Point Douglas
Manitoba electoral district
Location in Winnipeg
Provincial electoral district
LegislatureLegislative Assembly of Manitoba
MLA
 
 
 
Bernadette Smith
New Democratic
District created1968
First contested1969
Last contested2023
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]

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

Population 19,941 (1996)
Average family income $24,715 (1999)
Unemployment 25% (1999)
Industries Manufacturing (25%), Other services (22%) (1999)
Other Point 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

Assembly Years Member Party
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
** Preliminary results — Not yet official **
Party Candidate Votes%±%Expenditures
New DemocraticBernadette Smith3,34773.46+11.33
Progressive ConservativeNajiha Ali73916.22+0.55
LiberalJerald Funk47010.32-1.37
Total valid votes/Expense limit 4,55698.51
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots 691.49
Turnout 4,62533.36
Eligible voters 13,863
New Democratic hold Swing +5.39
Source(s)
2019 Manitoba general election
Party Candidate Votes%±%Expenditures
New DemocraticBernadette Smith3,00262.13+17.78$19,767.20
Progressive ConservativeMichelle Redmond75715.67-0.58$521.28
LiberalRichard Sanderson56511.69-17.39$0.00
GreenJenn Kess3988.243.99$0.00
Manitoba ForwardMichael Wenuik661.37$0.00
CommunistFagie Fainman440.91+0.07$310.80
Total valid votes 4,832100.0  
Total rejected ballots
Turnout
Eligible voters
Manitoba provincial by-election, 13 June 2017
Resignation of Kevin Chief
Party Candidate Votes%±%Expenditures
New DemocraticBernadette Smith1,56844.35-13.46$35,313.48
LiberalJohn Cacayuran1,00629.08+9.62$19,478.56
Progressive ConservativeJodi Moskal56216.25-0.27$35,068.27
ManitobaGary Marshall1815.23$5,528.56
GreenSabrina Koehn Binesi1474.25-0.78$2,230.86
CommunistFrank Komarniski270.84-0.34$9.44
Total valid votes/Expense limit 3,491100.00-$37,179.00
Total rejected and declines votes 230.72-0.45
Turnout 3,51432.38-10.16
Electors on the lists 11,207
New Democratic hold Swing -11.54
Source: Elections Manitoba[4]
Results by polling division, 2016
2016 Manitoba general election
Party Candidate Votes%±%Expenditures
New DemocraticKevin Chief2,83957.81-15.47$24,493.23
LiberalAlthea Guiboche95619.47+14.52$10,557.41
Progressive ConservativeMarsha Street81116.51-1.14$9,380.15
GreenAlberteen Spence2475.03+1.64$0.00
CommunistFrank Komarniski581.18+0.45$
Total valid votes/expense limit 4,911100.00-$36,863.00
Total rejected and declines votes 581.17+0.63
Turnout 4,96942.53-1.51
Registered electors 11,683
New Democratic hold Swing -14.99
Source: Elections Manitoba[5][6]
2011 Manitoba general election
Party Candidate Votes%±%Expenditures
New DemocraticKevin Chief3,80673.28+6.92$18,567.73
Progressive ConservativeJohn Vernaus91717.65+5.68$19,915.21
LiberalMary Lou Bourgeois2574.95−9.77$5,383.65
GreenTeresa Pun1763.39−1.92$17.48
CommunistDarrell Rankin380.73−0.91$312.12
Total valid votes 5,194
Rejected and declined votes 28 0.54 -0.18
Turnout 5,222 44.04 +3.90
Electors on the lists 11,858
New Democratic hold Swing +0.62

