Keewatinook

Keewatinook
Manitoba electoral district
Provincial electoral district
LegislatureLegislative Assembly of Manitoba
MLA
 
 
 
Ian Bushie
New Democratic
District created1915
First contested1915
Last contested2023
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, Ian Bushie is the MLA for this riding. [needs update]

  1. ^ "Manitoba Electoral Divisions Boundaries Commission Final Report 2018" (PDF). Retrieved July 11, 2019.