Interlake-Gimli

Interlake-Gimli (French: Entre-les-Lacs–Gimli) is a provincial electoral district in the Interlake region of Manitoba.

[2] The current-day Interlake-Gimli constituency is the successor to the former riding of Interlake, which had been in effect since 1981.

[2] The Interlake riding was an NDP stronghold from 1981 until the 2016 provincial election, when incumbent Progressive Conservative Derek Johnson was voted in, being re-elected in 2019 and 2023.

Prior to being absorbed in the new riding in 2018, Gimli elected PC MLA Ed Helwer for 15 years, from 1988 to 2003; followed by an NDP candidate in 2007 and 2011; and lastly, a PC candidate in 2016, Jeff Wharton, who is now the incumbent MLA for Red River North, which was also created in 2018.

[4] Communities in the riding include Arborg, Ashern, Bifrost-Riverton, Dog Creek 46, Dunnottar, Gimli, Gypsumville, Oak Point, Riverton, and Winnipeg Beach, as well as the Rural Municipalities of Armstrong, Coldwell, Fisher, Gimli, Grahamdale, St. Andrews, St. Laurent, and West Interlake.