There was a wide gap between southern and northern Manitoba in voter turnout for Monday's federal election.

The greatest turnout was in the ridings of Winnipeg West, which saw 74.33 per cent of eligible voters cast a ballot, and Winnipeg South, where 74.3 per cent voted. The lowest turnout was 37.54 per cent in the Churchill-Keewatinook Aski riding.

The Canadian average was 67.37 per cent. There are 28,525,638 registered voters in the country, and 19,217,565 made their mark, a record 7.3 million …