St. Johns (electoral district)

St. Johns is a provincial electoral district of Manitoba, Canada. 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.

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:

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
22nd	1958–1959	rowspan="2" Template:Canadian party colour |	David Orlikow	CCF
23rd	1959–1961
	1961–1962	rowspan="1" Template:Canadian party colour |		New Democratic Party
24th	1962–1966	rowspan="5" Template:Canadian party colour |	Saul Cherniack	New Democratic Party
25th	1966–1969
26th	1969–1973
27th	1973–1977
28th	1977–1981
29th	1981–1986	rowspan="1" Template:Canadian party colour |	Don Malinowski	New Democratic Party
30th	1986–1988	rowspan="3" Template:Canadian party colour |	Judy Wasylycia-Leis	New Democratic Party
31st	1988–1990
32nd	1990–1993
	1993–1995	rowspan="6" Template:Canadian party colour |	Gord Mackintosh	New Democratic Party
33rd	1995–1999
34th	1999–2003
35th	2003–2007
36th	2007–2011
37th	2011–2016
38th	2016–2019	rowspan="2" Template:Canadian party colour |	Nahanni Fontaine	New Democratic Party
39th	2019–present

Electoral history

Template:Canadian election result/top Template:CANelec Template:CANelec Template:CANelec Template:CANelec Template:CANelec |- style="background-color:white" | style="text-align:right;" colspan=3 |Total valid votes | style="text-align:right;" |7,026 |- style="background-color:white" | style="text-align:right;" colspan=3 |Rejected ballots | style="text-align:right;" |70 |- style="background-color:white" | style="text-align:right;" colspan=3 |Turnout | style="text-align:right;" |7,096 | style="text-align:right;" |67.18 |- style="background-color:white" | style="text-align:right;" colspan=3 |Electors on the lists | style="text-align:right;" |10,562

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The 1999-2011 boundaries for St. Johns highlighted in red

Template:Canadian election result/top Template:CANelec Template:CANelec Template:CANelec Template:CANelec Template:CANelec |- style="background-color:white" | style="text-align:right;" colspan=3 |Total valid votes | style="text-align:right;" |5,834 | style="text-align:right;" |100.00 | style="text-align:right;" | |- style="background-color:white" | style="text-align:right;" colspan=3 |Rejected and declined votes | style="text-align:right;" |43 | style="text-align:right;" | | style="text-align:right;" | |- style="background-color:white" | style="text-align:right;" colspan=3 |Turnout | style="text-align:right;" |5,877 | style="text-align:right;" |47.72 | style="text-align:right;" | |- style="background-color:white" | style="text-align:right;" colspan=3 |Registered voters | style="text-align:right;" |12,315 | style="text-align:right;" | | style="text-align:right;" |

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See also

• List of Manitoba provincial electoral districts
• Canadian provincial electoral districts