Gimli was a provincial electoral division in the Canadian province of Manitoba. It was created by redistribution in 1899, and existed continuously until the 2019 election. Gimli was located to the immediate north of the City of Winnipeg. It was bordered to the north by Interlake, to the west by Interlake and Lakeside, and to the east by Lake Winnipeg and Selkirk. Communities in the riding included Gimli, Winnipeg Beach, Petersfield, Clandeboye and Matlock. The riding's population in 1996 was 19,700. In 1999, the average family income was $58,790, and the unemployment rate was 7.90%. The service sector accounts for 15% of industry in the riding, with a further 11% each in manufacturing and the retail trade. There is also a significant fishing and tourism economy in the riding. Gimli is home to the largest Icelandic community in the world outside Iceland, and many of its MLAs have been from this background. It also has significant Ukrainian and German communities, at 12% and 6% respectively. Gimli was a "bellwether" riding, and has elected a candidate from a governing party in all but five elections since its establishment (the exceptions were 1907, 1920, 1922, 1936 and 1999). List of provincial representatives Electoral results 1899 general election 1903 general election 1907 general election 1910 general election 1913 by-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 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