^ Change is not based on redistributed results

2007 Manitoba general election
Party Candidate Votes%±%Expenditures
New DemocraticGeorge Hickes2,66566.36−8.50$12,892.59
LiberalMary Lou Bourgeois59114.72+0.48$11,443.44
Progressive ConservativeAlexa Rosentreter48111.98+3.21$1,180.30
GreenKristen Andrews2135.30$84.55
CommunistDarrell Rankin661.64−0.49$373.89
Total valid votes 4,016 100.00
Rejected and declined ballots 290.72-0.69
Turnout 4,045 40.14 −0.10
Electors on the lists 10,077
New Democratic hold Swing -4.49
2003 Manitoba general election
Party Candidate Votes%±%Expenditures
New DemocraticGeorge Hickes2,87774.86+21.52$10,189.54
LiberalMary Lou Bourgeois54714.23−7.12$7,991.06
Progressive ConservativeWyatt McIntyre3378.77−10.79$10.68
CommunistDarrell Rankin822.13$376.06
Total valid votes 3,843 100.00
Rejected and declined ballots 551.41+0.48
Turnout 3,898 40.24 −18.84
Electors on the lists 9,687
New Democratic hold Swing +14.32
1999 Manitoba general election
Party Candidate Votes%±%Expenditures
New DemocraticGeorge Hickes3,33853.34-9.69$21,952.00
LiberalAjay Chopra1,33621.35-1.71$21,013.00
Progressive ConservativeMary Richard1,22419.56+7.79$20,221.11
IndependentPeter Juba3605.75$2,113.33
Total valid votes 6,258 100.00
Rejected and declined ballots 590.93-0.17
Turnout 6,317 59.080.85
Electors on the lists 10,693
New Democratic hold Swing +3.99

^ Change is not based on redistributed results

1995 Manitoba general election
Party Candidate Votes%±%Expenditures
New DemocraticGeorge Hickes3,09563.03+8.32$15,378.00
LiberalLinda Cantiveros1,13223.05-7.47$15,916.74
Progressive ConservativeClaire Riddle57811.77+0.45$13,389.05
First Peoples PartyLyle Morrisseau1052.14no report filed
Total valid votes 4,910 100.00
Rejected and discarded ballots 55 1.11 -0.27
Turnout 4,965 58.23 -2.70
Electors on lists 8,527
New Democratic hold Swing +7.90
1990 Manitoba general election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
New DemocraticGeorge Hickes2,77854.72
LiberalErrol Lewis1,55030.53
Progressive ConservativeCalvin Pompana57511.33
IndependentWilliam Hawryluk1082.13
IndependentRoy Price661.30
Total valid votes 5,077 100.00
Rejected ballots 71 1.38
Turnout 5,148 60.92
Electors on lists 8,450

1969 to 1981

1977 Manitoba general election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
New DemocraticDonald Malinowski3,11663.32
Progressive ConservativeMargaret Didenko91518.59
LiberalDon Marks76915.63
CommunistHarold Dyck621.26
Social CreditPeter Stevens591.20
Total valid votes 4,921 100.00
Rejected votes 85
Turnout 5,006 61.10
Electors on the lists 8,193
1973 Manitoba general election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
New DemocraticDonald Malinowski3,67665.55
IndependentJoseph Borowski1,12720.10
LiberalLawrence Belanger56910.15
IndependentGeorge Munroe2364.21
Total valid votes 5,608 100.00
Rejected and discarded votes 100
Turnout 5,708 65.56
Electors on the lists 8,706
1969 Manitoba general election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
New DemocraticDonald Malinowski2,25352.52
Progressive ConservativeSlaw Rebchuk1,08825.36
LiberalRoger Garrity52812.31
CommunistBill Kardash4219.81
Total valid votes 4,290 100.00
Rejected and discarded votes 62
Turnout 4,352 46.37
Electors on the lists 9,385

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.

References

  1. "Point Douglas: Winnipeg's 1st and only red light district". CBC News. 2013.
  2. Bill Blaikie, Address to the Premier's Dinner, 29 October 2004.
  3. "Elections Manitoba - Manitoba's 43rd General Election - October 3, 2023 - Unofficial Results". results.electionsmanitoba.ca. Elections Manitoba. Retrieved October 5, 2023.
  4. "Election Returns: By-Election". Elections Manitoba. 2017. Retrieved August 23, 2018.
  5. "Candidates: 41st General Election". Elections Manitoba. March 29, 2016. Retrieved March 31, 2016.
  6. "Election Returns: 41st General Election". Elections Manitoba. 2016. Retrieved August 23, 2018.

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