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

• About the riding
• Voting history
• News stories from Lakeside
• Meet the candidates
• More CBC Manitoba riding profiles

Lakeside is one of Manitoba's oldest ridings, having been on the books since 1886.

The riding is northwest of Winnipeg and southeast of Lake Manitoba, and runs from Komarno in the north to just south of Springstein in the south.

In the 2018 riding redistribution, it lost a portion of its northern territory to Interlake-Gimli (previously called Interlake), but gained a chunk in the southwest from the neighbouring riding of Morris.

The riding captures many towns, villages and farming communities, including Stonewall, Stony Mountain, Teulon, St. Eustache, Elie and Argyle.

The riding's population is 24,540, according to the riding's profile (which includes information compiled from the 2021 census).

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The median age of the riding is slightly older than the overall provincial median, at 42.4 compared to 38.4 provincewide, according to the riding profile and the 2021 census. The census found the median household income in the area is $96,000.

More facts about Lakeside

• Close to 20 per cent of residents identified as Indigenous in the 2021 census, according to the riding profile.
• Just five per cent of residents identified as immigrants, the profile says.
• Less than three per cent of residents identified as visible minorities.

Voting history

In its recent history, the riding has been a Progressive Conservative stronghold.

• 1969-2007 (10 general elections): Progressive Conservative.
• 2011, 2016, 2019: Ralph Eichler (Progressive Conservative).

Lakeside in the news

• 'They're human too': Woman worries for brother's safety at Manitoba prison after deadly riot
• Manitoba MLA, former cabinet minister Ralph Eichler won't seek re-election in 2023

Meet the candidates

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

• Trevor King (Progressive Conservative).
• Neil Stewart (Liberal).
• Dan Rugg (NDP).

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 Lakeside, all candidates are official.

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