Emerson is a former provincial electoral division in the Canadian province of Manitoba. It was created by redistribution in 1879 and eliminated prior the 2019 general election. Most of its territory was redistributed to the newly created Borderland riding. The eastern part of the former riding was transferred to the La Verendrye riding. It was located in the southeastern corner of the province. It is bordered to the north by Carman, Morris, Steinbach and La Verendrye, to the west by Pembina, to the east by the province of Ontario and to the south by the American state of North Dakota. The riding included the communities/municipalities of Emerson, Altona, Dominion City, Rhineland, Gretna, Woodridge and St. Jean Baptiste. The riding's population in 2008 was 20,370. In 2011, the average family income was $61,951, and the unemployment rate was 2.9%. Agriculture accounted for 24% of the riding's industry, followed by manufacturing at 16%. Over 27% of Emerson's residents had less than a Grade Nine education. Emerson was an ethnically diverse riding, with only 51% of its residents listing English as their mother tongue. 26% of the riding's residents listed themselves as either German, French, Ukrainian, Polish or Mennonite, while a further 5% were aboriginal. List of provincial representatives Electoral results 1879 general election 1880 by-election 1883 general election 1883 by-election 1886 general election 1888 general election 1892 general election 1896 general election 1899 general election 1900 by-election 1903 general election 1907 general election 1910 general election 1914 general election 1915 general election 1920 general election 1922 general election 1927 general election 1932 general election 1936 general election 1941 general election 1945 general election 1949 general election 1953 general election 1957 by-election 1958 general election 1959 general election 1962 general election 1966 general election 1969 general election 1973 general election 1977 general election 1981 general election 1986 general election 1988 general election 1990 general election 1995 general election 1999 general election 2003 general election 2007 general election 2011 general election 2016 general election Previous boundaries References Former provincial electoral districts of Manitoba Emerson, Manitoba