Inkster is a provincial electoral division in the Canadian

Canada

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 province of Manitoba

Manitoba

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. It is located in the northwestern corner of the city of Winnipeg

Winnipeg

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. Officially created by redistribution in 1957, it has formally existed since the provincial election of 1958

Manitoba general election, 1958

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.

The riding is named after the Inkster family, who were prominent local figures at the time of the province's creation in 1870. John Inkster was a member of Louis Riel

Louis Riel

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's provisional government, while Colin Inkster was a member of the province's Legislative Council

Legislative Council

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 (which existed from 1871 to 1876).

There were 19,246 persons living in the riding in 1996. Inkster has a broad range of income levels and a strong working-class presence (the manufacturing sector accounting for 23% of industry in 1999). Census reports from 1999 show an average family income of $51,274, with 8.10% unemployment.

Inkster has the third-largest immigrant population of all ridings in the province, at over 30% of the total population. 21% of the riding's residents are Filipino

Filipino Canadian

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, 6% are Ukrainian

Ukraine

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, and 5% are East Indian

Indian people

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. Only 4% of the population is above age 65.

Like many other north-end Winnipeg ridings, Inkster has traditionally supported the New Democratic Party

New Democratic Party of Manitoba

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 and its predecessor, the Cooperative Commonwealth Federation, although maverick Liberal

Manitoba Liberal Party

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 Kevin Lamoureux

Kevin Lamoureux

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 has represented the riding for all but four years since 1988. It is not clear that the Liberal Party will be able to retain the riding after Lamoureux retires. In the next general election, Inkster will be dissolved into The Maples and the new riding of Tyndall Park.

List of provincial representatives

Name	Party	Took Office	Left Office
Morris A. Gray Morris A. Gray Morris Abraham Gray was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He served as a member of the provincial legislature from 1941 to 1966, and was a prominent figure in the province's social-democratic Cooperative Commonwealth Federation during this period.Gray was born to a Jewish family in Gomel and...	CCF	1958	1961
	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...	1961	1966
Sidney Green	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...	1966	1979
	Independent NDP	1979	1981
	Prog	1981	1981
Don Scott	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	1988
Kevin Lamoureux Kevin Lamoureux Kevin Lamoureux, MP is a politician in Manitoba, Canada. On November 29, 2010, he was elected to the Canadian House of Commons for the constituency of Winnipeg North in a by-election. He was re-elected during the 2011 election by 44 votes...	Lib 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 :...	1988	1997
	Independent Liberal	1997	1998
	Lib 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 :...	1998	1999
Becky Barrett Becky Barrett Becky Barrett is a retired politician in Manitoba, Canada. She was a member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1990 to 2003, and was a cabinet minister in the New Democratic Party government of Gary Doer from 1999 to 2003....	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...	1999	2003
Kevin Lamoureux Kevin Lamoureux Kevin Lamoureux, MP is a politician in Manitoba, Canada. On November 29, 2010, he was elected to the Canadian House of Commons for the constituency of Winnipeg North in a by-election. He was re-elected during the 2011 election by 44 votes...  (2nd time)	Lib 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 :...	2003	2010

Electoral history