St. Johns (electoral district)

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St. Johns
Flag of Manitoba.svg Manitoba electoral district
Manitoba 2018 St. Johns.svg
Location in Winnipeg
Provincial electoral district
Legislature Legislative Assembly of Manitoba
MLA
 
 
 
Nahanni Fontaine
New Democratic
District created1957
First contested 1958
Last contested 2019

St. Johns is a provincial electoral division in the Canadian province of Manitoba. It was created by redistribution in 1957, and has formally existed since 1958. It is located in the north-end of Winnipeg. The constituency is bordered by Kildonan to the north and west, Burrows to the west, Elmwood to the east, and Point Douglas to the south.

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The riding's population in 1996 was 20,023. The average family income in 1999 was $40,443, with an unemployment rate of 10.90%. Over 35% of the riding's residents are categorized as low-income.

St. Johns has a diverse population. Ten per cent of the riding's residents listed Ukrainian as their ethnic origin in 1999, with a further 6% Polish and 5% Jewish. Twelve per cent of the riding's residents are aboriginal. Manufacturing jobs accounted for 18% of the riding's industry, with a further 15% in services.

Since its creation, St. Johns has been represented by members of the Manitoba Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (CCF) and its successor, the New Democratic Party (NDP). It is considered safe for the party. The current MLA is Nahanni Fontaine, who was elected in the Manitoba general election, 2016.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

This riding has elected the following MLAs:

ParliamentYearsMemberParty
Riding created from Winnipeg North
22nd 1958-1959   David Orlikow CCF
23rd 1959-1961
1961-1962   New Democratic Party
24th 1962-1966   Saul Cherniack New Democratic Party
25th 1966-1969
26th 1969-1973
27th 1973-1977
28th 1977-1981
29th 1981-1986   Don Malinowski New Democratic Party
30th 1986-1988   Judy Wasylycia-Leis New Democratic Party
31st 1988-1990
32nd 1990-1993
1993-1995   Gord Mackintosh New Democratic Party
33rd 1995-1999
34th 1999-2003
35th 2003-2007
36th 2007-2011
37th 2011-2016
38th 2016–2019   Nahanni Fontaine New Democratic Party
39th 2019–present

Electoral history

1981 Manitoba general election
PartyCandidateVotes%
New Democratic Donald Malinowski 4,00456.99
Progressive Conservative Don Cilinsky1,78525.41
Liberal Henry Kowlowski6749.59
Progressive Bernie Bellan4466.35
Communist William Cecil Ross 1171.67
Total valid votes7,026
Rejected ballots70
Turnout7,09667.18
Electors on the lists10,562
Manitoba provincial by-election, September 21, 1993
PartyCandidateVotes%
New Democratic Gord Mackintosh 3,23267.11
Liberal Naty Yankech 87818.23
Progressive Conservative June Robertson4659.66
Progressive Neil Schipper2415.00
Total valid votes4,816 100
Rejected and declined ballots34
Turnout4,850 44.48
Electors on the lists10,903
The 1999-2011 boundaries for St. Johns highlighted in red StJohns98.png
The 1999-2011 boundaries for St. Johns highlighted in red
1999 Manitoba general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%Expenditures
New Democratic Gord Mackintosh 5,77671.57$22,442.00
Progressive Conservative Ray Larkin1,63520.3$14,847.38
Liberal Patrick Fontaine6077.53$5,400.00
Total valid votes8,008100.00
Rejected and declined votes43
Turnout8,05665.1
Registered voters12,374

[1]

2003 Manitoba general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%Expenditures
New Democratic Gord Mackintosh 4,22472.40+0.83$13,571.43
Liberal Ed Kolodziej74512.77+5.24$4041.92
Progressive Conservative E. Ray Garnett61210.49−9.81$967.69
Green Alon Weinberg2213.79+3.79$532.73
Libertarian Chris Buors320.55+0.55$0.00
Total valid votes5,834100.00
Rejected and declined votes43
Turnout5,87747.72
Registered voters12,315

[2]

2007 Manitoba general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%Expenditures
New Democratic Gord Mackintosh 4,22368.59−3.81$22,084.23
Progressive Conservative Tim Hooper1,01816.53+6.04$7,896.80
Liberal Selina Sapong-Beiber6049.81−2.96$4,981.08
Green Dawn Carey2914.72−0.93$39.55
Total valid votes6,13699.67
Rejected and declined votes21
Turnout6,15751.44+3.72
Registered voters11,969

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2011 Manitoba general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%Expenditures
New Democratic Gord Mackintosh 4,15765.55−3.04$21,376.44
Progressive Conservative Ray Larkin1,40522.15+5.62$6,754.40
Green Alon David Weinberg3926.18+1.46$454.35
Liberal Trevor Mueller3485.49−4.32$3,058.48
Total valid votes6,302
Rejected and declined votes40
Turnout6,34248.34
Registered voters13,119
Source: Elections Manitoba [4]
2016 Manitoba general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%Expenditures
New Democratic Nahanni Fontaine 2,35837.05-28.05$28,122.25
Progressive Conservative Barbara Judt1,86929.37+7.22$9,267.93
Liberal Noel Bernier1,46523.02+17.53$19,281.67
Green Elizabeth Puchailo67110.54+4.36$0.00
Total valid votes/expense limit6,363100.0  $40,783.00
Declined and rejected ballots93
Turnout6,45651.43
Eligible voters12,554
Source: Elections Manitoba [5] [6] [7]
2019 Manitoba general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%Expenditures
New Democratic Nahanni Fontaine 3,52651.2+14.15$10,974.72
Progressive Conservative Ray Larkin1,66524.2-5.17$521.28
Liberal Eddie Calisto-Tavares1,09215.9-7.12$518.13
Green Joshua McNeil6018.7-1.84$0.00
Total valid votes100.0  
Total rejected ballots
Turnout
Eligible voters
2023 Manitoba general election
** Preliminary results — Not yet official **
PartyCandidateVotes%±%Expenditures
New Democratic Nahanni Fontaine 4,25260.74+9.52
Independent Patrick Allard1,11715.96
Progressive Conservative Teddy Rubenstein1,09715.67-8.52
Liberal Dennis Yaeger5347.63-8.23
Total valid votes/Expense limit7,00099.53
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots330.47
Turnout7,03347.28
Eligible voters14,875
New Democratic hold Swing N/A
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References

  1. http://www.electionsmanitoba.ca/apps/results/37gen/pbp.asp?ED=44 - 1999 Results
  2. http://www.elections.mb.ca/en/Results/38_division_results/38_st-johns_summary_results.html - 2003 results
  3. http://www.electionsmanitoba.ca/en/Results/39_division_results/39_stjohns_summary_results.html - 2007 results
  4. "Election Returns: 40th General Election". Elections Manitoba. 2011. Retrieved September 10, 2018.
  5. "Candidates: 41st General Election". Elections Manitoba. March 29, 2016. Retrieved March 31, 2016.
  6. "41ST GENERAL ELECTION, APRIL 19, 2016 - OFFICIAL RESULTS". Elections Manitoba. April 19, 2016. Retrieved November 10, 2016.
  7. "Election Returns: 41st General Election". Elections Manitoba. 2016. Retrieved September 10, 2018.
  8. "Elections Manitoba - Manitoba's 43rd General Election - October 3, 2023 - Unofficial Results". results.electionsmanitoba.ca. Elections Manitoba . Retrieved October 5, 2023.

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