Point Douglas

This article is about a provincial electoral division in Manitoba, Canada. For the ghost town in Minnesota, see Point Douglas, Minnesota.

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
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
New Democratic Bernadette Smith 3,367 73.31 +11.18 $22,793.24
Progressive Conservative Najiha Ali 742 16.16 +0.49 $0.00
Liberal Jerald Funk 484 10.54 -1.16 $311.30
Total valid votes/expense limit 4,593 99.46 – $55,071.00
Total rejected and declined ballots 25 0.54 –
Turnout 4,618 32.76 -3.24
Eligible voters 14,097
New Democratic hold Swing +5.35
Source(s)
Source: Elections Manitoba[3][4][5]
2019 Manitoba general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
New Democratic Bernadette Smith 3,002 62.13 +17.78 $19,767.20
Progressive Conservative Michelle Redmond 757 15.67 -0.58 $521.28
Liberal Richard Sanderson 565 11.69 -17.39 $0.00
Green Jenn Kess 398 8.24 3.99 $0.00
Manitoba Forward Michael Wenuik 66 1.37 $0.00
Communist Fagie Fainman 44 0.91 +0.07 $310.80
Total valid votes 4,832 100.0  
Total rejected ballots
Turnout
Eligible voters
Manitoba provincial by-election, 13 June 2017
Resignation of Kevin Chief
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
New Democratic Bernadette Smith 1,568 44.35 -13.46 $35,313.48
Liberal John Cacayuran 1,006 29.08 +9.62 $19,478.56
Progressive Conservative Jodi Moskal 562 16.25 -0.27 $35,068.27
Manitoba Gary Marshall 181 5.23 $5,528.56
Green Sabrina Koehn Binesi 147 4.25 -0.78 $2,230.86
Communist Frank Komarniski 27 0.84 -0.34 $9.44
Total valid votes/Expense limit 3,491 100.00 - $37,179.00
Total rejected and declines votes 23 0.72 -0.45
Turnout 3,514 32.38 -10.16
Electors on the lists 11,207
New Democratic hold Swing -11.54
Source: Elections Manitoba[6]
Results by polling division, 2016
2016 Manitoba general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
New Democratic Kevin Chief 2,839 57.81 -15.47 $24,493.23
Liberal Althea Guiboche 956 19.47 +14.52 $10,557.41
Progressive Conservative Marsha Street 811 16.51 -1.14 $9,380.15
Green Alberteen Spence 247 5.03 +1.64 $0.00
Communist Frank Komarniski 58 1.18 +0.45 $
Total valid votes/expense limit 4,911 100.00 - $36,863.00
Total rejected and declines votes 58 1.17 +0.63
Turnout 4,969 42.53 -1.51
Registered electors 11,683
New Democratic hold Swing -14.99
Source: Elections Manitoba[7][8]
2011 Manitoba general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
New Democratic Kevin Chief 3,806 73.28 +6.92 $18,567.73
Progressive Conservative John Vernaus 917 17.65 +5.68 $19,915.21
Liberal Mary Lou Bourgeois 257 4.95 −9.77 $5,383.65
Green Teresa Pun 176 3.39 −1.92 $17.48
Communist Darrell Rankin 38 0.73 −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 Democratic George Hickes 2,665 66.36 −8.50 $12,892.59
Liberal Mary Lou Bourgeois 591 14.72 +0.48 $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 0.72 -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 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 1.41 +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 Democratic George Hickes 3,338 53.34 -9.69 $21,952.00
Liberal Ajay Chopra 1,336 21.35 -1.71 $21,013.00
Progressive Conservative Mary Richard 1,224 19.56 +7.79 $20,221.11
Independent Peter Juba 360 5.75 $2,113.33
Total valid votes 6,258 100.00
Rejected and declined ballots 59 0.93 -0.17
Turnout 6,317 59.08 0.85
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 Democratic George Hickes 3,095 63.03 +8.32 $15,378.00
Liberal Linda Cantiveros 1,132 23.05 -7.47 $15,916.74
Progressive Conservative Claire Riddle 578 11.77 +0.45 $13,389.05
First Peoples Party Lyle Morrisseau 105 2.14 no 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 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 1.38
Turnout 5,148 60.92
Electors on lists 8,450

1969 to 1981

1977 Manitoba general election
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


1973 Manitoba general election
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


1969 Manitoba general election
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 Bill 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

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. ^ "Summary of Votes Received" (PDF). Elections Manitoba. Retrieved May 4, 2024.
  4. ^ "CANDIDATE ELECTION RETURNS GENERAL ELECTION 2023". Elections Manitoba. Retrieved June 16, 2024.
  5. ^ "2023 GENERAL ELECTION CANDIDATE AND REGISTERED PARTY ELECTION EXPENSE LIMITS - FINAL EXPENSE LIMIT" (PDF). Elections Manitoba. Retrieved May 4, 2024.
  6. ^ "Election Returns: By-Election". Elections Manitoba. 2017. Retrieved August 23, 2018.
  7. ^ "Candidates: 41st General Election". Elections Manitoba. March 29, 2016. Retrieved March 31, 2016.
  8. ^ "Election Returns: 41st General Election". Elections Manitoba. 2016. Retrieved August 23, 2018.

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