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The original Elmwood riding existed from 1914 to 1920, in what was then a suburban community to the east of Winnipeg. Its provincial MLAs were:
The current Elmwood riding has existed since 1958. It is located in the northeastern section of the amalgamated City of Winnipeg; the Red River forms its western and part of its southern boundary.
Elmwood is mostly working-class and industrial. According to the 1999 Canadian census, manufacturing accounted for 18% of the jobs in the riding. 31% of the riding's residents are listed as low-income. The average family income in Elmwood was $41,842, and the unemployment rate was 9.40%.
The riding has a significant immigrant population, including 9% of German background and 8% of UkrainianThe Ukrainians are a Slavic people of central- eastern Europe. They are the descendants of several people who inhabited the vast area extending from north of the Black Sea to the borders of Russia, Poland, Moldova, Belarus and Slovakia. Ukraine had a very background. 18% of the riding's residents over age 65.
The New Democratic Party of ManitobaThe New Democratic Party of Manitoba is a social democratic political party in Manitoba, Canada. It is the provincial wing of the New Democratic Party of Canada, and is a successor to the Manitoba Cooperative Commonwealth Federation. It is currently the g (and its predecessor, the Manitoba Cooperative Commonwealth FederationThe Manitoba Cooperative Commonwealth Federation (or CCF) was a provincial branch of the national Canadian party by the same name. The national CCF was the dominant social-democratic party in Canada from the 1930s to the early 1960s, when it was dissolved) have won Elmwood in every provincial election since the riding's creation. It is considered a safe seat for the party.