Shelley Glover won by 4,712 votes or 25 votes per poll
Saint Boniface has gone Liberal in the past 3 elections
The defeated Liberal incumbent will be running in the next election
Riding includes Collège Universitaire de Saint-Boniface
Demographics:
Population 84,473
Family income (avg): $80,776
Unemployment rate: 4.3%
2008 General Election Results:
Candidate
Party
Votes
%Vote
GLOVER, Shelly A.
Conservative
19,440
46.3%
SIMARD, Raymond
Liberal
14,728
35.1%
SCHAUBROECK, Matt
NDP
5,502
13.1%
PAYETTE, Marc P.
Green
2,104
5.0%
Margin of victory: 11.22% / 4712 votes
Voters registered: 65,460
Voter turnout: 64.3% (66.7% in 2006; 60.7% in 2004)
2008 General Election Poll Results: Legend
Conservative
Liberal
NDP
Bloc
Green
Click image to view 2008 results, poll by poll, in Google Earth (courtesy Cédric Sam)