Grande Pointe, Manitoba

Grande Pointe is a place in the province of Manitoba, Canada, that is designated as both an unincorporated community and a settlement.

[3] It is located 15 km (9.3 mi) southeast of downtown Winnipeg within the Rural Municipality of Ritchot.

[4] A one-room schoolhouse, Riel School #844,[6] was opened in 1894, burned down in 1943 and was replaced that year.

[9] Grande Pointe is located in the ridings of the federal electoral district of Provencher, represented by Conservative MP Ted Falk, and is part of the provincial electoral district of Springfield-Ritchot, represented by Progressive Conservative MLA Ron Schuler.

[11] In the 1999 provincial election, NDP candidate Ron Lemieux won Dawson Trail, the seat which then contained Grande Pointe, in part because the residents were upset at how the Filmon government handled the 1997 flood in their community.