Winnipeg South

Winnipeg South

Manitoba electoral district
Winnipeg South in relation to other Manitoba federal electoral districts as of the 2013 Representation Order. Dotted line shows Winnipeg city limits.
Federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
MP	Terry Duguid Liberal
District created	1987
First contested	1988
Last contested	2015
District webpage	profile, map
Demographics
Population (2011)	85,540
Electors (2015)	62,156
Area (km²)	105
Pop. density (per km²)	814.7
Census divisions	Winnipeg
Census subdivisions	Winnipeg

Winnipeg South (French: Winnipeg-Sud) is a Canadian federal electoral district in Manitoba, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1917 to 1979, and since 1988. It covers the south of the city of Winnipeg.

The electoral district was created in 1914 from Winnipeg riding.

In 1976, it was abolished when it was redistributed into Provencher, Winnipeg—Assiniboine and Winnipeg—Fort Garry ridings.

In 1987, it was re-created from Winnipeg—Assiniboine and Winnipeg—Fort Garry ridings.

Winnipeg South was expected by some to be a close race in 2011, although theses pundits were later proven wrong. This race was very close in 2006, between its Liberal incumbent, Reg Alcock and his challenger, Tory Rod Bruinooge. Bruinooge won by just 111 votes. Bruinooge's victory in 2008 was much more comfortable, having won by nearly 6,000 votes. His challenger was Liberal Party activist and former city councillor Terry Duguid.

This riding lost territory to Winnipeg South Centre and Saint Boniface—Saint Vital, and gained territory from Saint Boniface during the 2012 electoral redistribution. Bruinooge chose not to contest the 2015 election, and the seat was won by Terry Duguid for the Liberal Party.