8 - RM of Albert Office 0 2 0 2 0 0 Advance 9 - Al-Res-Tone Drop-In Centre 2 13 3 1 0 0 Advance 10 - Elkhorn Legion Hall 2 7 2 1 0 0 Advance 11 - Oak Lake Community Centre 1 18 5 0 0 0 Advance 12 - McAuley Fun Club 1 1 1 0 0 0 Advance 13 - Miniota Community Hall 1 4 1 0 0 0 Advance 14 - Hamiota Town Office 0 8 3 1 0 0 Advance 15 - Mobile Hamiota 10 8 2 1 0 0 Advance 16 - Mobile Virden 9 35 4 0 0 0 Absentee 4 10 2 0 0 0 Homebound 0 11 6 1 0 0 738 3,137 482 245 10 0 13,839

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Voting Area/Voting Place (Ind.) (NDP) (Liberal) Declined Rejected SHAW, Ray SHAW, (PC Manitoba) LANDRY, Alain LANDRY, HARDER, Dean BARBER, Jeremy Registered Voters Registered MARTIN, Shannon (Green Party of Manitoba) (Green 1 - St. Eustache Hall 13 12 6 50 2 0 0 296 2 - St. François Xavier Community Club 26 18 6 56 3 2 0 339 3 - St. François Xavier Community Club 14 13 1 23 1 1 0 269 4 - Headingley Community Centre 7 13 1 42 1 0 0 309 5 - Headingley Community Centre 10 4 1 45 2 0 0 284 6 - Headingley Community Centre 10 13 0 30 1 0 0 287 7 - Headingley Community Centre 13 5 1 44 1 0 0 340 8 - Headingley Community Centre 6 7 2 41 2 0 0 253 9 - Headingley Community Centre 2 13 5 55 2 0 0 274 10 - Starbuck Community Hall 5 7 1 20 0 0 0 171 11 - St. François Xavier Community Club 15 1 1 18 1 0 0 201 12 - St. François Xavier Community Club 22 1 0 26 3 0 0 283 13 - St. Eustache Hall 4 2 2 6 0 0 0 209 14 - St. Eustache Hall 13 8 1 21 1 0 0 174 15 - Elie Community Club 9 6 2 28 2 0 0 172 16 - Elie Community Club 9 5 2 37 0 0 0 190 17 - Elie Community Club 5 1 0 30 1 0 0 315 18 - Starbuck Community Hall 9 15 4 46 4 1 0 253 19 - Starbuck Community Hall 9 8 3 64 0 1 0 295 20 - Starbuck Community Hall 2 4 1 30 1 0 0 200 21 - Oak Bluff Recreation Centre 6 9 2 42 1 0 0 304 22 - Oak Bluff Recreation Centre 10 7 1 61 1 0 0 312 23 - Oak Bluff Recreation Centre 2 4 0 29 2 0 0 177 24 - La Salle Community Centre 4 12 2 61 0 0 0 263 25 - La Salle Community Centre 3 17 0 50 1 2 0 273 26 - La Salle Community Centre 1 7 1 58 1 0 0 284 27 - La Salle Community Centre 6 1 0 64 0 0 0 303 28 - La Salle Community Centre 5 8 2 63 1 0 0 306 29 - La Salle Community Centre 3 4 0 35 0 0 0 163 30 - Sanford Legion Hall 24 9 2 61 0 0 0 301 31 - Sanford Legion Hall 11 8 4 69 3 0 0 273 32 - Sanford Legion Hall 11 7 2 49 3 0 0 312 33 - Brunkild Memorial Recreation Centre 8 1 0 51 1 0 0 154 34 - Domain Community Hall 9 6 3 77 2 0 0 175 35 - Ste. Agathe Community Centre 8 20 0 20 0 0 0 327 36 - Ste. Agathe Community Centre 8 12 0 16 1 0 0 201 37 - Niverville Heritage Centre 2 3 0 27 1 0 0 183 38 - Niverville Heritage Centre 1 8 0 32 0 0 0 268 39 - Niverville Heritage Centre 5 7 1 60 0 0 0 315 40 - Niverville Heritage Centre 2 5 0 18 1 0 0 336 41 - Niverville Heritage Centre 2 4 1 48 0 0 0 330 42 - Niverville Heritage Centre 2 3 1 33 2 0 0 315 43 - Niverville Heritage Centre 1 2 1 74 3 0 0 296

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StatementofVotesArthur-Virden.indd 18 14-05-15 10:01 AM Voting Area/Voting Place (Ind.) (NDP) (Liberal) Declined Rejected SHAW, Ray SHAW, (PC Manitoba) LANDRY, Alain LANDRY, HARDER, Dean BARBER, Jeremy Registered Voters Registered MARTIN, Shannon (Green Party of Manitoba) (Green 44 - Niverville Heritage Centre 2 0 0 38 0 0 0 257 45A - Ste. Agathe Community Centre 2 0 0 3 2 0 0 78 45B - Southern Manitoba Convention Centre 1 1 0 15 1 0 0 71 46 - Rosenort Heritage Centre 1 3 1 69 6 0 0 301 47 - Rosenort Heritage Centre 0 5 0 70 4 0 0 268 48 - Sperling Arena 7 3 0 30 5 0 0 176 49 - Lowe Farm Fire Hall 1 9 0 43 4 0 0 220 50 - Lowe Farm Fire Hall 6 12 1 33 3 0 0 165 51 - Southern Manitoba Convention Centre 8 21 4 64 17 0 0 297 52 - Southern Manitoba Convention Centre 5 31 3 61 12 2 0 270 53 - Southern Manitoba Convention Centre 8 22 0 59 17 0 0 315 54 - Southern Manitoba Convention Centre 3 8 2 25 9 0 0 184 IVS-1 - Heritage Life 6 10 3 4 1 0 0 75 IMVS-1 - Morris 2 7 0 6 1 0 0 45 Advance 1 - Returning Office 11 10 2 97 1 0 0 Advance 2 - Southern Manitoba Convention 5 9 1 48 2 0 0 Centre Advance 3 - Elie Community Club 0 0 1 8 0 0 0 Advance 4 - Niverville Heritage Centre 1 1 2 42 0 0 0 Advance 5 - Headingley Community Centre 9 8 1 62 1 0 0 Advance 6 - Brunkild Memorial Recreation 4 1 0 12 0 2 0 Centre Advance 7 - Rosenort Heritage Centre 0 2 0 13 0 0 0 Advance 8 - Starbuck Community Hall 1 3 1 12 0 0 0 Absentee 1 1 0 6 0 6 0 Homebound 1 1 0 12 0 0 0 422 488 85 2,642 138 17 0 14,007

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