St. Johns (provincial electoral district)

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The 2011- boundaries for St. Johns highlighted in red

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.

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 Gord Mackintosh, who was re-elected with over 72% of the vote in the provincial election of 2003.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

This riding has elected the following MLAs:

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
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	1999-2002
35th	2003-2007
36th	2007-

Electoral history

Manitoba general election, 2011
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Gord Mackintosh	4,157	65.55	−3.04
	Progressive Conservative	Ray Larkin	1,405	22.15	+5.62
	Green	Alon David Weinberg	392	6.18	–
	Liberal	Trevor Mueller	348	5.49	−4.32
Total valid votes			6,302
Rejected and declined votes			40
Turnout			6,342	48.34
Registered voters			13,119

Manitoba general election, 2007
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Gord Mackintosh	4,223	68.59	−3.81	$22,084.23
	Progressive Conservative	Tim Hooper	1,018	16.53	+6.04	$7,896.80
	Liberal	Selina Sapong-Beiber	604	9.81	−2.96	$4,981.08
	Green	Dawn Carey	291	4.72	−0.93	$39.55
Total valid votes			6,136	99.67
Rejected and declined votes			21
Turnout			6,157	51.44	+3.72
Registered voters			11,969

Manitoba general election, 2003
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Gord Mackintosh	4,224	72.40	+0.83	$13,571.43
	Liberal	Ed Kolodziej	745	12.77	+5.24	$4041.92
	Progressive Conservative	E. Ray Garnett	612	10.49	−9.81	$967.69
	Green	Alon Weinberg	221	3.79	+3.79	$532.73
	Libertarian	Chris Buors	32	0.55	+0.55	$0.00
Total valid votes			5,834	100.00
Rejected and declined votes			43
Turnout			5,877	47.72
Registered voters			12,315

Manitoba general election, 1999
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Gord Mackintosh	5,776	71.57		$22,442.00
	Progressive Conservative	Ray Larkin	1,635	20.3		$14,847.38
	Liberal	Patrick Fontaine	607	7.53	–	$5,400.00
Total valid votes			8,008	100.00
Rejected and declined votes			43
Turnout			8,056	65.1
Registered voters			12,374

Manitoba provincial by-election, September 21, 1993
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	New Democratic	Gord Mackintosh	3,232	67.11
	Liberal	Naty Yankech	878	18.23
	Progressive Conservative	June Robertson	465	9.66
	Progressive	Neil Schipper	241	5.00
Total valid votes			4,816	100
Rejected and declined ballots			34
Turnout			4,850	44.48
Electors on the lists			10,903

Previous boundaries

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