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2023 Manitoba general election: St. Johns

The Honourable Nahanni Fontaine MLA
Minister of Families
Incumbent
Assumed office October 18, 2023
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Nahanni Fontaine	4,262	60.76	+8.88	$19,847.75
	Independent	Patrick Allard	1,117	15.92	–	$17,543.47
	Progressive Conservative	Teddy Rubenstein	1,101	15.69	-8.78	$0.00
	Liberal	Dennis Yaeger	535	7.63	-8.62	$0.00
Total valid votes/expense limit			7,015	99.53	–	$58,447.00
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			33	0.47	–
Turnout			7,048	46.98	-0.36
Eligible voters			15,003
	New Democratic hold		Swing		-3.52
Source(s) Source: Elections Manitoba [11] [12] [13]

v t e 2019 Manitoba general election : St. Johns
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Nahanni Fontaine	3,526	51.2	+14.15	$10,974.72
	Progressive Conservative	Ray Larkin	1,665	24.2	-5.17	$521.28
	Liberal	Eddie Calisto-Tavares	1,092	15.9	-7.12	$518.13
	Green	Joshua McNeil	601	8.7	-1.84	$0.00
Total valid votes				100.0
Total rejected ballots
Turnout
Eligible voters

v t e 2016 Manitoba general election : St. Johns
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Nahanni Fontaine	2,358	37.05	-28.05	$28,122.25
	Progressive Conservative	Barbara Judt	1,869	29.37	+7.22	$9,267.93
	Liberal	Noel Bernier	1,465	23.02	+17.53	$19,281.67
	Green	Elizabeth Puchailo	671	10.54	+4.36	$0.00
Total valid votes/expense limit			6,363	100.0		$40,783.00
Declined and rejected ballots			93	–	–
Turnout			6,456	51.43	–
Eligible voters			12,554
Source: Elections Manitoba [14] [15] [16]

References

1. Manitowapow: Aboriginal Writings from the Land of Water by Niigaanwewidam James Sinclair Google Books
2. "Manitoba election results". Global News. 19 April 2016. Retrieved 20 April 2016.
3. "Injustice is a way of Indigenous life, say advocates dismayed at verdict in Tina Fontaine murder trial". CBC News: The Current. CBC News. Retrieved 15 August 2021. Nahanni Fontaine, who is no relation to Tina Fontaine, has worked to bring attention to missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls.
4. "Indigenous lawmaker removed from Canadian House". ICT News. IndiJ Public Media. Retrieved 22 July 2025.
5. "'F--k, why did I have her on stage?': Manitoba minister apologizes for comments caught on hot mic". CTV News. CTV Television Network. Retrieved 22 July 2025.
6. "Journalists blocked in wake of minister's 'hot mic' comments on ASL interpreter". Winnipeg Free Press. Retrieved 14 August 2025.
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9. "Vince Fontaine, 'true visionary' and Juno Award-winning Manitoba musician, dies at 60". CBC News Manitoba, January 12, 2020.
10. "Governor General Awards in Commemoration of the Persons Case - Status of Women Canada". cfc-swc.gc.ca. Retrieved 2022-10-28.
11. "Summary of Votes Received" (PDF). Elections Manitoba . Retrieved 4 May 2024.
12. "CANDIDATE ELECTION RETURNS GENERAL ELECTION 2023". Elections Manitoba . Retrieved 3 January 2025.
13. "2023 GENERAL ELECTION CANDIDATE AND REGISTERED PARTY ELECTION EXPENSE LIMITS - FINAL EXPENSE LIMIT" (PDF). Elections Manitoba . Retrieved 30 May 2024.
14. "Candidates: 41st General Election". Elections Manitoba. 29 March 2016. Retrieved 31 March 2016.
15. "41ST GENERAL ELECTION, APRIL 19, 2016 - OFFICIAL RESULTS". Elections Manitoba. 19 April 2016. Retrieved 10 November 2016.
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