Emerson (electoral district)

Emerson is a provincial electoral division in the Canadian province of Manitoba. It has existed since 1879, when it was created by redistribution.

It is located in the southeastern corner of the province. It is bordered to the north by Carman, Morris, Steinbach and La Verendrye, to the west by Pembina, to the east by the province of Ontario and to the south by the American state of North Dakota.

The riding includes the communities of Emerson, Altona, Dominion City, Rhineland, Gretna, Woodridge and St. Jean Baptiste.

The riding's population in 1996 was 19,006. As of 1999, the average family income was $42,863, and the unemployment rate was 5.90%. Agriculture accounts for 24% of the riding's industry, followed by manufacturing at 16%. Over 27% of Emerson's residents have less than a Grade Nine education.

Emerson is an ethnically diverse riding, with only 51% of its residents listing English as their mother tongue. 26% of the riding's residents list themselves as either German, French, Ukrainian, Polish or Mennonite, while a further 5% are aboriginal.

The riding has generally been safe for the Progressive Conservative Party of Manitoba since 1969, although the NDP won it in 1973.

List of provincial representatives

Name	Party	Took Office	Left Office
William Nash	Opposition/Conservative	1879	1880
Thomas Carney	Cons	1880	1883
Frederick Burnham	Lib	1883	1883
Charles Douglas	Cons	1883	1888
James Thomson	Lib	1888	1892
David McFadden	Cons	1892	1907
George Walton	Lib	1907	1910
David McFadden	Cons	1910	1915
John Baskerville	Lib	1915	1920
Dmytro Yakimischak	Farmer	1920	1922
	Independent	1922	1927
Robert Curran	Lib-Prog	1927	1932
	Lib-Prog	1932	1936
Herbert Wright	Independent/Liberal	1936	1941
John Solomon	Independent/Pro-Coalition	1941	1945
	Lib-Prog	1945	1953
	"Independent Liberal-Progressive"	1953	1957
John Tanchak	Lib-Prog	1957	1969
Gabriel Girard	PC	1969	1973
Steve Derewianchuk	NDP	1973	1977
Albert Driedger	PC	1977	1990
Jack Penner	PC	1990	2007
Cliff Graydon	PC	2007	"present"