Point Douglas

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Point Douglas
Flag of Manitoba.svg Manitoba electoral district
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Location in Winnipeg
Provincial electoral district
Legislature Legislative Assembly of Manitoba
MLA
 
 
 
Bernadette Smith
New Democratic
District created1968
First contested 1969
Last contested 2023
Demographics
Population (2016)23,320
Electors (2019)14,186
Area (km²)7
Pop. density (per km²)3,331.4
Census division(s) Division No. 11
Census subdivision(s) Winnipeg

Point Douglas is a provincial electoral district in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. It is named for a part of the city that is surrounded by a bend in the Red River. The riding covers the neighbourhoods of William Whyte, Dufferin Industrial, North Point Douglas, Lord Selkirk Park and South Point Douglas plus parts of St. John's Park, St. John's, Inkster-Faraday, Burrows Central, Robertson, Dufferin, Logan C.P.R., Civic Centre and the Exchange District. It was also Winnipeg's only government supported red light district. [1]

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History

The division was created by redistribution for the 1969 provincial election, eliminated in 1978 into Burrows, Logan and St. Johns. It was re-established in 1989 from parts of Burrows, Logan, St. Johns and a small part of Sevenoaks. It is located in north-central Winnipeg, and includes the Point Douglas neighbourhood.

Point Douglas is bordered to the east by St. Boniface and Elmwood, to the south by Logan, to the north by St. Johns, and to the west by Burrows, Wellington and Minto. Different parts of the division are included in the federal ridings of Winnipeg Centre and Winnipeg North.

Point Douglas is named after Thomas Douglas, the 5th Earl of Selkirk, who established the Red River Colony in 1812. His namesake, twentieth-century politician Tommy Douglas, also lived in the Point Douglas neighbourhood in the early 1910s. [2]

The Manitoba New Democratic Party has won every election in the constituency.

Demographics

Population19,941 (1996)
Average family income$24,715 (1999)
Unemployment25% (1999)
IndustriesManufacturing (25%), Other services (22%) (1999)
OtherPoint Douglas has the lowest average family income of any electoral division in the province. Three-quarters of the riding's residences are rented, and 37% of families are single-parent households. The division is ethnically diverse, with significant aboriginal (33%), Filipino (10%) and Ukrainian populations (6%).

Source: 2003 CBC Profile

List of provincial representatives

AssemblyYearsMemberParty
Riding created from Burrows, St. Johns, Elmwood, Logan and Winnipeg Centre
29th 1969-1973 Donald Malinowski New Democratic
30th 1973-1977
31st 1977-1981
Riding abolished from 1981-1990
35th 1990-1995 George Hickes New Democratic
36th 1995-1999
37th 1999-2003
38th 2003-2007
39th 2007-2011
40th 2011-2016 Kevin Chief
41st 2016-2017
2017–present Bernadette Smith
42nd 2019–2023
43rd 2023–present

Electoral history

1990 to present

2023 Manitoba general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%Expenditures
New Democratic Bernadette Smith 3,34773.46+11.33
Progressive Conservative Najiha Ali73916.22+0.55
Liberal Jerald Funk47010.32-1.37
Total valid votes/Expense limit4,55698.51
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots691.49
Turnout4,62533.36
Eligible voters13,863
New Democratic hold Swing +5.39
Source(s)
2019 Manitoba general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%Expenditures
New Democratic Bernadette Smith 3,00262.13+17.78$19,767.20
Progressive Conservative Michelle Redmond75715.67-0.58$521.28
Liberal Richard Sanderson56511.69-17.39$0.00
Green Jenn Kess3988.243.99$0.00
Manitoba Forward Michael Wenuik661.37$0.00
Communist Fagie Fainman440.91+0.07$310.80
Total valid votes4,832100.0  
Total rejected ballots
Turnout
Eligible voters
Manitoba provincial by-election, 13 June 2017
Resignation of Kevin Chief
PartyCandidateVotes%±%Expenditures
New Democratic Bernadette Smith 1,56844.35-13.46$35,313.48
Liberal John Cacayuran1,00629.08+9.62$19,478.56
Progressive Conservative Jodi Moskal56216.25-0.27$35,068.27
Manitoba Gary Marshall1815.23$5,528.56
Green Sabrina Koehn Binesi1474.25-0.78$2,230.86
Communist Frank Komarniski270.84-0.34$9.44
Total valid votes/Expense limit3,491100.00-$37,179.00
Total rejected and declines votes230.72-0.45
Turnout3,51432.38-10.16
Electors on the lists11,207
New Democratic hold Swing -11.54
Source: Elections Manitoba [4]
Results by polling division, 2016 Manitoba general election, 2016 results by polling division - Point Douglas.svg
Results by polling division, 2016
2016 Manitoba general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%Expenditures
New Democratic Kevin Chief 2,83957.81-15.47$24,493.23
Liberal Althea Guiboche95619.47+14.52$10,557.41
Progressive Conservative Marsha Street81116.51-1.14$9,380.15
Green Alberteen Spence2475.03+1.64$0.00
Communist Frank Komarniski581.18+0.45$
Total valid votes/expense limit4,911100.00-$36,863.00
Total rejected and declines votes581.17+0.63
Turnout4,96942.53-1.51
Registered electors11,683
New Democratic hold Swing -14.99
Source: Elections Manitoba [5] [6]
2011 Manitoba general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%Expenditures
New Democratic Kevin Chief 3,80673.28+6.92$18,567.73
Progressive Conservative John Vernaus91717.65+5.68$19,915.21
Liberal Mary Lou Bourgeois2574.95−9.77$5,383.65
Green Teresa Pun1763.39−1.92$17.48
Communist Darrell Rankin 380.73−0.91$312.12
Total valid votes5,194
Rejected and declined votes280.54-0.18
Turnout5,22244.04+3.90
Electors on the lists11,858
New Democratic hold Swing +0.62

