Manitoba electoral district | |||
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Provincial electoral district | |||
Legislature | Legislative Assembly of Manitoba | ||
MLA |
New Democratic | ||
District created | 1915 | ||
First contested | 1915 | ||
Last contested | 2023 | ||
Demographics | |||
Population (2016) | 20,815 | ||
Electors (2019) | 13,422 | ||
Area (km²) | 155,157 | ||
Pop. density (per km²) | 0.13 |
Keewatinook (previously spelt "Kewatinook") is a provincial electoral district in the Canadian province of Manitoba.
The riding existed previously under the name Rupertsland; however, starting with the 2011 general election, the riding was renamed Kewatinook which means 'from the north' in Cree. Effective as of the 2019 election, the spelling was corrected to Keewatinook. [1]
Currently the largest riding in the province, Keewatinook is a sprawling northern constituency occupying a large portion of eastern Manitoba. Its current area stretches from the Ontario border in the southeast to the Nunavut border in the north; it is also bordered by the ridings of Lac Du Bonnet to the south and Flin Flon, The Pas, and Thompson to the west.
As of 2019[update], Ian Bushie is the MLA for this riding. [needs update]