Flin Flon is a provincial electoral division in the Canadian

Canada

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 province of Manitoba

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. It was created by redistribution in 1957, and has formally existed since the provincial election of 1958

Manitoba general election, 1958

Manitoba's general election of June 16, 1958 was held to elect Members of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Manitoba, Canada.This election was the first to be held in Manitoba after a comprehensive electoral redistribution in 1956...

.

At about 80,000 square kilometers, Flin Flon occupies roughly 20% of Manitoba's total area, and is the second-largest riding in the province after Rupertsland. It was a smaller riding before 1989, when it gained a significant amount of territory from the former riding of Churchill. It is a mostly rural and sparsely-populated riding, located in the province's northwestern corner.

Flin Flon is bordered by Saskatchewan

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 to the west, Nunavut

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 to the north, the ridings of Rupertsland and Thompson to the east, and the riding of The Pas to the south. The actual city of Flin Flon is located in the southwestern corner of the riding, and is its only major urban centre.

The riding's population in 1996 was 14,470. As of 1999, the average family income was $55,113, and the unemployment rate was 9.70%. Manufacturing accounts for 17% of Flin Flon's economy, followed by mining and oil production at 16%.

Thirty-six per cent of Flin Flon's residents are aboriginal, the sixth-highest percentage in the province.

Flin Flon has been held by the New Democratic Party of Manitoba

New Democratic Party of Manitoba

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 (NDP) since 1969, and is now considered to be extremely safe for the party. The current MLA is Gerard Jennissen

Gerard Jennissen

Gerard Jennissen is a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He is currently a member of the Manitoba legislature.Jennissen was born in Slek-Echt, in the district of Limburg in the Netherlands. His family emigrated to Selnac, Saskatchewan in 1952, where his father worked as a farmer...

, who was re-elected with over 70% of the vote in 2003.

List of provincial representatives

Name	Party	Took Office	Left Office
Francis Bud Jobin	Lib-Prog Manitoba Liberal Party The Manitoba Liberal Party is a political party in Manitoba, Canada. Its roots can be traced to the late nineteenth-century, following the province's creation in 1870.-Origins and early development :...	1958	1959
Charles Witney Charles Witney Charles H. Witney was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He was a Progressive Conservative member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1959 to 1969, and served as a cabinet minister in the governments of Dufferin Roblin and Walter Weir.Witney was educated at Technical High School in Moose...	Cons Progressive Conservative Party of Manitoba The Progressive Conservative Party of Manitoba is the only right wing political party in Manitoba, Canada. It is also the official opposition party in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba.-Origins and early years:...	1959	1969
Thomas Barrow Thomas Barrow Thomas Barrow was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He was a New Democratic member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1969 to 1981.Born in Ryhope, England, Barrow was educated in England and in Nova Scotia...	NDP New Democratic Party of Manitoba The New Democratic Party of Manitoba is a social-democratic political party in Manitoba, Canada. It is the provincial wing of the federal New Democratic Party, and is a successor to the Manitoba Co-operative Commonwealth Federation...	1969	1981
Jerry Storie Jerry Storie Jerry Thomas Storie is a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He was a member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1981 to 1995, and a cabinet minister in the New Democratic Party government of Howard Pawley from 1982 to 1988....	NDP New Democratic Party of Manitoba The New Democratic Party of Manitoba is a social-democratic political party in Manitoba, Canada. It is the provincial wing of the federal New Democratic Party, and is a successor to the Manitoba Co-operative Commonwealth Federation...	1981	1994
Gerard Jennissen Gerard Jennissen Gerard Jennissen is a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He is currently a member of the Manitoba legislature.Jennissen was born in Slek-Echt, in the district of Limburg in the Netherlands. His family emigrated to Selnac, Saskatchewan in 1952, where his father worked as a farmer...	NDP New Democratic Party of Manitoba The New Democratic Party of Manitoba is a social-democratic political party in Manitoba, Canada. It is the provincial wing of the federal New Democratic Party, and is a successor to the Manitoba Co-operative Commonwealth Federation...	1995	present

Electoral results

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