^ Change is not based on redistributed results

2007 Manitoba general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%Expenditures
New Democratic George Hickes 2,66566.36−8.50$12,892.59
Liberal Mary Lou Bourgeois59114.72+0.48$11,443.44
Progressive Conservative Alexa Rosentreter48111.98+3.21$1,180.30
Green Kristen Andrews2135.30$84.55
Communist Darrell Rankin 661.64−0.49$373.89
Total valid votes4,016 100.00
Rejected and declined ballots290.72-0.69
Turnout4,045 40.14 −0.10
Electors on the lists10,077
New Democratic hold Swing -4.49
2003 Manitoba general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%Expenditures
New Democratic George Hickes 2,87774.86+21.52$10,189.54
Liberal Mary Lou Bourgeois54714.23−7.12$7,991.06
Progressive Conservative Wyatt McIntyre3378.77−10.79$10.68
Communist Darrell Rankin 822.13$376.06
Total valid votes3,843 100.00
Rejected and declined ballots551.41+0.48
Turnout3,898 40.24 −18.84
Electors on the lists9,687
New Democratic hold Swing +14.32
1999 Manitoba general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%Expenditures
New Democratic George Hickes 3,33853.34-9.69$21,952.00
Liberal Ajay Chopra 1,33621.35-1.71$21,013.00
Progressive Conservative Mary Richard 1,22419.56+7.79$20,221.11
Independent Peter Juba3605.75$2,113.33
Total valid votes6,258 100.00
Rejected and declined ballots590.93-0.17
Turnout6,317 59.080.85
Electors on the lists10,693
New Democratic hold Swing +3.99

^ Change is not based on redistributed results

1995 Manitoba general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%Expenditures
New Democratic George Hickes 3,09563.03+8.32$15,378.00
Liberal Linda Cantiveros 1,13223.05-7.47$15,916.74
Progressive Conservative Claire Riddle57811.77+0.45$13,389.05
First Peoples Party Lyle Morrisseau1052.14no report filed
Total valid votes4,910100.00
Rejected and discarded ballots551.11-0.27
Turnout4,96558.23-2.70
Electors on lists8,527
New Democratic hold Swing +7.90
1990 Manitoba general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
New Democratic George Hickes 2,77854.72
Liberal Errol Lewis 1,55030.53
Progressive Conservative Calvin Pompana57511.33
Independent William Hawryluk1082.13
Independent Roy Price661.30
Total valid votes5,077100.00
Rejected ballots711.38
Turnout5,14860.92
Electors on lists8,450

1969 to 1981

1977 Manitoba general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
New Democratic Donald Malinowski 3,11663.32
Progressive Conservative Margaret Didenko91518.59
Liberal Don Marks 76915.63
Communist Harold Dyck621.26
Social Credit Peter Stevens591.20
Total valid votes4,921100.00
Rejected votes85
Turnout5,00661.10
Electors on the lists8,193
1973 Manitoba general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
New Democratic Donald Malinowski 3,67665.55
Independent Joseph Borowski 1,12720.10
Liberal Lawrence Belanger56910.15
Independent George Munroe 2364.21
Total valid votes5,608100.00
Rejected and discarded votes100
Turnout5,70865.56
Electors on the lists8,706
1969 Manitoba general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
New Democratic Donald Malinowski 2,25352.52
Progressive Conservative Slaw Rebchuk 1,08825.36
Liberal Roger Garrity52812.31
Communist Bill Kardash 4219.81
Total valid votes4,290100.00
Rejected and discarded votes62
Turnout4,35246.37
Electors on the lists9,385

All electoral information is taken from Elections Manitoba. Expenditures refer to individual candidate expenses.

Previous boundaries

The 1999-2011 boundaries for Point Douglas highlighted in red. PointDouglas98.png
The 1999-2011 boundaries for Point Douglas highlighted in red.

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