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Riel

Manitoba electoral district
Location in Winnipeg
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of Manitoba
MLA	Rochelle Squires Progressive Conservative
First contested	1969
Last contested	2019

Riel is a provincial electoral division or riding in the Canadian province of Manitoba. It was created by redistribution in 1968, and has formally existed since the provincial election of 1969. The riding is located in the south-central region of Winnipeg, Manitoba's capital and largest city, and is named after Louis Riel, the leader of the 1870 Red River Rebellion.

Riel is bordered to the south by Seine River, to the east and north by St. Vital, and to the west by of Fort Garry and Fort Richmond, across the Red River of the North.

The riding's population in 1996 was 20,228. The riding's character is mostly middle- and upper middle-class. In 1999, the average family income was $63,126, and the unemployment rate was 5.50%. Nine percent of the riding's residents are francophone.

The service industry accounts for 15% of Riel's economy, followed by health and social services at 12.5%.

Riel has more often been represented by candidates of the Progressive Conservative Party than the New Democratic Party (NDP).The current MLA is Progressive Conservative Rochelle Squires. The previous MLA was Christine Melnick of the NDP, who won with 53% of votes cast in 2003 and 60% in the 2007 Manitoba election.

List of provincial representatives

Electoral results

Manitoba general election, 2007
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Christine Melnick	4,883	57.19	+3.16	$23,004.50
	Progressive Conservative	Trudy Turner	2,620	30.69	-7.14	$34,539.37
	Liberal	Grant Woods	1024	11.99	+3.85	$12,309.36
Total valid votes			8,538	100.00
Rejected and declined votes			51
Turnout			8,589	63.03
Registered voters			13,626
Source: Elections Manitoba |} Manitoba general election, 2003 Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures New Democratic Christine Melnick 4,455 54.03 +7.35 $21,486.24   Progressive Conservative Shirley Render 3,119 37.83 -6.20 $20,036.18 Liberal Kristopher Ade 671 8.14 +0.22 $8,594.68 Manitoba general election, 1999 Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures New Democratic Linda Asper 4,883 46.68 $20,612.00 Progressive Conservative David Newman 4,559 44.03 $27,412.91 Liberal Clayton Weselowski 820 7.92 – $3,179.52 Manitoba Mike Kubara 91 0.88 $3,179.52 Total valid votes 10,303 99.35 Rejected and declined votes 51 Turnout 10,354 76.08 Registered voters 13,610 Source: Elections Manitoba Manitoba general election, 1988 Party Candidate Votes % ±% Progressive Conservative Gerry Ducharme 4,289 41.71 -5.39 Liberal Chris Sigurdson 3,965 38.56 +26.64 New Democratic Bob Ages 1,834 17.83 -21.19 Confederation of Regions John Hiebert 121 1.18 -0.79 Western Independence Neil Knight 75 0.73 n/a Turnout 10,308 77.88 Registered voters 13,235 Progressive Conservative hold Swing -16.02 Source: Elections Manitoba Previous boundaries The 1999–2011 boundaries for Riel highlighted in red.