Emerson (electoral district)

Emerson is a former provincial electoral division in the Canadian province of Manitoba.

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 included the communities/municipalities of Emerson, Altona, Dominion City, Rhineland, Gretna, Woodridge and St. Jean Baptiste.

Emerson was an ethnically diverse riding, with only 51% of its residents listing English as their mother tongue.

26% of the riding's residents listed themselves as either German, French, Ukrainian, Polish or Mennonite, while a further 5% were aboriginal.

1998-2011 boundaries of Emerson highlighted in red.