Seven Oaks (electoral district)

For the British constituency, see Sevenoaks (UK Parliament constituency).

Seven Oaks is a former provincial electoral district of Manitoba, Canada. It was created in 1956, and eliminated in 1989.

The riding was located in north-end Winnipeg, and was a safe seat for the Cooperative Commonwealth Federation and New Democratic Party for most of its history.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Name	Party	Took office	Left office
Arthur Wright	CCF	1958	1961
	NDP	1961	1966
Saul Miller	NDP	1966	1981
Eugene Kostyra	NDP	1981	1988
Mark Minenko	Lib	1988	1990

Election results

1986 Manitoba general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic	Eugene Kostyra	5,158	64.71	+8.73
	Progressive Conservative	George Finkle	1,841	23.10	-0.69
	Liberal	Wayne Glowacki	907	11.38	+6.07
	Communist	Harold Dyck	65	0.82	n/a
Turnout			7,988	63.36	-8.74
	New Democratic hold		Swing		+4.71
Source: Elections Manitoba

1988 Manitoba general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Mark Minenko	3,885	42.81	+31.43
	New Democratic	Eugene Kostyra	3,553	39.16	-25.55
	Progressive Conservative	George Finkle	1,636	18.03	-5.07
Total valid votes			9,074	100.00
Rejected ballots			17
Turnout			9,091	72.37	+9.01
Eligible voters			12,561
	Liberal gain from New Democratic		Swing		+28.49
Source: Elections Manitoba

See also

• List of Manitoba provincial electoral districts
• Canadian provincial electoral districts