Point Douglas
Manitoba electoral district | |||
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Provincial electoral district | |||
Legislature | Legislative Assembly of Manitoba | ||
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District created | 1968 | ||
First contested | 1968 | ||
Last contested | 2016 |
Point Douglas is a part of the city of Winnipeg, Manitoba, surrounded by a bend in the Red River. It is the namesake of a larger city ward, represented by a member of Winnipeg City Council. With different boundaries, it is also eponymous of a provincial electoral division of Manitoba.
History
The division was created by redistribution for the 1969 provincial election, eliminated in 1978, and re-established in 1989 from parts of Burrows, Logan and St. Johns. 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 Fort Rouge, 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.[1]
The Manitoba New Democratic Party has won every election in the constituency. The current Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Point Douglas is Kevin Chief, an Aboriginal candidate who grew up in Point Douglas. Chief is also Minister of Child and Youth Opportunities.
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
Name | Party | Took Office | Left Office | |
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Donald Malinowski |
New Democratic Party | 1969 | 1981 | |
George Hickes |
New Democratic Party | 1990 | 2011 | |
Kevin Chief |
New Democratic Party | 2011 | current |
Electoral history
Manitoba general election, 2016 | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||||
New Democratic | Kevin Chief | 2,839 | 57.80 | -15.08 | ||||
Liberal | Althea Guiboche | 956 | 19.46 | +14.54 | ||||
Progressive Conservative | Marsha Street | 811 | 16.51 | -1.05 | ||||
Green | Alberteen Spence | 247 | 5.02 | +1.65 | ||||
Communist | Frank Komarniski | 58 | 1.18 | +0.45 | ||||
Total valid votes | 4,911 | 100.0 | ||||||
Eligible voters | – | |||||||
Source: Elections Manitoba[2] |
Manitoba general election, 2011 | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | Expenditures | |||
New Democratic | Kevin Chief | 3,806 | 72.88 | +6.52 | $18,567.73 | |||
Progressive Conservative | John Vernaus | 917 | 17.56 | +5.58 | $19,915.21 | |||
Liberal | Mary Lou Bourgeois | 257 | 4.92 | −9.80 | $5,383.65 | |||
Green | Teresa Pun | 176 | 3.37 | −1.93 | $17.48 | |||
Communist | Darrell Rankin | 38 | 0.73 | −0.91 | $312.12 | |||
Total valid votes | 5,194 | |||||||
Rejected and declined votes | 28 | |||||||
Turnout | 5,222 | 44.04 | +3.88 |
Manitoba general election, 2007 | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | Expenditures | |||
New Democratic | George Hickes | 2,665 | 66.36 | −8.50 | $12,892.59 | |||
Liberal | Mary Lou Bourgeois | 591 | 14.72 | +0.49 | $11,443.44 | |||
Progressive Conservative | Alexa Rosentreter | 481 | 11.98 | +3.21 | $1,180.30 | |||
Green | Kristen Andrews | 213 | 5.30 | – | $84.55 | |||
Communist | Darrell Rankin | 66 | 1.64 | −0.49 | $373.89 | |||
Total valid votes | 4,016 | 100.00 | ||||||
Rejected and declined ballots | 29 | |||||||
Turnout | 4,045 | 40.16 | −0.08 | |||||
Electors on the lists | 10,073 |
Manitoba general election, 2003 | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | Expenditures | |||
New Democratic | George Hickes | 2,877 | 74.86 | +21.52 | $10,189.54 | |||
Liberal | Mary Lou Bourgeois | 547 | 14.23 | −7.12 | $7,991.06 | |||
Progressive Conservative | Wyatt McIntyre | 337 | 8.77 | −10.79 | $10.68 | |||
Communist | Darrell Rankin | 82 | 2.13 | $376.06 | ||||
Total valid votes | 3,843 | 100.00 | ||||||
Rejected and declined ballots | 55 | |||||||
Turnout | 3,898 | 40.24 | −18.84 | |||||
Electors on the lists | 9,687 |
Manitoba general election, 1999 | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | Expenditures | |||
New Democratic | George Hickes | 3,338 | 53.34 | $21,952.00 | ||||
Liberal | Ajay Chopra | 1,336 | 21.35 | – | $21,013.00 | |||
Progressive Conservative | Mary Richard | 1,224 | 19.56 | $20,221.11 | ||||
Independent | Peter Juba | 360 | 5.75 | $2,113.33 | ||||
Total valid votes | 6,258 | 100.00 | ||||||
Rejected and declined ballots | 59 | |||||||
Turnout | 6,317 | 59.08 | ||||||
Electors on the lists | 10,693 |
Manitoba general election, 1995 | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | Expenditures | ||||
New Democratic | George Hickes | 3,095 | 63.03 | $15,378.00 | ||||
Liberal | Linda Cantiveros | 1,132 | 23.05 | $15,916.74 | ||||
Progressive Conservative | Claire Riddle | 578 | 11.77 | $13,389.05 | ||||
Ind. (First Peoples Party) | Lyle Morrisseau | 105 | 2.14 | no report filed | ||||
Total valid votes | 4,910 | 100.00 | ||||||
Rejected and discarded ballots | 55 | |||||||
Turnout | 4,965 | 58.23 | ||||||
Electors on lists | 8,527 |
Manitoba general election, 1990 | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||||
New Democratic | George Hickes | 2,778 | 54.72 | |||||
Liberal | Errol Lewis | 1,550 | 30.53 | |||||
Progressive Conservative | Calvin Pompana | 575 | 11.33 | |||||
Independent | William Hawryluk | 108 | 2.13 | |||||
Independent | Roy Price | 66 | 1.30 | |||||
Total valid votes | 5,077 | 100.00 | ||||||
Rejected ballots | 71 | |||||||
Turnout | 5,148 | 60.92 | ||||||
Electors on lists | 8,450 |
Manitoba general election, 1977 | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||||
New Democratic | Donald Malinowski | 3,116 | 63.32 | |||||
Progressive Conservative | Margaret Didenko | 915 | 18.59 | |||||
Liberal | Don Marks | 769 | 15.63 | |||||
Communist | Harold Dyck | 62 | 1.26 | |||||
Social Credit | Peter Stevens | 59 | 1.20 | |||||
Total valid votes | 4,921 | 100.00 | ||||||
Rejected votes | 85 | |||||||
Turnout | 5,006 | 61.10 | ||||||
Electors on the lists | 8,193 |
Manitoba general election, 1973 | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||||
New Democratic | Donald Malinowski | 3,676 | 65.55 | |||||
Independent | Joseph Borowski | 1,127 | 20.10 | |||||
Liberal | Lawrence Belanger | 569 | 10.15 | |||||
Independent | George Munroe | 236 | 4.21 | |||||
Total valid votes | 5,608 | 100.00 | ||||||
Rejected and discarded votes | 100 | |||||||
Turnout | 5,708 | 65.56 | ||||||
Electors on the lists | 8,706 |
Manitoba general election, 1969 | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||||
New Democratic | Donald Malinowski | 2,253 | 52.52 | |||||
Progressive Conservative | Slaw Rebchuk | 1,088 | 25.36 | |||||
Liberal | Roger Garrity | 528 | 12.31 | |||||
Communist | William A. Kardash | 421 | 9.81 | |||||
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
References
- ↑ Bill Blaikie, Address to the Premier's Dinner, 29 October 2004.
- ↑ "Candidates: 41st General Election". Elections Manitoba. 29 March 2016. Retrieved 31 March 2016.
Coordinates: 49°54′22″N 97°07′41″W / 49.906°N 97.128°W